haha! I tried to give him a goofy sneer that dogs get when they start to scratch too. they were about 6 feet at the hip, so small by T-rex standards. They were also discovered in alaska in what would have been a "polar woodland" so I'm definitely going to give it some feather fluff. I've been...
Thanks! that is actually VERY helpful for my leg sketches.
In case anyone was interested it what this was going to become
We are learning to make a maquette to draw from,
he isn't quite finished and I'm going to heat him up to fiddle with the post a little bit more and add the chicken leg...
I'm illustrating Nanuqsaurus which is a type of tyrannosaur, and chickens are usually a great reference for the legs. I find the articulation of the toes on parrots and other perching birds to be difficult to translate to what I need. It was a bit of a long shot but I figured if I were to find...
Thats a great idea! I've found a couple - however when you search for 'chicken scratching' it brings up a lot of foraging chickens. I'll keep digging through though.
Hello! I am a scientific illustration student, and I am doing a project where I am depicting an extinct animal. I was wondering if anyone has some photos of their chickens using their leg to scratch their heads or necks? Its been surprisingly difficult to find!
I will not be using the photos...