fire up the enterprise!

lol, its steampunk only hot air ballons

hurr, measuring tape is a fashion accessory nowadays?

Not a fashion accessory! It's a useful tool! It's just easier to wrap it around a bicep or a horn to get it out of the way.

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what does that mean

that thing you posted at the end of your reply

why do you do that

"Dominus tecum" = "The Lord be with you." It's Church Latin, and a traditional Catholic blessing.

I say it, because I'm Catholic, and I want everyone else to be blessed by God too. What you do with the blessing is your choice.

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Already faved. awesome.

Thanks!! Glad you liked it!

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Not going to lie: I opened this without knowing it was posted by you, and the first thing i thought was "Matt will like this" :-P

Also, I had the same thought with this one: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/864909/ regarding what you once commented about your college radio thing

Hey Pontos!

*chuckles* Yes, you bet I like it!

And yes, I definitely like the Rat DJ too! That does remind me of my days in college with a radio show. Thanks for sharing that with me! I hadn't seen it yet!

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*chuckles* Nice shot of my big Li'l Bro!

Thanks, Big Bro! I am rather sizeable like this! I'd love to take you up in one of my airships though and show you around.

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Hehehehe. Cool. dinos and Airships!

They do go naturally together, well, Triceratops and Airships do.

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The first six notes of your rhapsody aptly describe you in this picture.

Indeed they do!

Glad you liked it!

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Cool. What a neat drawing! :)

I like the look of disgust on his face. Poor dude.

Thanks, Steve! Well, I usually enjoy these fellows, but there are times! You can only clean up the droppings from your scales so many times!

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Gee this is neato!

Glad you liked it!

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i really love this pick the way its drawn. i cant help thinking that is there a story behind this pick. it may be a good story. ^^ also don't worry about the birds they love to hang around with you. i would love to have them around me ^^. i would love to see more of this. hope your feeling well buddy ^_- and hope you have a swell Christmas

Hi Red! I have a story setting behind this picture, where the race of triceratops love building air ships and sailing around the world. However, I don't have any stories written in it yet. A friend of mine and I are working on an outline for a story featuring myself like so!

And I'm a bird lover too, would love to have friends like this, so long as they don't leave their droppings on me! Ironically, in that story, there's a raven fellow who is best friends with me here.

I'm doing okay, currently enjoying the snow we have outside! I hope you have a very Merry Christmas too!

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This is awesome! I love dinosaurs and steampunk! I never thought of overalls as steampunk, maybe because they're a fairly regular part of my everyday wardrobe and to a lesser extent tool belts.

Well, perhaps not all steampunk fellows were overalls, but I'm a practical kind of steampunk triceratops! I don't wear clothes for flashiness, I wear for utility. Plus, nothing goes quite as well together as tools and grease as a good set of overalls. Not like I can get a shirt on over my head, horns, and frill anyway!

Glad you loved the picture!

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This is gorgeous!

Glad you like it! RFTigermode is the awesome.

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awwww sexy triceratops... absolutely love his expression.


*sneaks up behind and huggles him tightly.*

Why hello there! *pats ya on the head as best he can with you behind him.*

And thank you!

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hello.

your welcome.

ok can see these songs fitting well with the pic ^^

this one called norwegian pirate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ly7EUbnmww&feature=related

another merchant prince

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9sImgK06P0&feature=related

[and 1000 ships of the under world]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB65Ol-FasU&feature=related

Sadly I have no time now to listen to these because I'm rushing out the door to get to work, and then I'll be on vacation for another week! But thank you for sharing and I will let you know what I think when I get back.

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Is that tape I see on your horn? :)

Yup! Convenient place to store it there on my horn.

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Is that a gear in your pants or is that just a convenient place to store something else? :) *giggle*

Wow, okay, that is definitely just a gear on my belt loop. Tsk tsk tsk! No gutters up here on my air ship.

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How about a fully stocked galley?

haha I love this picture ^_^ You have such a neat character

Thank you! Steampunk and Triceratops go so well together.

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Dinosaurs and steampunk? Hell freaking yes.

You freaking bet!!

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Very cool :D Neat character design

Thank you! I'm very pleased with how this character has evolved.

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He is not amused by his birdy friends there.

They are nice in smaller quantities. After a while you just want them to go away and leave you in peace! And I assure you I don't like cleaning up after them all the time either!

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I can imagine, just look at what happens when they all gather on statues.

Indeed! One of the jobs apprentices on my ship have is to keep it clean. When I have apprentices that is!

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And then of course you have the matter of the ones that like to sit on you as well.

*grumbles* Yeah I tend to take care of that myself. I've gotten good at reaching up to my frill and keeping it clean. At least this keeps me limber!

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I love this character design!

Thank you! The artist (who has moved to a new account) did a rally great job with what I asked for and gave him such personality.

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Great image!
I will never mess around with you.
two words: tough guy!

Thanks! This is definitely one of my favorites. We Triceratops do tend to be pretty hardy folk.

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Engiuenity skills at it's best

You bet! Gotta make use of what you have.

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You can always come on a ride, but you have to work if you're going to be on my ship!

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How about a carrot instead?

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Meat??? You are a horse. You do not get meat.

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Then you need to learn the error of your ways.

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*hands you a bushel of carrots and some leafy greens* Oh excellent! This should tide you over then.

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*slaps you on the shoulder in a comradely fashion* Excellent, glad to hea rit! *munches on some of the greens and swallows* Ah, that's the stuff!

Now that I have fed you, it's time to get this ship in the air! Untie those gang lines there while I get us inflated.

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(Sure, though I'm not sure where it would be going any further as it is!)

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May i use your pictures for my videos?

What sort of videos are you making?

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general. I will just add pictures into video credits.

I mean, what are your videos about?

Good to know that they are general audience though. Anything adult or porn would be an instant no.

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Thank you.

Uh, you haven't answered my question. What are your videos about?

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oh. Letsplays

Okay, I suppose that would be fine as long as proper credit is given.

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While practicing triceratops expressions I was looking at this picture as a reference and realized that this picture is really awesome. I especially love the clothing you're wearing in this picture. Utilitarian engineer getup with cool belts and tools. I love it and might even have to barrow some ideas from this picture. The artists did a great job.

It's definitely one of my all-time favorite pictures and still my favorite Triceratops picture (even if my tail isn't visible and I prefer an orangish-brown hue for my scales). It has pretty much everything I wanted to capture with my Triceratops self. I'm delighted to know you are using it as a reference.

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Very beautiful art piece

It does seem right up your alley! One of my all time favorites which is why I've had it as my featured submission for six years now!

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It is very much indeed an interesting style and scene.

Is there anything in particular you like about it?

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Well i love the colors, the ship sailing is very cool (not a fan of the ocean though), love the expression, and I love ceratopsids

I figured the latter was a definite given; the world needs more ceratopsids!

And it's actually an air ship, not a sailing vessel.

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Ooh, an air ship? Like a zepplin or something greater?

I am sadly not a steam-punk guy ^^;

I am more of the high-tech, advanced race kinda guy

Yup, sort of like something you'd see in a Miyazaki film. I'm not fully into the Steampunk theme myself but I do like certain elements of it and so my Triceratops self lives in such a world. I like the sense of adventure it brings, as well as both the activity implied by the complicated engines and quasi-Goldberg machines, and the blue-collar heroism it inspires.

Why does the high-tech appeal to you?

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Ah I understand, very cool

I love high-tech because such trivial issues and problems from present day do nkt exist anymore (like ethnic crap), I enjoy sci-fi as a whole; I geew up with sci-fi.

I enjoy the thought of exploration and meeting exotic creatures of wild imagination. Technology can take zany and interesting turns, have very beautiful and interesting designs as well. It also has a sense of adventure, and a lot of danger -you never know what is around the corner.

As Captain Katherine Janeway said,

"Weird, is part of the job!"

Those all sound like pretty good reasons to me!

I know when I write stories I do try to make sure folks know that the world there has challenges to overcome too, I just make sure they aren't the same ones we are dealing with; I always thought that was boring myself.

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Yes, very true. I did my best to not make my Dinos too human.

Exactly! They aren't humans in dino suits! They will need points in common so that we can better understand them, but there should be tangible differences. With my horns and frill certainly clothing styles are going to be different, but what functions do they serve? There would be more than one, but what are they and how are they both similar and yet distinct from our own? Lots of interesting challenges and fun things to think about!

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Very much so, I agree

I like your steampunk triceratops! he's really neat. Mechanics are awesome they are the blood system that keeps a ships engine pumping. Great commission!

You bet we are! And this is still one of my all time favorites even if my scales are the wrong color; it was just too awesome to complain about! Thank you very much for commenting on this one! I hope to have many more of my Steampunk Triceratops self in the years ahead.

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Id like to see that and your very welcome. If you want a game thats steampunk Bioshock would be a good fit the first one and Bioshock infinite are two of my favorite games of all time. It's rated M so I understand not wanting to play it around your kid. I like your phrase at the bottom Dominus Tecum god be with you. I am not going to lie i am not a religious person my family is but it just didn't work for me after a while, ill spare you the details its a long and rough story. But the sentiment behind those words is very kind and as long as it makes you happy and you don't use it to harm others in any way i think its a good thing. Faith has inspired a lot of people like many artists like Leonardo Da Vinci with the last supper and Michelangelo and the Sistine chapel. And the beautiful mausoleums in Europe and stain glass windows were christian. One of the most popular books/movies the lord of the rings was influenced by christianity. It's all how people use it. If it's a guiding light for you and your family i say that's a good thing use that light to inspire yourselves and others even if people don't follow your beliefs. I wish you and your family the best.

I know of Bioshock but I've never played it, but thank you for the recommendation!

One of the things that draws me to faith is the truth, unity and beauty therein. It calls us to be better than ourselves, and while many have failed there, it still calls us (and if we aren't trying to be better, then what are we doing?). And yes, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and many others have turned that lived faith into masterworks of art. Go into any Medieval/Renaissance Cathedral and you will have your breath taken away at the generations of sacrifice and devotion that went into building it and maintaining it.

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P.S. I like the birds perched on you. I like birds not my favorite animals but they are pretty neat. The only ones i don't like are the Redwing black birds that attack anyone and anything within an 100 ft radius of their nest. Ive had one attack my head while walking to work even though i wasn't even going towards the nest. Say what you want birds don't mess around they don't care about size they will mess you up!

Oh yeah, birds are fantastic creatures and I am quite fond of them. They are really underrepresented in the fandom. I'd love to see a setting where everyone was some form of bird instead.

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Thank you! This is still one of my all-time favorite pictures I've ever had commissioned. Triceratops me needs more love from my end; got a whole story universe for him but have yet to write any of it.

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One of these days I'll get the story figured out and will write it all down.

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Ooooh! I never saw this "Portrait" before. I really like it.

Oh wow, I posted this one fourteen years ago! There's furries younger than that!

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