chele Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 This painting will be aimed toward all the shark lovers on here. I want to paint some sharks, the problem is that there are so many! So what do you guys think would be some good candidates? I was thinking of a scene with mutiple sharks with other marine life of the same period. You guys have been so helpful with my past paintings, so I thought I would ask again! Chelebele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Maybe... http://www.genomicron.evolverzone.com/wp-content/uploads/megalo.jpg or something like... http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nm9ySucveA8/TFYcK7lHKOI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/1WqYCKY3McI/s1600/fishing+for+megalodon.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 perhaps something other than megalodon because lots of shark paintings are all megalodon! perhaps you can draw a lesser-known species.... like scapanorhyncus texanus? that would be interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkbyte Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 HAMMERHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!! Woo-Hoo and maybe an Eagle Ray or some kind of Ray as a secondary subject but I am sure what ever you choose to paint will be awesome. Can't wait to see it. Bobby "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Confucius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chele Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 Thanks for the input guys! I just put that picture in because I thought it was funny. Hammerheads are cool. I will take all the input I can get. I might have to do a series of shark paintings because there are so many! Chelebele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 here's the link to the full sized version of that pic Chele... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/2520647363_7e79be5c50_o.jpg it's by Kerem Beyit. whatever species of shark you decide to paint...im sure it'll be beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 I think the giant thresher shark would be an interesting subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chele Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 I think the giant thresher shark would be an interesting subject I can not find any photos other than teeth teeth. Chelebele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 try these... http://www.google.com/search?q=giant+thresher+shark&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=66e&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=3D_YTo74HYT30gH7soTwDQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBIQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=662 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chele Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 The thresher shark is very cool.http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddrake/497591310/ I can not get over the tail! He will be one of the sharks painted. Now I just need to figure out what other sharks swam the same oceans as him. Chelebele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 That would be a good choice! Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 The thresher shark is very cool.http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddrake/497591310/ I can not get over the tail! He will be one of the sharks painted. Now I just need to figure out what other sharks swam the same oceans as him. i work on an island (Long Beach Island N.J.) so i spend alot of my spare time fishing. last spring, there was a 14 foot thresher less than 50 yards off the beach. he was smashing through the pods of baitfish, using his tail like a sword... whipping it back and forth through the baitfish, then eating whatever he stunned. it was amazing to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudeman Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Might I suggest painting from the view point of ocean floor looking up at an angle, this way you can include part of a reef for extra subject matter. JMHO Troy Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Those thresher photos were awesome. I never realized what a beautiful shark the thresher is. It makes me wonder how the extinct species may have looked. I think another interesting species to paint would be the angustidens from the Oligocene, but I don't know if much has been written on it other than teeth morphology. I guess it would have looke similar to megalodon, but with side cusped teeth. I have always wanted to see a mega shark mouth open with side cusped teeth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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