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Home > Illustrations > Bears Appear

Bears Appear

By Gregory Manchess | Created: 2017

Bears Appear
Publication
  • "Above the Timberline" by Gregory Manchess
Publication Date
  • October 24, 2017
Medium
  • Oil
Support
  • Linen
Illustration Size
  • 15 x 37 in.

©Gregory Manchess

"Lighting is key because lighting gives you volume. I'm looking for that structural volume, that weight. That's why I'm so drawn to polar bears like this, because they're just sculpture moving through a landscape of sculpture. When the light strikes them a certain way, all that anatomy and fur and shifting form pops out. It gets very sculptural."

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  • Interior Illustration
  • Fantasy
  • Science Fiction
Global Perspectives
  • North America
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  • The Decade 2010-2020 The Decade 2010-2020

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