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RE: Drawings in zoos... - Spalea - 03-03-2017
(03-03-2017, 11:21 AM)peter Wrote: I read the article and thought it was very interesting. Many thanks for posting it, as I had never heard of Gericault and his great painting!
Gericault ! The first one who realised a monumental painting which was not at all to the glory of the regime (slaves trade, collapse of the Empire...) !
The first one who painted some monomaniacs for what they were without judjing them:
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/romanticism/romanticism-in-france/a/gricault-portraits-of-the-insane
Gericault or the human tragedy transcended by the horses:
https://www.wikiart.org/en/theodore-gericault/the-head-of-white-horse
https://www.google.ch/search?q=the+gericault+horses&biw=1280&bih=571&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO_YuI8LnSAhWId5oKHcsTB-EQ_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=horse+attacked+by+a+lion+by+gericault&*&imgrc=O1C1HlvQAmPW_M:
http://www.fineartprintsondemand.com/artists/gericault/scene_from_the_colonial_war.htm
(And guess what: The first man in "The raft of the Medusa" who saw the boat on the skyline is a black ! The Raft of the Medusa depicts the tragedy of a boat assuring the slave trade...).
And about the industrial revolution:
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/theodore-gericault-dead-horse
http://interactive.britishart.yale.edu/critique-of-reason/402/pity-the-sorrows-of-a-poor-old-man-whose-trembling-limbs-have-borne-him-to-your-door
And so on... But he dyed really too soon.
I stop...
RE: Drawings in zoos... - Rishi - 03-10-2017
Really cool thread...thought I should contribute too...
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As y'all can see, it started as a pen scribble & was VERY messy!!!
So, i had to clean a bit on MS-Paint (It still counts)...
RE: Drawings in zoos... - Spalea - 03-11-2017
@Rishi :
About#49: interesting your drawing ! But you can reinforce the forelimb mightiness by making it feel from the shoulder (the line delimiting the front of the limb). If you look at the tiger walking, the forelimb action gets back till the shoulder up to the withers. You could believe that he is flexing muscles...
RE: Drawings in zoos... - Rishi - 03-11-2017
(03-11-2017, 01:04 AM)Spalea Wrote: @Rishi :
About#49: interesting your drawing ! But you can reinforce the forelimb mightiness by making it feel from the shoulder (the line delimiting the front of the limb). If you look at the tiger walking, the forelimb action gets back till the shoulder up to the withers. You could believe that he is flexing muscles...
Okz... (Plus few facial rectifications)
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RE: Drawings in zoos... - Rishi - 03-11-2017
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RE: Drawings in zoos... - Spalea - 03-11-2017
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RE: Drawings in zoos... - Rishi - 03-11-2017
Sloth bear...
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RE: Animal Art! - Polar - 03-18-2017
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RE: Animal Art! - Polar - 03-31-2017
ACROCANTHOSAURUS
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RE: Animal Art! - Polar - 04-10-2017
Kangaroo "Rogers" Jack
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Doesn't he look a lot like the overly-muscular kangaroo shown in the following picture?
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RE: Animal Art! - Polar - 08-14-2017
Tiger and Gorilla
"Here, a skeletal representation of both a Siberian tiger and an Eastern Lowland Gorilla, with the latter 150-pounds heavier, are displayed here facing each other. It is as if both animals (or skeletons rather, hehe!) are preparing to fight in a match-off."
Tiger and Gorilla
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Gorilla
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Tiger
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"Even though the tiger is lower in weight, it still possesses particularly thicker bones than the gorilla; this is most evident in the forearm and spinal/vertebra bones. Felines, and every carnivore in general, require thick vertebrae bones to do back-bending movements and to wrestle prey down with a lesser chance of back injury. Although gorillas are known for their extremely strong backs and forearms, those of the tiger have a much more apparent mark from their usage as evidenced on the bone."
RE: Animal Art! - Polar - 08-14-2017
American Lion (PANTHERA ATROX)
At the beginning of this drawing, I started with the American Lion's skull:
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It might not exactly resemble a American Lion's skull in terms of shape (more like an African Lion in fact), since the American one is slightly more rounded like a jaguar's.
And here is the skeletal portion of the American Lion's body:
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Always good to start with the head to give a greater idea of how the big the body will be, same with the skull and skeleton. Just a tip!
RE: Animal Art! - Spalea - 08-14-2017
@Polar :
About #64: good your anatomical sketchs !
When I think about a panthera atrox, I refer to an actual asiatic lion, with a small mane, but with a more hairy body (North Amaerica during the Ice Age...).
Of course it appears his legs were long (hunting adaptation into snowy landscapes), and compared with the others felids he had a big head too.
So:
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RE: Animal Art! - Polar - 11-21-2017
Barbourofelis
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RE: Animal Art! - Spalea - 12-28-2017
American lion...
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