@biplane Diplodocus and Stegosaurus have a lot of visibility in London because of the NHM.
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John Conway (john@sauropods.win)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 00:54:22 JST John Conway - admin likes this.
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John Conway (john@sauropods.win)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 00:54:24 JST John Conway @biplane I can tell you what normies asked me to draw when I was signing my book at the launch.
1: Velociraptor
2: Diplodocus
3: Triceratops
4: Stegosaurus
5: TyrannosaurusI think people might have cottoned on that the cool kids don't ask for a T. rex, though.
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biplane (biplane@sauropods.win)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 00:54:32 JST biplane @john That's probably it, honestly.
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John Conway (john@sauropods.win)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 00:54:33 JST John Conway @biplane I can't tell. Dinosaurs in general seem to be more famous than they were, maybe?
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biplane (biplane@sauropods.win)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 00:54:34 JST biplane @john I more mean in terms of everyday people - 'normies' for lack of a better term - knowing the name 'Allosaurus'; I feel like it's now alongside Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor as one that you can guess people might recognize. Not to the same extent, but maybe the step below it.
It's always been incredibly iconic and major in paleoart.
The work of Jurassic World?
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John Conway (john@sauropods.win)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 00:54:36 JST John Conway @biplane Hmm, it was always definitely one of the "standards". If you wanted to show a famous sauropod fighting with something it had to be an Allosaurus.