So, my second attempt at drawing a dinosaur spy with a gun. Very cartoony. (The first was so cartoony I erased it and reused the paper.) He is towering over the guy in bed, which is good, but the perspective of the room, the scale, the position of the guy in the bed, all wrong. Plus, I wanted more menace from Murdersaur. I mean, he's the goddamned Murdersaur.
Third attempt: More anatomically correct. He's standing more like a dinosaur, his arms are closer together, but the bed is too small and the perspective is still off. Plus it's impossible to draw anything good into his flak jacket and goggles from this angle. His neck is just too huge to add accessories to. Though I really like the teeth.
Attempt 4: A little more of a mix between #2 and #3. His expression is more of a sneer in this one. More detail in the goggles and vest. I like the tail better. His arms could be farther apart. The bed and room are in much better perspective, though still a little off. Really, the entire project is just built around this one joke. That he's a goddamned Tyrannosaur with a gun.
I can fix it while inking so he takes up more of the frame and maybe have his head overlap panel 1. Maybe shave down the nose a little bit. Shadows will have to be added in later in abundance.
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I realize T-Rex is the go-to staple for the Goddamn Murdersaur, but if you're looking for something that would lend itself to easier facial features and "accessorize" better, maybe one of the smaller, sleeker theropods? Or even something like a Dilophosaur - both huge and sleek. Or, if unwieldy hugeness is part of it, a Spinosaur is not only a massive goddamn monster, it has that awkward sail down it's back to better knock over ceiling fans and such for comedic potential.
Eh.. sorry - can't help suggesting. I'm all over this one. You had me at "Murdersaur!"
I thought about making him a Ceratosaur or something else, but the tyrant king is fitting. We'll see. Maybe it'll be funny to write it in later where he gets indignant about being mis-identified. It's important that he be ridiculously huge in proportion to the people he kills. And that he never used his teeth or claws to kill anyone.
Murdersaur should meet his dinosaur assassin rival Stegosaur, and they should throw aside their guns in a gentleman's agreement.. to pull tiny knives.
I'd like to see Murdersaur flipping a knife from hand to hand, spinning it in the air, taunting with his free appendage.
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