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commander-salamander β€” Cladoselache sketch

Published: 2013-10-06 02:09:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 1310; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 0
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Description Desperately out of date and boring as hell sketch I found. It inspired a bunch of drawings of dogfish and sharks and derived sharks from my imagination. Probably got things terribly wrong but there you are.

Just feel incredibly unproductive so I went through some old sketch books.
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Comments: 14

thomastapir [2013-10-06 17:17:22 +0000 UTC]

I love the hatch-y textures here--they really pop out the mouth, gills, and lateral lines (well...not "lateral lines," but lines that are lateral) of the body. Β I'm surprised you don't think more highly of this one, it's a beautiful sketch!

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commander-salamander In reply to thomastapir [2013-10-06 17:41:43 +0000 UTC]

Well you know me Tom. I am an odd one. I get hung up on not doing it perfectly. The sketching part I am ok with it's the accurate representation of the prehistoric dogfish I'm not so keen on. I have seen other reconstructions and they show a different shaped body to the one I did here.

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thomastapir In reply to commander-salamander [2013-10-06 23:42:12 +0000 UTC]

Daaaaamn, I need a Prehistoric Sharks Toob!

www.everythingdinosaur.com/med…

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commander-salamander In reply to thomastapir [2013-10-08 00:09:22 +0000 UTC]



So very very much.

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T-PEKC [2013-10-06 16:14:22 +0000 UTC]

I actually like it! It's really nice sketch in my opinion.

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commander-salamander In reply to T-PEKC [2013-10-06 17:38:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, my problem is that i have seen other reconstructions that show a different looking animal. I just think the ref I used wasn't quite enough. The hatching I got tired of halfway through but I did get lots of inspiration so that is a very good thing.

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R9A [2013-10-06 09:50:28 +0000 UTC]

It looks like a drawing from a biology book from the 19th century. I like it!

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commander-salamander In reply to R9A [2013-10-06 17:29:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, when I was drawing it I was on a hatching run. It would rather fun I think to do engravings. Then I'd really get the 19th/18th century look.

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R9A In reply to commander-salamander [2013-10-07 18:15:39 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes, I always wanted to do engravings. Have you ever tried?

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commander-salamander In reply to R9A [2013-10-08 00:03:51 +0000 UTC]

I have tried woodcuts and linocuts but never engravings.

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R9A In reply to commander-salamander [2013-10-09 15:39:10 +0000 UTC]

It's a completely different thing I guess (tried lino too long time ago).

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commander-salamander In reply to R9A [2013-10-10 08:42:24 +0000 UTC]

I think with engraving you scratch into a metal plate. And the scratches hold the ink.

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R9A In reply to commander-salamander [2013-10-11 17:27:48 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I guess it's more like drawing than like cutting.

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commander-salamander In reply to R9A [2013-10-12 19:43:08 +0000 UTC]

I am sure it is something like that.

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