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Oh yes. More sketches. I did warn you, after all.

Though I do heartily encourage critique at all times, I must also let you know that this is likely one of my first serious attempts at drawing a wild boar! So there are most definitely mistakes, and you're more than welcome to point them out. I won't bite. I wonder, though, if a boar can even turn its head so far?

To the point: Here we have a scene involving a pair of pallanophs from the Teirn tribe (Germanic) running down a boar. This type almost exclusively hunts wild boar when they aren't foraging for other foods (as omnivores, they will also eat fungi, berries, and a few herbs). They may occasionally subsist on smaller prey, though this is less common as the Teirn live rather communally in small family units. Hunting parties go forth every few days on such hunts, consisting mainly of males in their prime. Females do not regularly accompany the males when hunting boar, but may partake in their own separate hunts after less dangerous prey, which may consist of deer, or they may accompany their offspring in search of other edibles for gathering. Males of this type are fiercely devoted to their mates, and overall they tend to discourage females from participating in these very dangerous hunts for fear of fatal injury. However, there are exceptions to this "rule." Females of a more fiery nature, for example, may be permitted to join the males in these hunts.

Due to the boars' keen sense of smell, the pallanophs must make use of the breeze and keep downwind, using their stealth to take advantage of their prey's poor eyesight. After a brief chase they leap for the back and hindquarters in an effort to bring down the beast. They then rally around in a circle to strike while keeping clear of the lethal tusks. Despite the speed and agility of the Teirn, injuries are not uncommon!

Just a little snippet of background information for once.

14x17" Sketchbook, graphite tinted in photoshop.

Pallanoph species and art © April Schumacher

Description
Oh yes. More sketches. I did warn you, after all.

Though I do heartily encourage critique at all times, I must also let you know that this is likely one of my first serious attempts at drawing a wild boar! So there are most definitely mistakes, and you're more than welcome to point them out. I won't bite. I wonder, though, if a boar can even turn its head so far?

To the point: Here we have a scene involving a pair of pallanophs from the Teirn tribe (Germanic) running down a boar. This type almost exclusively hunts wild boar when they aren't foraging for other foods (as omnivores, they will also eat fungi, berries, and a few herbs). They may occasionally subsist on smaller prey, though this is less common as the Teirn live rather communally in small family units. Hunting parties go forth every few days on such hunts, consisting mainly of males in their prime. Females do not regularly accompany the males when hunting boar, but may partake in their own separate hunts after less dangerous prey, which may consist of deer, or they may accompany their offspring in search of other edibles for gathering. Males of this type are fiercely devoted to their mates, and overall they tend to discourage females from participating in these very dangerous hunts for fear of fatal injury. However, there are exceptions to this "rule." Females of a more fiery nature, for example, may be permitted to join the males in these hunts.

Due to the boars' keen sense of smell, the pallanophs must make use of the breeze and keep downwind, using their stealth to take advantage of their prey's poor eyesight. After a brief chase they leap for the back and hindquarters in an effort to bring down the beast. They then rally around in a circle to strike while keeping clear of the lethal tusks. Despite the speed and agility of the Teirn, injuries are not uncommon!

Just a little snippet of background information for once.

14x17" Sketchbook, graphite tinted in photoshop.

Pallanoph species and art © April Schumacher