new thylacine photo!!!!!!!!

29-09-2007

AWWWWWWWWWW, busted!!! and so soon!!

maybe next time i should source my pictures from OFF the forum if i truly want to take you guys for a ride. i sawthe photo on the front of th board and i thought "geez that face really reminds me of a thylacine" and the next thing i know i had wasted hours... thanks for the compliments and damn it, i really wanted to thin those forelegs but i got tired. and i probably should have legnthened the nose a little more than i did....

anyways. sorry i couldn't help myself! and to gentle lemur, its a fantastic photograph by the way. fossa are amazing looking creatures!

29-09-2007

It really was very well done Patrick. I've looked at it again- in retrospect I think the ears added are the correct length- they just should be a little more rounded though(pick, pick.) I'm still impressed how you did the light patches round the eyes- they show up very clearly on all the (genuine) live photos. The line of the jaw meant Thylacines always looked a bit to me as if they were smiling a bit(though they certainly didn't have anything to smile about, did they?) but your Fossa was lying face on so I couldn't see that.

Incidentally, the Fossa has always reminded me of the 'Pink Panther'. The tail is actually very long, I think its used as a balance when they race up and down trees catchy cuddly lemurs. (Oh dear, nature's tough isn't it.?)

29-09-2007

Aw ya rotten devil Pat!
You got me in, I'm happy to admit.

What's coming back next; the quagga?

29-09-2007

The Quagga is already coming back, in South Africa, but its taking a long time.

Maybe Patrick could hurry it along...?

30-09-2007

Poor Forsell! Not only is he lumbered with the name of a second-rate striker, but now he's the victim of a second-hand striper!

Patrick, I forgive the infringement of my copyright of course

Alan

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the wonders of photoshop....
01-10-2007

i love photoshop. i work in it all day every day.

for those interested here's a comparison of teh two imagesand and explaination of what i did...

1) reshaped the body to give it less bulky forequartes and more pronounced hindlegs. this was just what seemed right to me. i didn't use any reference pics.

2) lengthened the heel.

3) added the stripes. on the net i found a decent photo of a real museum thylacine study skin from above. i then cleaned up that image, and used the "warp" feature, to wrap the stripes around the body as if they were painted on a sheet of cloth. i then colour corrected the fossa's skin to better match the tan coat of a thylacine.

4) reshaped the ears. to do this "painted" in the tops using the same colour palette from the photograph

5) rescaled the head and muzzle. the head to body ratio looked wrong to me and teh muzzle too short. i slightly shrunk the head and lengthened the muzzle trying not to go overboard and ruin teh very lifelike appearance of the fossa.

6) i subtly lightened the areas around the fossa's eyes using mounted thylacines for ref.

the result well, it fooled a few of you guys!! the only thing that really still bugged me was the "chubby" arms. and trust zoopro to notice that straight away!!

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01-10-2007

As you know Pat, I've been around a while, and it takes a lot to fool an old dog like me!

01-10-2007

I put a picture of my brother's face onto a picture of a female orang at San diego. He wasn't pleased!!!

02-10-2007

I particularly like the way you handled the head, very subtle and effective - and such pretty ears.

Alan

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02-10-2007

But the ears were the very first thing I noticed that didn't seem right. Too pointed. The Thylacine's ears were(are?) rounded along the top edge. The rest of the head is very convincing though.. (this could run and run...