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The Elliphant

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I did this illustration for an electronic artist (called Elliphant, but not the famous one!)

The brief went something like: "an elephant, but zany, and with galaxies!" Haha, I was totally there. Always down for a surreal elephant. I classed it as digital because of the textures/colours, but it's essentially just an ink drawing. I always liked the weird notions of giant animals in space, like in the Discworld book series. So I was inspired by that as well as Dali's surreal long-legged elephants. I tried to give it a sense of spiritual or cosmic importance through it being so huge and in the centre of this galaxy, with everything spiralling in sync with its form.

Anyway, hope you like it!

:iconelephantplz:

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Make
EPSON
Model
Artisan 835
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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Impact

Wow - this is an amazing piece. I love the composition of all the elements together, the way you've drawn the elephant in such a way. The detail is fantastic and your technique is incredible, and I love the way it's all come together to creature a thought-provoking and awesome piece.

I find it difficult to come up with some criticism for this piece; after all, it can be looked at in so many different ways. Perhaps add some detail to the pattern of the elephant? I really am not sure. It seems pretty perfect already. Make the background a little softer to contrast with the boldness of the elephant?

Excellent work!