Comments on: About the Artist http://www.themoraeriver.com an exploration of the Morae River's ecosystems and the beings that inhabit them Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:57:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.themoraeriver.com/about-the-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 admin Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:54:26 +0000 http://www.themoraeriver.com/?page_id=99#comment-1235 Its good to watch as many nature documentaries and read as many nature books as possible. This will help in creating designs that are informed. I would look at "Animal Anatomy for the Artist" - which is good for muscle structure and bone placement. There is a book called "Creature" that I like for texture reference (plus its a gorgeous book). Its good to look at other creature design as well. "The Wildlife of Star Wars" "World of Kong" and "After Man" are books I enjoy looking through. Being sort of an nature enthusiast helps. Looking through sites like National Geographic and Discovery are good too. Of course - drawing animals from life and from photos is probably the best thing you can do. Hope this helps. :) Its good to watch as many nature documentaries and read as many nature books as possible. This will help in creating designs that are informed. I would look at “Animal Anatomy for the Artist” – which is good for muscle structure and bone placement. There is a book called “Creature” that I like for texture reference (plus its a gorgeous book). Its good to look at other creature design as well. “The Wildlife of Star Wars” “World of Kong” and “After Man” are books I enjoy looking through. Being sort of an nature enthusiast helps. Looking through sites like National Geographic and Discovery are good too. Of course – drawing animals from life and from photos is probably the best thing you can do. Hope this helps. :)

]]> By: Paul Devine http://www.themoraeriver.com/about-the-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-1234 Paul Devine Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:34:43 +0000 http://www.themoraeriver.com/?page_id=99#comment-1234 thanks alot you don't understand how much that will help me, do you have any other tips or web sights that could help me on designing my own species? :) thanks alot you don’t understand how much that will help me, do you have any other tips or web sights that could help me on designing my own species? :)

]]> By: admin http://www.themoraeriver.com/about-the-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 admin Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:18:39 +0000 http://www.themoraeriver.com/?page_id=99#comment-1233 Paul, Thank you very much! As far as classification goes, right now the animals of The Morae River are sorted out using Linnaean taxonomy. I would usually pull from our own taxidermic language (i.e. reptilia) and then try to classify the animal up to its order with our own words. Then I would create names based in Latin that have to do with the characteristics of the animal. I have about three different translation websites I use to find words that fit what I'm looking for. For example, Pernixus (which should be written Pernixusae) is the family name of the Mardiks and Balas. The name originally had something to do with five toes and climbing. What I do is very very loose and I am actually dropping the first half of the classification for the new website. I'm wanting to keep things a little less precise when it comes to this sort of thing. However, I'll still be classifying animals up to their families and maybe their orders. I hope this answers your question. Good luck with your project! :D Paul, Thank you very much!
As far as classification goes, right now the animals of The Morae River are sorted out using Linnaean taxonomy. I would usually pull from our own taxidermic language (i.e. reptilia) and then try to classify the animal up to its order with our own words. Then I would create names based in Latin that have to do with the characteristics of the animal. I have about three different translation websites I use to find words that fit what I’m looking for. For example, Pernixus (which should be written Pernixusae) is the family name of the Mardiks and Balas. The name originally had something to do with five toes and climbing. What I do is very very loose and I am actually dropping the first half of the classification for the new website. I’m wanting to keep things a little less precise when it comes to this sort of thing. However, I’ll still be classifying animals up to their families and maybe their orders. I hope this answers your question. Good luck with your project! :D

]]> By: Paul Devine http://www.themoraeriver.com/about-the-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-1230 Paul Devine Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:40:24 +0000 http://www.themoraeriver.com/?page_id=99#comment-1230 Hi Brynn, I would just like to say how inspiring your work is, Creature art is my favourite and I could look through yours all day. I hope you don’t mind me asking but how do you work out your creatures classification and scientific names? as I would love to start a project like this one myself. Hi Brynn, I would just like to say how inspiring your work is, Creature art is my favourite and I could look through yours all day. I hope you don’t mind me asking but how do you work out your creatures classification and scientific names? as I would love to start a project like this one myself.

]]> By: admin http://www.themoraeriver.com/about-the-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-459 admin Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:32:10 +0000 http://www.themoraeriver.com/?page_id=99#comment-459 Anita, Thank you very much! :D Anita,

Thank you very much! :D

]]> By: Anita http://www.themoraeriver.com/about-the-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Anita Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:09:59 +0000 http://www.themoraeriver.com/?page_id=99#comment-456 I came across your site from a link from the Drawn website, and just wanted to say as a fellow artist, your work is so inspiring!!! can't wait to see more!:) I came across your site from a link from the Drawn website, and just wanted to say as a fellow artist, your work is so inspiring!!! can’t wait to see more!:)

]]> By: admin http://www.themoraeriver.com/about-the-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-100 admin Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:17:55 +0000 http://www.themoraeriver.com/?page_id=99#comment-100 Thank you Mahsa! I usually draw with pencil first then scan in the work to color it in photoshop. Thank you Mahsa! I usually draw with pencil first then scan in the work to color it in photoshop.

]]> By: Mahsa Sjöberg http://www.themoraeriver.com/about-the-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Mahsa Sjöberg Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:53:29 +0000 http://www.themoraeriver.com/?page_id=99#comment-99 Hi, loved to look at your work, amazingly gifted, what software do you work with? Hi, loved to look at your work, amazingly gifted, what software do you work with?

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