tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407486920844354583.post5383709064607879496..comments2023-12-20T07:40:56.484+00:00Comments on Raptor's Nest: Allosaurus fragilis 3: Allosaurus yet again...Raptor's Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01451618880276065935noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407486920844354583.post-33990022575365732282008-04-30T20:29:00.000+01:002008-04-30T20:29:00.000+01:00Hi Sean,With your criteria, my drawings would pret...Hi Sean,<BR/><BR/>With your criteria, my drawings would pretty much all be either 1, or 3 and most of them with any sort of posing would definitely be 3 - i.e. faked. Although, I would like to think that my detailed observations through my research have given me some good ideas of how they should look like...though that's where drawing skills become the limiting factor, I guess...Raptor's Nest (old)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11093451947295359924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407486920844354583.post-84660046686228179882008-04-30T19:36:00.000+01:002008-04-30T19:36:00.000+01:00I'm in the same boat, Sean. :-)I'm in the same boat, Sean. :-)Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08692080707969333711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407486920844354583.post-91214249123307235442008-04-30T16:04:00.000+01:002008-04-30T16:04:00.000+01:00I hear you about adding depth to reconstructions. ...I hear you about adding depth to reconstructions. My stuff tends to fall into three categories:<BR/><BR/>1) Strict profile based on photos and skeletal diagrams. This allows me to customize the poses while maintaining accuracy -- I build the skeleton one bone at a time, then flesh it out. These are flat and stiff and fail to get the sense of mass and depth that really delivers the animal.<BR/><BR/>2) Drawings based on photos of skeletal mounts. This restricts the poses available to me and gives me the creepy feeling that I'm vaguely plagiaristic.<BR/><BR/>3) Fakin' it. And you can really tell when I'm faking... This stuff looks awful.<BR/><BR/>At the end of the day I think this comes down to improving my drawing skills in general so I can learn to fake it better. Depressing, isn't it?Sean Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763869499494698057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407486920844354583.post-88569981970248168222008-04-29T23:37:00.000+01:002008-04-29T23:37:00.000+01:00Ironically, I've deliberately shrunken the arms af...Ironically, I've deliberately shrunken the arms after I thought, "wait a minute, they look too big"...although, you are right, I always am amazed how big and recurved allosaur manual claws are.<BR/><BR/>I haven't read his paper in Feathered Dragons but I have read his GAIA paper from '98 on <I>Allosaurus</I> as a sabre-tooth analogue...now, that was inspiring!Raptor's Nest (old)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11093451947295359924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407486920844354583.post-16266823912305988402008-04-29T19:44:00.000+01:002008-04-29T19:44:00.000+01:00I find depth troubling when drawing dinosaurs, too...I find depth troubling when drawing dinosaurs, too, especially for head-on views. You've got to give this allosaur some arms, brother! People underestimate how massive <I>Allosaurus'</I> arms were, especially its fingers. It's no spinosaur, but <I>Allosaurus</I> could hold onto stuff, and it had some kickass manual claws.<BR/>Otherwise the picture is quite good! <BR/><BR/>Have you read Bakker's paper (in "Feathered Dragons") about the paleoecology of <I>Allosaurus</I> and <I>Ceratosaurus</I>? He suggests that allosaurus was a specialized sauropod killer (not new), and that <I>Ceratosaurus</I> was a swimmer that went after lungfish. I was just reminded of that paper because you've drawn the two big Morrison theropods. :-)Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08692080707969333711noreply@blogger.com