Art inspired by figures

[Megalosaurus]

People say that we're past the age of seeing sauropods as aquatic, yet every time I see sauropods near a body of water, at least one of them is partially submerged in it.



Just a little joke Guess they're like elephants in that they like to take a dip every now and then.

Aquatic sauropods? Never hear of that before, What a crazy thing!!!


Sorry, I couldn't resist. _{Just look at my avatar}

[Sim]

I linked to this in the Carnegie Collection thread some time ago - I think it's very appropriate for this thread!: http://stygimolochspinifer.deviantart.com/art/Carnegie-Collection-Marine-Reptiles-345128599  This is a really cool example of art inspired by figures!  When I first saw it, I was wondering who the green one was... and then I suddenly realised who it was!  Hehe, it's quite different from Carnegie's version, the one in the picture is much better!

[Dan]

Stumbled upon this recently. The Carnegie Museum has this costume based on a familiar design from 2009...

http://boardman.vindy.com/photos/2015/jul/





One of the benefits of having your own toy line, is that you can borrow your own models and paint schemes, without raising any eyebrows. I think.

[Dinomike]

Haha! That's a cool - maybe somewhat outdated - costume!

[Dilopho]

Just wondering if anyone else noticed this:

The signature is hard to read. Who painted this? It's kind of like the Triceratops of Luis V. Ray. I like the scavenging idea, deer do that too!

[Patrx]

The painting is by Hong Kong artist Cheung Chung Tat. I don't know whose model that is, but the resemblance is definitely no coincidence!

[Dan]

Correct, and the model is the Foulkes Triceratops. Both artists have since acknowledged the similarity, and they appear to be fine with it.

[Roselaar]

That Spinosaurus costume is just wonderful. Gotta be one of the coolest and rarest Carnegie toys around!

[amargasaurus cazaui]

People say that we're past the age of seeing sauropods as aquatic, yet every time I see sauropods near a body of water, at least one of them is partially submerged in it.



Just a little joke Guess they're like elephants in that they like to take a dip every now and then.

We have a trackway that shows a swimming sauropod...as it was swimming along it would let its feet down to touch bottom here and there....

[Viking Spawn]

Feel like I've seen these guys somewhere before

Now THAT is cool!  I may try this confrontation at home with my Papos!

[Dinoguy2]

People say that we're past the age of seeing sauropods as aquatic, yet every time I see sauropods near a body of water, at least one of them is partially submerged in it.



Just a little joke Guess they're like elephants in that they like to take a dip every now and then.

We have a trackway that shows a swimming sauropod...as it was swimming along it would let its feet down to touch bottom here and there....

Yup, sauropods certainly did swim, but counterintuitively, due to all the air sacs, they would have floated near the top of the water, like ducks!

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1810024/

(Of course, that doesn't make them aquatic. Michael Phelps is not an aquatic animal despite being an excellent and frequent swimmer, because he doesn't live and feed primarily in the water).

[Takama]

Bob Jones Earth Science textbook



Notice something About the T.Rex

[Halichoeres]

Hilarious.

[Roselaar]

Oh my, is that for real? That's not funny, it's sad really...

[Halichoeres]

Well, you're right of course, it is sad. It's one of those things that I think is funny precisely because it's sad. Tens of thousands of children in the US learn "science" this way.

[joossa]

Dear, dear....   

[Tapejara1122]

Wow... poor children...

[Viking Spawn]

Makes one wonder at what age do they begin to question as to what they learned?  Sooner or later they will stumble upon something that will contradict what they were told.

[stargatedalek]

Makes one wonder at what age do they begin to question as to what they learned?  Sooner or later they will stumble upon something that will contradict what they were told.

Sadly many of them never do question what they are told, and it would seem even sad books like this aren't beyond the influence of Horner

[CityRaptor]

Well, there are also Spotted Hyenas. Those are also not exactly scavengers.

Anyways, notice something here?


The JP Tyrannosaurs are of course the most obvious thing in this pic. The dead Triceratops and the "Velociraptors" are however based on the Tamiya models.