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A scene of the Boreal plains of Darwin IV....An arrowtongue ambushes a herd of planolopes, only to end up running for its own life. A pair of skewers have targeted this patch of ground, now nothing is safe. A startled gyrosprinter bounds away in the background while a mated pair of gillheads are caught in the middle of the stampede. A foraging group of jetdarter scouts zips around in anticipation of the inevidable kill following the skewers' hunt. A plains daggerwrist has also been accompaning the mighty arrowtongue on its hunt. If it manages to steer clear of the trampling herds and predators, it may have a slim chance at what very little juice remains in the oncomming kill. The gyrosprinter has its speed, the gillheads and the plains daggerwrist have insufficient size to be of interest to the predators above, therefore the larger, slower creatures are in harm's way. The planolopes posess fore/arse symetry, a trait convergently evolved in the symets of the south. The great arrowtongue, though among the most fearsome of terrestrial predators, seems to appear as nothing more than another scampering mealto the skewers. Its defense lies in its two, long potruding spikes on its back. As well as useful display structures within the species, these growths also pose an unconventional placement to the precision-targeting technique of the air-borne hunters....
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Skewer vs Arrowtongue! This has got to be one of the best Darwin IV pictures I've ever seen!
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Indeed the artist really did a splendid job and it shows
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I don't recall those couch-shaped creatures being identified as "planolopes" in the book.
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This looks really amazing!
Can I try to color this?
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Your gonna ahave to ask him in notes buddy. Also I agree the artidt really put in the effort and it shows
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What are the small bipedaliens behind the gyrosprinter in the background? I saw them in the book's waterhole painting as well as the planelops (as you called them). Who would you call those small bipeds?
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I'm pretty sure they are siphonsnouts but that may be unofficial.Β
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See, if Alien Planet showed a scene like tis on a small plain with proper plants rather than just bare rock....WHOA!!!!
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Skewers vs Arrowtongue! 
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Well, if there were two giant flying predators flying directly above you that could easily swoop down, skewer you, and suck you dry in midair at any moment now... what would you do?
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That's a good point. I just assumed that the Skewers were running, too. My bad.
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I love everything but one thing... WHERE ARE THE PRARIE RAMS!?
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They are....... right behind the camera!
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Clever bipeds, they are.
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Based on the size of Darwinian animals, humans would probably be of little interest, except of course to the daggerwrist. That's better then getting skewered by a, well, Skewer.
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Indeed.Β (smile)
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I can see the full documentary my chrome crashh TΒ°T
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Cool! ... That is something cool, right?
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Ahhh...yesss....the right time and the right place for the confrontaion that Darwin IV biologists have been waiting for! Arrowtongue vs. Skewers! Did you make up some of the organisms, like the planolopes, gillheads, and plains daggerwrist? Or were they mentioned in expedition, for I do not recall these creatures from the fauna of Darwin IV that i have come to know. Great piece, and story, I might add!
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Thank you.Β (smile)
I believe the threat of skewers is what selected for many creatures with big spikes or spines on Darwin IV, making them difficult to skewer without going in at an awkward angle.Β Anyway, gillheads are mentioned in the book as beings one of the Eosapiens' favorite prey.Β I also remember seeing creatures that looked like the "planolopes" in this drawing, but they were never named, so I just made the name up.Β The plains daggerwrist, however, is something I totally made up.
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I see. Then what is the name of the unfortunate prey item that was gored by the prairie ram? Thank you for the reply
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Ah, I know what you're talking about!Β Hmmm, I never saw any mention or further illustration for that creature.Β I guess it's something that we'd have to speculate on a name.Β Of course, we only see it dead, and it may be named for something it does in life, such as an aspect of its behavior.Β But if I were to name it just by its looks... maybe... the Prongfoot, or... the Crescenthead... something along those lines.
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I see...thank you so much for the information!
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Indeed then! (smile)
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"Well excuse me for having enormous flaws that I don't work on!"--Homer Simpson
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Very well then! (happy jumping)
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"Well excuse me for having enormous flaws that I don't work on!"--Homer Simpson
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Woow!, you can really feel the movement on this drawing, and the bipedal Daggerwrist is a nice touch!
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Thankyou! (smile)
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Skewers ftw i love this must have taken hours ;]
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Thankyou. (smile)
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your very welcome ;]
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Gotta love the T-Rex of Darwin IV, the arrowtongue.
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And it better whatch out for the killer whales of Darwin IV, the skewers.
But they are all magnificent beasts!
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I use to. I colored things with various assortments of colored pencils. But as I matured, and my artistic senses began to settle, I became aware that my coloring attempts with pencils seemed... to sloppy for me. I think it a shame I am unable to express colored works of proper acceptability in traditional mediums. (sad/ashamed face)
But I plan to practice in digital mediums now that I have seen what virtual colorization is capable of. I would like very much to have a go at photoshop in coloring my works. Perhaps around christmas time...
But until then, I am contempt with pencil-only works. It provides opportunities to practice shading, depth, and value. But mark my words, one day I shall bestow my aliens and dinosaurs with color!--or die trying! (I acually hope I don't die trying)
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Planolopes? I only know the colors of the arrowtongue, skewers, gillhead and gyrosprinter....never heard of planolopes OR a plains daggerwrist! Forest and plains daggerwrists then, eh?
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The planolopes are shown in the book, but not under any name (I came up with that one). If you have the book, you could see them in the illustration on the page after the planetary map at the begining. They are those blue things squatting around the waterhole. The plains daggerwrist is totally my creation.
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"Well excuse me for having enormous flaws that I don't work on!"--Homer Simpson
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You are most welcome. (smile)
And thanks for displaying self restraint in your language (that's a sign of an intelligent being).
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"Well excuse me for having enormous flaws that I don't work on!"--Homer Simpson
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this has an excelent composition, and I quite like your 'plains daggerwrist' and 'planolope' designs!
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Thankyou. Yes, the plains daggerwrist is of my imaginings. But the 'planolopes' are acually based on a creature of Barlowe's. They are not taken of much note at all in the book, and only appear in a small sectioned illustration at the begining. I did give them the name planolope though (after their unique planes of symetry).
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"Well excuse me for having enormous flaws that I don't work on!"--Homer Simpson
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Indeed it is. (would not want to be in the way of the arrowtongue, though)
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