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KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« 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...
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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2009, 12:36:26 AM »
here's some pics of close up animals and bugs...

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also, the wolf spider was the spider morph of choice, right?


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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #2 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
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I reckon this red-tailed hawk sculpture is pretty kewl.
And, though this isn't a red-tail, how kewl would this hawk pose in a layout be?!


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Peregrine falcons
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Bald eagles
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Ospreys
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Northern harrier
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Golden eagle
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Great horned owl
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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2009, 12:17:21 AM »
cheetah
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mosquito!
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skunk
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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #4 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!

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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2009, 04:28:00 PM »
Humpback Whale
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LOL tht cuold be Cassie lifting one of the other Animorphs
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Dolphin
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Tiger Shark
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Orca
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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2009, 04:41:34 PM »
dang. that first humpback whale picture is kewl.
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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2009, 04:48:06 PM »


cuz their really cool

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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2009, 05:07:59 PM »
its kinda cute! jaja
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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #9 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

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cuz their really cool

that sloth looks like a mini chewbacca...
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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2009, 04:56:17 AM »
Kewl stuff, Army Blue!.
Humpback Whale
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LOL tht cuold be Cassie lifting one of the other Animorphs
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I wonder if it's for real. Would dolphins really play with whales?!?!?! Mammoths don't even begin to describe their size difference.

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...

that sloth looks like a mini chewbacca...
Sooooooo true. Heheheheheh!
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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2009, 05:00:11 AM »
you see!! sloths are great ;D

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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #12 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:


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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2009, 02:48:59 PM »
I use this site 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....:
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^Not a Siberian, but I LOVE the tension in that image.





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

Oh, and fun fact. ^^()
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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. ^^
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Re: KEWL ANIMAL IMAGES - Image References
« Reply #14 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.