Looking for realistic Panther diagram

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » April 11th, 2008, 2:18 am

That's funny, Jared!!!

I'm busy refolding my take on a "Panther". Will post pics when finished.

A Black panther is actually a leopard with melanism, which means the coat and fur contains a large amount of the dark pigment, melanin. They were once viewed as a separate species, but are now linked to leopards.

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » April 11th, 2008, 2:43 am

Black Panther
Designed from an uncut square Sept 2007
This panther was folded from purple paper, like Grayskull's panther from the He-Man cartoons years ago!!

Detail showing feet, teeth and whiskers

Quentin

Post by **origami_8** » April 11th, 2008, 6:06 am

Sorry Quentin, but your panther looks like a rat to me. I think it is mostly because of the whiskers, on a real panther you hardly see them.

JeossMayhem · Post by **JeossMayhem** » April 11th, 2008, 6:18 am

I think you just need to slender the waist up, and maybe give more definition to the forelegs. Bend the tail into a curve and maybe slim it down too. I like the hind legs and the head though. It's getting there.

angrydemon · Post by **angrydemon** » April 11th, 2008, 7:02 am

Get rid of the whiskers! They're way too thick and kinda look like horns.

Jonnycakes · Post by **Jonnycakes** » April 11th, 2008, 2:06 pm

The whiskers truly are getting in the way as you have them. Perhaps if you slimmed them down or had them bent at an angle closer to the face it would turn out better.

ori_dragon3 · Post by **ori_dragon3** » April 11th, 2008, 5:29 pm

panther or leopard?

I agree,the whiskers make it look odd.

Fishgoth · Post by **Fishgoth** » April 12th, 2008, 3:44 pm

As said earlier, that is both a 'panther' and a leopard.

In the same way that something can be both a car and a Ferrari.

HankSimon · Post by **HankSimon** » April 12th, 2008, 9:26 pm

I think that the angle of the photo is confusing. Maybe a few photos with the panther at eye level might reduce the "rat effect."

The eye level photo may also reduce the whisker effects. Or you might try rabbit-ears (on a panther ?

to reduce the size of the whiskers. Or just eliminate.

As far as leopard vs. panther ... vs. jaguar - Fishgoth is taxonomically correct that "panther" is the more general, encompassing term for many types of cats.... So, I will confuse the issue (which may clarify for some people, you never know )

Colloquially, a panther, mountain lion, cougar, and puma are names for the same type of cat in different areas of the USA... and I have lived in all of those areas, and been appropriately confused. Most people understand "mountain lion" , but it is strange to see a "mountain" lion on some of the very flat coastal islands of the south east USA.

However, in general, imprecise conversation, a panther is a solid color. But a leopard has spots and a jaguar ringed spots. The black varieties also have spots, which are difficult to see.

[This information is for entertainment purposes and is not meant to imply any type of diagnosis, even though I am a doctor.]

Regardless, I like the black panther... even with the whiskers.

- Hank Simon

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » April 12th, 2008, 11:15 pm

Wow. two posts in a row, both by doctors. Doctor Fishy (Stephen) and doctor Hank.
Thanx for the input, Hank. I'll have to refold it and "disprove" that rat-theory!
Quentin

qtrollip · Post by **qtrollip** » April 13th, 2008, 8:28 am

Rat or panther?

Quentin

Post by **origami_8** » April 13th, 2008, 11:22 am

Panther attacked by some kind of facehugger, poor little thing this panther, do you see its pain?

ori_dragon3 · Post by **ori_dragon3** » April 13th, 2008, 3:11 pm

aha! my(animal-intelligent)brother told me that leopards and servals can suffer from a problem which creates too much black pigment!

angrydemon · Post by **angrydemon** » April 13th, 2008, 3:53 pm

HAHAHAHAHA!!! Now it reminds me of the star nosed mole.

Seriously, just get rid of the whiskers.

Joseph Wu · Post by **Joseph Wu** » April 13th, 2008, 4:46 pm

angrydemon wrote:HAHAHAHAHA!!! Now it reminds me of the star nosed mole.

I did one of those over a decade ago...