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Post by gwangi on Oct 2, 2011 0:35:29 GMT
Fantastic work but I'm curious how that Pentaceratops managed to nail that Daspletosaurus in such a position.
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Post by arioch on Oct 2, 2011 13:14:13 GMT
Charged and stomped while it was distracted sniffing the ground, it is indeed exaggerated; for some reason I find the idea of a ceratopsian almost literally "raping" some big theropod extremely pleasing. ;D Haha, have I said that before? The latter reason certainly has much to do with it (I have an incomplete drawing of a hippo-shaped horse with tiny, tiny, hooves, for instance). I do happen to enjoy contrasts of that kind (cf. my love for sauropods, which manage to be massive yet still graceful). But also, these feet are just really beautifully drawn.  Feet can be tricky things, and when they're done well, it makes a huge difference. I´d like to see that hippo-horse! Hope that you will equally enjoy my next drawing, which will be, oh, surprise, another ceratopsian...  though I´m afraid the pose wouldnt be as exciting. |
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Post by Griffin on Oct 2, 2011 14:51:30 GMT
I saw the hippo-horse!
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 2, 2011 19:18:47 GMT
Indeed you did, Chris. ;D Arioch, haha, well, if you'd really like to see it, I will try to finish it sometime this week and post it. It's been left unfinished in my sketchbook for ages, I might as well do something about it. And I look forward to you next piece! |
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Post by sumo on Oct 2, 2011 19:57:36 GMT
Ooh yes, finish Hippohorse!
Arioch - I love the pose too! There's something about theropods getting their asses kicked... ;D
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Post by gwangi on Oct 2, 2011 20:41:52 GMT
Arioch - I love the pose too! There's something about theropods getting their asses kicked... ;D It's because they're still alive isn't it?  |
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Post by Horridus on Oct 3, 2011 21:22:16 GMT
Arioch - I love the pose too! There's something about theropods getting their asses kicked... ;D It's because they're still alive isn't it? And because even the long-dead ones nevertheless fed on the still-twitching carcasses of extinct animals (COUGHTRICERATOPSCOUGH HACKSPLUTTERDIPLODOCUSCOUGH) that are basically beloved childhood heroes for a lot of people...;D |
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Post by Griffin on Oct 3, 2011 23:46:45 GMT
Triceratops is still alive in my heart.  |
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 4, 2011 0:24:47 GMT
And because even the long-dead ones nevertheless fed on the still-twitching carcasses of extinct animals (COUGHTRICERATOPSCOUGH HACKSPLUTTERDIPLODOCUSCOUGH) that are basically beloved childhood heroes for a lot of people...;D You're looking to have your jaw shattered by a tail whip this time, aren't you? Triceratops is still alive in my heart. Quite. As is Diplodocus in mine. It is chiefly because of some rampant theropod fanboys Mesozoic theropods are so vulgarly overrated, simply. I actually happen to love modern theropods very much. |
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Post by arioch on Oct 5, 2011 4:01:17 GMT
Scavenging diplodocus?  And I´d rather die with honor in the mesozoic before becoming this!  |
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Post by Horridus on Oct 5, 2011 17:09:34 GMT
Scavenging diplodocus? And I´d rather die with honor in the mesozoic before becoming this! Why is it ALWAYS chickens? What about the huge number of majestic, awesome birds, like raptors and cranes and crows and parrots and hornbills etc etc etc? Bah. |
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Post by paleoferroequine on Oct 5, 2011 19:12:17 GMT
Scavenging diplodocus? And I´d rather die with honor in the mesozoic before becoming this! Why is it ALWAYS chickens? What about the huge number of majestic, awesome birds, like raptors and cranes and crows and parrots and hornbills etc etc etc? Bah. Hah, here ya go, An oviraptorid in all its glory: ;D  |
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 5, 2011 19:18:05 GMT
Why is it ALWAYS chickens? What about the huge number of majestic, awesome birds, like raptors and cranes and crows and parrots and hornbills etc etc etc? Bah. Why indeed! Besides the fact that fowl actually do come in many very beautiful varieties at any rate. ;D |
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Post by Seijun on Oct 5, 2011 19:53:02 GMT
If I had a pet chicken, it would be very insulted by this conversation.  |
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Post by weaver on Oct 5, 2011 20:09:48 GMT
Someone once told me, 'Show a paleontologist a turkey skeleton and they will immediately describe it as a vicious, blood-thirsty beast.'
Agreeing with y'all and personally, having raised a flock of thirteen hens and shown them at shows, you have not lived until you are bathing all thirteen very pissed off hens for shows. Try doing that all day long and not start to see how ratites and fowl are in many folks minds, very dinosaur-ish.
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 5, 2011 20:34:12 GMT
If I had a pet chicken, it would be very insulted by this conversation. See the second part of my last comment.  I was almost going on to say that the jungle fowl itself -- ancestor of domesticated chickens -- is a very beautiful bird. |
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Post by arioch on Oct 6, 2011 19:23:45 GMT
Lets put aside the chickens for a while... Styracosaurus albertensis: Male, female and juvenile. I´m about to start painting those( And of course I used another S. Hartman skeletal...but I have to stop doing this)  Uploaded with ImageShack.us |
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 6, 2011 19:55:59 GMT
These are wonderful. But why stop using the skeletals? |
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Post by arioch on Oct 7, 2011 11:57:45 GMT
Ah, I don´t know, sometimes it feels like I was cheating or something. I very much prefer draw something from zero with some dynamic pose, even if I have to fix the anatomy over and over. But those Styracos are for a project of a sort of Jurassic Park encyclopedia, so I guess this time is ok.
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Post by Himmapaan on Oct 7, 2011 14:11:56 GMT
Well, the skeletals serve as reference material in order to ensure accurate anatomy, so I don't think you need feel as though it's 'cheating'. The actual recreation: posture, dynamism, surface visualisation, etc are all your own. It isn't the same as slavish or outright copying.
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Feet can be tricky things, and when they're done well, it makes a huge difference.
though I´m afraid the pose wouldnt be as exciting.
I was almost going on to say that the jungle fowl itself -- ancestor of domesticated chickens -- is a very beautiful bird.