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Post by arioch on Jan 20, 2012 18:33:58 GMT
Well...yes, it probably would look better that way  .A bit late to change it though. But maybe I´ll use that angle the next time I draw a theropod Iooking backwards. I´d really like to know the opinion of an expert about the neck flexibility thing. Either way, its finished...  And here´s another bonus sketch. No dinos this time, sorry . ;D She´s one of the major characters in a Sci Fi tale I began writing some time ago (still little more than a draft); about her name, lets call her... Agent X, I haven´t made up my mind about that yet  , but she is sort of a government agent in the 30th century. Clever and skilled but maybe a bit too temperamental... and a redhead also! as you will see once I paint this...  Uploaded with ImageShack.us |
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Post by stoneage on Jan 21, 2012 2:49:24 GMT
Here's the most flexible necks I could find:   |
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Post by Seijun on Jan 21, 2012 3:24:50 GMT
What is that last thing supposed to be, stoneage?
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Post by Himmapaan on Jan 21, 2012 10:54:54 GMT
Love the finished piece. Nice sketch of Agent X too.
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Post by Horridus on Jan 21, 2012 22:37:51 GMT
Here's the most flexible necks I could find: Giraffes don't have terribly flexible necks. Just check out the necks of quite a number of long-necked birds if you want REAL flexibility. |
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Post by stoneage on Jan 21, 2012 23:54:52 GMT
What is that last thing supposed to be, stoneage? A long necked turtle. |
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Post by stoneage on Jan 21, 2012 23:55:43 GMT
Here's the most flexible necks I could find: Giraffes don't have terribly flexible necks. Just check out the necks of quite a number of long-necked birds if you want REAL flexibility. Do you have any pictures to illustrate their flexibility? |
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Post by Horridus on Jan 22, 2012 21:42:31 GMT
How about this? Having a lot of neck vertebrae surely helps when you want to invert your head while preening!  |
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Post by arioch on Jan 22, 2012 23:13:25 GMT
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Post by Seijun on Jan 23, 2012 2:18:00 GMT
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Post by Griffin on Jan 23, 2012 17:15:55 GMT
Stoneage- that looks like a snake that was put through a box turtle shell. The scales...
I don't know if bird necks are different or not. All I know is that when I showed an expert one of my illustrations where a sauropod had its neck curving back much like your majunga, he said it may not have been plausible.
If you look at the giraffe photo. It take's the entire neck to go back to that point. In the majunga drawing most of the neck is straight and only a small fraction is bent.
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Post by Horridus on Jan 23, 2012 19:21:29 GMT
Oh yeah, bird necks are definitely different. I don't know if Majungasaurus would have been able to pull off such moves, given its rather robust, muscular neck.
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Post by stoneage on Jan 23, 2012 21:14:59 GMT
Stoneage- that looks like a snake that was put through a box turtle shell. The scales... That's why it is sometimes called the Long Snake-necked Turtle. All reptiles have scales.  |
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Post by Horridus on Jan 23, 2012 21:17:01 GMT
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Post by Griffin on Jan 23, 2012 21:25:07 GMT
Stoneage I can't tell if you are joking or seriously think that first photo is one animal.
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Post by sbell on Jan 23, 2012 21:34:24 GMT
Stoneage- that looks like a snake that was put through a box turtle shell. The scales... That's why it is sometimes called the Long Snake-necked Turtle. All reptiles have scales. What he means is that your first image of a long-necked turtle is clearly an amalgam of a turtle shell and a snake. No one is doubting that the turtles themselves exist (as exemplified in the later photo). |
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Post by Horridus on Jan 23, 2012 21:39:31 GMT
Pretty sure Stoneage was just continuing the joke. ;D
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Post by stoneage on Jan 26, 2012 3:51:05 GMT
If you look closely you will notice that the turtle has legs. There is no way you can stick a snake through a turtle shell when there is a turtle in it. Certainly the snake doesn't have legs.  There are many varities and variation of colors in long necked turtle. Below we have the smooth long necked turtle.  |
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Post by Himmapaan on Jan 26, 2012 8:47:25 GMT
Poor Josep and his thread.  |
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Post by tanystropheus on Jan 26, 2012 10:38:31 GMT
If you look closely you will notice that the turtle has legs. There is no way you can stick a snake through a turtle shell when there is a turtle in it. Certainly the snake doesn't have legs. There are many varities and variation of colors in long necked turtle. Below we have the smooth long necked turtle. Long neck turtles? Seems plausible, especially from an evolutionary standpoint (as well as from the progressive perspective of lamarckian genetics) You know what's unbelievable? Long neck spiders  I like to call them "assassin" spiders due to their natural predisposition. Here is a picture (it's d**n good photoshop, I must say!): cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/randall/assassin_spider.jpg |
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.A bit late to change it though. But maybe I´ll use that angle the next time I draw a theropod Iooking backwards. I´d really like to know the opinion of an expert about the neck flexibility thing.
, but she is sort of a government agent in the 30th century. Clever and skilled but maybe a bit too temperamental... and a redhead also! as you will see once I paint this...
