High Arctic Camel
by Daniel Eskridge
Title
High Arctic Camel
Artist
Daniel Eskridge
Medium
Digital Art - Digital 3d Rendering/cgi
Description
A pair of shaggy camels stroll through grassy hills dotted with larch trees. A rocky, meandering stream cuts across their path. Perhaps it's a good place to stop for a drink.
A few days ago, my dad sent me an article regarding the discovery of a breed of camel that lived in northern Canada three and a half million years ago. The region was warmer than it is today, but it was still pretty chilly. Apparently, the climate was very wet and had forests of trees such as larch trees. I decided the camel and his environment would be a pretty good fit for my style of art. I gave the camles woolly coats since they would be living in a cooler ecosystem rather than the dry hot places that camels live in today.
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March 14th, 2013
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Gull G
Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colours flowers, so does art colour life. ― John Lubbock CONGRATULATIONS ON SALE!
Sandy Tolman
Fascinating! I used to love going to the Natural History museum to walk on the glass foors with 3D models of ocean floor underneath and learn neat stuff about plants and animals . . . *lol* The modern dremedary has long lashes to screen agaisnt sun and sand and holds fat in the hump to help during long durations without sustenance. Wonder what would have been the purpose of the camel hump for this ancient precursor? If they had ones similar the the modern incarnation! The cold damp forest environment comes accross well!
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