I rarely work with animal images in Photoshop so I thought I’d play around with this photo of an elephant. There’s something about elephant skin that fascinates me. Because of the texture it reminds me of living tree bark. Then again, bark is alive too isn’t it? When I finished this digital collage I called it Elephant Thoughts. It seems to me that an elephant must have plenty to think about, and that these thoughts probably wouldn’t involve doing his or her taxes or emptying the Dustbuster.
Then just a few minutes ago I came across this great quote from Aristotle. Apparently he once said that the elephant was “the beast which passeth all others in wit and mind.” (I’m not sure whether or not Aristotle considered human beings to be beasts but it’s certainly something to ponder).
3 comments:
I really like the use of black in this piece. The shaddows and allong teh side there really helps add definition to the piece. As they say, without dark, there can be no light. :)
Pretty excellent.
Elephants never forget...I often wondered where that came from. But I guess if they have thoughts, the can also never forget. xoxo
Gorgeous! Great texture, it was the first thing I noticed here...
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