The mantle

A new layer of stiff rock may unexpectedly exist deep inside Earth, researchers say.

Lots of close color and feather pattern studies on birds (mostly eagles, I think). There was an edge brush that really helped speed up the shading process, but luckily there weren't too many feathers to render in detail before resorting to blobby texture mess. I also worked with a different rendering method - more direct color application as opposed to light/shadow layers. The plumage was also drawn from real birds (I forget which, unfortunately). --- See more on Patreon, including item…

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The Earth's mantle is the portion of the planet that lies between the crust and the core. Some of its secrets are now coming to light.

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Napoleon's coronation robe. La capa de coronación de Napoleón.

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