tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post1844308644705094563..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Titanoboa, Part 2James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-89156693609687410262015-03-07T13:10:38.974-05:002015-03-07T13:10:38.974-05:00YEARS later, I saw this article with PICS and imme...YEARS later, I saw this article with PICS and immediately thought of you and this painting: Take A peek:<br />http://wafflesatnoon.com/snake-eats-crocodile/Susan Sorgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04023268813537547667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-22114792862630480912009-12-28T14:22:15.702-05:002009-12-28T14:22:15.702-05:00This painting is really fantastic! Nice to see tha...This painting is really fantastic! Nice to see that such great life-restorations exist from this comparably recent discovery. Is the caiman in the painting a special species? I am actually not exactly sure which crocodylians lived alongside Titanboa, but in later times there were a lot of amazing species at South America, like the giant Gryphosuchus, a 10 m long gharial, or the monstrous Purussaurus, which was one of the largest crocodylians ever and came among all reptiles during the last 65 Mio years probably closest to the giant theropods of the dinosaur era. And Purussaurus was even a comparably young species of the Pliocene, as well as a contemporary and nearly same-sized species, the extremely bizarre Mourasuchus. This giant crocodylian evolved to some kind of filter-feeder (similar to the much earlier african Stomatosuchus)and had a really strange skull with extremely flat and thin jaws. Sadly the amazing crocodiles of the last 65 Mio years get often much too less attention, despite the fact that there were various spectacular spezies.Markus Bühlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516990754952015532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-71456123612899575432009-09-12T10:52:32.607-04:002009-09-12T10:52:32.607-04:00Thanks for posting your progress on the snake imag...Thanks for posting your progress on the snake image. I did a number of interiors of a giant snake last year, and it's great to see how another artist approaches the same problems. For some reason, despite doing sculpture too, I've never combined the two ideas. Thanks for the inspiration!Russell Dickersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854569325129096817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-69619015363650448132009-09-10T08:13:39.313-04:002009-09-10T08:13:39.313-04:00This is so inspiring.... and you RECYCLE!This is so inspiring.... and you RECYCLE!Ginger*:)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14970160779830842600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-63061192191927388172009-09-10T07:07:56.068-04:002009-09-10T07:07:56.068-04:00I really love these progress posts! The result tur...I really love these progress posts! The result turned out really amazing.<br /><br />I get the feeling that you do a lot of experiment with technique and approach -- it woulf be fun to see a progress where you did something unusual, like the post about bringing all the children in the neighbourhood for a shooting. It's always a pleasure reading your blog ~BBjörnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08324069856923235205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-14751424200763516342009-09-09T19:02:25.430-04:002009-09-09T19:02:25.430-04:00Stunning! Absolutely stunning.Stunning! Absolutely stunning.Shawn Escotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16070563436541794913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-23763834159335801812009-09-09T17:07:41.802-04:002009-09-09T17:07:41.802-04:00It's really fascinating to see your process!It's really fascinating to see your process!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-91181142500865258802009-09-09T16:34:13.812-04:002009-09-09T16:34:13.812-04:00I love the painting,I was going to ask you how did...I love the painting,I was going to ask you how did you do the skin of the snake, fine brush? lots of patients? any way seems that the crocodile didn't have much chance with such a snakejesusest@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12531007408774651478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-54573340888046434762009-09-09T16:02:45.549-04:002009-09-09T16:02:45.549-04:00Great panting.
Speaking of texture -- it even loo...Great panting.<br /><br />Speaking of texture -- it even looks like the maquette has some texture to it. <br /><br />One good way to get different textures is to take some liquid latex or casting rubber and paint it on different objects, like an orange peel for instance. After it dries, you can pull it off and then press it into the areas of your sculpture that you want to texture.Daroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269629297022511462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-20553127797878650572009-09-09T14:51:12.174-04:002009-09-09T14:51:12.174-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.E Colquhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521661863846363083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-21886859684895703272009-09-09T14:50:57.753-04:002009-09-09T14:50:57.753-04:00Hi Jim,
Ranger Rick has a history of hiring reall...Hi Jim,<br /><br />Ranger Rick has a history of hiring really good art.E Colquhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521661863846363083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-38653968072704524572009-09-09T12:29:46.874-04:002009-09-09T12:29:46.874-04:00Mind has been blown. The sheen on the snakes scale...Mind has been blown. The sheen on the snakes scales made my day. LOVELY!Kendra Meltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01469215910768047034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-1893041726512237802009-09-09T09:45:31.407-04:002009-09-09T09:45:31.407-04:00Absolutely beautiful. James - what are you using ...Absolutely beautiful. James - what are you using for a piece like this? Canvas? Board? Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-21514772535485424622009-09-09T09:39:57.112-04:002009-09-09T09:39:57.112-04:00Great painting! As a person who does a fair amount...Great painting! As a person who does a fair amount of reptillian based critters, I'm always interested to see how other people deal with scale patterns, which can be tedious but seem crucial. As usual, you make it look easy.<br /><br />Also, as a person whose house is stuffed with books, paintings, etc., I was wondering if you save all of your maquettes. Like do you have a dedicated maquette closet/area, or do they end up in some variation of Gallery Flambeau?jeff jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05996337570175075303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-61148421669814639322009-09-09T09:27:41.676-04:002009-09-09T09:27:41.676-04:00Ya those shadows look real good. I was dubious of ...Ya those shadows look real good. I was dubious of maquette building, but this post totally sold me on it. Spinning around the model under the lights and looking for the best shadow configuration seems really useful.sirfrancisdrakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16784744949407022297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-65058302948446894072009-09-09T09:11:11.967-04:002009-09-09T09:11:11.967-04:00Tremendous!! Thanks for sharing with us the steps ...Tremendous!! Thanks for sharing with us the steps of making such an image.<br />It is really interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-25004555198364003502009-09-09T07:04:21.078-04:002009-09-09T07:04:21.078-04:00Thanks, Karl. Kyle, yes, I ran an armature wire th...Thanks, Karl. Kyle, yes, I ran an armature wire through the neck of the snake and the hand of the croc. Probably didn't really need to. I made them small just so they didn't use up much Sculpey.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-29615047921227204372009-09-09T05:22:56.945-04:002009-09-09T05:22:56.945-04:00Nice painting! You got the texture of the snake sk...Nice painting! You got the texture of the snake skin spot on. Thanks for sharing your technique. Ill defenitively try to get hold of your book! (although I live in London UK)karlsimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04658630092510877251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-70025541955033324222009-09-09T04:37:58.755-04:002009-09-09T04:37:58.755-04:00When I saw the first image of the maquette, I thou...When I saw the first image of the maquette, I thought it must've been 10 to 12 inches tall, but the second makes it look around 6 inches. Do you bother with armature at all or just make them small enough not to need them?<br />Definitely looks like an excellent technique for getting the light down. I'll have to give that a try!<br />The painting came out amazing, by the way!K. W. Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06655384005850170232noreply@blogger.com