Stan Sweaney Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Hello, I've stumbled onto this site while doing research on doing scientific illustrations of green River fish. I've prepared many specimens over the years, but now want to do accurate illustrations of these fish. The research involves gathering as many fossil images as possible, and then finding living relatives and using them as references. Very time consuming, but for accuracy, one cannot find enough references. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stan Sweaney Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 Hello, I'm Stan Sweaney, and stumbled onto this sight while doing research for illustrations of green River fish. Any feedback would be helpful. Preliminary sketches in progress. I'm not yet literate at navigating sites such ad this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Hello Stan, and Welcome to the Forum. I've taken the liberty of putting your post in the appropriate sub-Forum (Paleo-Recreations) and correcting the orientation of your pictures. Which, by the way, are really good! Looking forward to seeing more. Kind regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 These are amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Very well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Welcome Stan. I've tried my hand at a few green river fish too and I've found all those scales quite challenging. I'd be proud of these. Well done! Mike Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Sweaney Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 Thanks Mike. I've done many illustrations of trout and warm water fish. These are just thumbnail sketches that are done to get the proper proportions ans shape of a given species, subspecies. Green River fish more challenging because scales, and proportion can get lost. This is WHT I look at dozens of specimens. Color I relate to living relatives or the variety that most resembles it. It does give me ability to use artist license. I'll post finished pieces at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Sweaney Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 2 hours ago, Danielb said: These are amazing. Thanks Danielb, they are just preliminary sketches. Rogers2012CoOutdoors.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Sweaney Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, Randyw said: Very well done! Thank you, Randy's just preliminaries. More to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Sweaney Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 6 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Hello Stan, and Welcome to the Forum. I've taken the liberty of putting your post in the appropriate sub-Forum (Paleo-Recreations) and correcting the orientation of your pictures. Which, by the way, are really good! Looking forward to seeing more. Kind regards, Thanks Fosdildude19, I appreciate your help. I'm new to forums and just getting used to navigating the site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadrosauridae Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Nice drawings! Professional fossil preparation services at Red Dirt Fossils, LLC. https://reddirtfossils.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Sweaney Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, Pagurus said: Welcome Stan. I've tried my hand at a few green river fish too and I've found all those scales quite challenging. I'd be proud of these. Well done! Mike Thanks Mike, these are just preliminary sketches. I've illustrated trout and other freshwater species. The Green River are a challenge, but there are living relatives or similar species to use for color reference. Scientific accuracy is the challenge, and I have to look at multiple examples to get measurements, proportion etc. Scales can be a challenge, bur they follow patterns and counted along the lateral lines. I'll post more images later. I'd be interested in seeing some of your work at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Sweaney Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 6 minutes ago, hadrosauridae said: Nice drawings! Thanks hadrosauridae! There are more to come! Can't wait to get rolling again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 2 minutes ago, Stan Sweaney said: Thanks Mike, these are just preliminary sketches. I've illustrated trout and other freshwater species. The Green River are a challenge, but there are living relatives or similar species to use for color reference. Scientific accuracy is the challenge, and I have to look at multiple examples to get measurements, proportion etc. Scales can be a challenge, bur they follow patterns and counted along the lateral lines. I'll post more images later. I'd be interested in seeing some of your work at some point. Ask and ye shall receive! Mike is among the few of us who certainly love to express ourselves on the page. Here is a link to his lovely paintings: 1 1 1 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 If you want to see some excellent examples of prepped grf fish for reference. Check out @Ptychodus04 fish bonanza post. ( sorry I dont know how to link it) but it’s got examples of dozens and dozens of perfectly prepped specimens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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