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Elasmosaurus Skeleton Study

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New prehistoric animal study, it's a elasmosaurus! Man, this took forever to draw, so many vertebrae! The body is done in markers and colored pencil, background is painted in acrylic paint, and the labels added through Illustrator. I'm still learning paleo reconstruction, so feedback is always appreciated.


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Jul 11, 2015, 10:54:35 AM
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:star::star::star::star-empty: Overall
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star-half::star-empty::star-empty: Impact

Always love it when plesiosaurs get attention. Since you requested a critique here is mine; I am leery about the amount of play and flexibility implied in those propodials (paddles) all I have came across suggests that they were quite stiff; no scale reference to show size such as a meter stick or human figure; neck looks a little short to me, in other reconstructions the neck is as long or even longer than the rest of the body. Cervical vertebrae look a little crammed together; multiple angles needed - perhaps a lateral view, dorsal, and ventral. A ventral view would best show off the interesting gastralia and pelvic/shoulder girdles these guys have. I like it that you didn't go for the same old black/white skeletals everybody does and your illustration has a lot of "pop" to it. Nice job labeling all of the bones although I don't know if it is necessary for all those intricate podial bones - gets a little busy. I know a lot of skeletals don't even try and label everything so this is something to consider. Put the species name as well in addition to who named it and what year. Keep it up!!