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Post by arioch on May 15, 2011 20:19:08 GMT
Yep I should have toned down that head a bit. But after all the guy is just a friggin background extra, lol. I edited the post with some update, check it out.
Also I think the pterosaur should be slightly bigger considering the perspective. Oh, who cares, just think is a sub adult.
And speaking again of my next skectch, could Nyctosaurus have a sail over its oversized crest/antenna? I have heard about that theory being ruled but I dont remember why.
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Post by Horridus on May 15, 2011 21:02:40 GMT
Yep I should have toned down that head a bit. But after all the guy is just a friggin background extra, lol. I edited the post with some update, check it out. I meant that as a compliment...but OK... |
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Post by arioch on May 15, 2011 21:14:32 GMT
Sorry! if someone tells me my dinosaur looks like another different dinosaur I understand something is wrong with it ... you won´t make me change it again! ;D (I felt the forehead was actually too pronounced, compared with the others ). And thanks for the compliment.  |
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Post by Himmapaan on May 16, 2011 0:49:16 GMT
The sauropod reconstructions with the jaw joint at the very end of the skull always has made me cringe... I've never been fond of those either. Whilst I don't think sauropods had proper cheeks like ornithischians, I still highly doubt they had the same sort of mouths that theropods did. ... approximately one of this drawings, including scales and folds takes an hour... Good grief, an hour... That's lightning speed by my standards. I've probably just done a lot of thinking and staring at the page in an hour, then it might take me several hours just to do the first stage of light gestural sketches. But then I am one of the slowest workers alive. Art school... Hmm, I don't know what it's like in the US, but throughout all art-related studies I've had, I've never actually been taught how to draw over here (or even back in Thailand, come to that); that isn't quite how it works, at least in my personal experience. But that's probably a subject worthy of an essay for another time. ;D |
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Post by arioch on May 16, 2011 11:15:53 GMT
In the US? No idea, I´m not an american but a spaniard. Glad that despiting my terrible grammar I can pass for a native english speaker. ;D I guess you started drawing at very early age and unlike me were very constant with it, hence you developed your advanced technique and awesome skill. I´ve been drawing dinos, bugs and fantasy like things since I was a kid so I can be quite familiar with the anatomy, but on the other hand I suck with human anatomy, for example. I very much prefer to draw a dwarf, an elf or any other weird humanoid than a human, not because I dont consider them (us ) boring, but because I just can´t make them in a realistic way. This is usually what I doodle whenever I fancy something humanoid -like (is a dark elf from warhammer fantasy): Attachments:
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Post by arioch on May 16, 2011 14:27:05 GMT
A group of Nyctosaurus scavenge a dead Elasmosaurus. Two Pteranodon ingens decide to join the party without invitation. How rude of them! (Later I´ll post something a bit more spectacular before I go on vacation ).
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Post by Himmapaan on May 16, 2011 16:00:50 GMT
A Spaniard! Ah, perdóname! I've no idea why I presumed you were from the US; perhaps because many of the regulars here are!  Lo siento! The landing pterosaurs -- particularly the Nyctosaurus on the far left -- look pretty convincing to me. I look forward to your spectacular piece. ;D |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on May 16, 2011 18:23:10 GMT
I like the use of perspective in this one..nicely done !
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Post by arioch on May 16, 2011 21:42:03 GMT
Thanks! drawing pterosaurs in such a perspective is a true pain, more than any kind of dinosaur or animal I´m aware of...really tricky anathomy. I think I´m done with them for now. And now : The reunion of old friends.Two old friends meet again after a long time. Deinonychus wants a hug but Hypsilophodon feels a bit awkward about it.  (Still not the sketch I was talking about. I´ll post tonight it or tomorrow, its taking some more time. Don´t expect too much, though). |
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Post by Griffin on May 16, 2011 22:22:42 GMT
It would be great if you put more into the background of the pterosaur one. The perspective is cool but its a bit confusing at first since its on just white.
I have gone to an art school outside of my regular academic school during my middle school and some of my high school years. Thats not what makes you good at drawing though. For me the classes were more on techniques and how to use different mediums (watercolors, oils, fountain ink...). I don't think there's really much of a secret to being skilled at drawing other than practice.
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Post by bokisaurus on May 17, 2011 1:53:22 GMT
Ok, first of all I LOVE your drawing stye! Very dynamic and imaginative. Great to see pencil and colored versions. I have been busy lately that it make it hard to keep up with so many threads! I just found yours  Looking forward to see more of your art. |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on May 17, 2011 3:30:53 GMT
Small thing..on the Deinonychus. Can you fix his eye so it's looking at the Hypsi ? It would def look better I think. ;D
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Post by arioch on May 17, 2011 5:46:48 GMT
As a matter of fact I changed the eye a little bit in the coloured version (what I have so far, its a WIP like most of my colourings), which im quite satisfied with ;D. Now the binocular vision and bird like nature of the dromie is more evident, I think.  Boki, thanks for the compliments! and Griffin, I actually did sort of a shoreline in the early pencil version but it didn´t look too well. I suppose I´ll try something with quality textures as I advance in the painting, it surely will look so much better. Maybe I´ll add some scavenging crabs too (there were crabs in the american late cretaceous by the way?) : |
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Post by arioch on May 17, 2011 22:22:15 GMT
Argentinosaurus under attack !Because the family of Giganotosaurus who hunt together, stay together!  From left to right: a sub adult and the older son, Mom, Dad and a reckless juvenile.
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Post by Ajax on May 17, 2011 22:35:07 GMT
Ouch!
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Post by arioch on May 18, 2011 0:05:06 GMT
Yes, sometimes sauropods have to lose! sorry ;D This is the scheme I´m planning to use:  |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on May 18, 2011 1:17:23 GMT
Wonder where the sauropods herd is ? Is it an older ,sick individual that wondered off to die ? Or hi sherd all died in a flood or fire and he's all that's left ?
Sorry you know how I am..lol
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Post by arioch on May 18, 2011 2:02:41 GMT
He is a very old, absent-minded guy (hence the super wrinled skin) who wandered alone in search of food and got a nasty surprise. Don´t feel bad for him, we wasn´t going to last one month more anyway. You can tell he´s too weak to even defend himself properly. Wise theropods don´t attack healthy adults!  |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on May 18, 2011 3:07:24 GMT
lol
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Post by arioch on May 18, 2011 15:13:58 GMT
One of the two things I sketched this morning: Smilodon fatalis. I´m not very good at mammal anathomy, so excuse any inaccuracies.  |
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Lo siento! 
