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As with the weapon sprites, toys were also used to develop Doom's monsters. Specifically the "pinky" demon was based on a ''{{wp|Jurassic Park}}'' Dilophosaurus dinosaur toy; the toy was photographed and then drawn over in a more "traditional" manner.{{cite web|url={{dwforumsp|1328124|John Romero is publishing previously unreleased textures for the community on twitter}}|title=|author=[[Simon Howard (Fraggle)|Howard, Simon]]|publication=[[Doomworld Forums]]|publishdate=11 December 2014|accessdate=19 November 2015}} Released the same year as Doom and several months prior, ''Jurassic Park'' was an immensely popular film and heavily merchandised. None of the original dinosaur remained in the final demon sprites; they simply provided an overall reference structure and pose for the demon. | As with the weapon sprites, toys were also used to develop Doom's monsters. Specifically the "pinky" demon was based on a ''{{wp|Jurassic Park}}'' Dilophosaurus dinosaur toy; the toy was photographed and then drawn over in a more "traditional" manner.{{cite web|url={{dwforumsp|1328124|John Romero is publishing previously unreleased textures for the community on twitter}}|title=|author=[[Simon Howard (Fraggle)|Howard, Simon]]|publication=[[Doomworld Forums]]|publishdate=11 December 2014|accessdate=19 November 2015}} Released the same year as Doom and several months prior, ''Jurassic Park'' was an immensely popular film and heavily merchandised. None of the original dinosaur remained in the final demon sprites; they simply provided an overall reference structure and pose for the demon. | ||
− | As far as is known, the demon is the only one of Doom's monsters that was developed in this way, though the [[Lost Soul]] was derived from photos of a skull (likely also a toy).{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/romero/status/542617546478731264|author=[[John Romero|Romero, John]]|publication=twitter.com|title=Lost Soul scan, 1993.|publishdate=10 December 2014|accessdate=19 November 2015}} | + | As far as is known, the demon is the only one of Doom's monsters that was developed in this way, though the [[Lost Soul]] was derived from photos of a skull (likely also a toy).{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/romero/status/542617546478731264|author=[[John Romero|Romero, John]]|publication=twitter.com|title=Lost Soul scan, 1993.|publishdate=10 December 2014|accessdate=19 November 2015}}. |
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