jackasslope
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John Brosio (American, 1967) - Two Earthlings (2003)
![Minimalist Thylacine Watercolors By Artist Melissa Siles. [x]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6ce855e8eb88cfa4e50850397fc0b5eb/2bc0b823b38f7bf5-8a/s500x750/3be77a012063912b53f561225c01a35fcd7ee5d9.jpg)
1933 Thylacine Footage Colourised
Through his company, the Paris-based Composite Films, Samuel François-Steininger has developed a well-deserved reputation as a leader in the field of colourising black-and-white archival footage. The NFSA scanned the original film negative using a Scanity HDR (High Dynamic Range) film scanner and sent Ultra High Definition ProRes files to Samuel in Paris. Samuel's team then commenced extensive research before embarking on the colourisation process. Samuel writes: 'For the thylacine, I faced a different kind of challenge – and responsibility. I had to take care of the rare filmed footage and pay tribute to the last representative of a species, which disappeared 85 years ago.' 'From a technological point of view, we did everything digitally – combining digital restoration, rotoscoping and 2D animation, lighting, AI algorithms for the movement and the noise, compositing and digital grading. 'More than 200 hours of work were needed to achieve this result.'
Here's a nice way to celebrate National Threatened Species Day in Australia (September 7) - some enhanced and colorized thylacine footage! Watch it on the NFSA Website.
(By the way, as of September 7th, 2021, it has been 85 years since the death of the last confirmed thylacine in 1936.)
“A thylacine painted on the ceiling of a rock shelter in Kakadu NP. They have been extinct on the mainland for >3000 years, but the artist obviously knew them in life.” - Sam Sweet
Source: Sam Sweet
Convergent evolution: Dasyuromorphia and Carnivora
The Encyclopedia of Animal Evolution, 1987
Edited versions of my old thylacine woodcuts :) I got a few messages about the availability of prints and since my Etsy shop is still in a wip state, I added them to my Redbubble profile. (But I wanted them to fit my current style a bit better, that’s why i changed them up a little. I think they look better this way)
84 years ago today the last known thylacine died. It died of exposure after being locked outside in its bare concrete pen overnight.
(The body was reportedly thrown out in the garbage shortly after)
A newly discovered photograph of a captive thylacine at Beaumaris Zoo c.1913, found in a private collection in the U.K. by thylacine enthusiast Alan Pringle.
The photo was one of three purchased at Salamanca Market in Hobart over 20 years ago. [x]
