The Water Hole by JaneEden
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All painted using wacom intuos3 and Photoshop CS4
THE WATER HOLE ...
She stood sniffing the air, her every instinct on the alert, she had travelled far for the sake of her precious baby. Most of the journey she had gently carried him in her soft mouth, through the mountain pass. She was near exhaustion, but then she looked down from the mountain and saw the water hole.
She ploughed onward, wanting to quench her thirst before dark hit the valley, knowing that soon the water hole would be full of beast's drinking life's ale, some of which would not think twice before devouring the small cub for dessert.
She had her fill of water and it was time to move on to safer ground. She trusted her instincts and needed to get her now crying baby to safer territory.
'There was a new king who had won her pride over from the once powerful and strong old king. He defeated him in a bloody battle to the death. Death was welcome to the feeble, weak, and aged lion, he knew it was time for a new male to bring hybrid strength back into the pride, that was full of fertile lionesses'.
The mother knew the new king would kill her offspring, so he could pregnate her with his strong genes. He would not want any other male lion's offspring in his pride, so the lioness's journey was literally a matter of life or death, depending on how far the young king would be willing to follow.
She nervously looked about her and sniffed the air before she picked her cub up and drove her tired body onward to find a safe place, far away from her pride she loved, but her maternal love was stronger, driving her onward to ensure that her boy cub would one day hold onto his own pride.
If that could be then the mother had done her duty in ensuring her lineage had a chance of surviving for years to come .... THE END
Hi All,
Sadly the story above is not true, because in real life the mother would not save her cub and the new leader of her pride would kill him, that is the more cruel side of mother nature. It upsets me to know that many of these amazing wild cats are in danger of dieing out completely, I sincerely hope that day never comes.
Thank you so much for all your support of my fun Halloween pic, you are all so kind, I hope that today finds you feeling good my friends, take care.
Before I go I want to let you know that soon I hope to open up my store here on Renderosity, and have been busy tubing all the large cat digital paints to be the first in the store. I have been asked to do this, so I do hope that they might be useful to some of you, keep safe guys, hugs Jane xx
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PLEASE NOTE ...
Lioness and her cub are part of the painted pack JaneEden'sBigCats to be found at YURdigital store
Comments (110)
drifterlee
Awesome painting Jane!!!!!!
Savage_dragon
Stunning work, Jane!! ")
Tholian
Beautiful job, Jane.
flaviok
how é tão maravilhoso minha amiga, que obra soberbo e texto excelente, magnifica em todos os aspectos, aplausos (5)
greyone
This is magnificent Jane. You truly caught the majestic essence of these marvelous beasts. These gorgeous animals are seriously endangered due to a combination of poachers, and encroachment of settlements into thier territories. The story you wrote is impressive and unfortunately realistic. It seems strange to us that a male lion would kill the cubs of another male, yet that is exactly what happens. The mother to take her cub away from the pride is putting both thier lives as risk saddly. Lions hunt for prey in groups, a single female lion is not likely to bring down enough prey to feed both her and her cub. So she may be saving him from the new male pride leader, but at the same time condemning him and her to a slow death by starvation until they are too weak to avoid being prey of someone stronger. I love your works Jane they are always so impressive.
evielouise
the copy /paste here(below) from you, is exciting busy tubing all the large cat digital paints to be the first in the store. I have been asked to do this, so I do hope that they might be useful to some of you, keep safe guys, hugs Jane xx yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-----And awesome work so very stunning ! raining here, and I just got back w/umbrella in hand went for a walk!!
MarciaGomes
WOOOOW!!! FICO SEM PALAVRAS QUANDO VOCÊ FAZ UMA OBRA,TUDO É TÃO PERFEITO OS ANIMAIS SÃO MARAVILHOSOS,OS DETALHES SÃO EXTRAORDINÁRIOS AMO OS TONS.+++++++5 FANTÁSTICA HISTÓRIA ESPERO QUE ELA ENCONTRE ÁGUA PARA SEU BABY.
Faemike55
Very lovely and powerful image and story Excellent work
magnus073
Sis, you have once again managed to come up with a powerful work of art. The story was really moving and had me all the way. You did such a brilliant job on painting this image to represent the story, it is simply perfect in every detail. Love the theme behind this of a Mother's love for her young.
sandra46
AMAZING COMPOSITION! GREAT WORK!
Minda
wow! THis is Really MAGNIFICENT work Dear jane soooo Beautiful and Great story...HUGS*
JackieScottishLass
Absolutely stunning!!
mgtcs
Magnificent piece of art Jane, wonderful colors and composition, splendid image, loved it, congratulations!
Darkglass
Outstanding illustration... magical ambience achieved with the use of rustic warm colours and lighting, very skillfully executed....top row work and talent!...full size is an Absolute must see!!
jocko500
this is wonderful looking here. I like it. I to watch the animal channel and wonder. ..a lot of the times the lioness will kill her off spring because an new lion took over the pride. so sad.
flavia49
marvelous story and image!!
mistressotdark
fabulous
bakapo
this is absolutely wonderful! wow, bravo!
eekdog
your work jane is unmatched hon. just totally breathtaking lions. thanks for posting some of the most beautiful art here.. 10+++
RachealMarie
Fantastic!
MrsLubner
before reading your text, I found your post spoke to me. There is a calm in the wild that reaches out of this. A truly gifted image, my dear!
brewgirlca
Great job on this Jane. I opened it up to a Woowaa. You capture the heat of the day perfectly, your photoshop work is a marvel and the cubs angry cry is a standout. It was not long ago you were almost afraid of photoshop and now look at you. Well written story but perhaps sadly it never happens that way as female lions will not leave a pride even if their cubs are being killed.
kbrog
Superb work on this wonderful image and story! :)
Merrylee
Such great golden colors...fantastic job and great story...hugs
PHELINAS
Very very beautiful classic composition. The colors are magnificent. As always,Jane, your great talent appeals to myself. Thank you for this story.
DennisReed
Superb
Dreamingbee
wonderful story and work dear Jane - love golden tones and so fine work !! fantastic
brycek
Beautiful artwork, Jane!!
MarkR151
That is wonderful! I love that! :)
bazza
Fantastic work on this on Jane your really done a first class job on this image and story, I take my hat off to you.. Love the cats and also the bug on the grass and the butterfly a very nice touch.. This could be printed and hung on the wall with pride... Thank you for sharing this with us!!