
Hippos Are Coming To Get You

by Daniel Eskridge
Title
Hippos Are Coming To Get You
Artist
Daniel Eskridge
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting
Description
A pair of hippos look right at you. They are almost completely submerged beneath dark waters, but their eyes and snouts have broken the surface, and now they are moving in your direction. Be careful, hippos are dangerous!
Even though they are herbivores, hippopotamuses (or should that be 'hippopotamii'?) are one of the most dangerous animals on earth. If you exclude disease-carrying bugs and parasites, then hippos are the fourth deadliest animal behind snakes, dogs, and crocodiles. The male hippopotamus is very territorial and will attack anyone wandering too close, while the female hippo will aggressively defend its young.
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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July 7th, 2014
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Comments (8)

Gull G
āAn art is a poem without wordsā Congratulations on your recent sale of this amazing Work!

Pennie McCracken
Great image Daniel and they certainly don't look they are the fourth deadliest creatures on earth. Interesting to know that. v/f/p