[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

[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