The Bull
The Bull is from my first trip to Yellowstone in 2021. I photographed this big boy on a ridge overlooking Mammoth. He was rounding up his harem getting ready to move to on to a new place when we stopped and got as close as I would want to get to an elk bull in season.
His neck was wet from urine and he was bugling every few seconds. It was fantastic. I decided I wanted something cool on the wall of my house and I created this digital painting. I took him off the original image and converted to black and white before pulling out the art pen and drawing in some hairs, painting over it, giving it the graphite look and feel.