Pony Express
by Daniel Eskridge
Title
Pony Express
Artist
Daniel Eskridge
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting
Description
A Pony Express rider rides atop a pinto colored mustang as it gallops across the plains at the sun sets in a sky laced with clouds. They move so fast that wind whips through the horse's mane and tail and lifts the mail satchel from the young man's back. It is as if they are racing with the sunset, trying to reach their destination before the night descends on them.
I'd been meaning to create a Pony Express themed artwork for quite some time when I made this. I finally had a reason to when I needed something to illustrate an article I was working on for my blog that talked about email. I wanted an image that somehow represented sending mail, yet still stuck to my themes and style. So I decided the time was right to create this image.
I made this using digital CGI and painting techniques. The horse and rider were posed in poser then exported to Vue for rendering. The sunset background was made in Vue as well. I used GIMP to do a lot of the touch up work.
Resources:
Poser: http://IntrovertArtist.com/Poser
Millennium Horse: http://introvertartist.com/horse
Horse Tack: http://IntrovertArtist.com/Tack
Michael 4: http://IntrovertArtist.com/Michael4
Steam Cowboy: http://IntrovertArtist.com/SteamCowboy
Dynamic Shirt: http://IntrovertArtist.com/DynamicShirt
Mane and Tail Set: http://IntrovertArtist.com/mane
Vue: http://IntrovertArtist.com/Vue
GIMP: http://IntrovertArtist.com/Gimp
Thanks for looking!
Daniel Eskridge
Uploaded
February 11th, 2015
Embed
Share
Similar Subjects
Comments (14)
Juliette Deroulede
This is gorgeous! Don't know if this is possible, but thought I'd ask anyway... Could I use this on a book cover with proper credit? If so, what would you charge?
Pennie McCracken
Great image Daniel, love the story behind it. It reminds me of one of my favourite movies too The Postman with Kevin Costner. l/f