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Kysnakeguy's recent post gave me an idea. Obviously we here are all obsessed with herps, and I know a lot of us like to make herp art. How bout a thread where people post pics of herp art they've done. I know I have found a lot of what I've seen here very impressive. So share some more with us!

Here is some of mine from the past couple years:

red eyed tree frog
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green mamba, still in the works
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baby cooter
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sea turtle
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blue dart frog, drawn from one of my own photos
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Those are awesome! I wish I had some art skill.

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They look great!

I used to be really good at art... just never seem to have the time.
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Thanks guys. I hardly have time anymore either. I just got a new job, and at least 4 projects in the works that I have no idea when I'm going to finish. :?

Come on, I wanna see some other people's stuff! 8-)
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Here's a coloured pencil drawing of a green frog
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my first and only attempt at painting... watercolours believe it or not...lol
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the rest are tattoo designs I'v sketched up over the past couple months
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I have loads of this stuff but havnt got around to scanning it... will be sure to add more when I do!

Cheers,

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I used to do some rough sketches herps when I'd get bored in my college days. Sorry about the quality-I didn't scan these, just took quick snapshots of them. First up is a portrait inspired by a blue tongued skink I used to have.
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I once tried to recreate a fischer's chameleon from a picture in a book too (and took some liberties with the diameter of its perch).
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"Pineland"

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Those are all awesome! I LOVE herp art. Russ, that frog head is amazing! For some reason I seem to gravitate to drawing turtles, even though they are not my favorite herp (rattlesnakes are).
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"One June night/ ENP"
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Nice artworks everybodies !!


Some of my artworks:

Southern Copperhead (Color pencil):
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Ball Python (Color pencil):
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Tim, that Pineland picture is fantastic!
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How about some ancestral herps?

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Here's one for Mike Dee - "Rhino-saurus"
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I would love to purchase a copy or the original artwork with the petrosaurus on it!!! email me: [email protected]
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Pencil of an Eastern Box Turtle
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Here's a painting I did for my business card many years ago (12, in fact, according to my signature).
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Beautiful technique, crocdoc. Did it ever make it onto your biz card?
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Thanks. Yes, it was my business card for a few years when I was self-employed.
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Crocdoc, that's amazing! Looks like a photograph!! What kind of paints did you use?
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Love the paleo art Steve! Here's one I did a little while ago... I want to add a background and maybe a big trex eyeballing the baby... in time I guess :)

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Crocdoc, wicked painting dude!

Cheers,

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soulsurvivor wrote:Crocdoc, that's amazing! Looks like a photograph!! What kind of paints did you use?
Thanks! I used tube acrylic, painted onto a gessoed masonite panel.
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My contribution...

Pencil drawing of a female adder (Vipera berus)
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... which became this acrylic painting. This is hopefully going to be used in an upcoming book about adders (please note, it is copyrighted!).
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Here's a scientific drawing which I did for my research paper (publication pending) on this Madagascan species, Pararhadinaea melanogaster. As far as I know, it is the only drawing of this snake, as it is only known from 9 individuals (3 of them I found! Woohoo!). Annoyingly, for scientific drawings all shading has to be done using different concentrations of dots!!! (also copyrighted!).
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Finally, a bit more "arty", an acrylic painting of a hawksbill turtle!
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Some great stuff on this thread guys, well done!
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There's some serious talent in this post! Nice work by everyone!
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This post goes down as my favorite new post since the crash. There is some excellent talent amongst this group. Bravo!!!!
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Robbie, the dot technique is called stippling and was a preferred method of shading for me for many years, ever since I learned it in a highschool art class. You're right, it is annoying, and has started to hurt my eyes as I get older. Now I avoid it. LOL

Excellent drawings!!
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Russ Jones, I love that picture of the underside of the treefrog, awesome.

Let me be the first to post a picture of the art of jewelry making with herps as the subject. I recently picked up these earings in SC, I think the artist paid incredible attention to detail and the earings just seem so lifelike...






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Having no artistic talent myself has never stopped me from deeply appreciating it in others - everything you folks are putting up is amazing! :thumb:

crocdoc, your painting in particular just blows me away! What happened to the original? Is it now hanging in a museum somewhere?

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Some really nice stuff here...lots of hidden talent. If any of you artists would be interested in having your illustrations used in Herp Review, please contact me at the address below. We typically have open spots throughout each issue, and I like to fill those with various sorts of illustrations, ranging from "technical" drawings to more artistic interpretations. I can provide more info to anyone interested. Thanks!

HerpReview <AT> gmail.com
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Stippling or pointilism is an effective illustration technique for some subjects. I never found it annoying (I use both hands and two pens so it goes faster).

I illustrate mostly objects left behind by primitive screwheads, but have been kicking around the idea of expanding into biology.

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It even works for water-rolled artifacts-

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Other methods are better for other materials.

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gbin wrote:crocdoc, your painting in particular just blows me away! What happened to the original? Is it now hanging in a museum somewhere?
Thanks! After a long stint under my bed, the alligator painting is currently in my living area, on the floor, leaning on a bookshelf. I promised myself that when I found the time I'd give it some needed touch-ups and get it framed, maybe even hang it up on a wall. A rainy day project on top of the other rainy day projects I have lined up when my current rainy day project is finished.

Sadly, it doesn't rain often enough here.

Wolverton, nice drawings of hand tools and arrowheads! I like the look of stippling and have done a lot of it in the past for scientific publications, but I'm not sure I'd still have the patience. I don't know if it's still the case now, with the advent of digital printing processes, but not long ago it was the only way to get a nice gradation while using inexpensive black and white printing processes.
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Wow Russ. There is some great stuff there. I REALLY like these two:
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Stippling or pointilism is an effective illustration technique for some subjects. I never found it annoying
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Hydromantes shastae
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Phrynosoma asio
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Nice Jackson,i had no idea your talents went to art as well.
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Thanks Will, I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil. I dig your Petrosaurus. I did one similar to that as a thank you to Victor Velazquez when we were in Baja...wonder if he still has it.
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Steve & Russ,
Have you ever submitted any of your work to Prehistoric Times? They don't pay anything but they do publish it. If you are interested in contacting them, pm me.
Steve, Thanks for the rhino! :thumb:
Russ, my favorite ancestor were the ceratopsians.
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Those are amazing pictures guys! The only thing I can draw are flies! :lol:
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crocdoc, maybe you should consider selling that alligator painting to me and using that future rainy day to paint an entirely new one just the way you want it, to save yourself from having to do those touch-ups! ;) (I could seriously be interested, if you could bring yourself to part with it at a price I could afford.)

And still more amazing work has been posted since my last message - you guys rock!

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Gerry, if you're serious I'd be happy to discuss, but keep in mind shipping costs as it's around 1 metre high and on masonite, so it can't be rolled!
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Hmmm, I was serious, but it sounds to me as if more house than I have might be needed to properly display it. It must be stunning in real life!

Out of curiosity, why masonite?

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Masonite is smooth and sturdy.
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This one, by my friend Gina Gauvin, is on my living room wall.
Ornate Uromastyx, of course.
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Very cool, Lindsay! I LOVE the colors.
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Good to see this thread again. Some great stuff on here for sure. Very talented bunch of folks we have!

Here are a few of my things:

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still a work in progress, may never finish:
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Here are some arachnids drawings I've done:
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Now that's talent, Mr. KUJordan. Any chance you work as an artist, or is that a "mere" hobby?
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KUJordan wrote:still a work in progress, may never finish:
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Man, I HATE you guys/gals with all this talent! Just kidding, but I AM jealous. Jordan, you really need to finish this one - I would love to see this with true copperhead colors lying in those autumn leaves. Oh, and when you do finish it, I'd like to be first in line to buy it! :beer:
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I know this thread has been dead for a year (to the day, in fact) and this has been referred to as 'thread necromancy' on another forum I visit, but here goes anyway. Recently I was digging through some old illustrations as I needed to scan a few and I decided that while I was at it I may as well scan a few extras to throw on here. These were originally commissioned for a number of different books and were all painted in acrylic on illustration board, before I went digital (although two have had digital alterations after being scanned).

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Sweet Georgia Brown, that is amazing!!!!
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Awesome !! really nice works 8-)
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I've been doodling since I was very young, turned down an art scholarship (only the second ever offered at my school), and I'm too scared to post after seeing what you guys have put up. This thread is very humbling, and I'm very impressed all around. So many talented people here. What an amazing community we have.
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Holy... un-friggin'-real. There isn't a single piece posted that's not amazing. Keep this rolling!

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