HOME | DD
Psithyrus — Clash of Titans
Published: 2010-08-01 20:53:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 16756; Favourites: 521; Downloads: 362
Redirect to original
Description
A micro-raptor and a scorpion find themselves at an impasse on a tree limb. The two appear to be thumb wrestling. Who will win? Who will get eaten? The dinosaur is a unknown species, perhaps a species of Microraptor or Sinornithosaurus. The scorpion is a venomous buthid that can climb small shrubs and trees. It must be thinking “ I can’t let you do that, Dave!”. A fun project, using a photograph of a small creek running through my property and a limb from a crape myrtle tree near my neighbors’ home. I used a crinkled paper bag and torn pieces of paper to get some reference for the flaking bark. It took longer to draw the branch than the dino and scorpion. I liked the effect of the loose lines. The original pencil drawing is placed in scraps. SilentRavyn’s “Microraptor” was the inspiration for my little dino.Thanks and hope ya’ll enjoy,
Blair
Related content
Comments: 105
really enjoying your art! Found it looking for images for teaching my vertebrate paleontology class. Wish I'd found you before I did the evolution of flight lecture!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
the more I discover your art, the more I love it.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I love your artwork, fantastic!
Very realistic, I Wachee
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
When I first saw this I went: "WOAH!, Archaeoptrix!"
Amazing job! O.O
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Wow! That's really nice! I love this pic, the details are so wonderful! *-*
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I love it very much, that there is always a story behind your picture.
Wonderful!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
That's cool. I think both kind of funny.
Now you have to say who wins.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Thanks Harry, I'm you liked these guys,
cheers good buddy,
Blair
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
A pleasure- both the raptor and scorpion look so natural in their poses and look (not to mention how you handled the feathers and skin textures)!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Many thanks, and please forgive my late late reply
Best wishes,
Blair
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Many thanks, Annie
Sorry for such a late response...
all the best,
Blair
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Was it drew or is it photomanipulation? Wow, is just wonderful, looks very real is very detailed. Great job, i like it
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Hi Marcos,
Sorry for the late reply, Its been a busy travel season. I did use many pictures as references. To get the colors just right, I cloned the color from the photos and used them in the painting, so both the pencil sketch (underpainting) and reference photos were open at the same time. I pasted scanned images of torn paper to give the effect of flaking bark. I was very pleased how the effect turned out. Im glad you liked the picture. Digital painting is so much faster than traditional drawing, but I finf taditional media more relaxing.
All the best,
Blair
👍: 1 ⏩: 1
No problem about the late answer 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Hi Vlydra,
Sorry for replying so late.
Many thanks, and I am very happy you noticed the 'Dave' reference. Your drawing of Spirit and friends is amazing, I hope you won the contest. and you may not believe this, but the webcam of the baby otter brought a tear to my eye. At this very moment I am drawing a picture of a river otter mom teaching her three pups how to swim. What a wonderful coincidence
Thanks again and I can't stop watching the otter pup being tickled.
all the best,
Blair
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
No problemo 
And thank-you very much for the watch, llama and the fave
- Amelia
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Thanks Billy,
I got the idea of the crouching microraptor from some other paintings I had seen on dA,
your raptorandon is a very cool fusion of two deadly predators. It would be a cool monster movie.
Take care and all the best,
Blair
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Thanks Mark,
Sorry for responding so late.
My money is on the raptor too.
Blair
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
This is one of the best and most lively depictions of prehistory I've ever seen, and certainly the funniest! Their poses are brilliant, and the little dino seems to be grinning. She (he?) is really cute, and I like the lively colours you chose for the feathers! Especially the red underside is a nice touch and makes me think of robins and other birds with similar colours.
I love the incredible amount of detail you put into this, from the lighting and shading on the feathers to the shiny armor of the scorpion to the background. The bark texture really is awesome.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Ohhh I am glad you liked it, I really enjoyed drawing the scorpion, I used to have two pet scorpions.
cheers,
Blair
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Also I just wanted to say, when viewing this as a thumb, it's a little hard to make out. My eyes keep wanting to go to the space between the wing of the dino and it's thigh, if you make the contrast bigger where his head is and where the scorpion is, in order to draw the eye there, it would really improve it.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks,
You know, the wonderful thing about computer art is that you can make changes and still keep the original. That's way cool!
Take care,
Blair
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Thanks Ian,
I had to fave PirateUndies: It has everything I like: I really liked her pistol!
Cheers,
Blair
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
You're quite welcome!
hahahaha!! you may be the first person to even notice the pistol...
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Awesome use of colors, love the interaction between the two.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
wow you must have gone back in time to draw this
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Many thanks Kotorigaro,
Your digital paintings are fantastic, they have the feel of tradition art, I really love the portrait of Astrid.
I hope you and your folks are okay. I was watching the news this morning about the large earthquake that hit near ChristChurch. A colleage and friend of mine lives in Palmerston North, she's doing okay.
Thanks for the wonderful comments and take care,
Blair
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you very much, I'm very glad you like them! I use Corel Painter for the beginnings of paintings, as it's perfect for creating traditional-looking textures.
We're all perfectly fine over here, I live on the North Island and we didn't feel a thing. Everyone seems to have gotten lucky down south, no one was killed and only two guys went to hospital with real injuries. So a whole lot of expensive property damage, but the people are ok.
Thank you for your lovely comments!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Thanks for the kind words Christina,
I am glad you liked them, not too many people like scorpions
Thanks again,
Blair
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
| Next =>