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Megaloceros Giganteus #2

I had one mission in mind when I went to the Leeds City museum, and that was to have another go at drawing the Megaloceros. My orginal sketch from February 2009 is here

It’s interesting rereading the commentary from where I drew it first time round. Where last time I was concerned about proportions, this time  I was far more concerned about the light. The lighting in the room is extremely unnatural – not that you expect to see giant skeletal Megalocerous running around in daylight of course.

The museum lights do throw shadows, which in turn effect the shape of the skull which I found distracting when trying to define the shape. I do feel, I have done far more justice to his jaw this time around, though I do feel I have cheated him on his teeth.

Also of note, where I mentioned in my drawing of the cranial nerves about the cheap pad I used that was extremely smudgy. I actually deliberately used this pad for this drawing, to use that “smudginess” to my advantage.

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Megaloceros giganteus

Following pictures are from the second Leeds Sketch and Draw which took place this Sunday just gone at the Leeds City Museum.

No Mummy sketch to warm up this time, went straight in with this sketch of the skull of the Megaloceros. The horns on this thing are huge! and i think i failed to follow the “draw what you see , not what you know”. The Horns on this thing really skewed the proportions. I also noticed this thing has huge neck bones as well, which in my sketch I under compensated on the length of the Jaw in comparison.

Wikipedia Article on Megaloceros

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