Kinda looks like Postosuchus, one of my all time favorite critters! Have you tried you hand at sculpting yet? I actually done a few you may like: a 1/3 scale velociraptor, and a 1/1 scale (raptor) foot. The scetch is amazing, and its always nice to see an artist represent these animals as acutal animals, and not snarling monsters. Good job dave!
@slippy441 well spotted - it IS Postosuchus! I love sculpting but I have done very little of it and haven't sculpted in years. It's funny you should mention it, though, as it's come up in conversations with two mates of mine (independently, as they don't know each other) in recent weeks.
@crocdoc2 I tend to believe drawing sort of keeps your scultping abilities from degrading to a degree. Perhaps it keeps your hands and eyes accustomed to reproducing whats in your mind's eye, regardless of media. Oh, snd Skittles made a full recovery from his "closed-mouth" issue and is now officially big enough to be a pain in the ass to lug around at a rhino-like 5ft 9in (1yr old). How are the lacies?
@crocdoc2 Excellent. Say, I copy and pasted your "squirrel analogy" to illustrate why its a good idea to refrain from handling baby monitors on a reptile forum (herp center network). I know you put it out there for for the public benefit of new keepers but I probably should have asked for permission anyway. Do you mind at all? I made sure to mention that credit goes to you for the writeup.
@varanidguy thanks! I haven't sketched my monitors for a fair while. When I finish this croc book I'm hoping to do a few monitor illustrations. A number of years ago I used to illustrate professionally.
@whiteyr44 thanks! The book is on crocodilian biology (I'm illustrating but not writing it), with a chapter on evolution that includes a few extinct closely related groups.
The mosasaurs were squamates, which is a completely separate branch of reptile evolution. Archosaurs were an ancient group of reptiles that gave rise to the dinosaurs, pterosaurs and crocodilians.
Kinda looks like Postosuchus, one of my all time favorite critters! Have you tried you hand at sculpting yet? I actually done a few you may like: a 1/3 scale velociraptor, and a 1/1 scale (raptor) foot. The scetch is amazing, and its always nice to see an artist represent these animals as acutal animals, and not snarling monsters. Good job dave!
slippy441 9 months ago
@slippy441 well spotted - it IS Postosuchus! I love sculpting but I have done very little of it and haven't sculpted in years. It's funny you should mention it, though, as it's come up in conversations with two mates of mine (independently, as they don't know each other) in recent weeks.
Oh, and thanks!
crocdoc2 9 months ago
@crocdoc2 I tend to believe drawing sort of keeps your scultping abilities from degrading to a degree. Perhaps it keeps your hands and eyes accustomed to reproducing whats in your mind's eye, regardless of media. Oh, snd Skittles made a full recovery from his "closed-mouth" issue and is now officially big enough to be a pain in the ass to lug around at a rhino-like 5ft 9in (1yr old). How are the lacies?
slippy441 9 months ago
@slippy441 the lace monitors are well. They're slowly going into winter brumation at the moment.
crocdoc2 9 months ago
@crocdoc2 Excellent. Say, I copy and pasted your "squirrel analogy" to illustrate why its a good idea to refrain from handling baby monitors on a reptile forum (herp center network). I know you put it out there for for the public benefit of new keepers but I probably should have asked for permission anyway. Do you mind at all? I made sure to mention that credit goes to you for the writeup.
slippy441 9 months ago
@slippy441 no problem at all.
crocdoc2 9 months ago
ooo, thats pretty cool
d3th4u2 1 year ago
That's really impressive. How long did it take you to do that sketch in real time?
varanidguy 1 year ago
@varanidguy I'm not quite sure as I didn't time it, but I'm guessing a couple of hours?
crocdoc2 1 year ago
@crocdoc2 Wow, you have talent, sir. Have you done any of these sketches for your V. varius or any other monitor species?
varanidguy 1 year ago
@varanidguy thanks! I haven't sketched my monitors for a fair while. When I finish this croc book I'm hoping to do a few monitor illustrations. A number of years ago I used to illustrate professionally.
crocdoc2 1 year ago
Amazing freehand skills there crocdoc, surprised this video only has 21 views thus far!
Very Monitor like animal even if they are not related.
This creature must have some relation to the Mosasaurs which were distant cousins of the monitors?
So what book is this for?
Obviously the subject does not just cover this creature?
whiteyr44 1 year ago
@whiteyr44 thanks! The book is on crocodilian biology (I'm illustrating but not writing it), with a chapter on evolution that includes a few extinct closely related groups.
The mosasaurs were squamates, which is a completely separate branch of reptile evolution. Archosaurs were an ancient group of reptiles that gave rise to the dinosaurs, pterosaurs and crocodilians.
crocdoc2 1 year ago