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Published: 2015-05-25 19:52:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 1514; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 5
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Sea lion analog from anΒ alternate placoderm-derived quasi-mammalian lineage...?

Warm-up sketch from last night that got out of control. Will Scrap soon.

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Comments: 20

Galejro [2015-11-19 23:07:24 +0000 UTC]

This looks like a dolphin concept for Dishonored universe. Looks really good.

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thomastapir In reply to Galejro [2015-11-22 00:14:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for your feedback, I'm glad you like it!

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commander-salamander [2015-06-05 09:57:40 +0000 UTC]

I rather like this with the little fin on the back.

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thomastapir In reply to commander-salamander [2015-06-06 02:25:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Β :3

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AntFingers [2015-05-29 08:24:33 +0000 UTC]

Nice concept!

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thomastapir In reply to AntFingers [2015-05-30 03:18:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you sir!

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AntFingers In reply to thomastapir [2015-05-30 12:43:53 +0000 UTC]

No problem! But, is it just me or do those front flippers look too weak to support it on land, also a longer neck would be nice.

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Rodlox [2015-05-26 04:53:41 +0000 UTC]

a placoped near the subclade that mimicks helicoprions, imho,.

regardless, this is superb.
(is it laying on its belly, or simply raising its nose at the viewers?)

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thomastapir In reply to Rodlox [2015-05-27 01:31:17 +0000 UTC]

It's supposed to be underwater, so raising its nose, I guess? Β Thanks!

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Saberrex [2015-05-26 03:58:37 +0000 UTC]

scrap it? this is incredible. you should paint it!

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thomastapir In reply to Saberrex [2015-05-27 01:29:18 +0000 UTC]

HAH, thanks so much! Β With that kind of encouragement, maybe I will. Β : D

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Saberrex In reply to thomastapir [2015-05-27 01:37:11 +0000 UTC]

cool. i look forward to it if you decide to.

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Ouroboros-491 [2015-05-25 22:49:28 +0000 UTC]

How large is it?

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thomastapir In reply to Ouroboros-491 [2015-05-26 02:35:37 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, maybe about the size of an elephant seal? I kind of pictured it denser though, more compact and muscular.

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Ouroboros-491 In reply to thomastapir [2015-05-26 04:00:10 +0000 UTC]

Did it evolve into a terrestrial creature, and is evolving into an aquatic animal again, or is it evolving into a terrestrial from an Aquatic?
Either way, nice idea. Reminds me of a hypothetical future evolution book, in which penguins evolved to fill the niche left by whales... Β  Β  Β 

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thomastapir In reply to Ouroboros-491 [2015-05-27 01:28:52 +0000 UTC]

I pictured a prospective phyletic progression paralleling prosaic pinnipeds--sea to land and back to sea again. But proceeding from placoderms.

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Ouroboros-491 In reply to thomastapir [2015-05-27 03:14:23 +0000 UTC]

Interesting... Intellectually I'm Intrigued at the Indirect evolution of this Iichthyic individual. If I may Impudently Inquire into the inner workings of your Intellect, Independent of any or all Ideology, ignoring interpersonal imperatives...
and I just ran out of words beginning with I...

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thomastapir In reply to Ouroboros-491 [2015-05-28 03:06:29 +0000 UTC]

It was inevitable!

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LotG [2015-05-25 20:56:41 +0000 UTC]

Perhaps one of the more adorable placoderms I have come across, I would enjoy watching it perform tricks for whatever analogues for civilisation in their world.

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thomastapir In reply to LotG [2015-05-26 02:33:41 +0000 UTC]

Whatever they have him doing, it can't be as adorable as this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAVL61…

Thanks man, I'm glad you like it! Β : D

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