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I had already started working on this one before I left for Canada, so I decided to take it along and finish it up in my spare time. Now it's completed. A Coeloma sp. crab which I found 10 years ago in the Oligocene deposits at Mogenstrup beach on Limfjord, Denmark.

 

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Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger

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Amazing, excellent job on all the shading! I do have a question though - are crabs called lobsters in Germany? It looks remarkably like a crab to me as well.

 

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Asher 

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1 hour ago, Mainefossils said:

Amazing, excellent job on all the shading! I do have a question though - are lobsters also called crabs in Germany? It looks remarkably like a crab to me as well.

 

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Asher 

yes, i especially like the large claw, it really comes alive due to the shading. 

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Good job, looks exactly like the real specimen. Every detail is there, from the claw, the legs, the light reflecting off the fossil, down to the shape and shade of the matrix

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4 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Terrific drawing.:)

(but it looks like a crab to me.) 

 

4 hours ago, Paleorunner said:

Very good drawing, but I think you were wrong in the translation, I also see a crab.:Wink1:

 

4 hours ago, Mainefossils said:

Amazing, excellent job on all the shading! I do have a question though - are crabs called lobsters in Germany? It looks remarkably like a crab to me as well.

 

Regards,

Asher 

 

Ooops! :P:blush: You guys are right. I must still be suffering from jetlag. My head got it mixed up with something else in my collection, but my eyes weren't paying attention. I'll get that corrected right away.

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http://www.steinkern.de/

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It is completely fine - I just found it interesting. Is it usual in Germany for crabs to be called lobsters, and vice-versa? 

 

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Asher

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Wonderful rendering, do you use camera obscura or is it free hand?  I have not done any drawing since I was made redundant. I must pick up a pencil soon.You are a very skilled person. This will look fantastic along side your lobster.:thumbsu:

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That's a fine-looking drawing, Roger, and the claws look mighty tasty too.

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2 hours ago, Mainefossils said:

It is completely fine - I just found it interesting. Is it usual in Germany for crabs to be called lobsters, and vice-versa? 

 

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Asher

 

Not at all. It was just a dumb mistake from myself.

 

1 hour ago, Bobby Rico said:

Wonderful rendering, do you use camera obscura or is it free hand?  I have not done any drawing since I was made redundant. I must pick up a pencil soon.You are a very skilled person. This will look fantastic along side your lobster.:thumbsu:

 

Thanks for the laurels, Bobby. I don't have a camera obscura, but I often cut out the outline and trace that in order to get the proportions right, then I work mainly freehand, but take the occasional measurement when I'm unsure.

 

1 hour ago, Pagurus said:

That's a fine-looking drawing, Roger, and the claws look mighty tasty too.

 

Thanks :D

 

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Okay, sorry for pointing it out. :unsure: 

 

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Asher

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Asher 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Mainefossils said:

Okay, sorry for pointing it out. :unsure: 

 

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Asher

 

No need to apologize. I'm just fine on that.

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Actually there is a kind of shrimp traditionally called "(Nordsee-) Krabben" in German, although normally "Krabbe" means just the same as crab in English. Lobster would be "Hummer".

Great Drawing again,, as I forgot to mention among the crustacean semantics.

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J

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