A Pterosaur takes flight at The National Aviary

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I am excited to unveil my first ever life-size paleoart sculpture - a detailed life reconstruction of the Brazilian pterosaur Caiuajara dobruskii created for the Living Dinosaurs exhibit now open at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh Pensylvania. To learn more about this exciting exhibit visit www.aviary.org/
To see more of my art visit www.dontmesswit...
To see the top secret behind the scenes process of creating this sculpture and my other art support me on / historianhimself
Want to learn more about the pterosaur fossils that this sculpture is based on? Well you're in luck because paleontologist Paulo Manzig & his collaborators have made their scientific paper describing this amazing fossil find free and open access. You can see nice high res images of the fossils, read and download the paper here:
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Special thanks to everyone at the National Aviary that made this sculpture possible! especially Jennifer Torpie, Cheryl Tracy, Tricia Oneal, Carly Morgan and Robin Weber.
Also big shout out to Alanna Regester at Silver Plume Exhibitions for the amazing work on the Living Dinosaurs exhibit. spexhibitions....
Paleontologist, pterosaur expert & all around stellar human Dr. Dave Hone hosts a blog called Archosaur Musings where he shares his thoughts about and beautiful photos of the fossils of various bizarre prehistoric creatures he studies: archosaurmusin...
You can also follow paleontologist Dr. Michael Habib on / aeroevo
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@spinejackel 4 года назад

hearing your sort of gruff voice say “floof” was delightful

@malharapte5989 4 года назад

yeah

@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc 3 года назад

I also giggled at the random "Caiuajara!"s in the background music.

@brandonluker3660 5 лет назад

Such a beautiful reconstruction of Caiuajara. Keep up the good work man.

@johnlime1469 4 года назад

It looks so fecking realistic

@BrianEnghArt Год назад

@@johnlime1469 thanks my dudes!

@NicoGrosso78 5 лет назад

Amazing work, well represented pterosaurs are gorgeous

@LordMaster1231 5 лет назад

Sometimes, i really regret finding your work. It's some of the greatest work i've ever seen and i hate that i may never have the chance to see any of this in person

@BrianEnghArt Год назад

Well then I guess i gotta do more of it and get it to more physical exhibit spaces around the world.

@MathieuStern 4 года назад

You are a Master at Paleo art, sculpting, video editing, video shooting, illustration, fonts and voice over and music .... come on ... you must have one thing you are bad at ... please ! :)

@Negawatttttttt11 4 года назад

He is bad at making bad sculptures

@dinothe_kidd6388 4 года назад

@@Negawatttttttt11 shut.

@Negawatttttttt11 4 года назад

@@dinothe_kidd6388 bruh no you shut I was saying he was bad at making BAD sculptures That means its the same that i am saying he is good at making sculptures Idot 😤😤😤

@budmeister 4 года назад

@@Negawatttttttt11 Then use the right grammar!

@Negawatttttttt11 4 года назад

@@budmeister no frick you, you have 10 iq to not understand that i was using joke grammar The second "bad" cancels out the first "bad"

@Rammgirl 4 года назад

After playing Ark for a bazillion hours the first thing I thought of when I saw it was Tapejara. Turns out it is in that family! Very nicely done and apparently recognizable for some of us!!

@wannabewyvern 4 года назад

Erika Rey so I’m not the only one?

@PrimalGamer2656 5 лет назад

Beautifully done I love the contrast of the plumage and the huge crest

@jandrews6254 4 года назад

Primal Gamer that crest makes it look unbalanced without a counterbalancing tail

@PyroRaptor1 3 года назад

@@jandrews6254 well then it must be really light,but nobody knows,theres a reason why ya have Google

@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc 3 года назад

Also loved the backlit translucency of the crest.

@Francois2144 4 года назад

You make dinosaurs and other prehistoric species really come alive

@alternatebanana3670 5 лет назад

Fantastic work, Brian, as always. I had fun with the Caiuajara sound effects.

@BlueStar731 4 года назад

This video randomly showed up in my recommendations and I must say, for once, youtube did a really good job. As a biology student I really appreciate people who take time with their research and you did! Also, I fell in love with the editing, song choice and your voice. Great job

@mustard9808 4 года назад

Wow, this video feels like a masterpiece. Ugh the exhibit was so close by and I never knew about it.. I missed out big time. :(

@SpinoDragonProductions 5 лет назад

Damn dude. This is incredible! Amazing sculpt!

@SanguiniCore 4 года назад

4:32 Most birds: (posing to show off plumage) Andean Condor: *flop flop flop*

@eschwarz1003 3 года назад

What a BRILLIANT exhibit from so many perspectives; even the including Flying foxes to display varied arm/hand adaptations for convergent evo of flight. At 4:00 that Pteranodon head and crest; stunning! that (at least the artistic image) is so gorgeous. The sculpture you made; so exquisitely envisioned and crafted.

@bird2034 4 года назад

Absolutely amazing. These incredible creatures are something that I’ve been fascinated by since I was young. I’m in awe with how incredible your reconstruction is. It made me think about how much wonder they inspired when I first learned about them; it brought me back. Thank you so much for putting this out there. I adore how much time, effort, and passion you put in to help inspire that same wonder and fascination in the new generations. Thank you.

@TheOneandOnlyHaru 4 года назад

Really enjoyed watching this video, the music at the end did pick up a little which made it a bit harder for me to hear the voices, but it was very informative and the images shown were great. The model looks amazing!

@righthandsun 5 лет назад

Amazing job! I can just see those giant creatures flying the dinosaurian skies

@carnifexvain7444 5 лет назад

Absolutely badass man! Also, your music always creates a great ambiance.

@miquelescribanoivars5049 5 лет назад

Man this was the most blessed of Friday evenings.

@Hershewed 4 года назад

🤩OMG ARE YOU THE GUY WHO NARRATED SOME OF THE BEST DINO DOCUMENTARIES? I’ve found your channel I’m almost in heaven rn, I love your work! Your voice in those docs is what has inspired me to become a narrator and a paleo artist, and your narrations in those docs were a huge part of my childhood! (I’m sorry if this isn’t actually you but I don’t even care if I’ve made a fool of myself cause all that I’ve said is true!)

@ashleyartus1193 Год назад

WOW...Thank you. Loved this. 👏👏👏👏👏❤️. Love from the UK. X

@BrianEnghArt Год назад

Appreciation from the US! Thanks for watching!

@thomasstrimpel9819 5 лет назад

Never before did I wish Texas and Pittsburgh were closer together...

@milky_wayan 5 лет назад

Love these videos; they make me feel like I'm there (the aviary, and also the Cretaceous)

@Riceball01 5 лет назад

Excellent job, you're truly a talented artist to be able to work in both 2D and 3D. One thing, in the future, you should really turn down the background music a bit more. It's a lot better than some of your older videos but it's still a bit loud and makes it difficult to hear/understand you at times. It doesn't help that your narrations sounds a bit muffled to me, you should probably adjust the narration audio so that it's not so muffled sounding, that would make it stand out from the background music more, I think.

@2I000 5 лет назад

HistorianHimself what the fuck?

@catpoke9557 Год назад

While he is definitely a great artist, it's actually typical for 3D artists to be able to draw in 2D to some extent! It helps with their work, and artistic endeavors usually start with drawing as a kid and last into adulthood until you branch out into sculpting.

@charmingcthulhu6544 4 года назад

So archosaurs have achieved flight two separate times? Rad!

@BrianEnghArt 4 года назад

Yes archosaurs hold the high score among things with backbones.

@charmingcthulhu6544 4 года назад

@@BrianEnghArt bro arthropods are cheaters they've clearly been juicing

@siberiusthesleepingserpent312 4 года назад

It is very rad indeed

@edmundrodriguez3794 5 лет назад

I’ve never subscribed to someone so fast, with all of this quality work, you’ll blow up in no time :)

@NetVoyagerOne 4 года назад

The echo in the music every time you say Caiuajara, A+ touch

@togglefire3537 4 года назад

I think the crest always looks so cool. My favorite bird of that time, I guess if you want to say bird, is the Tapajara (its spelled wrong i know, but if you know dinos im sure u can figure it out). First time I ever got introduced to this creature was in Ark survival evolved. Granted it's a lot bigger in the game so you can fly it, but it has that big beautiful head Crest that will have every single color splayed across it in a beautiful pattern. Something about seeing it when it's flying through the trees just dumb struck me. Also it latches onto walls for ambushing but the crest and beauty of the crest was what pulled me towards it in the first place.

@slavetothearistocratics 4 года назад

tapejara if you wanted to know

@togglefire3537 4 года назад

@@slavetothearistocratics lol thanks

@mari3marie 21 день назад

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful work and art for us! I'm so happy to find this awesome channel, it's a gem.

@Veldtian1 3 года назад

That thing looks absolutely fricken INSANE.

@trashrat8365 4 года назад

Even though I wouldn’t have been home for im fucking blessed that your art has made it into my city

@safron2442 4 года назад

My favorite pterosaur species represented amazingly!

@bananatorpedo275 4 года назад

This channel is a hidden gem!

@joaoandarilhodosol1781 5 лет назад

Amazing as always!!!! Waiting for more documentaries!!!!

@Crakinator 4 года назад

Yet another obscure pterosaur that I’m just learning about now. Thanks for being awesome.

@LucaDeflorian222 5 лет назад

1:21 Pterosaurs had a huge RING finger, not a pinky (they had no pinky finger).

@BrianEnghArt 5 лет назад

Well, it is the 4th digit (whereas our human pinky is the 5th), but as far as I am aware "pinky" is not a term defined by developmental biology, but rather is a colloquial term for our outermost finger (or toe). I used the term pinky because it's the most efficient way to communicate to the public that the long wing-supporting strut is indeed the outermost finger. So, you're absolutely right from a developmental biology standpoint, but if you are doing scicomm with the public (my job) and you instruct people who you're teaching try to fold back their ring finger their hand will contort in a way that does not even remotely resemble a pterosaur hand/wing, whereas if you pull back on your pinky (like pterosaur Dave Hone does in the other video you left the same comment on), digits 2-4 tend to curve forward and you can fold the thumb across the palm to make it "dissappear", which quickly communicates the basic shape and posture of a pterosaur hand/wing, albeit imagining the thumb as the missing digit. For kinesthetic & visual learners (like myself) this is the easier way to think about it, and the thing that helped me to (finally) understand pterosaur hand posture in flight, which is why I used the term "pinky."

@ecaillette 4 года назад

Got to love that dino fuzz (more like archosaur fuzz, probably). Keep up the good work, I can‘t wait for your new movie!

@russiaball4851 4 года назад

2:19 and 2:43 dinosaurs that i see in my country (Brazil)

@Mr.Skeleton-El 4 года назад

Dont get stabbed!

@faafgrego821 4 года назад

Russia in name and pfp but lives in Brazil, enfim a hipocrisia

@bigmonkeyman5372 5 лет назад

This channel is amazing, inspires me to make paleoart everyday

@ShadenBSmith 4 года назад

3:13 aww those things are cute

@attie1979 5 лет назад

I love your art and videos!

@Navello1985 4 года назад

Dude, just found your awesome channel and are now subscribed and will watch through it all! Great job on that modell...Love how the light shines through the thin part of the large crest =)

@cjab__ 4 года назад

That is an amazing reconstruction! I've been to the aviary a few times, was it only there for that exhibit?

@BrianEnghArt 4 года назад

My understanding is that they take the Pterosaur down every time they have a wedding event scheduled... which is quite often... and why people who choose to get married at a living dinosaur zoo wouldn't want to get married under a life sized Tapejarid is well beyond me :{

@kevinishki 4 года назад

You present conservation in such an epic way. Respect

@rattyeely 4 года назад

I wish I could have gone to this exhibit, birds, bats, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs all in one place sounds amazing

@emiliaolivieri 5 лет назад

Wonderful piece!

@corvinal7091 2 года назад

It's so nice to see an American pronounce the word caiajara correctly, it fills me with emotion. 😢😢

@corvinal7091 2 года назад

J has a G sound in Portuguese, as well as in English, we don't speak Spanish, understand

@stardude2006 3 года назад

Wondrously Awesome !! 😎💙💙

@gregorymckenzie7511 4 года назад

Dude, this is beautiful! Absolutely amazing; and frankly, I'm jealous of your abilities.

@wannabewyvern 4 года назад

That’s one beautiful sculpture.

@nathanfenster3425 4 года назад

That's a cool Caiuajara (Caiuajara) you have there

@Hieroglyph_ 5 лет назад

Wonderful video!

@siberiusthesleepingserpent312 4 года назад

If anyone who appreciates a good documentary watches one of yours and they dont subscribe, they are some raunchy ass player haters. You are exceptional to say the least and your documentary on Mosasaurs was the best documentary I've ever seen.

@rickvanderloos2507 4 года назад

Brilliant work and an great vlog with a fresh look on avionic animals of all times! Thanks for that!!! Greetz from Holland.

@theotheseaeagle 4 года назад

As a person that loves birds I would do anything to go there. I like dinosaurs too and that’s the reason I love birds because they are related to theropod dinosaurs (carnivorous species of dinosaurs)

@rossrobernsin5131 5 лет назад

You make the best videos

@n0ctilux 3 года назад

Me: Sees the aviary. Also me: TAKE ME THERE RIGHT NOW

@oggsongz1059 5 лет назад

Amazing videos ❤

@spacewiz163 3 года назад

The last music theme is so epic.🙂

@f.u.m.o.5669 2 года назад

There's also a dromaeosaur (raptor), Rahonavis, that was thought to be a bird, but is a relative to velociraptor that independently evolved Flight using feathers for lift

@mikeyd946 4 года назад

That is absolutely stunning!!!

@garthsreptilecare1295 2 года назад

Great work. I fear that protege will be sculpting Edwards pheasants a hundred years from now.

@rolloxra670 2 года назад

Beautiful

@SanguiniCore 4 года назад

2:36 "Somebody say... pretty bird?"

@madnessends2477 3 года назад

Absolutely incredible!

@SomeoneCommenting 4 года назад

Strong winds must have been really annoying if you had that giant sail right on your head.

@dominiccoscarelli305 4 года назад

Wow . That looks like a cool place.

@mariovazquez4436 4 года назад

Wow beautiful

@miguelmejia4656 3 года назад

they are not weird noises. it's just how they communicate.

@blossomwolf2188 4 года назад

I love that dinosaur's name for some reason

@conner13.c16 4 года назад

Beautiful job! You are going far as a paleoartist man!

@bradsullivan2298 4 года назад

Well done Brian!

@LucaDeflorian222 5 лет назад

Great job!

@TheWeevilGenius 4 года назад

Really really nice work. Hope to see more!

@catpoke9557 Год назад

5:18 This place seems awesome! Only complaint is that I wish that particular painting had a less shrinkwrapped dinosaur in the background to more effectively display the similarity between birds and their extinct relatives. Dromaeosaurs are expected to have, ironically, looked a lot like modern day raptors. So it was a good choice to use one for the comparison. Which is why it's unfortunate it has such an inaccurate design. It alienates birds more than it shows how similar they are to other dinosaurs. It would help to perpetuate the idea that they USED to be dinosaurs, rather than that they still are. But, it's just one painting. Everything else seems so good and so progressive for a dinosaur-focused place. Most museums and other such places still have highly outdated models and information on display. This place is teaching people about many things that other places are afraid to teach.

@yago8672 3 года назад

Really cool!

@paintbrush3554 4 года назад

This pterosaur is a whole Kaiju

@F.H.W 5 лет назад

That is amazing

@erndogee 4 года назад

Wonderful, wonderful video.

@vassa1972 4 года назад

Cool stuff loved that part of history

@justsomecryptidwithinterne9873 4 года назад

A Random Cryptid approved

@taarnarae6343 4 года назад

incredible

@catpoke9557 Год назад

I wish these things were still alive

@imuttx 4 года назад

man, i was going to go to Pittsburg! when this covid thing is over i'll be there!

@plantnt489 4 года назад

WOW simply WOOOOOOW

@alixsprallix 4 года назад

Great video

@justinray8255 3 года назад

It looks amazing wowa

@e.hillmann4126 2 года назад

I like the video. The only point is that the music makes me depressed. If you can, please replace it with a march or something that raises the spirit as it would be more fitting with the experience you are looking to create

@paulballard3834 3 года назад

You say at 0:58 that birds' closest relatives were the non-avian dinosaurs. I thought their nearest relatives were the avian dinosaurs. Or, are birds technically living avian dinosaurs? I know that they're theropods, but the term dinosaurs certainly sounds even cooler. Anyway, awesome video! I learned a lot from it, keep up the good work