Thursday, 20 October 2011

Work on Totem Poles

Here are some images I have looked at for inspiration for totempole designs, along with the meanings of the animals displayed.









http://www.gullitotempoles.com/TotemPoleSymbols.html

  • Raven - The mercurial trickster of Northwest Coast Native lore. Curious and mischievious, often misbehaving but never boring.
  • Sea Turtle - This totem is representative of Mother Earth.
  • Thunderbird - A mythological bird known to manifest the rolling of thunder while beating its wings and creating lightening when blinking it's eyes. Known to kill whales.
  • Eagle - Intelligent and resourceful. He rules the sky and is able to transform himself into a human.
  • Wolf - Very powerful totem who can help people that are sick or in need.
  • Bear - A teacher symbol as it is believed that Bear taught the People to catch salmon and pick berries.
  • Frog - Known for bringing wealth and is associated with Copper Woman. In another myth, frog was held down in fire, when it burst lava flowed and engulfed an entire village.
  • Otter - The otter is a mischievous creature that is also a symbol of laughter, curiosity, grace, and empathy.
  • Salmon - The salmon symbolizes instinct, persistence, and determination.
  • Owl - The owl is a very respected animal and is thought to symbolize the souls of the departed.
  • Killer Whale - Whales are honored as strong and brave fish. The mythology of the killer whale is that is will bring food and assistance to a chief or other important person lying helpless and/or wounded.

http://laniermybook.wikispaces.com/file/view/totem.jpg/116446275/totem.jpg
http://islandnet.com/~hjrice/Orillia.jpg

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Robin Silcock

I am a Second Year Games Art and Design student at Norwich University of the Arts. After exploration of a number of roles in my first year, I am now looking to graduate as a 3D Artist with applicable skills in Maya, Mudbox, ZBrush and Photoshop. I understand that my skills in this field are not there yet - but I aim to achieve this goal through consistently working through the programs in my University and Personal Projects. I love to be busy - I have always had a lot of things on my plate since the age of 7 where I successfully balanced school with Ballet, Tap, Horse-Riding, French, Piano and Singing Lessons! In the same fashion, my university schedule is just as hectic and varied; I am a Peer Mentor to first year students, Student Rep for Second Year, and President of the Enterprise Society. Like I said, I love to be busy! I am a Games Hippie - so to speak - I believe that Games if designed and harnessed in the right way, will be able to help solve many of the global issues we have today - even if it starts off in a small way. Just look at the positive effects that Facebook and Twitter have already had... When navigating my blog;
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