Nymousano: Yeah, it´s more like concept art. I like how Mowgli doesn´t care about being nude. Makes sensethough: Why should a human growing up under animals even think of wearing clothes at all?!On a side note, I recognise the story this image is from; it´s "The Kings Ankus":
"Below them was a rim of jade with a flower-pattern running round it — only the leaves were emeralds, and the blossoms were rubies sunk in the cool, green stone. The rest of the handle was a shaft of pure ivory, while the point — the spike and hook — was gold-inlaid steel with pictures of elephant-catching; and the pictures attracted Mowgli, who saw that they had something to do with his friend Hathi the Silent."
( http://www.kellscraft.com/junglebook/junglebook06.html )
Anonymous4: A great production-quality picture from one of my fave tales from The Jungle Books. There's another pic here that has a different take on Mowgli's and Kaa's encounter with the great white cobra, but it's not nearly as rich and detailed as this.
I love M. Joubert's attention to the source material in this pic: see the golden howdwah (sedan worn atop elephants' backs) in the BG?
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"Below them was a rim of jade with a flower-pattern running round it — only the leaves were emeralds, and the blossoms were rubies sunk in the cool, green stone. The rest of the handle was a shaft of pure ivory, while the point — the spike and hook — was gold-inlaid steel with pictures of elephant-catching; and the pictures attracted Mowgli, who saw that they had something to do with his friend Hathi the Silent."
( http://www.kellscraft.com/junglebook/junglebook06.html )
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I love M. Joubert's attention to the source material in this pic: see the golden howdwah (sedan worn atop elephants' backs) in the BG?