White Buffalo Calf Woman

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A Native American woman in white stands next to a massive white buffalo.  In one hand, she holds an ornate staff while she rests the other on the pale fur of the great bison.  They stand upon a grassy hilltop at sunset looking back at you, the viewer.

The White Buffalo Calf Woman is a sacred figure in many of the Plains Indian religions. The basic story is that two scouts were sent to seek help during a famine.  In their travels, they met the White Buffalo Calf woman.  One of the men tried to take advantage of her and was reduced to a pile of bones.  She saw that the other had a pure heart though and sent him back to his tribe to prepare for her arrival.  When she arrived, she taught them seven sacred ceremonies and gave them a ceremonial pipe.  She left promising to return one day.  As she left, she took the form of several different buffalo, the last of which was a white calf.

To create this image, I used a variety of digital techniques including 3D Rendering (CGI) and digital painting.

Resources:
Poser 10: IntrovertArtist.com/Poser
Victoria 4, the female model: IntrovertArtist.com/v4
Staff: introvertartist.com/arsmagica
Clothing: introvertartist.com/v4native
Buffalo: introvertartist.com/bison
Hair: introvertartist.com/Braids
Vue: IntrovertArtist.com/Vue
GIMP:  IntrovertArtist.com/Gimp    
Topaz Adjust: IntrovertArtist.com/Adjust


Thanks for looking,
Daniel Eskridge

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