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Creatuanary 9 - Undead Smilodon
Next time I do a zombified animal, I'll go harder on the details... As it is, I'm only taking an hour to quick-paint these themes, so for what it is, I think this is okay.
a commission of a smilodon being harried away from a meal by a wolverine.
I really wanna do more Paleo art sometime soon...
A smilodon is watching over some bighorn bison from a nearby cave. First ever #inktober #sketch i've done! #inktober2017 #inktoberday1 #smilodon #cave #inkdrawing #ink #paleoart #smilodonfatalis #sabertoothtiger #sabertooth #sabertoothcat #unipin #unipinpen #sketchbook #drawing #paleosketch
found a baby pic of u >:3333
We’re all used to the common depiction of sabertoothed cats like the famous Smilodon. A fairly standard-looking feline face with protruding teeth, something like this:
It’s a look so ingrained in paleoart and pop culture that it’s even become visual shorthand for making cartoon creature designs look “prehistoric”.
Except… it might be completely wrong.
We’ve all been assuming that these saberteeth were basically tusks, like those we see in modern animals such as walruses and elephants. But it turns out that tusks have a very different chemical structure to normal teeth so they can withstand constant exposure to the environment – and Smilodon’s fangs don’t show any of those adaptations.
There’s a detailed explanation of this idea and the science behind it over at this blog post. It isn’t an academically published theory yet (although I’d love to see somebody do a proper study), but it’s still very plausible and interesting to think about.
The tl;dr version: it’s actually more likely that Smilodon covered its teeth with big jowly lips to protect them. Which means it probably looked like a feline version of a St. Bernard. Or… sort of like Chester Cheetah.
I wanna dump this in here I made this while I was in my Steven Universe phase and it’s supposed to be a feline based Steven Universe AU where the gems are some sort of cat species that ARE NOT house cats, and this is incredibly old and disgustingly cringe in my eyes it’s a stupid fanfic that I wrote a long time ago and it’s about now I revisit my past
*I also might remake this sexy pussy cat queen💅*
them
Them… as stuffed plushies cats also another Cretaceous fossil 💀
at least the real garnets are darn cute
- from my old phone
Hessonite as a cat art Remake
Ahhhh finallly!!!
got my old girl done! And now she is more HUMBLER than EVER!!
with those nice sword teefs ofc
Smilo-Hess
And she’s pocket sized!
Smilo-Hess is now a cup head boss folks
I swear she lives rent free in my head, please tell me how to get her out 😭😭
I might also add backgrounds but this is experimental on how to make something more retro I guess
EDIT: made her more muted thus more vintage
Hess but with more masculine features
always felt like she was quite a masculine yet still was a feminine being at heart
Hessonite experimental shading
Been experimenting with Procreate’s intense colors and for sure I’m gonna add the background later :3
During The Rebellion
YEEE HAAA just dropped another one and got er done and this is experimental
I know it’s been a while but here’s a low effort sketch since I need to be more active hehehe
also look at Pyrope! She finally been catified
Somebody made a lion one >:3
A smilodon skull and muscle study.
