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Harry-the-Fox

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About Harry-the-Fox

Artist // Professional // Digital Art
  • Apr 24
  • Australia
  • Deviant for 15 years
  • He / Him
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My Bio

Super-fast FAQ.

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Are you a Metalhead? YES! A Furry? NO! The ears are a joke.

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How do you work?
Painting in layers with photoshop and Krita. Over the recent years, I've based Palaeontological work carefully on scientific studies and reputable skeleton reconstructions (eg Scott Hartman), and using a custom ruler tool scaled to meters and measured against individual bones or segments. Also of course, lots of scientific articles, often directly testing for size. My older Palaeo art is just eyeballed (with surprising precision I am proud to say) but lacking scientific research.

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I noticed something incorrect- mind if I let you know?
Please do! That said, the source you use makes a world of difference.. like the difference between Siverson getting upset I wasn't convinced his top-secret 20 meter Megalodon skeleton existed, all the way up to Ovleg convincing me to make a new 18m Megalodon size chart based on his scientific study (Leder, Perez and Badaut, 2016).

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Image usage? Can I link-to/use your images?
Feel free to ask- my answer will probably be "yes"!
I've actually had my images published in books by Penguin, and taken commissions for Ken Derby in the past too (and this is back when I was strapped for time).

Favourite Visual Artist
Brom, Keith Thompson
Favourite Movies
Star Trek 2009, The Thing, Inception, Hellraiser, TotalRecall (old), Dark Knight, StarWars series, the first TMNT movie,
Favourite TV Shows
Big,Bigger,Biggest; Samurai7, Samurai Champloo, Gundam00, Avatar, Zoids, Community, NGEO/BBC Docos
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Dimmu Borgir, Mechina, Project Hate, Xerath,
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THE GAP SAGA, RiftWars, Alex Rider, Percy Jackson, Psycho Bums,
Favourite Writers
Stephen Donaldson! Raymond E Feist, Anthony Horowitz, Rick Riordan, Andy Griffiths
Favourite Games
FAR CRY 3!!!, Team Fortress 2, Red Alert 2, Capsized, Defense Grid, Half-Life, Portal(s), Prey, StarTrek EliteForce1, and QUAAKEEE!
Favourite Gaming Platform
PC biatches
Tools of the Trade
Digitablet, pencil- also sculpey for modeling
Other Interests
Art, Metal, Scifi, Fantasy, beach, forests, anime (obviously)

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Harry-the-Fox

Hopefully back soon!

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Dang, so much has happened! Besides my own life, we've now had studies elongating Megalodon, new Tyrannosaurus (possibly a new species) and baleen whales that cast a massive wealth of info of the origins of both animals, AND a study presenting a very powerful case for the viability of Nanotyrannus (honestly none of which I was expecting)! These have NOT gone unnoticed at all, merely a certain new someone (who I'm keeping an eye on even as I type); and a few logistical problems getting my art computer set up (now resolved as of today!) have kept me from jumping into them. Luckily things are starting to get more streamlined, and I'm now getting closer to preparing some works for release: a major one is based on some research into assymetrical tooth enamel (a major premise for lips)- which has been actually very interesting, and lead to a very curious example to test it on. Another is a massive overhaul of an older dinosaur work (overdue), and I'll also have something ready for April 1
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Great news everyone! As I've been teasing a big life change last week, I'm now a DAD!
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Exciting news soon!

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Hey all! Sorry I've been so quiet, I've been busy preparing for an exciting life event that should happen in, oh, the next couple of weeks (I'll keep it a surprise, though I suppose the way I described it is a bit of an obvious give away-hehe). So, I do have some imminent works in the pipeline. My NEW Giganotosaurus is nearly done, just doing some unprecedented high-detail touch-ups before completing it. (This is ironically the same reason my Alamosaurus is taking so long- it's pretty much complete- but turns out the TRUE skin texture of Titanosaurs is VERY complicated, and very different from what I depicted, so warrants further work. But given recent research into theropod lips, I felt it a sensible decision to create a slightly different kind of work exploring the implications for the applicability of lips to preempt future theropod works. I've done a LOT of digging and uncovered some VERY interesting leads to delve into the subject! Finally, I updated my Prognathodon currii
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KaijuAR

We now know what Ptychodus really looked like.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/24/scientists-finally-learn-what-giant-prehistoric-shark-ptychodus-looked-like

Vincentmarucut10292

Jeez look at this this asshole is mental

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Harry-the-Fox

Damn something set this guy off- I feel like there's an interesting backstory for this screencap.

Vincentmarucut10292

Ikr, and he literary spammed trash words to me and made fun of my artwork



like seriously that’s just ridiculous what did I ever do to him 😐

Harry-the-Fox

Hmmm, I reckon something you said must have set him off. It could have been as simple as a statement or one of the animals you depicted didn't line up to his expectations maybe? I wouldn't sweat it to be honest.

ghashogh

:dummy::hug::happybounce::hug:so good to see you my dear dude buddy.

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Hey, letting you know that I'm nearly done with my new manuscript on the size variation for other cetaceans. Probably gonna submit it by  mid-November if you have any questions, let me know.