The Monster Bear
by Daniel Eskridge
Title
The Monster Bear
Artist
Daniel Eskridge
Medium
Digital Art - Digital 3d Rendering/cgi
Description
A cowboy going to investigate mutilated cattle near the edge of the forest encounters a huge grizzly bear. The massive grizzly towers over the man as it stands on it hind legs and prepares to lunge. The cowboy draws his six-shooter as he frantically tries to keep his terrified horse under control.
I originally created this artwork a few years ago as an illustration for a wild west adventure story (hence the vertical orientation to go on a book cover). The deal fell through though before I was done and I forgot about this image. A few days ago, though, I came across it while cleaning some old art files off my hard drive. I rather liked the dime-novel/pulp fiction feel that it had, so I decided to finish it up and publish it to my gallery.
The cowboy/gunslinger wears high leather boots with spurs, brown pants, a light colored shirt, suspenders, a wide black leather belt, and, of course, a brown cowboy hat. He is riding a pinto mustang with black mane, tail and fetlocks. He has got his revolver raised and ready. The bear is a massive brown grizzly bear standing more than twenty feet tall (impossibly large, but heck, this was for a tall tale). The scene takes place at the edge of a forest next to a small pond or creek.
This digital artwork was created using CGI techniques as well as some more traditional painting techniques.
Tools used: Poser, Vue, GIMP, Photomatix
Thanks for looking!
Daniel Eskridge
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May 5th, 2014
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Luke Kegley
There was a such thing as the short-faced bear that lived thousands of years ago that could stand up to 14 feet tall, so this is pretty accurate. Good job with the overall work!