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ArcticIceWolf — Every Wolf has its Raven
Published: 2011-11-30 19:42:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 1002; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 0
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I´m really happy with this drawing, because I totally fail at drawing realistic birds- and this time, the raven does actually look like a raven! Yay!!At first, I wanted to draw only the bird, but then I thought that it would look very nice if I´d put a pair of wolf eyes in the background...
I love reading wolf books, and there is one thing that I noticed:
In almost every book, there are also ravens mentioned... Examples are The Chronicles of the Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver, The Wolf Chronicles by Dorothy Hearst (though I still have not read Secrets of the Wolves, but I hope I´ll get it this Christmas) and of course David Clement-Davies´books!
Even in the mythologies of old cultures, like Vikings or Native Americans, ravens play the role as the companions of wolves..
The reason for that is that in nature wolf packs are often followed by ravens. The ravens eat all the rests that the wolves leave over from the kill, and in opposite the wolves protect the ravens from predators. The wolves carefully observe the raven´s behavior, because ravens often signal if there is food or danger...
In Jim Brandenburg´s book "Brother Wolf - a forgotten promise" there is an interesting part about the relation between wolves and ravens.
This is a thing that absolutely fascinates me! And I want to express this kind of companionship with this drawing...
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This is a great concept.
Strength and loyalty of wolves, combined with the mastery and intelligence of ravens. The lions and vultures of Africa don't quite have the mystique like wolves and ravens do.
Love the eyes, they leap right off the screen!
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Thank you! Yes, this is the message of the drawing!
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fand ich auch....in den meisten Wolfsbüchern kommen ja auch Raben vor
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Ich mach diese ganzen schwarzen Vögel sehr. Wölfe und Raben, eine absolute Symbiose.
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wobei die Raben den Wölfen manchmal auch tierisch auf die Nerven gehen können, besonders wenns ums Futter geht 
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wusstest du, das Raben und Krähen richtig jagen? Leider auf eine besonders grausame Art. Sie hacken den Baby's (zum Beispiel Kitze) die Augen aus und warten dann bis sie verenden. Habe letztes Jahrein solches Kitz gefunden, aber wir konnten es nicht mehr retten. Hatte mächtig Zorn auf die gefiederten Barbaren. Somit können sie auch für Wölfe eine echte Bedrohung werden, denn sie machen auch vor Hundewelpen und, man höre und staune, Wolfsjungen nicht Halt. Hast du das gewusst?
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Danke, freut mich dass du´s magst!
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Whoa I like this raven quite a lot 
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Thank you kindly! You´re also good at drawing wolves...
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Your such a wolf person thats awesome! browsed through your art even your ID is wicked cool.
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Do you know from which movie it is?
I give you a hint: it´s a stop motion movie without dialogues, just with music....
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ummm could it be ...Peter and the Wolf? :3 cause its your ID lolz not sure...
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Yepp, Peter and the Wolf! But I only like this version, the Disney one is all crap.... (although I´m not a Disney hater)
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I like that version too, its so original and speaks truth about how nature really is a monster on its own sometimes. O.O *nom nom nom* good bye sweet duck.
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This drawing is no specific PATW fan art (I have some PATW fan arts in my gallery either), it just expresses the symbiosis between wolves and ravens...
and yes, that´s also what I like about the Templeton version. It shows that nature is not always peaceful....and although the wolf eats the duck, it is not portrayed as "the evil one who needs to be killed" like in the Disney version..she (yes, that wolf is a GIRL!) ate it because she was hungry...
I also like the depiction of Peter as a victim of bullying who is very compassionate about nature and animals- not like the Disney Peter, who is a wanna-be-hunter who wants to bring down a wolf with a childish popgun (how idiotic!)
Suzie Templeton is just more realistic! (although the duck looks like a plushie and the cat looks like the offspring of Garfield and the Cheshire Cat)
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DANG! interesting stuff I just learned XD lolz
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What is new for you? The fact that the wolf in PATW is a a girl?
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Originally, Suzie Templeton wanted the wolf to have puppies at the end (it killed the duck in order to feed the puppies with iz) but sadly she dropped the idea because it was too much work for her (and the entire movie took 4 years to be made!)
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this is a really great piece
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You've captured the magical & intertwined relationship between Wolves and Ravens beautifully!! You didn't fucker up the wing feathers at all...your Raven is as awesome as your Wolf
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Thanks a bunch!
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Me too! My parent´s cat has so beautiful big green eyes.....I love her a lot!
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my friends cat has soo beautiful blue eyes ♥
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If I´d had a male cat with big blue eyes (and occasionally scruffy black fur) I´d definitely call him Peter
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^^ my friend has too cats,she called the male one pepper but her grandma always called him peter^^ (->and the female one is named tinkerbell because of peter)
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But I´d call him after another Peter, not Peter Pan
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And when I look at the thumbnail at this, I notice that the wolf eyes in the background resemble the ones on the cover of "The Sight"- but that was just coincidence, not my purpose
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Thanks! But the wing feathers really fucked me up... as I mentioned, I´m not good at drawing birds as I´m mostly used to furry things
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You're welcome! I think you managed it really well.
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It turned out really good under the fact that I had a headache yesterday evening when I drew this...but the drawing was not the reason for it, I felt sick
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Well I'm Glas you're Feeling better again
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