The 2005 King Kong film and its companion piece; ‘World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island,’ have been a huge source of inspiration over the years. After recently rewatching the behind-the-scenes documentary, I felt compelled to illustrate one of the animals. Naturally, I pick the movie’s raptor, the ‘Venatosaurus.’ With this interpretation, I took a couple of liberties such as; fixing the positioning of the wrists(though they can twist them,) making the legs more bird-like, and of course the mild coat of downy feathers, which I made to look more a kin to fur. I did all of this, whilst keeping the core aspects of the animal in line with the original design by the concept artist, Jamie Beswarick. I had a lot of fun with this piece, and dove head first into trying mixed media with Procreate. I hope the results show my love for Peter Jackson’s adaptation of the original monster movie.