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It may be called the International Polar Year, but it actually runs for two years. This time it is March 2007 to March 2009, so we’ll shortly be right in the middle of it. The IPY involves over 200 projects in the Arctic and Antarctic, with thousands of scientists from over 60 nations examining a wide range of physical, biological and social research topics. I was reading about this recently, and saw that the BBC website is running its own Antarctic Diary to coincide with the IPY. This put me in mind of OUP’s edition of Robert Falcon Scott’s Journals, edited by Max Jones, so I thought today I would bring you an excerpt from the last chapter: The Last March.
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My submission for this week's Illustration Friday prompt. It's a personal painting I did last year during my senior year at art school, greatly inspired by a beautiful polar bear photograph you may have seen before. I called it "The Family Ursus Martinus," as it represents the dynamic of my own family...
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Ahhh yes. This painting makes me very happy.
As far as the "crit" part goes:
Pros: I adore the positioning of the bears.
Their coloring is particularly impressive, as most people go: "Hm. Polar bears. White." and you did not. Bravo.
The texture of the (i'm assuming) gesso comes through in the background- awesome.
Like the colors in the night sky.
Cons: I'd "sharpen" the way the ice/snow looks in comparison to those pretty bears. Granted, the blended/calm look of it makes the bears stand out as it is, i just feel a more "true to reality" depiction of ice would be less fuzzy- fuzzy is for those bears.
On the whole.. it really brings out both a tranquil and loving feeling in me. I would hang something like that in my house (esp in a child's bedroom). I like it muy mucho.
- Casey.