New aurochs drawing

Nice,it looks photographic

Any background for this fine Beast Tom?

Auroch .... that sounds Scottish.

Definitely looks like it could still be alive and living in the deep mysterious woods somewhere.

What's next ? Maybe a mammoth or mastodon ?

Thanks, Aphos.

Ironic observations being made.

it's not a Scottish word, but the animals with the genes the least changed
from the aurochs are....the Scottish Highland cattle, which usually have long reddish
hair.

I didn't put background on this image because it's more of a technical drawing,
trying to figure out what an aurochs would like. I might put it on a blueprint background.

The word is always aurochs. Singular or plural.
I guess it means primeval ox.

On another note.... I finally thought I found a place where I could
converse with other people about aurochs, but I guess it's a case of be careful what you
wish for: http://www.carnivoraforum.com/index.cgi ... 232&page=2

Ox-Tail is back on the menu at my house,since being removed by the health authorities during the 'Mad Cow' problems years ago in England,It's a lovely old fashioned hearty winter food.

Tom,what is your fascination with Aurochs,are you a farmer or a cattle historian? (serious question)

I'm neither, Russ.
I guess I have several reasons for my fascination.
Even as a kid I found bulls interesting. Large, scary, powerful animals.
I also like wildlife, and think when an animal goes extinct, because of humans, it's a shame.
A bull aurochs were larger, faster, and more powerful than most of it's domesticated descendant.
They are also the first wild animal that humans took note of going extinct . That happened in 1627.
The Dodo bird was the second.
Now there's a really good chance that they're going to be brought out of extinction.
I find it hard to believe that most people aren't more fascinated by this.

As for my most recent drawing, I found the first of my artwork, posted on the internet by someone other than me.
It was my "corrected" aurochs drawing. http://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanwi ... hotostream
To me it just didn't look right. So I tried to figure out a way to get the right proportions.
There's an aurochs skeleton in a museum, with the silhouette what it would have looked
like. So I manipulated an image of a Bull to match the skeleton, and silhouette. I was told that the museum piece is a little off
and what needed to be corrected. That' how I ended up with the current piece.
Now I have a much better idea how to correct my first image.

At first all I saw was a cow .. (bull)
But now that I know the story, it is indeed fascinating.
An extinction is a tragedy .. and one caused by humans is an unforgivable crime.

On the lighter side, I once went to "Hell on Hooves II" a professional bull riding event - we had seats right by the chute, and watched these guys climb down in top of a snarling snorting beast the size of a car.

...at least you didn't mention the chute.

I guess a technical drawing of an aurochs is needed at the moment
This is what I found on the Wikipedia site for Aurochs today.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs

Not only does the illustration of the aurochs look like a balloon,
but they're still using the exaggerated height.

This would be probably more accurate for the average bull aurochs. 170 cm


Yeah...I know. I know.
No one cares.

Someone must care - there's a wikipedia page !
You should edit the page with the corrections.