Bear Hunt

by Daniel Eskridge

Title

Bear Hunt

Artist

Daniel Eskridge

Medium

Digital Art - Digital Painting

Description

"Bear Hunt"

This is a scene from the Blackfoot story "The Bear Woman". In the story, a woman refuses to get married, much to the consternation of her family. One day, her little sister follows her into the wilderness to spy on her and learns that she has taken a bear as husband. She tells her father and brothers who then find and kill the bear. Later, the Bear Woman gains the ability to transform into a bear herself. After slaughtering her village, there is a chase between her and her brothers who eventually kill her, but, having no people to return to, they ascend to the skies and become the stars of the great bear constellation.

The part of the story I've depicted here is near the end where the brothers clash with their sister who has taken her bear form. Two Native American warriors on the backs of mustangs encounter a massive brown bear on a snowy field under cloud filled evening skies. The lead hunter draws back his bow and takes aim from galloping mount, while the other holds aloft his lance as his horse rears. The bear charges savagely, kicking up a shower of powdery snow as it roars in anger.

A few weeks ago, I created another image from this same legend that takes place near the beginning of the story (you can find it here: http://bit.ly/XW1IGe). I liked that one so much that I decided to make this one as a follow up.

I created this artwork using digital techniques. This scene is a snapshot taken of a virtual 3D environment where the effects of light and atmosphere upon virtual models is simulated by a computer. Afterwards, I touched up the scene with more traditional painting techniques using art software.

Thanks for looking!
Daniel Eskridge

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August 28th, 2014

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