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SargassosArt — How Fly Is Your Ride?
Published: 2011-05-09 21:08:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 9542; Favourites: 296; Downloads: 69
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Assignment 2 for Advanced Drawing for Animation.Assignment was to create a few anatomically believable mounts and riders. The more you created, the better.
I really could have gone so out of this world with mounts...its a really easy subject for me...but I decided to stick with doing concepts I could use for the story I'm working on. These were the best designs I came up with.
Based on multiple prehistoric and modern animals.
Watercolor on Illustration Board, 30 x 20 inches
Comments and Critiques welcome
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Thank you ^^ I actually have a design based on Kaprosuchus and Araripesuchus, as well as a few other beasts, here sargassosart.deviantart.com/ar… Its not specifically a mount though, more like a savage guard dog critter.
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I love your indricotherium's color scheme. Much more interesting than the grey that they tend to usually be portrayed as.
Also love the...giant thylacine?...mailcarrier one.
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Thank you very much! ^^ In the story/world I've been working on, I'm using a lot of modified prehistoric critters, and my "horses" are based off of a few prehistoric rhinos, so when I did this, I thought I'd test out what horse-like colors and patterns would look like on them, rather than just grey heavy skin, or even just solid mud brown. I quite liked the way it turned out
The mail-carrier is based on a creodont (like hyaenodon) but I suppose it does look like a thylacine...It must be the tiger-wolf look XD He's one of my personal faves, I'm trying to pump out a short horror-comic based on him...Unfortunately, work has kept me from touching many personal projects :/ Ain't that always the way.
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heh...I think it was the markings and the fact that I have thylacines on the brain a lot lately (I love them for some reason...I seem drawn to extinct (or supposedly extinct) creatures). I knew it was too big to be an ACTUAL thylacine...but...you know...fantasy.
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I did a search for Indricotherium drawings and I'm so happy I came across this! I love the colors and poses! There totally should have been some kind of 80's/90's animated tv series based on this. I'm thinking it would have fit in the same vein as Captain Planet nicely.
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Wow, thanks! ^^
Admittedly, I'm glad it looks interesting enough to spark thoughts like that, considering its all concept art for a comic I'm working on at the moment 
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the ride on the prehistoric animals reminds me of paraworld.
this was a good game.
your picture ist wonderful.
Inostrancevia looks hard. it looks like it had a samurai armor on
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I have that game! Been meaning to install it on the new computer (it stopped working on the old one) but haven't had a chance yet.
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I had never heard of Paraworld before! I just looked it up, and dang it sounds interesting! I bet it was a good game! ^^
Thanks very much!
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thank you that you have reminded me of the game
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Fawesome looking mounts. I think I like the gorgonopsid and Hyeanadon best.
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I love the albatross/griffon! Very unique! They are all great
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Albatross are some of my favorite birds, it had to be done 
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This. Is. Freaking. Epic!
Indricotherium and inostrancevia are two of my favorite extinct animals. awesome work.
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Thank you very much!
And agreed. They're definitely two of my favorite non-dinosaur extinct creatures >.>
Thanks again ^^
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meant to say Hyaenodon :l i somehow got the names confused...they look a lot alike too but yeah :3
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XD You aren't alone in that. With all the andrewsarchus comments I've gotten, I still want to draw one to match this set. I just need to find the time to do it
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ha ive got nothign but time XD but i have to spend it on finding a job...which is near impossible for me
its the heads they look so alike that its easy to confuse them if you dont look at the feet.
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and again. i find this image without actually looking for it XD
i actually think this image was why i ended up with an andrewsarchus character...took me forever to find that name again D:
(tis demo-kun from fa)
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XD Wow, that is random. I'm curious, what were you looking for?
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XD i was looking up prehistoric hyenas here. on fa it was the atlas bear...i seem to find you when i look up creatures that arent alive anymore
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Lets see...
Gorgonopsid? Awesome and genius.
Indricotherium?
Gull-gryphon? Albatross-gryphon?
White rhino?
Hmmm..... Andrewsarchus? Hyaenodon?
These are so cool and original. OTL I love both prehistoric fauna and designing cool mounts, but don't merge those two very often or very well. Must take some cues from you sometime.
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Thanks very much! ^^ And great job with the naming 
Thanks again!
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That would be a wandering albatross with a generic cat-like base. I was aiming for a bit of white lion, but it kind of just became generic feline.
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Cool, like your style.
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Compared to these.....my ride has NO fly.
*Trots despondently off on my Utahraptor*
In all truthfulness though...these are amazing. I love all the thought you put into the designs.
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Thanks 
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Is... is that a mail andrewsarchus?
*dies from awesomeness*
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That one is actually supposed to be based on the creodont Hyaenodon
Thanks ^^
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No problem, and you totally should!
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Thanks Ceil! 
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The perspective issues is BARELY noticeable, don't let it bug you lol
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That's a relief to know
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OMG! I spy an indricotherium (paraceratherium), Andrewsaurchus, and Thylacine! ^__^ This is gorgeous!
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Very close!
Thank you!
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Just want you to know I want your sexy rhino mount in badass red armor
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Thanks again
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