Creature Anatomy with Terryl Whitlatch: Lesson 7: The Narrative Illustration — Part 1 (work in progress)

This week was a bit of a change of pace. The assignment was to produce thumbnails for a final narrative illustration featuring one of the creature designs created in previous weeks. I chose to illustrate my Harpymimus-Bustard dinobird hybrid. The most challenging part is trying to compose the image with as much interest and dynamism and visual storytelling to create an engaging illustration. I could do with persevering with the thumbnails. The dinobird appears to be too static in many of my composition ideas.

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Thumbnails

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Thanks for reading!
Rosemary.

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www.rosemaryartist.com

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Creature Anatomy with Terryl Whitlatch: Lesson 6: Elephant Anatomy

Week six was all about elephant anatomy. It's amazing looking beneath the surface at how adapted the elephants' skeletons are in order to carry their huge bulk. I can't quite get my head around how they essentially walk on their tip-toes! I spliced a Red River Hog with an Indian Elephant to create quite a big friendly giant. I will pursue this idea further - I want to see how it looks in the beautiful rust colour of the Red River Hog.

Elephant-Pig Hybrid: Indian Elephant + Red River Hog

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Initial Sketches

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Thanks for reading!
Rosemary.

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www.rosemaryartist.com

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Creature Anatomy with Terryl Whitlatch: Lesson 5: Hoofed Mammals

I really enjoyed this week. Horses are such a challenge to draw, but the more I draw them the more I'm starting to become accustomed to their highly specialised anatomy. The assignment this week was to combine a hoofed mammal with an animal studied in the previous weeks. I chose to combine an Akhal-Teke horse and a Saluki hound. Both orginating from the desert, I thought their sleek silhouettes designed for speed would complement each other. This is one of my favourite creature designs so far and I will definitely be developing it further.

Horse-Canine Hybrid: Arkhal-Teke + Saluki

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Initial Sketches

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Thanks for reading!
Rosemary.

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www.rosemaryartist.com

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Creature Anatomy with Terryl Whitlatch: Lesson 4: Canine and Feline Anatomy

I had to draw another tiger-like creature. I just had to. The assignment this week was to combine either canine or feline anatomy with one of the animal groups studied previously. Feline and bird anatomies were quite challenging to combine because sticking wings on an existing animal is just not enough and ends up creating more of a 'chimeric' creature. There is more I could try to create more of a distinct creature, such as adding more unusual ears or exaggerating the feline claws to be closer to talons.

Feline-Bird Hybrid: Tiger + Kingfisher

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Initial Sketches

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Thanks for reading!
Rosemary.

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www.rosemaryartist.com

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Creature Anatomy with Terryl Whitlatch: Lesson 3: Dinosaur and Bird Anatomy

This week was amazing! As you can tell from my portfolio, I love drawing dinosaurs, and this week's assignment was to create our own dinosaur-like creature by combing bird and dinosaur anatomy. The result is quite a subtly unique hybrid creature because birds are dinosaurs after all. I spliced a Harpymimus with a Great Bustard. Terryl's comment was that my dinobird was joyful!

Dinosaur-Bird Hybrid: Harpymimus + Great Bustard

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Initial Sketches

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Thanks for reading!
Rosemary.

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www.rosemaryartist.com

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Creature Anatomy with Terryl Whitlatch: Lesson 2: Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles

This week we looked at fish, amphibian and reptile anatomy. The assignment was to create a hybrid of two of these types of animals. I chose to splice fish and amphibian anatomy. It was challenging to combine the highly adapted fish skeleton to make it appear like it could support limbs. I researched Frog Fish and Crested Newts to make a derpy creature design. I think I could get away with exaggerating the anatomy a little more, for example, larger 'lips' and a more bulbous physique.

Fish-Amphibian Hybrid: Frogfish + Crested Newt

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Initial Sketches

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Thanks for reading!
Rosemary.

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www.rosemaryartist.com

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