13/1/2018

'Julie' is coming along nicely now. Once I have finished the fur on the body, I will go back and tweak whiskers here and there and rough up any fur as needed.  I still have to darken around the eyebrows area and a couple of other spots. Then it will be onto the background. Slowly getting there.

                                                              

                                                                 

Back to some childhood memories. We used to love going out with my father on the odd day trip when he had to inspect or repair broken down machinery. It gave my mother the chance to see the countryside and life, and as a child the beauty of seeing the wild animals.
In those days it was nothing to come across deer, giraffe and even elephants when out in the bush. Now days you are lucky to see anything, and not always that amount in the game-parks.
Elephants in those days were large herds with some tuskers having massive tusks. Elephants always had the right of way and it was nothing unusual to see an odd trampled car at the roadside. I can still remember my heart beating  when suddenly coming across a herd. Nothing to be seen and then the huge grey or if covered in dust 'red giant of an animal would appear. Even now I still am fascinated as to how an elephant can hide behind even the tiniest bush! Always making  sure you always kept the engine running and in gear ready to drive off quickly, especially if calves around.

                                                   

Hope you are all having a good week.

See you next time and don't forget to click on any picture to enlarge it.