Off to a Rough Art (also Dragonatomy is here)
@TopherStoll
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Self-taught artist • Author • Anatomist • Creature-creator He/Him 🏳️🌈
Joined April 2011
Finally drawing my first X-rayded fan art 🫢
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these things are so useless bro just like wow
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While you're here debating the very nature of consciousness itself, consider checking out my new book on dragon biology. 220+ pages full-illustrated speculative anatomical guidebook to dozens of species of dragons, griffins, and basilisks from around the world.
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Don't get me wrong, hunting down and killing sentient creatures for kickass skincare cream is something humanity would 10000% do (both in our real world and the Avatar movies). But, like, come on. Weightless world-building.
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"This makes you stop aging, it's the most valuable thing we can possibly imagine." - he says to a man that LITERALLY died and came back to life due to the perfect consciousness-backup and transfer technology that humanity already has.
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" A fisherman told me that the waves always whisper before a Tide Dragon strikes. I asked him what they say. He only smiled and said 'Goodbye'. " An brief excerpt from Dragonatomy, a 220+ page scientific guide to dragons from around the world. Available now-
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How I design a creature. I often find 3D models, even VERY basic ones, are useful in guiding a painting if there are complex elements at play (wiggly fins, too many legs etc).
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Let’s break down dragon flight anatomy 🐉🩻🦇 Designing a realistic body was particularly challenging because they are vertebrates with both forelimbs and functional wings, sounds simple enough in fantasy but the anatomy exists nowhere in the natural world! At first, it's
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"As Yanma surveys its territory, it periodically stops to hover in place by flapping its wings at high speeds." - Scarlet PokéDex
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"Resources are scarce in the vast tundras of the world. A stalker's kill creates a feast the ripples through the ecosystem. Wolves take the scraps, ravens steal the entrails, and the marrow-rich bones sink into the soil and rejuvenate the land." Excerpt from Dragonatomy, a 220+
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being an artist is ridiculous sometimes, like no sorry i can’t hang out today, my mind demands i produce colors and shapes and idk how long it takes
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"There is nothing so quiet as a resting Thunderback, and nothing so loud as a startled one." Excerpt from Dragonatomy, a 220+ page guide to the science of dragons from around the world https://t.co/iCP3BOXvqv
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“ They always say, ‘every story has been told.’ I’m not sure this story has been told.” Michele Fazekas, showrunner of @GenV, reflects on the character of Jordan, whose bi-gender identity allows them to move fluidly between two actors with different gender presentations.
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Unlike other Pokémon species, which experience sudden and conspicuous biological changes during evolution, Larvitar retain much of their physiology. Their new anatomy layers on top of older body parts, rather than undergoing total metamorphosis.
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@Procreate I need your Desktop app soon. Please 😭 I’m begging. We need to get rid of this Adobe curse.
ChatGPT users can now use Photoshop to edit images for free Adobe say the tools, including Express and Acrobat, will be rolling out globally
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Convergent evolution has a habit of finding the same solutions again and again, especially where delicious nectar is involved... Across the hexapod clades, dragons, wyverns, and griffins all independently produced dozens of pollinator species. Though unrelated, these creatures
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These people used to sue five-year-olds for having Mickey Mouse on their birthday cake
Disney is reportedly investing $1 BILLION in OpenAI, licensing over 200 of their iconic characters for ChatGPT & Sora. ( https://t.co/joJnXQu505)
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