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zoobuilder21 — Straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus)

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Published: 2019-05-15 05:19:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 1288; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 0
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Description Just finished the EDX course Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration 101 .For my final piece, i went with some paleo-reconstrution and drew the European Straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) an extinct species of elephant that lived in Europe and Western Asia during the Pleistocene (781,000–50,000 years ago), reaching up to 4–4.2 metres (13.1–13.8 ft) in height, and an about 11.3–15 tonnes in weight. using the Eofauna model and African elephant skin (their closest living realitive) for refrence:
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MakairodonX [2019-09-18 00:43:18 +0000 UTC]

Looks cool

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zoobuilder21 In reply to MakairodonX [2019-09-18 22:54:53 +0000 UTC]

thanks you

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Zimices [2019-05-15 06:44:09 +0000 UTC]

Magnificent! I like how you made the wrinkles.

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zoobuilder21 In reply to Zimices [2019-05-15 07:29:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, they are very fun to draw and charismatic 

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