by AratiRao on Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:45 am
Thank you radha, nilanjan-da, sriram and ganesh!
this is an image i enjoyed making - it is part of a series on trunks.
Ganesh, you are right - not for a moment did i consider including the eye. this curve was enough. what i spent some time on was how much to burn in order to accentuate what i wanted to show - the texture on the wrinkles in the curve.
btw, it is the trunk of a beautiful and vivacious makhna from Kabini. the next time you are there, do look out for him. you cannot miss him. he has a fold on the tops of both his ears and a lovely thick middle portion of the trunk.
thanks all again,
A
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