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Over on my blog, The Bite Stuff, I sat down to make a short statement (for me) about what is ... and isn't ... Oviraptor philoceratops: qilong.wordpress.com/2011/07/1…. This is because a lot of artists who draw oviraptorids literally have no idea what is and isn't one or the other, and the actions of some particularly vocal and prolific artists have obscured, rather than elaborated, the details involved. There is only one known Oviraptor specimen, and if you draw something that doesn't look like it, chances are it's something else.
So just to let you guys know what I'm talking about -- this is Oviraptor philoceratops:
qilong.deviantart.com/art/The-…
This is not Oviraptor philoceratops:
qilong.deviantart.com/art/A-Ca…
It should be no more plain than that. Despite this, the latter specimen is treated as more Oviraptor-y than the first, and it's only popularly known based on the skull.
Hopefuly whoever reads this journal here will pass the word, and we can start getting a little better at labeling our pictures. It's only going to confuse new artists and enthusiasts.
So just to let you guys know what I'm talking about -- this is Oviraptor philoceratops:
qilong.deviantart.com/art/The-…
This is not Oviraptor philoceratops:
qilong.deviantart.com/art/A-Ca…
It should be no more plain than that. Despite this, the latter specimen is treated as more Oviraptor-y than the first, and it's only popularly known based on the skull.
Hopefuly whoever reads this journal here will pass the word, and we can start getting a little better at labeling our pictures. It's only going to confuse new artists and enthusiasts.
Coloring that Ingenia?
It's a day late.
Last month at this time, I offered those who pay attention a full-size, quality line art which they can adapt to whatever color scheme they saw fit. Unfortunately, I got very few responses on this, to which I will acknowledge you all.
~Fragillimus335 provided two: One painted like an oriole, and one a lot more like a loon. I like the loon quite a bit, I must say.
~Orionide5 provided one with an extremely cassowary-like appearance, nice cryptic body plumage with a brilliant, display-oriented facial patterning.
~MommaCabbit gave us this detailed look, based on a cross between a sparrow, ptarmigan, prairie chicken and an ost
And Now For Something Completely Different
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That said, I enjoy reading fantasy and sci-fi, especially the good authors such as LeGuin and Herbert, Williams, Jordan, Sanderson and Rawn, but also enjoy silly fantasy and the great classics like Tolkein (of course, everyone says that). When I was little, as I was getting into dinosaurs, I started thinking of making up my own universe to make stories in, but as an avid reader at 10, I didn't think o
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Dinosaurs, Lips and Cheeks
Some people here are aware of my blog, some are not. I spend most of my time posting crap there, and shunting some of the illustrations I prepare here and there.
The Bite Stuff: http://qilong.wordpress.com/
If you care to follow, you will know that I've also been spending some time trying to answer the question about whether dinosaurs had "lips" or "cheeks," a common feature of illustrators and reconstructors for paleontology. Lately, scientifically informed illustrators like Crash McCreedy and Tyler Keillor have been rendering their dinosaurs without "cheeks" and without "lips" in the mammal sense, but rather with "lips" in the lizard and
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Thank you for this journal. I think it's great that you take the time to correct those common misconceptions so we can be more precise and avoid errors in the future. I've been wanting to work on reconstructions for a long time but I've been put off by my lack of technical knowledge.