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We get 1-2 week modules in my graphics course and this module was "pictograms". Naturally I took the illustrative route and eventually decided that I would create symbols that could be used on a museum building or whatever to inform people that beyond that door, you would find exhibits of life in the Precambrian period or Triassic period etc.. There were going to be a lot more of these, but 4 was the desired outcome and I only came up with this idea the day before assessment... so time wasn't really on my side.Also, I am aware that pictograms don't have type. I only added that for the sake of DA and because I thought it looked nicer xD
Oh, and on paper, that Jellyfish is 2.3cm big. I always draw tiny..
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thankyou! My tutor wanted me to minimalise them into black and white silhouettes... personally I thought that defeated the idea D:/ other tutors agreed with me
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That was a terrible idea, never listen to that man.
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Oh believe me no one did.. even the tutors rolled their eyes at him.
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I love how inaccurate the dinosaur has to be in terms of anatomy to make it heraldic XD
Also that jelly fish is ADOREABLE. I'd love it as an ornament to decorate a part of my clothing
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xD it was far worse before that.. it looked like some strange skink. I never pictured you with a Jellyfish ornament xD I was also thinking that staff working in particular pre-historic period houses could wear these as a badge to identify where they're working.
Thankyoou!
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SO MUCH DETAIL. My mind. It hurts. But in a good way. Its a good mind hurt.
That's one sexy ass tree too and that awesome dinasaur looks an awful lot like the precarnation (is that even a word?) of the philosoraptor. He looks like he's about to start philosophising the situation at any moment.
Either that or give him a santa hat and he becomes the velocisanta...
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I can't remember what dinosaur I used for reference there .-., I googled velocisanta.. thinking it would exist, but, I found cheerful uncle tyrannoclaus: [link]
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I think Velocisanta is a creation of my wonderfully normal friend who had to do an animated christmas card.
Dear old uncle tyrannoclaus looks like he may be getting on in years...
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Loving the jellyfish one, is it based on a certain type or is it a mishmash of different ones?
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To be honest, I just googled "prehistoric jellyfish" and found this: [link] I have no idea what jellyfish were around at that time :/
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Ah, okay XD That's cool still
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they all look really good,love the details and how everything balanced if that makes any sense XD. i was trying to think of a fancy word for it but its not coming to me XDDD
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xDDD thankyou! I often find myself stuck for words too
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Me likes. Though, the tree looks way too much like an angiosperm and I think a vendobiont, like arangeomorph or Dickinsonia would be more appropiate for the precambrian, I'm not even sure if there were jellyfish like that already.
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I didn't really have a reference for a tree. I admit I slacked a bit in research terms when it came to the Carboniferous and the Precambrian symbol.. I don't know what sort of jellyfish were around.
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And the carboniferous icon can be conveniently changed by applying cross-hatching on the bark to make it look more like Lepidodendron.
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don't you just love it when things are that easy? xD I kept reading that as Leoplurodon ( spelling ) first..
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...now I'm imagining a rooted pliosaur.
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[link]
Okay, looks like I was wrong on the jellyfish part. Still, the rangeomorphs would be a much more iconic creature for that time, since jellyfish were around all the time after.
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fair enough. I chose the jellyfish also because it looked fun to draw xD
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Rangeomorphs would be quite interesting because they have fractal growth.
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Heraldic style prehistoric lifeforms are greatly lacking!
In before people whine about the lack of feathers though! To be fair, given how little some heraldic creatures resemble their real forms I think that's fine.
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