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And then I felt like taking photos of bones. (And putting them together in the messiest layout in a while.)Anyway. If you ever come across a sudden need to draw a skull of a small canine, feel free to reference this. I hereby give you permission to reference, trace or even copy stuff from this particular ref. If it helps you, it has done what it was made to do. Have fun!
Featuring all my current canines.
*Sigh* Someday I dream I could buy a replica wolf skull to add to the collection. I'm just really bad at saving up for one. If only there wasn't so many awesome people offering commissions every time I manage to get some money...
(Also, the dog needs a name. To keep with the main theme of my skulls, it should be a name from any of Shakespeare's plays, and if possible, I'd like the name to belong to an old character. The skull is old, and I'd love to keep the Grandpa-feel to it. Suggestions welcome.)
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What about Lear? He's old. 
You could also call him Polonius from Hamlet...
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Olisko Antonio mitÀÀn? Tai Duncan olis aika sievÀ nimi kanssa.
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The brain cavity on that dog skull is impressive. Do you know what breed of dog the skull belonged to?
I like the name Polonius for him.
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I don't know for sure, but maybe some sort of spaniel.
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This is really cool. I know it'll be helpful for me.
Looking at this makes me wonder how all of them died, though. Do you know for all of them?
Also, I'd help with a name, but I don't remember the name of the guy I'm thinking of. lol I love Shakespere, though. That's cool that you named all your skulls after characters of his...if not a bit creepy. xD
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Hamlet was killed by a bigger animal, possibly a wolf or a big dog. The back of the skull was shattered, and both shoulderblades were pierced, and yet there was no visible injury on the body when I found him with couple of friends. His skin was intact, so it couldn't been shot.
The others I can't say for sure as I bought them instead of cleaning them myself, but the dog looks really old (brittle bone and sort of bad teeth at parts). The fox is a mystery, but at least it wasn't from fur farm. (Ranched foxed grow bigger than wild ones, an it's smaller than my other fox Yoric which is wild fox for sure.) I suspect hunted or roadkill.
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A dog groomer's opinion on the dog skull, given the size in comparison to a fox as well as jaw shape, teeth size and the roundness of the backskull, I will guess he could also be a small but stout terrier, such as a Mini Schnauzer or a Westie. I considered Cocker Spaniel as well, but if you "draw" dog features over it, it reads more terrier to me.
Just my thoughts. Nice references!
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Wow, I did't really expect you know that much. xD That's cool that you can get all that from just looking at them.
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Wow. I see these guys and keep thinking that I would love to have a few reference skulls of my own. I imagine they help a lot with your character designs and anatomy.
As for a name... what about a charcter from Macbeth? Duncan, Banquo, Macduff, Ross, Lennox, or Malcolm. Personally, I like Ross. Just a thought. (3
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They sure are helpful! There are couple of times in my comic where holding a real skull at hand while drawing helped me a lot.
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Are they replica's or real skulls?
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At the moment all my skulls are real.
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Thanks! That's really helpful.
Name for the dog: Oberon? Richard? Coriolanus?
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"You aint no pitbull buddy" and "The size of those teeth!" Kept cracking me up. Only you can make something like this enjoyable to look through. xD
What kind of Dog is Grandpaw anyway? A pointer or maybe even a small Spaniel?
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Haha, thanks!
I don't know exactly. Maybe some sort of spaniel?
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No problem. =3
Thats what Im thinking based off of his bone structure. Its about the size of a Spaniel. They dont have really strong jaws either since they have to have that soft bite.
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Upeita kalloja. TΓ€stΓ€ voi olla mulle apua tulevaisuudessa
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Call the dog "Banquo". XD
Also, awesome reference, my friend.
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I'm going to feel silly if I just missed it...
Do you know what breed of dog grandpa dog is?
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I don't know actually. Maybe some sort of spaniel?
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Curious... Would be interesting to find out.
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I only have two skulls :3 A fox and a roe deer but your are so awesome < 3
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NXJKSNCJNDKC!!! Gorgeous skulls, but the last image when I seen the pen I was like--- NMCKSDNCKJDNCJN!!! I HAVE THOSE PENZ! xD -flails wildly-
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Microns are awesome. They are my official comicmakers.
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I use them for all my pictures and for when I re-due my sad attempt at a comic. xD I use the 005 pens though. o3o I like the detail I can d with them, but I also have the 1, too. :3 -noms on pens-
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I have a package of six Microns of different sizes ranging from 005 to 08. My most used one is 02.
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O: I need to buy a set of them sometime. The range comes in very handy.
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Wow this is neat your making me want to compare my three skulls XD
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Yay for comparative studies!
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the issue is my beaver's teeth are hot glued together! It makes him muuuch sturdier for transport buut I cant pull him apart.
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If you want to get that off you can get some acetone (think nail polish remover) and it will help dissolve the glue.
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it won't do anything to the bone?
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No, only to the glue. You don't need to soak it very long or anything, you can even just dribble some directly on to the hot glue.
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I will have to give that a try
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