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It is a little known fact that long, long before I represented myself in art with a little orange white splotched whippet, I represented myself in art with a brachiosaurus - born out of my toddler obsession with Land Before Time and dinosaurs in general - that changed colour according to whatever my favourite colour happened to be. When I last drew and coloured her, she was alternating between pink and orange, so that is how I've drawn her here. She was my first 'fursona', and stayed so until I was about ten maybe. It's a special feeling, really, to be drawing her again. :3I used to be a dino-nerd before I became a dog-nerd. I should start making more dino characters. This girl needs a name though. Any suggestions?
Brachi © Shelley L./*swiftwhippet
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I love the color the look it has the look it give a kind and gentel yet stern fearless personality. You are really good as for a name how about Selen it just a sujestion thou if you dont like it its all good its still a good drawing.
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you bet it is a nice pice. How long have you been drawing.
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As long as I can remember, though I only started getting serious about it when I was 15-16.
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Mostly, this Brachiosaurus here reminds me of Taffy. Simple name idea, yes, but, there's this company called Brach who makes candy, and one type they make is taffy. And she's all bright-colored like taffy wrappers. Google it, you'll see
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I like Taffy!! It's a cute name. By this time though, I've actually already named her: Rilla, short for Sarsaparilla.
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Oooooh, Rilla's a much better name anyway! But lol, I dunno. Taffy makes me also think of some sorta overly-sweet and polite non-existant character, too. It'd be a name that'd have to belong to someone as sugary sweet AS candy.
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Dinosaurs, dogs... Dogosaurs? XD
Anyway, it's really cute! I love it. I see that you've got many name suggestions, so I won't go hurting my brain for another one, so... Yeah... I like it.
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hee, I never did that. I wasn't into hybrids then. seems like it'd end weirdly. o.x;
thank you!!
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Yeah, I think it would!
You're welcome.
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Aahaha I can't believe you can draw dinosaurs as well as you can dogs! xDD But this should not surprise me. You drew her amazingly well, and yet still made her really cute. I love that she has some sort of soft innocence to her face and pose, which really hit me as an homage to your childhood. 
Don't know if you've settled on a name at all, but I thought I'd suggest Selah-- since it starts with an "S" like Swift (and Shelley 8D), and the name means "to pause and reflect".
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Sarsaparilla Sherbet was what I was leaning towards, just because it's fun and bubbly and brings me back to being a child. xD But perhaps Selah can be thrown in there since she is a sauropod after all and they weren't renowned for their bubbliness. xD
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"I used to be a dino-nerd before I became a dog-nerd."
Lol me too, except I was a mouse nerd at the same time XD I don't know if you saw my lollerful drawings I did when I was like 5
The colours on her are really cute and I second the suggestion of Sherbert X3
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wow who knew XD but I bet I would have done the same if I knew I could draw back then.
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LOLZ. what dino would you have been?
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The triceratops :3
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I went through a dino & LBT obsession too before dogs, and everytime I see those movies on TV or something, I miss my dino obsession & Littlefoot(he was SO CUTE in the 1st movie).
This is a very pretty Brachi! They're my fav(them and T-Rex-Chomper & his fokes were AWESOME!!!)
I would go with....maybe Ally, after the girl-apatasaurus in LBT 4...or:
Strawberry, Cassie, or Sue(LBT 10)...just a few suggestions
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why not revive the dinos like I did? then we can be dino-obsessed together.
well I don't like naming characters after characters in shows and movies, particularly if they're from a similar universe or the same species. the connection gets too close and I find it hard not to think o one without the other. as much as I liked Ali from LBT4, she is her own character, and my Brachiosaur is herself. *shrug* you know?
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WOOO! Dino-ppl!!=3
I understand about the names, good point you make there.
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Aww, so adorable! I used to be so obsessed with the Land Before Time, it was nuts. I even have a little Cera luggage tag that I still use!! When I was little, my parents got me this huge book of different dinos and I used to scour the pages to find a dinosaur that would make a great pet so that it culdbe my imaginary friend. Ahhh, good times good times...
Oh, right about your picture. I'm so envious!! Not only can you draw amazing dogs but you can also draw amazing DINOS!! God, you never cease to amaze me.
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I never bought any of the actual show merchandise, but I had ten thousand little plastic dinosaurs from various parts of the mesozoic that I just played with and made up stories with. I played with them more than my Barbie dolls, too! xD and my favourites were the longnecks, naturally!
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AH. Land before time.
I still have the disk. XD
I was in love with Sarah ( WAS. Now I hate her.)
So I was all along a triceratops lover. I love the colors. <3
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I used to know almost every dino when I was like... 5 and I used to watch that show too. I confess
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Aw.. I love her elegant long neck and cute little feet.. them toes are adorable XD But wow, it's so strange to think that this is how you represented yourself before Swift! I guess it's because Swift is just so you.. when I think of you, the little whippet always comes to mind.
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I know, it is strange looking back at it now, for me! But I suppose there is some kind of sauropoddish part of me that enjoys browsing peacefully through the treetops. xD
glad you like her Janice! I am thinking of drawing more dinos.
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I used to be a dino-nerd myself when I was much younger, I had books and figurines wall to wall. : P. I have to say that is quite a nice rendition of a brachiosaurus! and who knows? they might have possible been orange
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Awe!
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YAY, a fellow dino nerd! XD
I used to want to be a paleontologist too. My favorite dino is the parasaurolophus.
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I didn't know the dino by name until this year - but one of my roommates this year is a paleo student and her fave is also the para. She has quite a few toys, models and other para. gear on her desk!
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I was all about the sauropods.
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I heard parasaurolophuseseseses are very fun to draw. *whistles* >_>
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Cute pic, funny thing when I was younger I was also into dinosaurs.
Here's a few names you might like along with their meanings:
Koto-Harp
Sona-Gold
Kenna-beautiful
Usoa-Dove
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that is great! I've always loved that movie and dinosaurs in general. I wanted to be a paleontologist for the longest time. I still love fossal hunting.
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She's precious n.n I'm not as obsessed as I used to be, but I still love dinos <3
Hm, maybe Dannon for a name? I dunno xD; I'm sure you'll come up with a good name for her c:
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OMG that's awesome. I never see people who have dino-sonas, or ever past ones.
I think she's adorable. As for a name, how 'bout Oink (Orange/pINK)? Nah, I'm kidding. XD She looks like someone who needs a name ending with an "uh" sound, like Tia or Maria or Diana or Savannah (no joke, I know people who live in Savannah and are named Savannah) or maybe even Fanta. Actually, Fanta is fruity like she is color-wise. Maybe that wouldn't be such a bad idea.
As for my crazy, made up names, I'd go with Qina (key-nuh, for some reason I really like it when the "Q" is pronounced like a "K").
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Apparently, judging from all these comments, I'm not the only one!
OINK LOL. that is the best. Fanta is adorable and fruity! I am thinking I may need to give her more than one name at this rate! xD
<3
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Ha ha! It's amazing how many Dino-Nerds there are here who have now turned into Dog-Nerds/ Myself included! My favourites have always been Raptors and Triceratops. 
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before the whippet was a lovely dinosaur!
I love the colors/coloring
Oh man, I LOVED those movies when I was younger.
Brachi isn't a bad name for her. XD
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d'aww, thanks. some people would argue I am anything but soft. xD I guess there's some part of me that is sauropoddish - just enjoys browsing peacefully through the trees and all. xDDD
Brachi is cute, but too obvious. They did that all the time in the LBT sequels: Hyp = Hypsilophodon, Mutt = Muttaburrasaurus, Dil = Deinosuchus, Ichy = Ichthyornis, etc. Even Cera. xD
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You seem pretty soft-ish to me but well. xD
XD True, true... Good luck finding a name.
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SwiftThunderFoot.... and she is adorable!
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This is very touching for me too, as I did the same. It's always great to find other female dino-nerds out there
Gorgeous dino-fursona! Very soft and kind looking.
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heeee yay.
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Definitely keep this fursona in your collection of animals to draw on a daily basis. Its always good to see an adorable sauropod grace my screen
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<3
what kind of a dino did you use to be?
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I drew myself as a Brachiosaurus too ^.^ My sister (Shiverz) drew herself as a Parasaurlophus hehe.
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eeeeee, yay brachis! <333
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Adorable! <3 The colors are wonderfully soft. C:
As for the name- Palette? With the colorchanging and all, I thought...
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That's a really awesome name! and you're right it does fit with the changing colours haha xD thank you!
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