Art/Siriky/Pony © me 2014

Sketches/Work in progress

Note. This is only the head part of her ref that maybe will get done next year I hope.

Siriky in a realistic/normal form (detailed)
Note: The ear (that’s mostly never seen at all) can be seen below her frill, close to the neck scales.


Vision: http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2009.....lor-blindness/

My Hybridixus/Hybrid species can see pretty much as a horse, because they are unable to see that’s right in front of them (need a mirror to see their own nose/muzzle). They are also unable to see what’s behind them as well but they have good ears to listen with. Depending on what species they have DNA of their vision is different depending on species.

Scales along the back/belly/tail are very hard and I will compare them to a fish that we have in our world. The fish is very large and big and hard to catch (because they do not use net, that’s wrong), they use special spears to get them that have a hook at the end, if I remember right from what I saw on the TV. A knife didn’t even get through a scale they showed. Anyway I just want to let you know that Siriky’s scales are hard and not easy to get through.


How Do they See? Views Through the Eyes of 7 Animals (Sorry but only 6 of them have info I need atm)

For centuries, humans were in the dark about what and how other animals see. Recent scientific investigation has revealed an amazing world of vision diversity. Like the dragonfly – its brain works so fast that it sees movements as if in slow motion. Or the pigeon – which is capable of detecting more subtle gradations of color than the most advanced computer program. Or the snake – there is no escaping heat vision. Read on to see how animals see the world.


Horses

Horses have an amazing range of vision – that is, except for what is right in front of them. They literally can’t spot whatever is between their eyes and therefore directly ahead due to their binocular vision. This is why they so often look down as they walk.


Monkeys

Old world monkeys and apes mainly see as humans do – they are trichomats, so they pick up red, green, and blue. But many new world monkeys do not. There is no real pattern among species. In fact, in the same family of monkeys there can be up to six different types of color blindness or vision. As with their human cousins, color blindness is more common in males than in females.


Birds

Many birds can see differently. Pigeons, for example, can see literally millions of different hues and are thought to be among the best at color detection ability of any animal on earth. They have many more cones than humans in their eyes, thus accounting for the ability to see at least five spectral bands.


Cats and Dogs

Cats and dogs do not have strong vision. They rely on scent and sound primarily as their sensory detection. Cats in particular have weak vision. They are color blind, and cats more so than dogs. Dogs can sometimes tell the difference between yellow and blue, for example. Most cats can only detect a little color, and are best at focusing on one object narrowly (for hunting). But they do have better night vision than humans. Both dogs and cats have better perspective and depth perception, due to the placement of their eyes, than human beings do.


Snakes

Snakes have two sets of eyes. One set is the normal eyes that you see, and they detect color quite well. But they also have vision pits that detect heat and “see” living creatures like an infrared detector. There is no getting away from a snake once you’re spotted. That closed door won’t help. Luckily most snakes are more likely to retreat than attack.


View from side/below/back/etc (WIP)