[Art] Himalayan Brown Bear as Totem

[moonvoice]

Available for Sale - email me at ophelias.diary@gmail.com if you're interested.

Himalayan Brown Bear as Totem

It was actually a lot of fun drawing this animal; firstly because there wasn't many reference pictures for colouring, so I had to rely on a couple of documentary snapshots, and then basically look at other bears that live in similar climates. And it's always a pleasure drawing an animal that doesn't have 4,000 different reference pictures. Lol.

Secondly, the Himalayan animals just don't get enough love.

Anyway, a little known fact about the Himalayan brown bear, is that it is probably the animal at the root of legends regarding the Yeti. :)






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Original available for sale ($80 USD)
18.5 x 20.5cm (or 7.4 x 8 in)
illo's board, fineliner, aquarelle, pencil, metallic and iridescent paint

Comments

[lupabitch.livejournal.com]

He looks vaguely nonplussed. However, he also looks like all sorts of artistic awesomeness--grea tcolors and shading!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Heh, nonplussed sounds about right. In the tiny amount of reference pictures I found, he also managed to look; dopey, stupid, vague and benign. Lol.

[flyingshaman.livejournal.com]

This is.. wow, there's something there that really.. strikes me, but I'm not sure what. Maybe I need to read up on that bear. Might help me out where I am. Thank you for this!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

No worries! :D

[thekalgirl.livejournal.com]

i kind of felt like that too ... what did u end up finding out about him?

[flyingshaman.livejournal.com]

I found this article on Wikipedia.. that's not terribly descriptive, but something. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_Brown_Bear

[thekalgirl.livejournal.com]

the sexual dimorphism is interesting ...

[flyingshaman.livejournal.com]

Ok, so ack, sorry to comment again, but that original link didn't feel like much to me. I asked myself what I needed to glean from the site, and the National Park really stood out to me, so here's the link from that. I feel.. a sense of calm just looking at this place, like perhaps I've been there before, in a past life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deosai_National_Park

[linstar.livejournal.com]

Teddy??? :)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Hee.

Don't Poke the Bear

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

Mmm, Bear.

I love the mask-like face.

Re: Don't Poke the Bear

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[paleo.livejournal.com]

Very cute in a "you don't want to mess with me" way. :-) I love brown and green.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :) I love the colour scheme in this one. It's probably the favourite that I've done in a while.

[halfapersona.livejournal.com]

I love how serious the expression is. Kinda like someone is in front of him/her with a stick trying to defend themselves and Himalayan Brown Bear is like, 'Really? A stick? I feel sad for you.'

Heh. My silly mind, hey? ^_^

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

This made me lol. :)

[sotepetsenu.livejournal.com]

Srs bear is srs.

[heathwitch.livejournal.com]

I love his expression. Well done!

[darakat-ewr.livejournal.com]

The expression is like "Wassup".

[mirrorred-star.livejournal.com]

He looks sort of like he's just been woken up, and has been awake long enough to realise that there's a source to the having been woken up, and he's not happy about it.

[sidheblessed.livejournal.com]

He looks like a bouncer. In such a good way. :)