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Published: 2019-12-01 12:16:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 2261; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 22
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... is what big cats may be doing in the future.I recently read that last century the lion population was reduced to 5% of what it used to be. No, I haven't verified the accuracy of that statement, but all big cats are becoming very rare. It would be sad beyond words if they disappear.
By destroying the diversity of nature, we may be destroying ourselves as a species in the long run.
Here I used the lion model and LAMH fur by Alessandro Mastronardi. Triceratops model by Herschel Hoffmeyer.
In the past I would have used Vue for a scene like this, but as you can see it can be done with Daz Studio too. Nice enough for my needs anyway.
Rendered with Daz Studio Iray and slight tweaking with Photoshop.
1920 x 1080 wallpaper size.
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nice, and indeed maybe a shadow of a grim future
however, it perfectly fits in region of the D&D BECMI Mystara world and then the hollow world and the continent Denagoth.
I will place a link in The Piazza Forum on this wonderful art
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Thank youΒ
I'm pleased and flattered
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www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtoβ¦
with a lot more links of art made by you...applicable to the D&D BECMI world of Mystara
I just kept it links instead pictures out of respect to you.
They did ask on the copyright situation, as you can see there.
If you want you can react yourself there by making an account and clarify.
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It was great fun reading your descriptions and interpretations of my images 
I don't mind if people want to use the images, as long as I am credited as the creator of them
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Thanx.Β
I haved added this description to the links so everybody knows.
Maybe they might contact you to check or even request use of current art or to create new art in the free online Threshold Magazine.
Then even more will adore your wonderful work
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His expression states something like:
"I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." 
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Haha, he may indeed be looking at something similarly confusing as the Triceratops
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As if a triceratops wasn't enough.
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Thank youΒ I thought it looked nicer and more "artistic" with warm and exaggerated tones
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I know it's all sad and everything if the lions were to disappear, but I think we only feel that way because they're currently existing species. Take a look at how many species have gone extinct throughout the entire history of life on Earth. Millions have disappeared (and mostly through non-manmade means; the majority before humans were even here).
Whenever I make this point, I'll get someone claiming I'm basically saying that I don't care if, e.g., all the lions disappear. It's the exact opposite! I'm feeling sad for all the, e.g., trilobites and, e.g., stegosauruses who are no longer around, and wondering why no one mourns them.
But still... good render. But perhaps coarser/thicker hair strands on his mane? Just to get that "out in the wild, no grooming parlours for miles around!" feel.
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A lot of species have gone extinct over time when they were no longer biologically viable and unable to compete with other species in their habitat. They became obsolete. It's how nature works and a natural process that takes a long time.
The extinctions caused by humanity are a completely different matter and the rate of extinction is on a different order of magnitude. The flora and fauna we are eradicating is completely viable and sound biologically and functions well in nature. There is no other reason for them to go extinct than humanity and our actions. We are breeding and spreading like vermin and leaving no room for nature. We are claiming all liveable habitats for ourselves, crops and husbandry.
The decline of large predators is due to eradication by humans. To protect ourselves and farmed animals, but also because many harbour animosity towards them or want them as trophies, or shoot them for monetary gains. Predators also need large intact habitats to prosper.
The horrible present extinction rate is not natural. It's caused by humanity's use and treatment of the environment. The planet needs less people and more wildlife.
Not much point in mourning for species that have been extinct for millions of years and died off because they could no longer survive. That is a natural process. Humans however, have only been numerous enough to impact extinctions of other species for some hundreds of years, which is a "blink of an eye" in this context. We are also unique in that we could do something about things if we have the will.
Thank you
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