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Published: 2015-01-26 21:15:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 6869; Favourites: 166; Downloads: 0
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A great brown bison stands on a grassy hillside.  Behind the brown buffalo of the American West, the tall snowy peaks of the Rocky Mountains rise into the sky.  The juge furry animal looks back at the mounts as if he sees something in the valley below.

This image is actually a bit of a remake of a work I did a few years ago entitle "The Great American Bison" ( goo.gl/IxJ60S ).  I wanted to see how the new techniques for making mountains and doing animal fur stacked up against those I used in the older image.  I rather like the way it turned out.

I created this image using CGI and Digital Painting techniques.  To start with I used a tool called Vue from e-on Software to create the mountains, hillside, sky.

I got the bison model from Daz3d.com, here is a link to it in the Daz Store: www.IntrovertArtist.com/Bison

To pose the bison I used Daz Studio, and, to add the fur, I used the plug-in LookAtMyHair.  To find out more about Daz Studio, you can visit my blog where I have and article describing what it is: www.IntrovertArtist.com/Daz .

After importing the bison in Vue and rendering the final image there, I used GIMP to fix errors, adjust colors, and add my stamp.

Thanks for looking!
Daniel Eskridge    

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Comments: 40

LASKANWLF [2015-01-31 03:14:08 +0000 UTC]

LOVE this!!    Great job!!

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deskridge In reply to LASKANWLF [2015-02-02 13:25:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Michael!

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LASKANWLF In reply to deskridge [2015-02-02 13:45:36 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure!

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kitiekat4U [2015-01-30 12:53:51 +0000 UTC]

damn this is good!!!

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deskridge In reply to kitiekat4U [2015-01-30 13:10:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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SquallLion1 [2015-01-28 09:12:21 +0000 UTC]

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deskridge In reply to SquallLion1 [2015-01-28 13:15:20 +0000 UTC]

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midnightrider79 [2015-01-27 22:11:35 +0000 UTC]

Wonderfully done... Great Work...

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deskridge In reply to midnightrider79 [2015-01-28 13:15:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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RaTTCate [2015-01-27 19:45:52 +0000 UTC]

beautiful

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deskridge In reply to RaTTCate [2015-01-27 21:17:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Kachinadoll [2015-01-27 18:01:58 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful!  Love the light on his fur!

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deskridge In reply to Kachinadoll [2015-01-27 19:13:05 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Kachinadoll In reply to deskridge [2015-01-28 17:15:32 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome!

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qxvw198 [2015-01-27 14:28:46 +0000 UTC]

Here I was all ready to berate you for calling it a buffalo and then I see that you correctly call it a bison in the first sentence of your description.  Now I am left with nothing to complain about so I will just have say that the bison, the mountains and the grass are all very nice.

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deskridge In reply to qxvw198 [2015-01-27 15:14:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks,  I use both words in my description so as to pick up search engine traffic.  Of course, they ARE bison, but for some odd reason, people looking for art depicting them use the search term "Buffalo Art" much more often.

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Tonto1 [2015-01-27 12:53:56 +0000 UTC]

Outstanding work. Really like the setting for this.

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deskridge In reply to Tonto1 [2015-01-27 13:43:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Libra-Heart [2015-01-27 09:27:09 +0000 UTC]

 

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deskridge In reply to Libra-Heart [2015-01-27 13:43:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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MielEtVenin [2015-01-27 09:09:22 +0000 UTC]

nice work

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deskridge In reply to MielEtVenin [2015-01-27 13:43:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Ikke46 [2015-01-27 06:56:14 +0000 UTC]

Gorgious scene!

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deskridge In reply to Ikke46 [2015-01-27 13:43:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Rian!

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Ikke46 In reply to deskridge [2015-01-27 16:52:37 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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LSLisa [2015-01-27 06:34:13 +0000 UTC]

great work!

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deskridge In reply to LSLisa [2015-01-27 13:44:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Elizabeth!

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Ky-KAI [2015-01-27 04:13:38 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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deskridge In reply to Ky-KAI [2015-01-27 13:44:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Ky-KAI In reply to deskridge [2015-01-29 06:02:02 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Kimi-Parks [2015-01-27 03:02:39 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I just saw these guys at the NC Zoo when I was down there last week!

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deskridge In reply to Kimi-Parks [2015-01-27 13:46:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Kimi!  Yeah, people occassionally keep them on farms down here.  They can be pretty scary up close.

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Kimi-Parks In reply to deskridge [2015-01-28 03:12:33 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! And I can imagine.

(By the way my real name is Priscilla. Not sure if I mentioned that before.)

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Conlaodh [2015-01-27 01:21:53 +0000 UTC]

Fur turned out very well!

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deskridge In reply to Conlaodh [2015-01-27 13:46:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Seolfora [2015-01-26 21:17:47 +0000 UTC]

Great work!!! He looks so real! I'm sure I have a pic of a bison just like that (I've seen a lot of them in parks in Canada)…
So cool!  

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deskridge In reply to Seolfora [2015-01-27 00:11:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Seolfora In reply to deskridge [2015-01-27 06:40:16 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!!! Your art is amazing!! I really like also your prehistoric work too!!!
I really like dinosaurs! 
Congrats for the hard work!  

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gytalf2000 [2015-01-26 21:17:36 +0000 UTC]

Spectacular!

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deskridge In reply to gytalf2000 [2015-01-27 00:11:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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