Ludwigia Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 You've been quite busy. Nice work! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredalexander Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 thanks guys. yeah, i'm actually drawing alot less then i usually do. trying to fix that at the moment. as for your question aerodactyl, i do use prismacolor pencils for these drawings.. i also use prismacolor, copic, and promarkers to help some areas of the drawing pop more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 These really are excellent. I think your obamadon illustration, with the shadows, is as good as anything I've seen published. I think you should put together a portfolio of your best drawings and offer your illustration services to children's book publishers. Most professional illustrators set up their own website and mail illustrated postcards to the art directors. It certainly wouldn't be easy or quick, it often takes years, but I think it's something you should consider. You'll find a lot of help from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. I apologize if you already know all this, I just think your work is terrific. Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredalexander Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 thank you pagurus for the kind words. i actually had lots of people telling me that i should make books, but unfortunately i'm pretty muck a noob on how the entire process works and i am going to need to gain as much information on it as i can. so your words on the process is greatly appreciated. i know this isn't anything prehistoric, but i'm just glad how well this came out, esspecially when it is my first time useing pen and inks to create a drawing. heres a broad snouted caiman as well as drawings, i've been known to do sculptures. though not the sculptures you tipically think of. although, i do make clay sculptures, i also make paper models of various animals. i plan out and design these models to be very easy to biuld. both the tyrannosaurus head and both lobbed finned fish are rather recent. others are rather old and deserve a recreation. here are some examples a tyrannosaurus head. the actual paper template is a free download skull of a tyrannosaurus rex. i just copied it white and colored it in as a fleshed out head heres the opposite side. retodus and mawasonia in 1:48 scale arambourgainia in 1:48 scale tropeognathus in 1:48 scale spinosaurus in 1:48 scale. it also has moveable jaws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Hi, Incredible ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triceratops Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Those models are amazing. They look very fiddly to make! -Lyall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 The more I see, the more I get the impression that we have a budding talent here. Have you tried modelling in clay or similar material? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 "Budding"?! This is some of the nicest I have ever seen "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pocock Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) You just seam to be getting better and better, the models are excellent and look very good, I think that with a talent like yours you could move on to clay or other materials and have some truly spectacular items. Regards Mike Edited September 28, 2015 by Mike Pocock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amphipod Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Excellent artwork, I love all the details you give Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredalexander Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 thank you all. i appologize for my inactivity, but i hope to get more lively here soon. anyway, here are a few more drawings that i've done. iberomesornis scanning it's environment. i actually drew this during school and alamotyrannus brinkmani ( yes, i'm awar how contraversial this is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 I love your rendering of Iberomesornis in the Green Heron hunting mode! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Gorgeous! ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Magnificent work! ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 What more can I say? Some day our forum members will say, "I knew him when ...." Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
married2rick Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Very Impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Outstanding work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runner64 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Very good job! Better than anything that I could do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amphipod Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I like the alamotyrannus, feathers look nice on him. And I do agree with feathers on dinosaurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredalexander Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 thank yo everyone. the alamotyrannus is by far a favorite of mine.( though certainly not the last). heres a few sketches i did in school. it's been a while since i did a propor drawing. thats gotta change this is a scene of generic dromaeosaurids and pterosaurs. really, this was something i did mainly to practice drawing water reflections. heres two rather bland and pretty old doodles of t. rex i did a couple weeks ago. not a bid fan of them saurornitholestes sullivani changyuraptor yangi eating a generic reptile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amphipod Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I love the saurornitholestes and changyuraptor a lot. the back and neck feathers have been done very well, but a little constructive criticism of saurornitholestes, he could use covert feathers on his arms, and I got a feeling deep down that his tail and butt would be a tad more robust with feathers, and meat. Can't complain of Chang though, He looks feisty enough to fight an angry raccoon. Love the birch trees in first picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredalexander Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 i agree. the saurornitholestes sketch could of used a bit more work, but glad to hear that the chang came out alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amphipod Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 A little trick, that you may like, that helps a lot for me is to compare skeletons to flesh of modern animals. It gets you a little more of the feeling of the animals mechanics. remember dinosaurs were birds, so logically birds should be one to focus on with the organization of their bodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredalexander Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 alot of my drawing actually revolve around that idealism actually. my saurornitholestes just came off the wrong end of the stick heres some rather quick sketches i did in school before break. heres a tyrannosaurus ( this was made more for understanted the tyrannosaurids general anatomy, ergo why i didn't bother doing some sort of more elaborate integument.) and a carnotaurus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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