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Published: 2004-01-15 19:07:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 7488; Favourites: 149; Downloads: 1659
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A pack of Andrewsarchii squaring off against what is presumably a therapsid (of the Anteosaurus variety). Is the poor sap in the left hand corner the owner of the Andrewsarchus, or merely his prey? Or, is the inverse true, and the therapsid has come to protect his owner? In any event, reconstruction of animals past is largely a guessing game. I have no idea what either therapsid nor Andrewsarchus should look like, and I may be way off here in both my renditions. Did they have fur? No fur? What kind of eyes did they have? What color was their skin/fur? Is their physical structuring anywhere near what I made them out to be? It is somewhat disconcerting to know that only one example of Andrewsarchus, a skull minus the jaw and postcranial fragments, has ever been found. But just remember that kids when you see those full-color National Geographic and Discovery Channel reconstructions .......Colored pencil (Prismacolor)
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Maybe they're competing for for the same meal?
They wouldn't have the brain capacity to understand what it means to be a pet.
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well to be fair, opossums and many types of squamata reptiles like tegus can be affectionate pets and they are as simple if not simpler than these fellows.
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Whats an Andrewsarchus doing facing off against a therapsid?
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They extrapolate the body-type by comparing it to similar relatives... by the size of its skull in comparison the andrewsarchus was the largest mammalian land predator to ever exist. Think of a killer whale dressed like a hyena with hippo feet.
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"Think of a killer whale dressed like a hyena with hippo feet."
That might make an even better 30 seconds of film than the Patterson Footage. 0_0
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I have no idea why I never noticed this picture before...
Due to the extreme similarities between Andrewsarchus, and its cousin Mesonyx, it's strongly believed that Andrewsarchus had hoof-like toenails, rather than claws.
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That's not quite sanitary, having your jaw on the floor.....unless it's a really clean tile, or some sort of comfortable carpeting.......or if there's food down there..... thanks again for the commentary!
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*hug* omg dinosaurs. ss loves the dinosaurs. to have dinosaurs on the daily dev means that devart knows what's important in the world and therefore is cool.
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that's awesome 
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Wow... that's amazingly awesome. Very well done indeed. I must go see what else you have now! 
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AWESOME!
I love the detail you got with jsut prismas 0_0
the contrast is awesome, and accurate or not they look totally real! i (for some reason) especially love the elbow right in front! AMAZING job!
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this is really cool.. the shading and the details are great...
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Very good, a professional look to it.. as if it was a book illustration.
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Wonderful pencil work .. especially when you pay attention to the lighting of the stage/scene
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Amazing work. I saw this over on Yerf...when you had applied. I thought you were in for sure (based on skill), so I was surprised when they said you needed anthros too. Anyway, I am glad you're in here.
Love your stuff!
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Fantastic colored pencil work. I especially like the lighting on the.... big green beastie, and the downed caveman! Can I ask how large this art is and what surface you worked on?
Very cool
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I believe the size of the pic was...wait, let me look....11x14 Strathmore paper (more than likely recycled paper). I usually leave about a 1/2 inch to an inch border around the drawing, so as to leave myself some room for framing it later if necessary; so this reduces the actual size of the pic to about 10x13 roughly (Making a border around the pic also allows for a comfort zone in case of damage to the paper, so as not to ruin or include creases or other damage onto the main drawing itself). As far as the texture of it is concerned: From what I remember, it wasn't extremely smooth, neither rough. Prismacolors are nice in that they have a waxy consistency, and blend together nicely if you already know which colors you want to use (it's a nightmare if you decide to use some other color that won't as readily blend). So, more than likley, it was a smoother texture, in that I don't see too many huge gaping holes in the main bulk of the drawing (in other words, the paper grain doesn't show through too much).
Thanks for asking, and thanks for the comment.
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Lot of tension is captured in your picture... who`ll move? Very goodlooking work...
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WOA!!!! that's...just so amazing. wowa........
you are GREAT with colored pencils! I don't know how you got all that nice texture and stuff, but it looks great!
you're excellent with the shadowing, also.
great, great job. 
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OMG
O___O
I'm interested in such animals, and ur drawing is wonderful
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i love the narrative, you seem to work with universal behavioral tendencies of animals (behaving in groups, squaring off...)
great attention to shifts in the plane, just a friggin masterpiece technically.
some really original work, you can definitely hop on the table and say " that is mine, and mine alone!".
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Great work. I like your style; it looks perfect for a book upon dinosaurs. It's very original. Wonderful work.
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wow u have amazing anatomy and porportion skills o.o this pic rocks my socks , keep it up
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this is very nice! The coloring and detail and linework are awesome. lke how you made the patters on the green guy's body consistent with the textures and dips in his skin.
Left one is a german shepherd, right is a bulldog, LOL (similarties in anatomy
great job!
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why the hell does this only have 6 faves 
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This is awesome! You drew this? I love the shading, the details and everything else about this!
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The shading and colors
the way the skin folds on the therapsid is just amazing! O_O
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- Very good coloring with all of those details and shadow light transports
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Great work, not only the drawing (amazing in itself) but the concept and the description. Those two alone deserve a Daily Deviation. Congrats, well earned. Moving on to your gallery...
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Amazing. The detail here is just stunning... one can see all the work you put in. The renditions are amazing, very original, and look very believable. This is an amazing piece, I must say. I can see why you earned a daily dev., definitely.
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