SciFi and Fantasy Art: Fur and Ivory

Your a wonderful fur artist Micheal, and I love the perspective on her arm and the spear. Her face is a bit angular for a woman but I see nothing really wrong in that, after all it's your style.
That mamoth looks a mean spirited beast, but where is his or her hump? LOL!

Michael John Morris replies: "
Thanx again! Ya, I have a thing with bony faces. As to the elephant/mammoth/mastadon, I dont realy know how to draw any of them! I was sort of going for an african elephant with a lot of hair look."

Wow, it´s a great job.
I also love woolly mammoths (As you have still noticed).

Michael John Morris replies: "Thanks very much. I like your's better though."

Wow. This is absolutely amazing. The whole feel of the piece is very outlandish - almost primitive... but in a good way. I hope you know what I mean. Very cool, anyhow. The angular face and patterns on the spear reinforce that feeling.

The foreshortening on the spear is awesome - and the placement of the weapon draws the eye to the riding figure, then down to the ridden beast.

May I ask what media/medium you used for this piece? I can't seem to be able to decide which you did it with - pencil or digital medium. Some parts look so smooth (e.g. the spear) that I think of the use of computer, while others are so furry I find it hard to imagine using photoshop or the like to get such texture.

Anyhoo, it's all just awesome. Great subject material, and beautiful execution.


-Rah. =^-^=

Michael John Morris replies: "<br/> Thanks so much Sarah. Nice analysis! I used pencil to draw it, then I used photoshp to colour it. To get a nice rough flat look I use a very small brush in photoshop, then just scribble and shade with it like a pencil, (I use a wacom tablet)."

wow

Michael John Morris replies: "
really?"