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"Bowhunter" by Rachael Mayo

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Bowhunter by Rachael Mayo

This is an original character developed for the Predator universe as depicted in the Predator movies and comics. Hats-off also to the movie-version of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring for the Uruk'hai armor inspiration.

I loved the Uruk'hai armor and I thought that it would translate very well to a Predator's muscular frame.

I KNOW the bow is a little off... This is my first attempt at an accurate archery pose and grip. Besides... How many Predator archers have we ever seen? May I fudge just a little? ^_^

I also don't do a lot of detailed backgrounds like this, so I found the landscape (an amalgam of various nice spots in Colorado and Utah) both challenging and enjoyable.

I drew this with my Zig inking pens, and it took close to 30 hours to complete. I worked on it almost exclusively over my lunch periods at work.

Date	Name	Comment
7 Aug 2005	Dania	Loading... Absolutely stunning!!
7 Aug 2005	Jessica Lynn Batiste	Loading... I like the eyes. They seem softer than from the movies. ^^
7 Aug 2005	Rachael M. Blankenbecklor AKA 'Jade Vala'	Loading... drops dead in awe OMG that is absolutely breath-taking!!!! Props to you for the whole thing!! I for one have a patience issue and would not have spent near as long as that on a picture, nor have anywhere NEAR these results even if I did! WOW greatness!!!!
5 Sep 2005	Serp	Loading... Dang, this is amazing work. I really love the background and the character, and the bow? It fits perfectly! I think that if predators had bows, that's how they would look. =)
22 Sep 2005	Tarpalsfan	Loading... OKAY Get a job in comics! Get a job doing sci-fi/fantasy book covers-but do something! You are too good! p.s-please don't color this one! It's great as it is.
19 Apr 2006	Michel	Loading... Wow. The sketch must have been messy, but this is BEAUTIFUL. PLEASE, try something like this with a human. It will look great.
30 Dec 2006	Anonymous	Loading... Wow...awesome detail....i would think it would take longer than 30 hours? Rachael Mayo replies: "That’s a very loosely approximate thirty hours, and there may have been a few minutes I spent on it at home here and there, particularly toward the end when I was doing some finishing touches."
5 Jul 2009	Anon.	Loading... the armour looks more lime your own creation than the uruk’s, its stunning and the background is great
18 Feb 2010	Katherine Somerville	Loading... Urak’hai armor on a Yautja-drooool Rachael Mayo replies: "That’s exactly what I was thinking. The uruk’hai have the same build as Predators, so it seemed a natural transition."
4 Jan 2011	Michael J Routley	Loading... The arrow is on the wrong side of the bow. not to worry, thats a artistic mistake that has be historcally repeated since the invention of the bow. to understand it correctly, if you hold the bow horizontally with your knuckles up to load an arrow, you’d want to place the arrow on top the of the bow to hold up, the way you have depicted it, it would end up being on the bottom of the bow shaft, thus it would fall to the ground and make loading arrows very difficult. and sighting down the arrow would also be difficult. you want the arrow to be on the same side as your head. But aside from that minor error, it really a very well done piece.
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'Bowhunter':

• Created by:

Rachael Mayo
• Copyright: ©Rachael Mayo. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Arrow, Bow, Forest, Glen, Hunt, Ink, Pen, Predator, Tree
• Categories: Extrateresstial, Alien Life Forms, Fan art
• Techniques: Black Ink
• Inspirations: Other Movie, TV-Show
• Submitted: 2005-08-04 15:20:43
• Views: 16149
• Resolution: 800x636

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