During my research about tigers for my film Mushka, I came across some remarkable art and other resources, that helped me develop an anatomical understanding, but also an artistic appreciation of this magnificent animal. Paul Jouve created this outrageously beautiful panel above. This complex casual pose, drawn and painted with such ease.
There are endless intriguing photos of tigers to admire online.
My friend Olivier sent me countless photos he took at the zoo. You learn something from each image.
I got a few well crafted Tiger figurines, they were inexpensive and help with certain drawing challenges.
Fine artist from around the world show various possibilities in depicting tigers.
Austrian artist Nobertine Bresselern-Roth (1891 - 1978) created amazing animal illustrations using the linocut technique.
Animal expert Wilhelm Kuhnert was great at drawing any type of wildlife, including big cats.
Another terrific illustration by French artist Paul Jouve.
It's interesting that you use those figurines. I guess you can't rely on them too much for anatomical reference, but they'd help you get used to their basic shapes and help you develop a shorthand version of a tiger.
ReplyDeleteLooking at these references impresses on me how close to reality Milt's caricature of a tiger was for Shere Kahn. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI have hundreds of Tiger miniature figurines , if you want , I can send some pics. for your research . FYI , I am an obsessive animal miniature figurines collector since my childhood. I have 5000 animal replicas from varied segments like Wild life, Farm Life, Sea life, Pre historic life, Forest life etc. , which comprises many rare and extinct , extant animals . I hold records for my collection . My tiger figurines are very realistic and of unique poses . Some holding cubs , museum quality figurines .
ReplyDeleteI have hundreds of Tiger miniature figurines , if you want , I can send some pics. for your research . FYI , I am an obsessive animal miniature figurines collector since my childhood. I have 5000 animal replicas from varied segments like Wild life, Farm Life, Sea life, Pre historic life, Forest life etc. , which comprises many rare and extinct , extant animals . I hold records for my collection . My tiger figurines are very realistic and of unique poses . Some holding cubs , museum quality figurines .
ReplyDeleteThe June 25, 1965 issue of Life Magazine has an amazing photographic pictorial titled "The Tiger's Kill". It was photographed in India and depicts a tiger killing a water buffalo. The photos of the tiger making his kill and then looking up with a bloody face are really incredible. The magazine is available on eBay for a pretty cheap price, or you check it out at Google Books online (for some reason I can't get a link to work). It looks much better in magazine form, I think.
ReplyDeleteAre you still looking for tiger images, or is the research stage over? The images here reminded me that in the early 80's, Swedish nature photographer Jan Lindblad and his spouse Pia Thörn raised two tigers from cubs. Apparently, the idea was to try and raise them as tigers, not pets, to eventually release them into the wild.
ReplyDeleteI've heard some say that this would have been a bad idea, and it never came to pass anyway, but they did publish a book with lots of nice pictures of the tigers interacting with each other, and with their surrogate parents. I have a used copy of it, and could probably scan some images from it, if it would be useful.
They also made a TV series about it, but I've only been able to find two short clips from it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkau8Kt5IJ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knUqgd3DTzs
Since you've also studied lions very closely, what have you found that makes the Tiger a unique big cat?
ReplyDeleteThey're amazing creatures, so I'm sure capturing that unique personality in them must be challenging but incredibly fun at the same time.