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Published: 2014-08-03 20:57:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 22689; Favourites: 437; Downloads: 0
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Download the extended 25 min. 1080p video on Gumroad for free or the amount you wish. I'll donate part of the earnings for supporting Polar Bears and conserving the Arctic:
Download the extended 25 minutes video

Extended Videos and Exclusive Content on Gumroad and Patreon:
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Video Timelapse: youtu.be/ye8yYl6Eq68


The polar bear (Ursus maritimus ) is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle , encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is a large bear, approximately the same size as the omnivorous Kodiak bear . A boar (adult male) weighs around 350–700 kg (770–1,540 lb), while a sow (adult female) is about half that size. Although it is the sister species of the brown bear , it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche , with many body characteristics adapted for cold temperatures, for moving across snow, ice, and open water, and for hunting the seals which make up most of its diet. Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their time at sea. Their scientific name means "maritime bear", and derives from this fact. Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice , often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present.

The polar bear is classified as a vulnerable species , with eight of the nineteen polar bear subpopulations in decline. For decades, large scale hunting raised international concern for the future of the species but populations rebounded after controls and quotas began to take effect. For thousands of years, the polar bear has been a key figure in the material, spiritual, and cultural life of Arctic indigenous peoples , and polar bears remain important in their cultures.

The inspiration for the piece comes from raising awareness about Arctic conservation and the animals that suffer from climate change. Currently the single greatest threat to polar bears. They are one of the keys in maintaining the balance of the ecosystem and their icy habitat, which they depend on to hunt and breed, is melting away twice as fast as the global average.
Considering the "vulnerable" risk officially classed by IUCN, I thought it can be a good representative of the situation.

www.savethearctic.org/
www.worldwildlife.org/places/a…
www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/camp…
polarbearscience.com/2014/07/2…

Tools:
3H-6B, Woodless graphite 9B
Kneaded Eraser, Mechanical Pen Eraser, Electric eraser
Blending stump, Cotton pads
A3 (29,7x42cm) (11,7"x16,64")
Reference by amazing Merci Séb!

Blog: ambrojordiart.blogspot.com/
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Comments: 69

Spittwerks [2023-11-14 12:42:18 +0000 UTC]

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AmBr0 [2022-03-12 12:47:11 +0000 UTC]

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jack12321 [2014-08-05 22:52:05 +0000 UTC]

Overall

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Technique

Impact


I absolutely love this piece! The technique is stunning, and I find it to be executed extremely well. I think the most focused, and frankly the strongest, part of this piece lies between his closed eye and his mouth. The wet texture really comes out, dude to the darker tones of the fur. Great job on that. If I were to change one thing on this piece, it would most likely be adding a bit more shading to the rest of the fur. Also, I'd very much like to see you create a piece focused on an animal, or person's eye. I feel like you could potentially create fantastic art through reflection. Great job! Can I see the reference picture if you have one?

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AmBr0 In reply to jack12321 [2014-08-06 17:01:46 +0000 UTC]

Hi! Thank you very much for your kind words .
I've been thinking for long time in doing a piece focused exclusively on a good eye. Don't worry, it will come
Sure, you can see the amazing reference by following the link in the thumb.
I appreciate your useful point of view

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jack12321 In reply to AmBr0 [2014-08-07 02:54:06 +0000 UTC]

Sure, any time! I love to see good art on DA. Yeah I took a look at the reference picture. Again, looks amazing, and I did notice a little more light on the fur where I mentioned. Still though, it's fantastic! And I'd definitely love to see an eye, whether human, animal, or whatever! Keep creating!

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PyrotheFlamy [2016-05-16 15:54:02 +0000 UTC]

This image creeps me out....

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Cmac13 [2015-02-28 00:10:35 +0000 UTC]

this is wonderful

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DeanSidwellArt [2014-12-04 13:36:03 +0000 UTC]

Hi. Your artwork has been included in a feature for , here -  FAVOURITE SHOWCASE TRADITIONAL ART FEATURE  
  
  
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Magic is waiting ahead by STelari <

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AmBr0 In reply to DeanSidwellArt [2014-12-07 14:43:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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DeanSidwellArt In reply to AmBr0 [2014-12-07 15:18:09 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome!

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GerryPhantom [2014-10-11 20:50:26 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work on all the detail and I love the fur, great work. 

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TeaPhotography [2014-09-15 12:04:07 +0000 UTC]

I'm really happy you included all of this very important information about the polar bear.
It has been included in Unframed-Nature 's "Endangered Species/Environmental Issues" gallery as a result. We love artwork that surrounds education issues.

Beautiful work!

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AmBr0 In reply to TeaPhotography [2014-09-15 18:32:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh! Thank you very much! Good, Maybe you'll be also interested in the Rhino piece then.
I love this kind of initiatives .

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TeaPhotography In reply to AmBr0 [2014-09-17 00:12:56 +0000 UTC]

Yes!! But it is already included in our group!

If you have more educational pieces about Endangered Species or Environmental issues, just submit them...

of course any of your beautiful work, continues to be welcomed to our group!

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HansolDoh [2014-09-05 17:44:26 +0000 UTC]

you are inhuman

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WhollyJeff [2014-09-02 18:16:22 +0000 UTC]

This is terrific! All your work is great, but I particularly like polar bears. I also like the time you spend doing the research and then sharing it and the tools you use with us all. Thanks very much for sharing.

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themoderncapulet [2014-09-02 17:43:53 +0000 UTC]

GORGEOUS!!! Unbelievable...I'm going to faint this is so good. 

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Artmeans321 [2014-09-01 23:10:51 +0000 UTC]

beautiful work!! 

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PutYourBraveFaceOn [2014-08-31 00:47:53 +0000 UTC]

Yay! I’m very glad to announce you that your artwork has been chosen to be amongst the best deviations submitted to our in the month of July 2014. You can check it out here: Featured & here: Hall Of Fame ( 51 – July 2014 ) . P.S. Please, don’t forget to show us some love by ing the Blog. If you had seen this Blog faster than we got to announce it to you, even better!

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AmBr0 In reply to PutYourBraveFaceOn [2014-08-31 17:51:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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keef75 [2014-08-29 15:03:24 +0000 UTC]

fantastic job

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devprakashkute [2014-08-22 10:33:58 +0000 UTC]

Wow... U showed the wet hair nicely!

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dizzyflower28 [2014-08-21 22:34:17 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely stunning! I love the way you made the fur look wet & matted down. Great job!!

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Milyusia [2014-08-20 02:09:24 +0000 UTC]

I almost thought this was a photography! Really good job!

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StalkingButler1 [2014-08-19 19:58:56 +0000 UTC]

I have no words.

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RNDave [2014-08-19 09:57:21 +0000 UTC]

Breathtaking artwork, congratulations .
You deserve a DD imho.

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ArtKosh [2014-08-15 18:35:24 +0000 UTC]

You skills beyond the bounds of possibility! Great!

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danielag82 [2014-08-13 17:15:13 +0000 UTC]

featured your wonderful work here fav.me/d7uzxli

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AmBr0 In reply to danielag82 [2014-08-14 19:50:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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danielag82 In reply to AmBr0 [2014-08-14 22:13:50 +0000 UTC]

you're wellcome your work is so great

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HuseyinAltinisik [2014-08-13 09:09:15 +0000 UTC]

OMG that many details!!! This is a masterpiece

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LightstrikeTheBrave [2014-08-09 13:51:48 +0000 UTC]

Wait... that isn't a photo? Mind=BLOWN

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Thewhiningrhino [2014-08-09 03:47:16 +0000 UTC]

Wowser. I am just blown away by this. This is true animal art, photorealistic in its details, from the soaked fur to the fine hairs around the nose and the waves of tissue on the lips. This is spectacular.  

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Elisa2B [2014-08-08 08:38:38 +0000 UTC]

wow... stunning. I can't find words

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MestreAlmeida [2014-08-07 03:57:09 +0000 UTC]

It's not just a Polar Bear, it's a wet Polar Bear, I mean, you can really tell it's wet 'cause of the unbelievable details.

Outstanding piece!

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danielag82 [2014-08-06 13:07:19 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work my dear  

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lavanda53 [2014-08-06 10:35:30 +0000 UTC]

AMAZING!

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richardbgomes [2014-08-06 10:24:36 +0000 UTC]

no words......... speechless!!!

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Charismor [2014-08-06 06:46:07 +0000 UTC]

 Wow!

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ScottSmith1111 [2014-08-05 20:41:20 +0000 UTC]

Wow, great work!! 

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JesusAgudo [2014-08-05 17:40:43 +0000 UTC]

So perfectttt!!!! 

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Shelleymags [2014-08-05 16:16:31 +0000 UTC]

Wow, stunning, such a powerful image!

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MalcolmShortt [2014-08-05 08:43:56 +0000 UTC]

Incredible detail and draughtsmanship. Fur you can almost touch. Congrats!  

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Paul-Shanghai [2014-08-05 04:11:59 +0000 UTC]

Stunning work yet again, your skills are simply amazing, and in this case not only used to impress us your outstanding drawing skills but also to get a very good message across - great work Ambro

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AmBr0 In reply to Paul-Shanghai [2014-08-05 17:12:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for your kindness and support Paul! I appreciate that mate

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Paul-Shanghai In reply to AmBr0 [2014-08-06 01:05:01 +0000 UTC]

It is well deserved - I downloaded the extended video yesterday in the hope I could learn something from watching you draw - all I learned is that you use a magic wand and fairy dust to create wonderful images - you are a genius

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AmBr0 In reply to Paul-Shanghai [2014-08-06 16:56:11 +0000 UTC]

I appreciate that specially coming from a person that knows what's talking about

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duesterheit [2014-08-04 19:22:17 +0000 UTC]

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MiroDesign [2014-08-04 16:20:07 +0000 UTC]

Excellent !!!    

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3RiiN [2014-08-04 16:08:26 +0000 UTC]

Great detail! There's lots of depth in the fur!

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