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MACRODON vs. Dimetrodon

330, drawing over

I drew over MACRODON #327... I'm not entirely sure why, I suppose I was somewhat displeased with it... I broke-up the pages that comprised MACRODON #327 into separate MACRODON drawings, so, the next 8 posts will show a bit of the progression in this change that occurred. Above, the end result for this particular drawing.

this was the first direction the drawing went in, but it seemed too literal, too much like a dinosaur, not much abstraction or anything left to the imagination... and below, this is the dissected section of MACRODON #327:

326.02 -TRANSMOGRIFICATION

The previous herd of MACRODONS, now covered by this drawing were a bit too plain, so, after re-reading DC comics "The New Frontier", I felt drawn to the dinosaur island villain's shape and used that for the basis of this MACRODON's form. See below (and that is Superman flying into 'the center'):

325 -after Emily's sketch (finished!)

MACRODON inspired by Emily's dinosaur figure, now finished with some texture and linework I am really happy with.

325 -after Emily's sketch

Emily's dinosaur drawing is morphing into a MACRODON, with the head transposed from the dinosaur neck area to a small nub on the left side of the figure, and the dinosaur tail and neck now tunred into long rubbery arms for the MACRODON. I like the look of this drawing in progress, but I'll still work on it a bit more...

325 -after Emily's sketch (work in progress)

Emily's drawing seemed like a rendition of something akin to my MACRODONS, so, taking the shape of her dinosaur, here I am sketching out a MACRODON... still in progress... but, I liked what was going on, so here it is above! +some wierdness... damaged image file...?

Dinosaur + Egg by Emily

Dinosaur Momma with egg, sharpie drawing by my talented wife Emily Z.

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this is simply a MACRODON illustration, but tonite, the History channel was trying to convince me that there are still Pterosaurs (from the Cretaceous period) still alive in Papua New Guinea... I'm not buying it (or perhaps, they are MACRODONS!

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although this MACRODON resembles a dinosaur in a way, I imagine it less organic or biological looking, although it may not appear so in this drawing, it is symetrical in a conical fashion, it's neck/head perfectly centered on it's stump of body.

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...this MACRODON looks like it could be a DINOSAUCER without all it's gear.


"Bronto"



"Plesio"




that was a pretty great cartoon
(I have not yet ruined my childhood memory by re-watching it)