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Yeh.
So here it be. The Hemicyon, also knows as Bear-dog, was a prehistoric animal living in Spain back when we had rhynos roaming around a savanna covered Madrid.
This is my real first take on a hopefuly accurate interpretation of an extinct prehistoric animal. It's been pretty difficult finding resources for this guy; there are hardly any drawings made of it at all, and I didn't want to just blatantly copy them and call it my own, so I started off by reconstructing a skull and the body was basically a mix of several things. The colors I pretty much made up entirely, and the only thing that's not mine is the tiny patch of short golden grass under their paws, which is a texture by ~jaqx-textures: [link]
Critiques are most welcome!
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© 2011 - 2024 suthnmeh
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Overall Vision Originality Technique ImpactThere is always in scientific illustration the struggle to show something in a dramatic and memorable fashion without sinking into artistic license rather than staying true to what the beast's appearance and its environment actually were. The anatomy of the Hemicyon is spot on. Most people don't know that ursines (bears) and canines (dogs) came from a common ancestor of which this animal was a part in evolution. It may be an effect of either the scanning (assuming this was an actual painting) or the gamma if done purely digital but the shadowing on the companion animal seems to dark. It's a good juxtaposition but if both were in plain view with contrasting stances, that would do more to show off the grace and appearance of the species. If you bristle the fur slightly along the body, it gives the animal's growling more impact. It has some impact as it is in that it looks photographic on a thumbnail scale. Good work here!