Great Horned Owl
by Daniel Eskridge
Title
Great Horned Owl
Artist
Daniel Eskridge
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting
Description
The great horned owl is one of the most well known owls of North America. It's also been called the Tiger Owl and Hoot Owl, and has the widest range of any owl in the Americas. It hunts at night and mostly eats small mammals.
I've been working on an image that features several different breeds of owls. For each one I have to create a digital sculpture, and, since the great horned owl has always been my favorite owl, I started with it. I created this image as a test of my sculpture, but I though it turned out well enough to be an artwork on it's own.
About how I create my artwork:
Rather than traditional forms of art such as painting or photography, I use a computer to create my images., It's called 3D Rendering and works like so: I make a scene by sculpting and arranging digital models in a virtual 3D space., After stipulating lighting and atmospheric effects, I have the computer create a simulated environment from which I take a virtual snap shot of the scene. Then, using image editing software and something more akin to traditional painting techniques (via a Wacom tablet), I go over the work adjusting colors, adding brushwork, painting in details, etc. to produce the final image. Software I use includes: Sculptris ZBrush, Blender3d, Vue, Daz Studio, and GIMP.
Thanks for looking!
Daniel Eskridge
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August 7th, 2014
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Comments (14)
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L … voted for this piece in the BIRDS contest!
Gary F Richards
Beautiful close-up composition and excellent artwork! F/L … voted for this piece in the CLOSE UP OF A BIRD - CAGED OR IN WILD contest