#Archie Archaeopteryx

[cathalbravecog]

archie and mary playing!

[cathalbravecog]

I ALREADY SCREAMED AT YOU HAPPILY ON DISCORD BUT!! THIS IS SO SWEET OF YOU TO DRAW I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!!! The perspective is so fun and Archie is!! SO VIBING!!! I'm so glad my friends love Archie as much as I do, I can't thank you enough for this!! :D

Drew one of my friend @cathalbravecog 's Toons, Archie Archaeopteryx! They're an OC I've become quite fond of since I learned about them, an OC blorbo, even (Unless Guzma finds me calling Archie that weird, anyways). I may not have many coherent thoughts to give on them atm, but I will say that a dinosaur Toon? Not only is that awesome, but it's re-awakening my inner child who was OBSESSED with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. Other than that, Archie..... A friend :)

[cloud-ya]

Fuck it, I will name my dinos in homage to Dinosaur King, so I will have two trex, one named Rexy and needs to be female to reference Jurassic Park and the other- I need to search cuz has been a while since I watched Dinosaur King and I only remembef Chompy that in portuguese is named Gabu

there's no genders for dinos in paleo pines, neither there are for player to choose actually; they all go by they/them. who's to stop you from assigning them ones tho

[shinxeysartgallery]

Day 7: Archie

A young dinosaur who was found frozen alive in the arctic and revived into the modern era. He's a fairly skilled archer. His favorite color is yellow!

[archie-sunshine]

I think you mentioned before that Archie isn't short for anything but I can't help but read it as short for Archaeopteryx every time I'm so sorry.

its not short for anything, any other nickname thats long for archie is allowed as long as its not archibald.

[cathalbravecog]

!!!

TTCC OC - Distress Caller comic(s)

because im mentally ill!

its ok, they get a good ending <3

(feat @cathalbravecog's archie im sorry for tagging you AGAIN and @anonygooose's lil gator feller)

[patchhampter]

so i may not be as much into fnaf now as i used to when i was younger but ive always been baffled that nobody has made a dinosaur themed fnaf fan game?? i may just be autistic for these sillies but i love the concept of it so much :D it makes sense for me because dinosaurs are popular with kids and popular in horror and irl there are a lot of dinosaur animatronics. so my concept here is that somewhere in utah fazbear entertainment collaborated with a fictional museum to make an educational dinosaur themed restaurant! also every dino robot is a species that can be found in utah! So first we have Utahraptor. It was made to show off more birdlike theories and was given a voicebox that can record voices to repeat them back like those toys that do it but due to being haunted can mimic voices. they slowly stalk the player and intentionally mess with them, toying with their prey. (this was made before the mimic lmao)

Next is Camarasaurus! this animatronic is HUGE and in a kid's cove type area all to itself. because its so big the engineers only made its neck, head and tail robotic while its body is a plastic frame. At night it detaches its neck/head from its body and slithers through the vents. also here's a plushie of little dude!

Next is Diabloceratops. this one is the most haunted and possibly possessed by a demon. its body moves in unnatural ways and it frequently will move with its limbs on backwards or upside down. it also has some kind of strange parasite type thing in it similar to ennard spaghetti. this design is probably my favorite and the one that freaks me out the most, inspired by the not-deer cryptid and demonic possession.

And lastly the only withered animatronic, Akainacephalus ! :D they are inspired by slinky toys and poltergeists. this guy has a fnaf 2 puppet type role in the cast and sits right outside the office and doesn't move much unless its activated. i dont have much lore for them yet but i still love little dude! I also plan to add Ceratosaurus, Tenontosaurus, and Stegosaurus!

There is also Archie! He is an Archaeopteryx and the only member of the cast who is not found in Utah and is the education mascot of the museum :D he has an almost helpy like role and only shows up on posters, art, screens and as a plushie. :D

I dont know if this game will ever come out but i wanted to share my concept somewhere on the internet :D

[purplegalaxy273]

Wonders of the world post one: characters (main)

ok so not every character is finished but I do have the main characters finished in terms of design and lore but most of the refs aren’t finished and I will update once ( below are the references with fun facts and lore about them!)

Flossie the fairy floss The main character of wonders of the world flossie was the first one I did develop starting off as a dandy’s world oc but then I got really uncomfortable in the fandom and took Flossie out

Flossie originally was supposed to be a acrobat for Looey’s circus functioning as a healer / extractor after I pulled Flossie out of the fandom I created wonders of the world and Flossie is the main character of the show! fun facts!: Flossie speaks with a British dialect and accent she enjoys to bake goodies with her friends she will desolve in contact to water her American version’s name is cottena and she knows ASL

Silky The SilkMoth

Silky was the first originally Wonders of the world character I designed after I pulled Flossie out of the DW fandom and I love them fun facts!: Silky was the last one to be properly named they are muted and communicate using ASL or drawing they are Flossie’s best friend and will die for them (F O R E S H A D O W I N G) taught some of the others ASL in order to communicate! They have 4 arms under their wings / cloak Lore: Silky was made in the original cartoon in order to be a sort of voice of caution trying to keep Flossie from dangerous situations once those appeared wist also teaching kids about inclusivity and friendship!

Archie the Dinosaur (or Archaeopteryx if you want to be specific)

Archie took me 4 hours of researching and designing to actually design sobb origonaly she was going to be a brontosaurus or t-Rex but I thought those were to basic and brontosaurus weren’t even considered dinosaurs until 2016 soooooo yeah Fun facts!: can speak German and has a German accent in the cartoon she owns and flies a plane frequently taking Flossie and the others around the world to visit archeological locations she teaches kids about ancient history and the rewards of exploring where no one has gone before! lore: created along with the original cast in the late 1960s she quickly became a fan favorite and enjoys the attention from her fans and gives them attention back Cyber the computer

Yay cyber!!!! Sooo cyber is inspired by a 1970s home computer you know the ones although when researching im pretty sure I stumbled onto an ARG website called old.computer sooo cool fun Facts!: Like Archie they also speak with a German accent and the language itself! Enjoys baking with Flossie from time to time although looking like an old computer they still function as a modern computer when asleep he plays old episodes of the cartoon lore: Cyber was the last main character to be design originally they were a one off character where they would teach kids about internet safety but slowly became one of the main characters by the 1980s teaching kids about science and technology luna the moon and Sol the sun

Putting them together because why not ok Luna and sol were some of the easy ones to design not taking much reserch and I already had somewhat of design in mind BUT GOD THEIR BROKEN DESIGNS I CANT FOR THE LIFE OF ME INMAGINE Fun facts!: Sol has a Russian accent wilst Luna has an American accent they were created originally to update kids about the space race in a simpler way and teach kids about what they knew about space at the time but soon just became their own characters. sol is hyperactive always urging the others to come out and play wist luna is more chill perfecting to stay home and watch tV luna dose influence dreams as like a little hobby Sol is protective of Luna considering her her little sister (Luna is the older one) they can breathe in space and say that they were “born from the stars” Posidon the DJ pearl

Ok originally this guys was supposed to be a regular character but I got more attached and made him a main lol Fun facts: I was trying to come up with character designs when this guy just popped into my head and I drew them In the cartoon they literally are Positron able to control water and have their own kingdom of other sea creature based characters would often invite Flossie and the others to parties under the sea Lore: Poseidon was a character developed in order to teach kids to face your fears, marine biology, and about music as well! They help Flossie in order to explore the ocean making sure she doesn’t dessolve in the sea and always made sure that he and his friends are safe in his home

So that’s all 7 main characters to Wonders of the world now I will explain stuff such as lore and broken in another post but yeah have fun with this

[cathalbravecog]

THAT'S TOTALLY OK DW ABOUT IT!! I ALREADY RESPONDED BUT TYSM FOR DRAWING ARCHIE AGAIN,,,IT MEANS A LOT AND YOU DREW THEM ADORABLE AS HELL!!!

Finally got my first attack of the season done

Anyway Archie archaeopteryx belongs to @frostbite-the-bat

I just think they’re neat

[ballwizard]

ok well i'll write up a little bit a bout straidor and ferri without divulging into too many 'spoilers'...

archaeopteryx 'archie' straidor (he/him) and octavius 'otto' ferri (they/he) are besties (Just like in real life- i have joint custody of them with octavius of @/sallzabel-oct fame) who grew up together as weird kids ^__^

EDIT: I FORGOT TO MENTION. They're american like aggressively Midwestern American. Hi

(ferri left, straidor right)

upon turning ~17 or so they both joined a circus! over a few years, they grew in popularity, with ferri taking over as ringmaster and renaming the circus to the Ferri Fun Circus (haha) and straidor becoming the primary magician!!

(art of otto and the rest of the circus by @/sallzabel-oct!!)

along with their fellow circus cohorts they began traveling abroad, starting in europe. however; they run into a snag, and the circus gets canned, leaving them temporarily stuck in britain (oh, the horror). the circus integrates into a town nearby to where their last show was performed, with most of the performers using their skills to help out around the place. however, straidor and ferri grow tired of the monotony and opts to move out on their own to study their own passions; archaeology & law respectively. ferri studies to become a lawyer, becoming successful in their small circus town and keeping in touch with everyone. straidor ends up taking a class of layton's because he's heard of how fascinating the man is, and because of his purported archaeological progress. so begins the two of them's LAME ASS STUDIOUS ARC.

now from here, this is where straidor starts to get more involved in a 'story'; while he's in layton's office for an office hours meeting to get some help with an assignment, the phone rings! and who is it but Otto Ferri himself! he's got a massive lead on an ancient buried treasure somewhere in clowntown, and he wants layton's help finding it. layton attempts to excuse himself, but archie won't take no for an answer; he's desperate for some extra credit work, and what could a little field work hurt? he assures layton that the experience will be useful to his studies, and layton, seeing that he won't be able to talk him down, acquiesces. loading up the laytonmobile with luke, flora, and archie, he wonders just what awaits him in that strange circus town....

(this all takes place pre-unwound future, but post-diabolical box! :-3)

[cathalbravecog]

can't sleep so it's post doodle from a week ago time . they are besties your honor

[crave-mp3]

archie, short for archaeopteryx

[dinomighty13]

Some of the main Characters from DOTM which include. Tyrone Tyrannosaurus Rex. Victor Velociraptor. Archie Archaeopteryx. Trey Triceratops. Arlene Argentinosaurus. And Scott Stegosaurus. Yeah I have a tumblr account In case you’re wondering.

[adtothebone]

Baby duck: Duckling

Baby goose: Gosling

Baby swan: Cygnet

Baby eagle: Eaglet

Baby hawk: Eyas

Baby archaeopteryx: Archie

[frostbite-the-bat]

Ironically canon Archie as a character doesn't like fighting cogs, and helps out their friends but often ends up making sure that a Cog is okay afterwards because they don't like seeing Anyone hurt. it confuses the cogs. the Toons don't always like it

They cannot stand the pure heart of Archie Archaeopteryx..........

Thinking about how archie, a toon stuck in barnacle boatyard tasks on purpose has higher level gags (like drop) than winstoon, a toon who's doing lil oldman tasks in brrrgh right now

and the fact they have more lawfices done than Winston who will have to clo soon enough

and the fact that until recently they also had more laff than winstoon purely thru me maxing some activities on them

Archie is a whole beast

[alphynix]

Retro vs Modern #04: Archaeopteryx lithographica

Archaeopteryx lithographica was first discovered in the 1860s, still in the early days of our understanding of dinosaurs, and was a timely example of the sort of transitional form first proposed by Charles Darwin only a couple of years earlier. For over a century it was a famous icon of evolution, and has been part of a lot of weird drama over the years – it's been central to arguments about bird origins, was accused of being a fake, and one specimen even vanished under mysterious circumstances.

1860s-1970s

At the time of its discovery Archaeopteryx was actually fairly quickly accepted as demonstrating an evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds… but sadly this view wasn't to last.

In the early 20th century opinion shifted towards birds not being dinosaurs but instead descended from "thecodont" reptiles (what we'd now call early archosaurs and pseudosuchians). And so for a long time Archaeopteryx ended up being depicted as simply the "first bird", a half-reptile half-avian curiosity.

Reconstructions of it from this time period varied from very good to kind of awkward depending on how much the artist was trying to emphasize its reptilian ancestry, commonly featuring wonky-fingered wings and a scaly lizard-like face. It was also frequently depicted with bright gaudy parrot-like coloration, with a specific yellow-and-blue color scheme becoming a "paleoart meme" so prolific that it would eventually inspire the design of a Pokémon.

2020s

After decades of stagnation the dinosaur-bird link was resurrected in the early 1970s, with the discovery of the bird-like Deinonychus kicking off the Dinosaur Renaissance. Along with the explosion of spectacularly feathered dinosaur fossils from China in the mid-1990s, Archaeopteryx finally began to be properly presented as a feathered dinosaur again.

Continued study of the known Archaeopteryx specimens in the last couple of decades has vastly improved our knowledge of what this animal would have looked like, revealing previously unknown features like the exact plumage arrangement on its wings and legs, and even potentially some details about its coloration.

Living in southern Germany during the Late Jurassic, about 150-148 million years ago, Archaeopteryx inhabited what was then an island archipelago in a shallow tropical sea. It grew to around 50cm long (~1'8") and was almost entirely covered with pennaceous feathers, externally probably just looking like a long-tailed bird.

It had broad wings, with asymmetrical flight feathers similar to those of modern birds but with more extensive coverts, some of which were probably a matte black color. Its legs also sported long "feather trousers" and a "raptor"-like hyperextensible second toe, and there was a slight forked shape to the tip of its tail.

Arguments have gone back and forth about how well it was actually able to fly, with current thinking being that it made short bursts of active flapping flight a little like a modern pheasant – but since its shoulder joints were less mobile than those of modern birds it must have used a different sort of flight stroke to generate lift.

It's no longer always considered to have been the "first bird", or even to have been the direct ancestor of any modern birds. Instead it represents an offshoot lineage of early birds (or very-bird-like dinosaurs) that was just one part of a still-expanding flock of feathery fossil discoveries.

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