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Published: 2016-06-10 07:53:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 8436; Favourites: 134; Downloads: 32
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Some preliminary studies and thumbnails for my "Mammoth Hunters" illustration:Related content
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I'm so glad to hear that!
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always wanted to draw something elephantine
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Any papers or articles claiming humans used wolves to hunt?
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Just speculation at this point: www.sciencedirect.com/science/β¦
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Alright, thanks for the reply
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Awesome! Love seeing the practice that goes into a final piece! How do you achieve your shaded areas? Not the ones that are hatched - but the smooth ones. Is the pencil smudged? If so, with what? I struggle to get smooth shaded areas with pencil...
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Thanks for the comment
I often use smudge sticks/eraser pencilsΒ image.dhgate.com/albu_32369346β¦ - just a stick of compressed paper, to get a sharp smudging tip to blend the graphite. Then I lift out my highlights with an eraser, and then go back in again with the sharp graphite pencil to define the forms. If you can't find smudge sticks, a wad of kleenex wrapped around your fingertip or end of a paintbrush will do just fine.
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Thanks! I have some of these sticks, I'll have to give them another try!
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I agree with kalmanen that it's very interesting to see your thought process behind the finished work. 
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That's a wonderful compliment, thank you so much
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Interesting to see your brain at work (in a way), thought the finished illustration is awesome, I hope you someday will use the left side perspective/idea for something else
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Thank you for the kind words as always <3
Hopefully! I liked the composition, will add it to the list of 100 things I intend to draw
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You're welcome 
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Woooooowwwww.
so many things i want to comment on...
where to start...
your sketches are delicious to the eyes.
I love the shading! Everything really looks great here! Really!!
Your human skills are so epic, i love their poses. and your so amazing with that mammoth anatomy !!!
theres so much life to these. I don't have a favorite cause all of them are gorgeous. Lovely work as always!
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So glad you enjoy these!
Thankfully Asian elephants make good references for mammoths, otherwise my reconstructions would be abysmal
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The one top-left? I was tempted to make that one into the final painting, but it didn't have the dogs as the focus, so .. maybe another time i'll draw that one just for fun.
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