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T.rex Cartoon Sketches

30/8/2017

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I (Jess) have had T.rex on the brain since finding a T.rex tooth out in North Dakota. I may have it tattooed on my forehead and never wash my left hand again. I have been imagining ways to casually bring it up in conversation. 

Me: Yes, it was remarkable to find a tooth from a tyrannosaur. One bit of grit in a whole hillside of grit. 

Other person: How did you get in here? I'm the queen.

I'm bad at small talk.  And tattoos. 
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Dinosaur Sketch Concepts

29/8/2017

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Trex sketch with feathers. I suspect tyrannosaurs were like 9ft./2.75m tall under-medicated badgers. Only more bitey.
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Trex sketch. Without feathers. That seems self explanatory really.
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Triceratops pair and nest of eggs with feathery spikes.
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Triceratops pair sans the spikes with their "back nipples." I realize that putting the word "nipples" may ban my site from child-safe searches but that's what they look like and it is not my fault. Their necks looked like CheezIts. The pattern I mean, not that Triceratops looked like they were covered in powdered cheesy dust. Although maybe. You never know. Trex seemed to think they were pretty tasty...
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Mastodon mum and baby. Ok, technically not a dinosaur, in the sense of being a mammal. But sketchbooks are frequently unorganized like that.
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How To Draw A Dinosaur From Above

9/6/2017

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Breaking it down like an osmotic flow. SOLVEnt all the dinosaur drawing questions. Chemistry joke! You're welcome.
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Huzzah! And you're 100% happier. See? We told you.
If you take a moment to ignore the news and draw a dinosaur, I swear. It will make you an 100% happier person. To start this dinosaur drawing tutorial, we're going to draw a stick figure. People don't give stick figures enough love-stick figure drawing is the best, and shapes are your friends.

Which brings us to the second step. Shapes! Perspective like a boss, which means the head will appear larger and closer to the viewer than the hind legs and tail. But you knew that.

Step number three is loving those fine lines. Drawing the approximate places for those muscles, toes, beaks, etc. Yes, he might well have some quills at this point, but stay with me. We can always add more later.

Since people are some face recognizing machines, I strongly suggest giving your dinosaur a face. Among other details. And there you have it, one sweet looking dinosaur drawing from an overhead perspective. You're on your own with the news.

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How to Draw a Tyrannosaurus Rex

24/5/2017

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Best how to draw T.rex tutorial ever!
I was talking with a friend of mine who is having trouble selling books because nobody is buying books that aren't filled with teenage sexy vampires. I really don't know that much about selling books around the 4 Dog Arts studio-obviously apparent by the 100% lack of teenage vampires in the awesome how to draw books. 

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Cattitude is like the "To Kill A Mockingbird" of historic cat photography. And I reminded my friend that "To Kill A Mockingbird" didn't have any teenage vampires in it either. Clearly a total failure of literature. As measured in sparkly teenage vampires. 

So in the end, what I guess I'm saying is that what we lack in the adolescent undead around here, we make up for in how to draw tutorials. 




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Fossil Day - 2016

26/9/2016

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Art Contest Alert! Fossil Day is October 12th and North Dakota is kicking things off with an art contest. Here's the details:

Theme: Your favorite fossil in North Dakota.
Boom! That's as open as it gets. Dinosaurs to sea creatures, plants, or fluffy, cuddly saber toothed kitties, they're all ND fossils! Pick your favorite. 

Size: Your medium can be anything digital or traditional, even photography, but space is limited. Pieces cannot exceed 8.5x11 inches. 

Winners: Winning artwork will appear on the ND Geological Survey website https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndfossil/ AND will be on display for one year in the Adaptation Gallery: Geologic Time at the State Museum in Bismarck, ND. 

Submission Guidelines: click here for NDfossilday submission rules. 

​Good luck!

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How To Draw A Raven-Inspired Raptor Dinosaur

7/9/2016

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Feathery Raptor Dinosaur Doodles - and an EXPLANATION about Pokemon Go for Museum-People

23/7/2016

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I'm starting to remember what it feels like to get a full eight hours sleep again. I was just in Iowa. And Alberta. And back again. And then Pokemon decided to take over the world, but they are rather the squishy-best overlords ever.

Because I work  with the best people on the planet, we totally threw together a Pokemon Fossil event and gave out helix fossils. And since the museum has a gym, Pokestops, AND charging stations, I have proposed to change the name from "Museum" to "Pokemon Go Central." 

I'm pretty sure they're going to get right on switching those signs.

It's only fair to tell you that this post is going to be more about explaining why Pokemon visitors are great for museums, although I did throw in dinosaur pictures. Dinosaurs make everything better. OK. You were warned. Forward to Pokemon in a poke-fun-at sort of way. Because a better understanding can't be bad, right?

WHAT IS POKEMON GO?
If you have been immune to the craze that is the anime yellow rabbit with red cheeks known as Pikachu, let me lay it out. 

This game is rather like biological surveying, geocaching, and dog fighting. But for kids.

You walk around and catch various critters in the game. Then you battle them at a gym. Team Red = Valor, Team Blue = Mystic, Team Yellow =  Instinct. Team Yellow is the Hufflepuff of Pokemon teams, but if your nerd radar is off, none of what I just said was funny.

MYTH - MUSEUMS ARE DOOMED
As myths that refuse to die go, this one seems to linger. The internet was supposed to be the end of museums and education. Then VR. Now AR.

I don't think that is the case. Now, you could counter that statement by pointing out that the person who made it has done nearly 10,000 miles in 2 weeks with hardly any sleep, and you wouldn't be wrong. But here's the thing. Museums are not doomed. Historic buildings are not going to become standing temples to the wide wide world of arachnids. Targeting audiences, making great exhibits, reaching out to educators, is time better spent than standing in the rain with a cranked up boombox playing Whitney Houston outside a coveted group of millennials. "I-E-I, WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOUUUUU...."  

Pokemon Go has been the first event in a while to cause people to shout at each other, "Get thee to a 'zeeum!" (I'm pretty sure that's how kids talk these days.) You may not understand the game, you may not care about Pokemon. That's OK. But you can welcome the visitors, and they can leave having had a positive experience. Their museum experience might be different than what you envisioned as a 'museum experience' but everyone will have a good time. Win-win!

AVOIDANCE OF EYE CONTACT
There is an assumption out there that gamers are unfit to handle social interaction. Allow me to raise an eyebrow every time I'm out with someone who says the game is distracting, as though people weren't glomed onto their phones, unobservant about the world around them before the existence of Pokemon. It would appear to some that players are just waiting to fall into a canyon, crash into your car, or impact, via inconvenience, your personal life in some way at any moment. 

Did we solve the human condition of poor judgement before the release of Pokemon Go? Did I miss it? Sorry, I was away. 

There is a chance to explain why Pokemon is not appropriate for all spaces. No one is suggesting the Holocaust Museum was a good choice. And some spaces are not open to the general public, or charge admission, or many other reasons. These are good conversations to have, especially if your remote, historic site is suddenly swarmed by gamers and only has one port-a-loo. Most people did not give up on reasonable behavior because Pikachu came to life on their phone.  

EXPECTATIONS
This Pokemon Go craze is seeming to be a litmus test for literally exposing the acidity in a space. I don't think it's something people do intentionally. I don't think most people go out of their way to be mean. Except for twitter. 

But if you expect that young people will grow up visiting museums, if you expect that they will turn college aged and suddenly develop a love for science and history, throwing money at you into their golden years, I have a shock for you. 

CONCLUSION
Did you make it this far? Wow. I'm impressed. You get 500 combat points just for being here! AR isn't anything new, but Pokemon Go is the first app to nail all the technology elements together for the first time. Branding doesn't hurt either, but I digress. The game can be played with your friends, all you need is a smartphone and a camera, and, unlike twitter, you can't be mean. 

If you make a museum the most welcoming, fun place to be on any given day, I think, they will come.

I want to add how impressed I am with all the players on the Museum grounds. North Dakotans, you continue to amaze me. And if you're still not on board at your public space with Pokemon, I suggest you put this into your boom box.

"I'm wanna be the very best, like no was ever was..."

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Raptor Run Cycle

6/7/2016

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Run Raptor Run!

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5 Questions You Want to Ask about Drawing Dinosaurs

3/4/2016

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Dinosaurs are awesome. We’re pretty sure we’re not the first to voice the opinion on that one. But how can you know anything about a creature that died out millions of years ago? It’s not as though you can pop over to the zoo and observe one, right? Classic dinosaur drama. Many of the clues might be found in the skull. Here are 5 things you could ask yourself to get started making sweet dinosaur art.
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​1. Setting

Every character needs a setting. Is yours in the Triassic, Jurassic, or Cretaceous? I’m as big a fan of dinosaurs with no-feather-naked-big guns in Jurassic Park as the next silly sod, but if you’re going for scientific-realism, you can’t put a stegosaur in battle with a Tyrannosaurs rex unless you’re ready for a serious spanking from the paleo department.
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​2. Characters

The big clues to what happened in the daily life of your dinosaur can be found in the skull. Skulls tell us what an animal ate and which senses it relied on for finding food. There’s an old rhyme that goes, “Eyes on the front, animal hunts. Eyes on the side, animal hides.” Or you can remember that prey species have side facing orbits because it gives a wider field of view. Predators have forward facing orbits for better depth perception.

If the orbits are large, there’s a good chance that the creature had sharp eyes or at least could get around in the dark pretty well.

Ask yourself what conditions would make this animal feel safe or threatened?
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Dinosaur Feet Sketches

22/3/2016

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Dinosaur feet!
Dinosaur feet! Draw them!
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