[Art] Clearcutting at Dawn / Steampunk Elephants.

[moonvoice]

Anyway, an illustration for an upcoming exhibition (Natcon 50's Future Imperfect), in which I will be exploring an imperfect future where augmented animals are used for human profit.

In this, elephants are genetically engineered to be both massive, and to take advantage of their ability to uproot and take down trees. They are fed on some of the foliage of the fallen trees, cost little to 'fuel' in comparison to proportionately sized machinery, and desire the destruction of trees to the point where the run into new areas to deforest with little hesitation and even outright enthusiasm.

The others in the series:

The Sea Shepherd
Portable Photovoltaic Systems

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38 x 51cm / 15 x 20 in
Crescent illustrator's board, technical pens, pencil and aquarelle, metallic paint.


Clearcutting at Dawn / Steampunk Elephants.
Prints available here.





Flash.









Flat colour, no flash.

Comments

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[ysabetwordsmith]

These are lavishly rendered, but creepy in concept.

[white_rabbit]

Wow, this turned out beautifully! O_O I'm loving the orange.

Your steampunk stuff makes me so happy!

Can I Ditto Something?

[perzephone]

These are lavishly rendered, but creepy in concept.

I agree with this completely.

Also, those are still some big damn elephants. They are more oliphant than elephant.

But the colors are just breathtaking.

[kehleyr]

Wow! You are brilliant!

[drgnhlr]

This stuff is incredible. I absolutely love the way they came out, all of them.

This one projects great movement, and the little 'snap' feature of the tree breaking is intense.

Fantastic. I'm so excited for this art show.

[seillian]

I just wanted to say that this is beautiful. I really like the concept and the art itself. Very very well done!

[tangledaxon]

So, so beautiful. This is probably my favorite of your non-totem series.

[tulikettu]

yes! I am in complete agreement.

[goddess_incarnate]

I LOVE this image. It's fantastic. :D

[urbanimal]

This is simply epic. It makes me a little fearful too, but I can't quite put my finger on why.

[silverjackal]

I really like the sky (and the birds), and the shading on the elephants. It's an unhappy landscape, this distopian steampunk future of yours, but still beautiful.

[darakat]

This is so awesome. I hope the gallery people like it.

[ariestess]

This is really gorgeous. I love how you've set the color palette on this one. I really like that coppery metallic you used.

[cherrydaiquiri]

Very cool. I find the colour scheme ominous.

[1_1_11]

Your Steampunk animals are just so incredibly... badass. I'm a huge fan.