Had loads of fun making these two illustrations for PBS Eons' latest video, on how Neanderthals were incredibly adept apex predators.

I really enjoy imagining prehistoric megafauna interacting with different phases of human history - as unrealistic and silly as it may be

An unassuming farmhand freed this lone palaeoloxodon namadicus from traps, and a life of servitude in the army's elephantry.

The two formed a bond, enough for the farmhand to seek the support of a seperatist princedom, and eventually they took up the fight once again in the form of brute force raids on convoys and camps across the vast steppes of western Asia.

Legend soon spread of the boy atop the giant, long legged elephant, which strode across the plains and brought not just retribution, but a primal show of strength not familiar to the planet in over thirty-thousand years.

Elephants Among Us poster

A variety of giant proboscideans shared the planet with humans and other hominins during the Pleistocene and Holocene. Compare their size and discover where they lived with this very cool poster.

252mya.com/elephants

Another batch of old sketches while you wait for another overly-elaborate Pokemon. Coloring this up took some time that I could have used to make more progress on said Pokemon, but I love coloring sketches like this.

Hope you enjoy!