The “modern” image you linked is actually a meme and not a modern interpretation of T. rex. It’s because, post 2010s, there was an overcompensation to thicc and feathery tyrannosaurs after the discovery of larger feathered relatives and people went a bit overboard.
Here is the most modern take on Sue the T. rex and an edmontosaur that is displayed in the field museum and made by blue rhino studio. Highly recommend checking out their paleo art and sculptures, they’re gorgeous and very accurate to the known science.
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The “modern” image you linked is actually a meme and not a modern interpretation of T. rex. It’s because, post 2010s, there was an overcompensation to thicc and feathery tyrannosaurs after the discovery of larger feathered relatives and people went a bit overboard.
Here is the most modern take on Sue the T. rex and an edmontosaur that is displayed in the field museum and made by blue rhino studio. Highly recommend checking out their paleo art and sculptures, they’re gorgeous and very accurate to the known science.