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Title: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Gafrash on March 20, 2009, 12:18:41 AM
Wanted to make a separate thread just for animal references.

Anyone got any cool animal poses we could use for reference in the Novel?!

Basically, I don't draw animals a lot (mine tend to look crappy ;D) and don't have that many pictures to help.

So, if anyone finds or got any animals pics they want to share, please do!!!

Any artists would love a rich library of images for reference, and essentially that's what I would like to make this about.
Animals doing cool actions and photos taken from cool angles. Anything you could picture working in a comic.

ALSO, don't limit it to the big animals also.  ;)
I am still looking for some microscopic images of close-up anole, ants, roaches, spiders, etc...
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Hunter on March 20, 2009, 12:36:26 AM
here's some pics of close up animals and bugs...

[spoiler=Picture heavy post]
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2110/2123060109_6d3cd0505d.jpg)

(http://i.pbase.com/o4/34/564334/1/45786937.20050705fly03b.jpg)

(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/EUR/2400-1334~Bengal-Tiger-Close-Up-Posters.jpg)

(http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PTGPOD/OSBIE-00000031-001-FB~Big-Eyed-Wolf-Spider-Close-Up-Italy-Posters.jpg)[/spoiler]

also, the wolf spider was the spider morph of choice, right?
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Gafrash on March 20, 2009, 08:36:48 PM
There are a ****e load of bird images on google!!! Don't think we'll have any troubles with that!
The issue is getting a sense of their difference in scales through the net pics. It was through the books actually I remember learning the facts.
Like, red-tailed hawks being common throughout the North American continent. The peregrine was the smallest bird of prey in their range, but by far the fastest in a dive. Ironically matched by the great big golden eagles, who are also one of the fastest in a dive, inspite being one of the biggest. A golden eagle is bigger than a bald eagle.
That owl feathers don't make a sound. That ospreys and bald eagles are capable of diving and snatching prey and flying off without getting bogged on water. But check out the northern harrier pic, didn't know they could do it too!!


Red-tailed hawks
[spoiler](http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0310822/images/Red-tailed_hawk.jpg)
I reckon this red-tailed hawk sculpture is pretty kewl. (http://www.sculptures-by-bjh.com/images/Red%20Tailed%20Hawk%20Front-3-4%20LEFT-840.jpg)
And, though this isn't a red-tail, how kewl would this hawk pose in a layout be?! (http://www.sculptures-by-bjh.com/images/Decatur%20Hawk-left%20front-840.jpg)
(http://birdsbybaranoff.com/images/_7SB0412%20red-tailed%20hawk%20a11x14.jpg)
(http://birdsbybaranoff.com/images/_8SB7707%20rth%20a85x11.jpg)
[/spoiler]

Peregrine falcons
[spoiler](http://morrostrand.com/images/peregrine-falcon/peregrine-falcon-gulls876.jpg)
(http://morrostrand.com/images/peregrine-falcon/peregrine-falcon-2-18-05-mi.jpg)
(http://raptorguide.com/_wizardimages/PeregrineFalconKK.jpg)
[/spoiler]

Bald eagles
[spoiler](http://raptorguide.com/_wizardimages/Bald_Eagle.jpg)
(http://birdsbybaranoff.com/images/_9SB3619%20bald%20eagle%20a11x14.jpg)
(http://airlords.com/myPictures/Eagles_0.jpg)
[/spoiler]

Ospreys
[spoiler](http://world.std.com/~eva/florida/ospreys_feet_in_flight.jpg)
(http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0310822/images/Osprey.jpg)
[/spoiler]

Northern harrier
[spoiler](http://www.ham.muohio.edu/harriers/images/NorthernHarrier(MG).jpg)
(http://birdsbybaranoff.com/images/7304-harrier-a-11x14.jpg)
(http://birdsbybaranoff.com/images/06SB-7101a-northern-harrier%20a11x14.jpg)
(http://birdsbybaranoff.com/images/_9SB6315%20northern%20harrier%20a85x11.jpg)
(http://birdsbybaranoff.com/images/_8SB7434%20northern%20harrier%20a85x11.jpg)
[/spoiler]

Golden eagle
[spoiler](http://raptorguide.com/_wizardimages/Golden_Eagle.jpg)
[/spoiler]

Great horned owl
[spoiler](http://raptorguide.com/_wizardimages/Great_Horned_Owl.jpg)[/spoiler]
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: goom on March 21, 2009, 12:17:21 AM
cheetah
[spoiler](http://www.wsdweb.org/Portals/0/Member/Cheetah.jpg)
(http://myanimalblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/cheetah.gif)[/spoiler]

mosquito!
[spoiler](http://www.michigan.gov/images/mosquito_65147_7.jpg)[/spoiler]

skunk
[spoiler](http://manhattanspeak.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/skunk-in-grass-800x600.jpg)
(http://insideseam.com/skunk.JPG)[/spoiler]
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Gafrash on March 21, 2009, 09:22:10 AM
Hey! Only now was I able to see your pics. Wicked ones of the zoomed up insects (and arachnid). EXACTLY what I was looking for!!
I believe the wolf spider was the one Marco and Ax had. The close up of its face is stuff of nightmares, indeed!
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: SuperBlue on March 21, 2009, 04:28:00 PM
Humpback Whale
[spoiler](http://www.bigsurcalifornia.org/images2/06images/Humpback-whale.jpg)
(http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/63/73263-004-BC118743.jpg)
(http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/natures_best_2006/gallery/humpbackwhaleanddolphin.jpg)
LOL tht cuold be Cassie lifting one of the other Animorphs
[/spoiler]

Dolphin
[spoiler](http://www.francethisway.com/wildlife/dolphin.jpg)
(http://www.dolphinsc.com/images/Dolphin.jpg)
(http://www.exzooberance.com/virtual%20zoo/they%20swim/dolphin/Common%20Dolphin%20314016.jpg)
[/spoiler]

Tiger Shark
[spoiler](http://nature.wallpaperme.com/1199-2/Predator_+Sand+Tiger+Shark.jpg)
(http://www.elasmodiver.com/Sharkive%20images/Tiger%20Shark%20053.jpg)
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1276/1060101159_048122e786.jpg)
[/spoiler]

Orca
[spoiler](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_K6OoUqsGlAA/SZYm8MoJomI/AAAAAAAABh0/k-XYlEf8dR8/S692/Orca+Whale+Underwater.jpg)
(http://www.clubnav.com/files/Image/GAP%20SPECIAL/04%20Orca%20Whale.jpg)
(http://www.whale-watching.co.za/images/orca6.jpg)[/spoiler]
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Azguard on March 21, 2009, 04:41:34 PM
dang. that first humpback whale picture is kewl.
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Brad the Brit on March 21, 2009, 04:48:06 PM
(http://www.oas.org/children/animals/sloth1-r3-wm.jpg)

cuz their really cool
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Azguard on March 21, 2009, 05:07:59 PM
its kinda cute! jaja
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Hunter on March 21, 2009, 09:03:55 PM
just saying, could everybody please put the pics in the spoiler tags? it's just that as they load, the page jumps around a lot... thanks

:edit:

Quote from: BRAD the BRIT on March 21, 2009, 04:48:06 PM
(http://www.oas.org/children/animals/sloth1-r3-wm.jpg)

cuz their really cool

that sloth looks like a mini chewbacca...
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Gafrash on March 22, 2009, 04:56:17 AM
Kewl stuff, Army Blue!.
Quote from: Army Blue! on March 21, 2009, 04:28:00 PM
Humpback Whale
[spoiler]
(http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/natures_best_2006/gallery/humpbackwhaleanddolphin.jpg)
LOL tht cuold be Cassie lifting one of the other Animorphs
[/spoiler]
I wonder if it's for real. Would dolphins really play with whales?!?!?! Mammoths don't even begin to describe their size difference.

Quote from: Daos on March 21, 2009, 09:03:55 PM
just saying, could everybody please put the pics in the spoiler tags? it's just that as they load, the page jumps around a lot... thanks
My bad... I didn't realize...

Quote from: Daos on March 21, 2009, 09:03:55 PM
that sloth looks like a mini chewbacca...
Sooooooo true. Heheheheheh!
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Brad the Brit on March 22, 2009, 05:00:11 AM
you see!! sloths are great ;D
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Gafrash on April 19, 2009, 10:03:33 AM
Wwwwwwwell, to put this thread back on track...
...I typed in 'tiger' in google and not many images are good action ones. I keep getting these articles on tiger attacks. Most notably the one in San Francisco.
They all have images of the notorious felines posing or lolling around, but what's remarkable to me is that there are SO MANY different reports, one would think it normal to hear of people that fall into the exhibits and getting mauled.
No wonder the Yeerks didn't really get alarmed by Rachel's stunt in The Reaction.
The irony is that in these trajic incidents they are all zoo or domesticated tigers.

Here's an image for a potential tiger enclosure:
(http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2007-12/34441874.jpg)
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: EmberGryphon on April 24, 2009, 02:48:59 PM
I use this site (http://baranoff.org/column_index.htm) a lot for bird photos- great action shots for all our favorite birds. (Minus David's eagle, but you don't need him yet. ^^())

As for tiger action shots, if you need 'em....:
[spoiler](http://cwrightphoto.com/Winter%20Wildlife/images/Tiger%20Pounce.jpg)
(http://www.thelondonseason.com/images/Tiger_leaps.jpg)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/375227233_ab2dd0ef5f.jpg?v=1170266972)
^Not a Siberian, but I LOVE the tension in that image.
(http://slog.thestranger.com/files/2008/06/booste1.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/2789186707_d8a0c88f61.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/379994346_fef61b911a.jpg?v=0)
(http://www.vanishingtiger.com/i/tigers/tiger_crouch.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/2322962209_fe9f7cb10b.jpg?v=0)
(http://nature.wallpaperme.com/4790-2/Charge__+Siberian+Tiger.jpg)[/spoiler]

There's a bunch of photos; I hope some of them are helpful! ^^()

Oh, and fun fact. ^^()
Quote from: Ghafrash
I wonder if it's for real. Would dolphins really play with whales?!?!?! Mammoths don't even begin to describe their size difference.
When I was on a whale-watching tour thinger, our guide/boat pilot was telling us that groups of dolphins usually hang out around Humpbacks, because the whales protect them from sharks. And sure enough, whenever we got close enough to a whale, we'd start seeing some dolphins. ^^ I thought that was awesome... so it wouldn't surprise me if they did play together. ^^
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Gafrash on April 25, 2009, 05:20:44 AM
Hey, EmberGryphon, awesome selection of the leaping tiger shots!!! I love motion, and these shots work great!!!
Great site with the birds of prey, too.
I'm gonna go on the hunt to find some good wolf ones.
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Cloudbreaker on February 04, 2010, 08:57:10 AM
Elephants
[spoiler](http://www.natureartists.com/art/resized/1445_IMG_1454.JPG)
It's a pastel drawing, but still works.

(http://www.chievolution.com/images/neti_pot/elephant_running_rev.jpg)

(http://www.elephantconservation.org/images/site/pressrelease.jpg)

(http://naomiestment.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/elephant-chargingwtmk1.jpg)[/spoiler]

Gorillas
[spoiler](http://images.dailyexpress.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/82752_1.jpg)

(http://www.iwrc-online.org/interviews/images/Silverback.jpg)

(http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/s/silverback-gorillas-072309-xl.jpg)[/spoiler]

Green Anole
[spoiler](http://www.the-lizard-lounge.com/content/gallery/lizard-pictures/green-anole-pictures/green-anole-02.JPG)

(http://top-10-list.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/green-anole.jpg)

(http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/Galveston/beneficials_images/1c_archives/beneficial-19a-GCMGA21116_green_anole.jpg)

(http://saltgrassflats.mustangg.com/images/green_anole_green_01a_smithoaks_040502.jpg)

(http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/images/reptiles/green_anole36.jpg)[/spoiler]
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Gafrash on February 04, 2010, 09:51:54 PM
cloudbreaker, two thumbs up, absolutely awesome references you posted there.
I am still on holidays away from my computer, but drawing still the same. Been doing lots of wolves.
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Cloudbreaker on February 04, 2010, 11:56:22 PM
Here are a few more.

Grey Tabby Cat (Dude)
[spoiler](http://telaf.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/rosalees-fnd-cat-jan-08.jpg)

(http://www.4pawsanimalrescue.org.au/cats08/Buttons30.1.jpg)

(http://www.pawswithheart.com/Found%20Cats/Ted.jpg)

(http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8341bf67c53ef0112797b9ecb28a4-pi)[/spoiler]

Horse
[spoiler](http://horsejewelrystore.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mogan_horse.bmp)

(http://www.horses-photos.org/running_horse/running_bay_horse.jpg)

(http://rosebowl-riders.org/Images/Kelsey_Vinnie_web.jpg)

(http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/6107815/2/istockphoto_6107815-horse-rearing-in-sea.jpg)[/spoiler]

Grizzly Bear
[spoiler](http://www.alaska-bear-viewing.net/image_support/images/standing_bear2_small.jpg)

(http://neveryetmelted.com/wp-images/Rocky.jpg)

(http://www.hollywoodanimals.com/IMAGES/animal_pix/BEARS/WREST.jpg)

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/06/30/article-0-039EAA900000044D-103_468x312_popup.jpg)

(http://www.ratemyscreensaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/running-12.jpg)[/spoiler]
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: goom on February 05, 2010, 02:36:56 AM
here's some more pictures.

[spoiler=bat](http://www.werc.usgs.gov/bats/images/c-pallid-bat.jpg)
(http://www3.uk.freebsd.org/pix/fauna/bat.jpg)
(http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/living/graphics/bat.jpg)
(http://www.wildlifeextra.com/images/fruit-bat_new.JPG)[/spoiler]

[spoiler=parrot](http://www.gotpetsonline.com/pictures-gallery/bird-pictures-breeders-chicks/parrot-pictures-breeders-chicks/pictures/parrot-0016.jpg)
(http://www.brooklynparrots.com/uploaded_images/wild-parrot-safari2-722903.jpg)
(http://happyparrotguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/australian-king-parrot.jpg)
[/spoiler]

[spoiler=anteater](http://www.junglewalk.com/animal-pictures/622/Giant-anteater-4059.jpg)
(http://www.bluemacaws.org/images/blue214.jpg)[/spoiler]
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Gafrash on July 23, 2010, 10:39:11 PM
Do you guys realize how challenging it can be to draw animals?!

Because of the variety of shapes and textures animals have, it can be real tricky to convey it in a style.
Very few artists achieve good results in a graphic format.  

Any of you read DC Comics' Pride of Baghdad by writer Brian K. Vaughan?! If not, get it out, for Niko Henrichon, Vaughan's illustrator, did a splendid job.

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_53VFjJ7D-VQ/R1RpOJ2fvlI/AAAAAAAAAds/BD9HyQYzkww/s1600-R/bagdad.jpg)

There are some awesome panels! You will note that, even though he gave them a somewhat anthropomorphic 'feel', he used a lot of image references.

THIS is the level of artwork I had in mind. It's the kinda look I had in mind for when the Anis' morphed. And I could see it going real well with the way I draw my Hork-Bajirs and Taxxons.
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Dameg on July 24, 2010, 11:47:43 AM
Yeah, it's beautiful ^^ I hope you can draw something like that!
I really suck into drawing animals... really really! I could draw David the rat (maybe the easiest for me, 'coz I practiced a little to draw my degus), but when I tried to draw Cassie the wolf stopping Jake the tiger from killing Tom who took the cube... My wolf is really really horrible! I can't do anything good, even if I took an example from a cover! The tiger (second version lol) isn't that bad, but it's far from this art *pointing to the picture in your post*
When I find a way to scan my last drawings, I'll show how bad they are lol
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Alic on July 24, 2010, 12:33:56 PM
lol is that Mufasa in that drawing?! :p no, it is really good.

crocodile.

[spoiler]
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/girlsnotg4y/edit/Capture-1.jpg)
(http://img.allvoices.com/thumbs/event/598/486/35736676-rare-white.jpg)[/spoiler]




be careful with this one. good pic... but there's an arm in this croc's mouth. not for the weak!

[spoiler](http://www.fishingfury.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/crocodile.jpg)[/spoiler]

Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Gafrash on July 25, 2010, 09:35:55 PM
Ouch! I wonder if that's for real...  :o
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: 11:11 on July 25, 2010, 11:05:31 PM
I don't know, but when I first looked at it I thought I was *strong* but just about fainted. Then I told myself it was fake and felt slightly better :|
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Gafrash on July 26, 2010, 03:53:48 AM
The hand's clenched... It's gotta be fake!
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Dameg on July 26, 2010, 05:37:23 AM
I'm not sure it's fake.
And that showed me how I can be insensitive, sometimes...
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Alic on July 26, 2010, 10:00:13 AM
I don't know. It probably is. But it still looks gross!
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Cloudbreaker on July 26, 2010, 11:01:34 PM
It isn't fake.  That is a real arm.  I read the story that went along with the picture when it first came out.  But don't worry, the guy did get his arm back and it was surgically reattached.  Still, ouch.
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Dameg on July 27, 2010, 02:57:47 PM
Really? I didn't think it could be reattached!
Post Merged: August 17, 2010, 05:12:39 AM
Hey. My father found this, there are beautiful photos you can use.
Title: Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
Post by: Bealocwealm on December 04, 2011, 09:10:46 PM
Excellent thread, I really love the supercloseups of the insects. Wolf spiders are kind of adorable up close.. and ants are... not nearly as smooth and shiny as we think they are.

Also I must THANK YOU ALL for enclosing animals in spoiler tags and beg that you keep doing it; not only does it keep the thread from stretching, but for folks such as myself who this series gave animal phobias... really, really nice.