Fewer questions this time, but as long as they don't screech to a halt I don't find that a bad thing. I don't want to be too overwhelmed.
-Have the characters fought any hippos?
-Would the characters rather receive fan mail or a crate of small rodents?
-What would Skull do if he succeeded in taking over the museum?
-Have the characters gotten visits from a certain Canadian alvarezsaurid?
-Do the characters like roast beef?
-Can Savape run on water while flapping?
-Ground up or trees down?
-What does Dinky think of Ostrom?
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Ostrom and the Dinosaur Style Meme
Oh man, it's been years since I said I'd do this! That is probably for the better, as this meme is easier to fill out using digital art.
The original blank meme is by Pred-Adopts.
I went with Ostrom for this one. One of my self-imposed rules was that I'd base each style off the closest relative of Deinonychus I could find that was present in each work.
Personal - Not much to say here!
Jurassic Park - Considering that the Jurassic Park dromaeosaurids are based on Deinonychus, this was a no-brainer. If I haven't been amply convinced that Jurassic Park dromaeosaurids look hideous, drawing this certainly did it. (That's not intended as a slight on Jurassic Park as a movie, which I enjoy.)
Chibi - You want cute? I'll give you cute. This one was quick, as I wasn't bound to the style of a specific work.
Fantasia - This one is interesting. Fantasia came out long before dromaeosaurids had seeped into popular culture; in fact, Deinonychus had not even been discovered then. I wondered if I should base this one on the generic-looking small theropod present, but then I saw that there were a few shots of what is evidently intended to be a protobird in the short. As expected for the time, it's more lizard-like than dinosaur-like, but close enough.
The Flintstones - Found as many bird pictures from this show as I could and made the best of it. Cartoon bird ankles working like knees, ick. I referenced Dino for some of Ostrom's more stereotypically dinosaurian traits such as the long tail.
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story - I wondered if I would have to use that goofy-looking tyrannosaurid, then I remembered all the talk about the crows in this film and it was all good.
Another DeviantArtist's style - This was hard. Most of the paleoartists on here who I look up to have styles that are too detailed for me to imitate well. Fortunately, there was a clear solution. I went with StygimolochSpinifer, the master of striking the balance between simplicity and accuracy, bar none. As a matter of fact, his newer works strike that balance so well that they were still nearly impossible for me to mimic; this one is based on his older stuff from Ask a Velociraptor. I haven't come close to doing justice to his style here, so go watch him if you haven't already.
Disney's Dinosaur - Whatever this movie's other faults, these are some of the least hideous scaly dromaeosaurids I've seen, at least. They could almost pass off as hypothetical real dinosaurs. Almost.
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Based off the Archaeopteryx that has a quick scene, naturally. Lots of typical tropes from lack of understanding of protobirds, including a scaly face, wristwings, and sparkleraptor coloration.
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - I was so relieved to see an Archaeopteryx on the poster for this game that I forgot to look up whether there were any dromaeosaurids in it. I can only stand drawing so many scaly dromaeosaurids, after all. Not that more typical protobird paleoart tropes aren't just marginally better.
The Land Before Time - I had to turn to one of the dreaded sequels for this one to find a eudromaeosaur. (I've read that another one of the sequels actually has a feathered dromaeosaurid, but it's a microraptorine so it's less closely related.) Rather hideous, all lumpy and rubbery-looking.
Another artist's style - I momentarily considered turning Ostrom into a My Little Maniraptor (though under my own rules I'd have had to base him on a bird from that show rather than a pony) for this one, but I remembered that I hadn't had the chance to use Archeops back when I did the avian style meme (which had a Pokémon slot), so I figured I'd fix that.
The original blank meme is by Pred-Adopts.
I went with Ostrom for this one. One of my self-imposed rules was that I'd base each style off the closest relative of Deinonychus I could find that was present in each work.
Personal - Not much to say here!
Jurassic Park - Considering that the Jurassic Park dromaeosaurids are based on Deinonychus, this was a no-brainer. If I haven't been amply convinced that Jurassic Park dromaeosaurids look hideous, drawing this certainly did it. (That's not intended as a slight on Jurassic Park as a movie, which I enjoy.)
Chibi - You want cute? I'll give you cute. This one was quick, as I wasn't bound to the style of a specific work.
Fantasia - This one is interesting. Fantasia came out long before dromaeosaurids had seeped into popular culture; in fact, Deinonychus had not even been discovered then. I wondered if I should base this one on the generic-looking small theropod present, but then I saw that there were a few shots of what is evidently intended to be a protobird in the short. As expected for the time, it's more lizard-like than dinosaur-like, but close enough.
The Flintstones - Found as many bird pictures from this show as I could and made the best of it. Cartoon bird ankles working like knees, ick. I referenced Dino for some of Ostrom's more stereotypically dinosaurian traits such as the long tail.
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story - I wondered if I would have to use that goofy-looking tyrannosaurid, then I remembered all the talk about the crows in this film and it was all good.
Another DeviantArtist's style - This was hard. Most of the paleoartists on here who I look up to have styles that are too detailed for me to imitate well. Fortunately, there was a clear solution. I went with StygimolochSpinifer, the master of striking the balance between simplicity and accuracy, bar none. As a matter of fact, his newer works strike that balance so well that they were still nearly impossible for me to mimic; this one is based on his older stuff from Ask a Velociraptor. I haven't come close to doing justice to his style here, so go watch him if you haven't already.
Disney's Dinosaur - Whatever this movie's other faults, these are some of the least hideous scaly dromaeosaurids I've seen, at least. They could almost pass off as hypothetical real dinosaurs. Almost.
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Based off the Archaeopteryx that has a quick scene, naturally. Lots of typical tropes from lack of understanding of protobirds, including a scaly face, wristwings, and sparkleraptor coloration.
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - I was so relieved to see an Archaeopteryx on the poster for this game that I forgot to look up whether there were any dromaeosaurids in it. I can only stand drawing so many scaly dromaeosaurids, after all. Not that more typical protobird paleoart tropes aren't just marginally better.
The Land Before Time - I had to turn to one of the dreaded sequels for this one to find a eudromaeosaur. (I've read that another one of the sequels actually has a feathered dromaeosaurid, but it's a microraptorine so it's less closely related.) Rather hideous, all lumpy and rubbery-looking.
Another artist's style - I momentarily considered turning Ostrom into a My Little Maniraptor (though under my own rules I'd have had to base him on a bird from that show rather than a pony) for this one, but I remembered that I hadn't had the chance to use Archeops back when I did the avian style meme (which had a Pokémon slot), so I figured I'd fix that.
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Tumblr Roundup 8/4/13
Thus far my experiment with Tumblr has been working fairly well. I've been receiving a steady trickle of questions without them being overwhelming. It remains to be seen whether I can keep this up when school starts again.
-How do the characters all get along?
-Does Skull think Edmontonia is cool?
-What does Skull think of tyrannosauroids?
-What would Skull think of a tyrant flycatcher acting like a tyrannosaurid?
-Why is Skull the only character that isn't a fleshed-out body?
-Have the characters encountered modern raptors (birds of prey)?
-Would having a full body help Skull in taking over the museum?
-Greeting Featheryraptor.
-Could Skull borrow the body of Linheraptor?
-How does Savape feel about the uncertain phylogenetic position of archaeopterygid-grade paravians?
-Should Skull get a Utahraptor model made to aid him in his quest?
-What does Zahavi think of Gigantoraptor?
-What does Remex think of the museum's Allosaurus?
-How does Remex keep himself sane with his knowledge of phylogenetics?
-Who is the "boss" among the characters?
-Have the characters seen a female Rahonavis named Rahona?
-Are there pterosaurs at the museum?
-How do the characters all get along?
-Does Skull think Edmontonia is cool?
-What does Skull think of tyrannosauroids?
-What would Skull think of a tyrant flycatcher acting like a tyrannosaurid?
-Why is Skull the only character that isn't a fleshed-out body?
-Have the characters encountered modern raptors (birds of prey)?
-Would having a full body help Skull in taking over the museum?
-Greeting Featheryraptor.
-Could Skull borrow the body of Linheraptor?
-How does Savape feel about the uncertain phylogenetic position of archaeopterygid-grade paravians?
-Should Skull get a Utahraptor model made to aid him in his quest?
-What does Zahavi think of Gigantoraptor?
-What does Remex think of the museum's Allosaurus?
-How does Remex keep himself sane with his knowledge of phylogenetics?
-Who is the "boss" among the characters?
-Have the characters seen a female Rahonavis named Rahona?
-Are there pterosaurs at the museum?
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