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balaa — Bird of Paradise
Published: 2014-08-11 21:00:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 21692; Favourites: 1147; Downloads: 399
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(For those seeing this again in your inbox, my apologies! Deviantart is acting very strange for me today! )My contribution to the 2015 Werewolf Calendar that will open for pre-orders on Sept. 1st, 2014 at Midnight US Pacific time! Mark your calendars and don't miss your chance to get a copy of this year's exciting edition (psst, first 150 orders get some super spiffy stuff!)
The Werewolf Calendar 2015
Inspired by the wonderfully vibrant ceremonial dress of the people of Papua New Guinea! This fella is adorned with plumage of various birds of paradise native to the islands
Details:
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tools: Photoshop and Wacom Intuos 2
Size: 6600x4400 pixels at 300ppi
Prints: a bit down the line over yonder: spiramirabilis.storenvy.com/ : Spira Mirabilis Store
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Other places you can find me:
spiramirabilis.tumblr.com : Tumblr for sketches and wip’s!
twitter.com/Balaa_art : Twitter
www.facebook.com/balaaillustra… : Facebook: Works in progress, commercial work, sketches, and more!
spiramirabilis.storenvy.com/ : Online Store: Prints, originals, and more
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Comments: 33
I love how photorealistic this looks. <3 I hope that with practice my art can look as good as yours one day XD.
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Great. I love that muzzle
And also the color of the fur is awesome.
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Dear Deviant,
I have Favourited your deviation because I sincerely think it is worthy of such a title. If you are wondering why this message is so formal-sounding and impersonal in nature, it's because as a past non-DA user, I have been keeping all my favourite Deviations bookmarked in my browser for a couple of years, and I am finally uploading all those deviations unto my current DA profile! So while it is impractical for me to lay down a thoughtful comment for all these collected Deviations at this time, I want you to know that when I first came across your piece, it did (and still does) deserve a note of appreciation. I apologize for not being able to share individual comments at this time: your Deviation deserves it in my opinion!
Thanks for reading,
DaniBeez
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Absolutely gorgeous! He has such a presence in this piece.
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Aaaaa...this is gorgeous 
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aaaaaah I seriously don't deserve such high compliments from you!!! Your work just makes me weep with inadequacy!
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Aww...of course you do You inspire me to start making some anthro stuff...but I would fail so much
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Hey this is really well done piece here. Werewolves are like my favorite of all monsters, and this one here is a really cool interpretation of a tribal/Native American werewolf. Awesome job.
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Great piece of work!
Thanks for sharing...
Featured in Daily Inspirations in hangaroundtheweb.com/2014/08/d…
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Loove the coat sheen, this looks gorgeous and powerful!
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This is just gorgeous! No wonder you were selected for the calendar.
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Wow. JUst.. WOW. Lovely piece hun! I can't wait to get my preorder
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This is fantastically amazing! The smoothness of the fur and the composition coupled with the bright colours makes this a great painting!
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owwww...the details on the face are incredible!
Fantastic picture!
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Having DA troubles as well? In any case, so lovely and rich, your work always has new treats to discover in the details.
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What's been going on on your end? I'm wondering whether our issues are the same. Usually new uploads get the greatest number of pageviews/comments/faves the first day they are uploaded which just makes sense since folks check their message box and new art appears. This time, when I uploaded the image it got maybe 10 views in the first few hours of being up and zero comments for around 6 hours which is baffling based on all my prior uploads. A few folks mentioned they did not receive my art in their message center either sooo dunno. While I don't sit around counting pageviews, exposure, particularly when a project is involved is important and one of the main reasons I continue to use DA.
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Yeah, I've got all the problems you do. I'll upload something and it'll sit for hrs not getting much feedback at all (a few pageviews maybe), I've been told my submissions don't turn up in people's inboxes as well. This includes journals. I've been having this problem for a while now. And I'm in the same boat as you, exposure is important and with these issues, it's kinda difficult to do that. This doesn't happen every time I submit something, but it does happen more frequently than I'd like. I'll often delete the deviation and try to reupload and hope for better results.
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I submitted a report to Deviantart but I am not certain it will do much of anything. I am glad I am not alone in seeing this problem but it is also more disheartening to hear others are dealing with the same issue. I've uploaded this piece 3 different times now and all 3 times the same thing happened. Maybe it is worth it for you to submit a trouble ticket as well (more folks complaining about this may see more steps being taken to mitigate it?)
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That is absoutely stunning!
[oh, FB, Twitter and stuff, me go and like! 
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I love the splotches on his face! That's pretty unique for a werewolf.
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Yeah DA has been behaving badly for a lot of people lately. This only just popped up in my inbox.
Love the glossy fur and vibrancy of the feathers!
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Amazing! cant wait to get my paws on next years calendar!
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