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Posted on 22/08/14 08:18:23 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 519: Build a better chimera
According to classical mythology, a Chimera was a beast composed of part lion, part snake and part goat. But despite there having been many depictions of it throughout history, none seem to have combined the various elements in a plausible manner. Here, for example, is an Etruscan example from 400BC: 
The snake works well as the lion's tail, but the goat always seems uncomfortably grafted on. Can you find a way to combine a lion, a goat and a snake in a more appealing configuration? You'll need to source your own wildlife this week. |
Posted on 22/08/14 10:52:05 AM |
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Garfield72
Montage Manceau Posts: 353 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 519: Build a better chimera
here is my chimera  |
Posted on 22/08/14 11:57:33 AM |
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josephine harvatt
Gag Gadgeteer Posts: 2603 Reply  |
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Blimey you are quick off the mark! _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 22/08/14 1:13:19 PM |
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Garfield72
Montage Manceau Posts: 353 Reply |
Re: Challenge 519: Build a better chimera
Yes Josephine, I did this quickly because after I'm on vacation. |
Posted on 22/08/14 4:28:36 PM |
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ahmedalij
Atmosphysician Posts: 262 Reply  |
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Posted on 22/08/14 6:54:21 PM |
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sciteach
Professor Pixel Posts: 126 Reply  |
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Posted on 22/08/14 7:37:40 PM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 576 Reply  |
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Now I see why they died out.  |
Posted on 23/08/14 01:47:25 AM |
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darrenandcolleen@telus.net
Serene Synthesist Posts: 119 Reply  |
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Posted on 23/08/14 09:10:38 AM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
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 _________________ Onward and upward! Excelsior! |
Posted on 23/08/14 12:11:34 PM |
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james
Surreal Spoofer Posts: 1194 Reply  |
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Posted on 23/08/14 2:49:14 PM |
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ahmedalij
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Posted on 24/08/14 08:38:43 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
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I'd never heard of this creature, but it could resemble the Pushmi-pullyu.  |
Posted on 24/08/14 10:48:00 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply  |
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Bruce and Darren..your Chimeras are amazing! Homer would be most impressed if he saw them 
http://vimeo.com/104218956  _________________ Wicked Witch of the West:I'll get you, my pretty! And your little dog, too! |
Posted on 24/08/14 12:04:28 PM |
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josephine harvatt
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Just couldn't resist ...  _________________ I'm not really bad - I just draw that way |
Posted on 24/08/14 8:16:49 PM |
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Ben Mills
Luminous Luminary Posts: 570 Reply  |
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Posted on 25/08/14 06:56:49 AM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
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As in all the previous years, the Satyr got drunk and passed out before the group photo could be taken.  _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 25/08/14 10:44:53 AM |
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Linda Eckert
maîtresse marocaine Posts: 148 Reply |
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Posted on 25/08/14 11:18:24 AM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply |
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Thanks Anna. To tell you the truth, the image creeps me out a little bit...which is a good thing? _________________ I aim to give pause. |
Posted on 26/08/14 02:55:27 AM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply |
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I decised if I could create a dryad, I should try for a naiad. I'm not sure she works. She's on the ground because water seeks it's level. This whole challenge has made me have some great memories of when I was 6 years old and my dad read to me The Greek Myths by Robert Graves for my bedtime stories. I should add that my father had an IQ of 168. Dr. Seuss was not on his reading list. I don't know exactly why he chose The Greek Myths for bedtime stories, but I surmise it was because while Graves' prose is excellent, his scholarship is lacking and therefore, in my father's mind, the book was suitable only for children. 
_________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 26/08/14 05:06:02 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2905 Reply |
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Of course it's a good thing! It's meant to be bizarre  _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
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