keeper of the north.

       - Radiohead, "All I Need"

I'm a little excited about this (understatement). I think I say this a lot but I really love when I can surprise myself with a piece and totally achieve the vision.

Bears are my absolute favorite animal (surprise, it's not horses) and I'll probably be including more of them in my work. Don't worry, I'm still predominantly equine, I'm just challenging myself with new anatomies and elements, as well as exploring how I compose the entire manipulation (art school is getting to me!).

I really enjoyed making this, if you couldn't tell, and I'm beyond over the moon with the result. I can't say that I'll be submitting work consistently again, but I'm only taking four classes this semester and will have a bit more time on my hands, so I might get to one or two more before summer.

But I can PROMISE that a GHOST TUTORIAL IS COMING SOON!!!!

In the mean time, check out a video of the full process for the bear's ghost here: ghost process

Please please please download the full size version and do the piece justice.

You may not use this work for your own purposes or claim as your own in any way.

horse: paintedspirit-stock

bear reference: AstralseedStock

fire: danf83stock

background: Arctic-Stock

sky: ex-astris1701 and ineedfire