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Post by arioch on Feb 28, 2012 18:41:26 GMT
Thanks gentlemen! I saw the Yinlong on dA.  Will you be working on making the background mountains paler as you hinted at? Hmm... I don´t know yet. Do you think it would look better with a paler or a darker background?  I´m open to suggestions. By the way, here is the Spino piece finished. My first experiment with water reflections also, I´m reasonably happy and proud of it. Need to get better, though...  |
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Post by Himmapaan on Feb 28, 2012 20:17:15 GMT
I think Marc's right; this is one of your finest. |
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Post by zopteryx on Feb 29, 2012 0:07:43 GMT
Jaw-dropping!!!  |
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Post by arioch on Feb 29, 2012 21:10:02 GMT
Thanks again.  I also think this is one of my best, and its funny because its not a dino I´m specially fond of. I dont know if I´ll even be able to create something like this anytime soon... Well, those are two of my most advanced projects: an updated Cryolophosaurus and a Troodon. I´ll be able to finish the former tonight, or maybe tomorrow. No backgrounds planned for those since I´m a bit tired after finishing all those pieces in the last week....maybe I´ll add something later though.   |
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Post by Himmapaan on Feb 29, 2012 22:27:28 GMT
I love the Troodon!
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Post by arioch on Mar 1, 2012 4:42:58 GMT
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Post by Horridus on Mar 1, 2012 20:05:40 GMT
I'm not sure about the fur, but I guess it's in the realm of plausibility. My question would be: why the snowscape?
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Post by Griffin on Mar 1, 2012 20:14:14 GMT
Yeah I'm pretty sure Antarctica wasn't like it is now during the early Jurassic. But either way cool colors.
how did u do the reflection in the water for the spino one? It came out really nice.
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Post by arioch on Mar 1, 2012 20:31:46 GMT
Its rather speculative, but I remember reading somewhere that in coastal areas of the Antarctica the temperature probably dropped considerably more and it could be snow for a few months of the year (Some study based on Jurassic air, I think.) Though most of the year it still was, well... a cool forest. But basically I think its a cool contrast with the animal. I made the reflection duplicating the image in a different layer, then using it as a background and distorting and blending it with the water. Far from perfect but hey...glad you like it. The water itself looks a bit bland though, maybe I´ll update with more light reflections. As for the fur, I think I´ve seen around way more fuzzy Cryos than scaly ones! This is quite conservative compared to Rey´s rendition, for example. And I think my original sketch was way too spiky. |
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Post by arioch on Mar 2, 2012 16:56:35 GMT
T. Rex test schemes for my next colored piece (I´ll probably use the bottom one, but changing the green for brown). I´m open to advices though.  |
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Post by arioch on Mar 3, 2012 3:49:22 GMT
Here is the Troodon finished. Sort of. I´ll probably add a background sooner or later.  |
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Post by Horridus on Mar 3, 2012 17:28:29 GMT
Very pretty. I like the thick coat.
Regarding the Cryolophosaurus, I do think a background with a few trees would be better (much as I appreciate the 'contrast' idea...and the fact that a plain-ish background is much easier to do)...
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Post by Himmapaan on Mar 3, 2012 17:31:29 GMT
Interesting addition of the 'saddle' feathers like in many galliformes.
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Post by arioch on Mar 4, 2012 5:19:09 GMT
Thanks! glad you can appreciate that..some things like all the detail on the vaned feathers is hard to tell in the final picture, is sort of frustrating... Very pretty. I like the thick coat. Regarding the Cryolophosaurus, I do think a background with a few trees would be better (much as I appreciate the 'contrast' idea...and the fact that a plain-ish background is much easier to do)... Something like this? fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/063/6/2/frozen_crest_by_durbed-d4rfnvf.jpgBtw, a preview of what´s coming next... ready to be painted:  |
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Post by arioch on Mar 6, 2012 15:22:58 GMT
T. Rex and toro....err , Triceratops ( ;D) having a disagreement! I´m confident you might remember this black and white lineart...well, now its completed. Hope you like it.  |
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Post by arioch on Mar 14, 2012 13:36:29 GMT
Just noticed this needs an update! So... New stuff. Beipiaosaurus: Old stuff updated and painted, Dilophosaurus:  And a sketchy Microraptor that will be part of something bigger soon enough...  |
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I saw the Yinlong on dA. 
Will you be working on making the background mountains paler as you hinted at?
I´m open to suggestions.
I also think this is one of my best, and its funny because its not a dino I´m specially fond of. I dont know if I´ll even be able to create something like this anytime soon...
