Macrophyseter Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Over the past few days I've been drawing up another paleo-reconstruction. After some time conflicting on which animal to draw, I settled on the rather under-celebrated pliosaur Simolestes vorax. S. vorax is a Jurassic pliosaur related to Liopleurodon, but is estimated to grow up to 10 meters in length, rivaling the size of the more famous pliosaur Kronosaurus. Heck, at one point there were even some theories that Simolestes was the owner of a gigantic lower front jaw dubbed "The NHM Symphysis", which was believed to be from a pliosaur exceeding 15 meters in length! Again, I used a Huion 1060PLUS Drawing Tablet and used Photoshop CS6. This time, drawing was a bit annoying due to constant need of omitting head details depicted on the skull I referenced. It took me a week to finish, and probably 5-6 whole hours in solid time due to the constant drawing/erasing. If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Nice doodle. Are You going to do any more to it? Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Now go and add the customary scuba diver for scale,Mack. That always adds a little zip and pazazz. Very nice effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattbsharks Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 6 hours ago, doushantuo said: Now go and add the customary scuba diver for scale,Mack. That always adds a little zip and pazazz. Very nice effort! Haha gotta have that scuba diver Great work by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Nice drawing! Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted October 28, 2017 Author Share Posted October 28, 2017 @ynot @doushantuo @mattbsharks @Max-fossils Thanks guys! 20 hours ago, doushantuo said: Now go and add the customary scuba diver for scale,Mack. lol, I was thinking about doing that but for some hassle reasons, I decided against it. But seeing that you would really like to see it, I'll probably just do it anyways If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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