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the Amateur Zoologist: September 2013

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Sunday, September 29, 2013. Did some playing in Zbrush today. Fall being my favorite season, I decided to rough out a pumpkin:. And then naturally had to give him a face:. But don't worry, this won't take the place of my yearly. I'll get to those a bit closer to Halloween. I just wanted to test one out in 3D, since it's been years since I've carved a physical pumpkin. Stay Tuned for more Pumpkins leading up to Halloween! Saturday, September 14, 2013. Saturday Drawing in the Park. View my complete profile.

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the Amateur Zoologist: May 2014

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Sunday, May 18, 2014. It's been a while since I've posted. I've been much more active these days over at 90 minute comics. I have some ideas for some interesting things brewing though, which I'm not at liberty to talk about until substantial progress has been made though. Anyway, this is just a quick post of some fun things I've posted on my facebook page but realized never made it to here. First, since the world desperately needs more critically endangered Saiga antelopes. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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the Amateur Zoologist: MONSTRO!

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Thursday, February 19, 2015. I've mentioned this before. And showed some in progress tests. Before. But now the full film is up and running online after making it's rounds in the festival circuit! Feel free to check it out below! As I've said before, this was produced at Side Effects Software, and was done completely in Houdini. I was an animator on it, and designed the simple face rig system, as well as did a number of asset management things. Here is the official description from vimeo:. This is the cr...

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Aero Evo: August 2012

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Thursday, August 16, 2012. I will be resuming the Dragon series on Aero Evo soon. I am currently at the annual American Society of Biomechanics conference (ASB 2012). Some good talks this morning; I was particularly intrigued by the experiments of T. Gross from Washington University showing that the primary trigger of bone loss following muscle paralysis is not. The loss of mechanical loading. An endocrine or paracrine effect seems to be the primary influence. Very cool stuff. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Aero Evo: Mosquitoes in the Rain

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Friday, June 29, 2012. Mosquitoes in the Rain. A recent paper by Dickerson et al. in PNAS. Explains how mosquitoes are able to fly effectively in rainy conditions (remember: many of them hail from humid tropics), even though a single raindrop by weigh 50x what a mosquito weighs. If you cannot access the full paper, feel free to read this summary on BBC. It even inspired a comic. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe To Aero Evo. PLoS Biology: New Articles. UCL Museums and Collections Blog. So I c...

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H2VP: Pterosaur.net: The Beauty of Big

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Pterosaur.net: The Beauty of Big. Posted by Michael Habib. Hoping to get some more material up on H2VP soon, but in the meantime, those of you that don't already follow p.net might find my latest post on that site interesting: it involves the possible selective advantages of being a giant flyer. Turn your cursors here. October 22, 2012 at 11:32 PM. You that dont already follow p.net might find my latest post on that site interesting:. October 22, 2012 at 11:38 PM. So, as some of yo...

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H2VP: No, dinosaurs were not aquatic.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012. No, dinosaurs were not aquatic. Posted by Michael Habib. Now, I'll be honest - I still think that this may have been an elaborate April Fool's Day prank, and others have suggested this as well. Even if that is true, however, it managed to dupe the BBC, which is pretty scary. A) How dinosaur limbs could otherwise have borne such weight. Up to 100 tonnes)". B) Why they would expend such a large amount of metabolic energy holding tails erect. Why" is presumably because of mobility an...

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H2VP: September 2011

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011. Posted by Michael Habib. Those of you that watched episodes 3 and 4 of Dinosaur Revolution. Which aired exactly one week ago) saw the sequence focusing on the large pterodactyloid pterosaur, Anhanguera. This was one of the sequences I had the most input on, so I thought it might be fun to chat briefly about some scientific background that inspired the sequence. Parental care in pterosaurs? The sequence opens with a mother Anhanguera. Hopping in a saltatorial fashion. Ther...

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H2VP: October 2012

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Thursday, October 11, 2012. United in Los Angeles. Posted by Michael Habib. A quick update from Los Angeles. A while back we mentioned that I would be moving to LA to take a job at USC. That move occurred after the field season in New Mexico, and so both H2VP authors are now residents of Los Angeles (and USC)! I have a lot to get running and I am terribly behind the schedule I set for myself in late August, so blogging will be rare until I am caught up. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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H2VP: August 2011

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011. CT Scans of Bennettazhia. Posted by Michael Habib. Back in 2008, I had CT scans done of the humerus of Bennettazhia oregonensis. 160;I have one of the slice videos here, which I have previously only shown in talks (though they did make an appearance in two television programs).  The outer, bright layer is the cortical bone (very thin).  The grey areas are matrix.  You can see some of the trabecular struts running through the matrix. Links to this post. Tuesday, August 9, 2011.