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Archaeopteryx

Engraving (I guess that is the best term for this? I scraped off the patina) of the Berlin archaeopteryx specimen I made in one of my classes. The copper plate was unfortunately a little beat up so there’s a few odd lines across it but it’s still pretty neat. April 25’

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Prehistoric* Plates! More below cut!

Asian arowana (*not prehistoric) and Spinosaurus before firing ^

Megaloceros / Irish Elk

I also have a deinonychus one but don’t have it have back from the art show to photograph, I’ll try to remember to add/link it here when I do!

I wasn’t able to sketch or scape away mistakes easily while painting with the glaze, especially with the limited time I had to complete these, so they were winged one bone at a time and when leg angles and proportions got wonky I just rolled with it- overall super happy with how they came out though!!

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Prototyping… do you think dinosaur’s eyes pinned? (◕ ◕) (ʘ ʘ)

Will be a deinonychus costume/puppet if I can manage it! Head is life-size, body may not be quite accurate because I’m person-shaped unfortunately.

The eyes have iris mechanisms (like what is inside a camera lens) in the back. Need to remake them a bit smaller, and figure out better materials… hmm

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Stegosaurus that holds my isopropyl alcohol

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Life size Deinonychus head sculpt progress!

Few more pics and ramble below cut vvv

Still have the cheek area to do and claws before I can attempt to make molds of this thing (which is SCARY by the way because I’ve been chipping away at this the better part of a year and it could just flop at that stage amskdjdn) but figured I’d take some pictures before I drive back to college tonight because it might be a while till I finish.

The plan is a life size puppet/costume/fursuit or faux taxidermy if that doesn’t work out if you were curious!

Ignore the eye angle it’s just jammed in there lol

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Yutyrannus art doll! More pics below V

From summer of 24’. About 1.5 feet long or 1/20 life size.

Post of WIP photos!

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Made myself a new set of texture stamps!

Most of this area will be covered in feathers so I’m saving myself (most of the) work carving individual scales. Deinonychus dinosaur eye - I referenced hawks.

So much more to go… so much day job keeping me away…