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What if Stone Age hunters had access to modern weapons and technology?
For the Recraft Styles Challenge, I created The Anachronists, a series of six illustrations following a group of hunters on a mammoth hunt, from tracking it with a drone to bringing it home in an off road vehicle and celebrating with a feast.
I used prehistoric rock art from the Iberian Mediterranean Basin, Bhimbetka Rock Shelters, and Tassili n’Ajjer as references to create a custom Recraft Style. Then I used it to bring these unexpected scenes to life as if they had been painted on cave walls thousands of years ago.
Same old Stone Age, very different technology.
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