Vintage Elephant began life as a 'paisley elephant' which is where the initial inspiration sprang from in my mind. The idea just seemed to build on itself and somehow emerged as a rather vintage looking elephant. After I completed the art, I googled 'vintage elephants' and was surprised to find that the colour scheme I've used here, appears to have been used regularly on antique elephants of a vintage age. Think colourful fairs and merry go rounds, cowboys and tiny tinny wind up toys of eras gone by. After the pencil work (on sketch pad) was complete, i chose to colour the elephant with marker pens, and altered the colours in Photoshop CS4 then created a tshirt first. I hope you like it. Nothing makes me smile, like an elephant with style. Thank you to dear friend "raindogs":http://www.redbubble.com/people/rain-dogs for the creation and use of my signature 'K' is *Other Links* "Karin Taylor | Art Portfolio Prints":http://www.redbubble.com/people/karin "Karin Taylor | Elephants":http://www.redbubble.com/people/karin/portfolio/elephants "Karin Taylor Art | Facebook":https://www.facebook.com/karintaylor.online "Karin Taylor Photography | Instagram":https://instagram.com/karinlouisetaylor/ "Karin Taylor | Twitter":https://twitter.com/karintaylor "How Karin Taylor takes beautiful iPhone Macro Photos":http://iphonephotographyschool.com/karin-taylor/ "Bored Panda Articles on Photography and Art":http://www.boredpanda.com/author/karinlouisetaylor/ "Karin Taylor Photography | Tumblr":http://karintaylorphotography.tumblr.com "YouTube Time Lapse Painting Videos":https://www.youtube.com/user/karintaylor1