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I'm not sure what if I got it right, but online dictionaries tell me "Mère Cabot" is "Mother Dog" in French. It's a childless apparition which wanders the streets, spiriting away unattended infants to raise them as her own. She's doesn't eat them or anything - just cares for them like a normal ghost-dog-mother would.The mossy stuff growing on the carriage and the glowy background is sort of inspired by Mushishi.
I didn't make this for any reason in particular. Just didn't want to do a lab write-up.
Made in Flash.
EDIT: Some have brought to my attention that "Cabot" is a familiar form of "Dog" which could just as easily be replaced with "Pooch." Thanks, guys. But after looking at the alternatives, I've decided I like the sound of "Cabot" more.
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I don't want to do my lab write-up eiter.....
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chien de mère is mother dog in french, buddy.
Now that I spot the edit you made, I care not to erase what I've already written. Why, I don't know.
Anyways, Nice drawing. Always liked yours, and good luck with them in the future.
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Mushishi! <3
this is really awesomefultastic 8D
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Please forgive my ignorance, but, what is Mushishi?
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hey! i learned something today about the french language and it wasn't in french class. the only way to say dog i was ever aware of was chien.
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On another note, geez, your artwork kicks Hayao Miyazaki's butt. And the ideas are more promising.
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Hohoho, a bit extreme, but thanks!
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Wow. This is lovely. I'd never heard of the Mother Dog either, and I love that sort of thing.
Very nice.
Though, at a glance the dog looks a bit more like a rat or some rodent.
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I think I prefer chien, considering that cabot also means "corporal."
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YOU CAN SEE INTO MY DREAMS DX
I had a nightmare with this thing in it, and it looked almost exactly the same.
That's freaky! D:<
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Whooaah. Any memory of what it was doing?
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Mmkai:
After my mum had come in the room and told me a fairy tale about one, that thingy floated
above the house across from mine in a creepy way.
RLYCREEPY.
Then it abruptly stopped right in front of my window, and looked me in the eye.
Very weird dream. o-o I woke up and was like, "What the heck does that mean?! D8<"
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THAT...is very very scary. It would have been less scary if we knew what it was doing.
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Yesssssss >w<
Butbut, your drawing of it is so much cuter. 8DD
The one in my dream was vurreh scary looking. D;
I think it was supposed to be some kind of death omen. Ahaha...ha... ... *eye twitches*
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Awesome doggie... She indeed has an mother-like presence to her.
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It's both sad and pretty at the same time.... Love the backround!
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Lab write ups. absolutely the crappiest things ever assigned in chem. expecially when your group is comprised of morons and you have to do all the work your self >.>
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That is a nice picture ^^ It would fit really well in a storybook or something ^^
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I would of thought it would be m'ere chein
Anyway great art
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Inresting story! :3 I think it's very cute and endearing.
Nice detials and colors!
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I like all tha thought that went into the title.
Very facinating ghost design with decades of wear on the robe without any legs.
The light from below including the wheel shadow is very nice... both warm and creepy at the same time
I love the carrage design too
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"mère cabot" is actually mother pooch.
the problem with translating online is that it doesn't take into account idioms.
and that's an idiom.
you've got the explanation of the idiom correct, it's just that online dictionaries tend to suck hard core 'cause they only translate each word individually, not the whole phrase all at once.
but it's so cute that it doesn't matter, and now that i've said all that i feel a little silly.....
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Haha, yeah. Dictionaries are a sad lot, but I like how the words sound together. Thanks for the info, anyhow! I appreciate it. ^_^
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Cute! If all ghosts were like this, I wouldn't be so afraid of them. XD
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wow.. Your skill in vector is awe inspiring OwO.. *bows down to excellency*
I like the story behind this :nodL
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oOoh, I like it.
Interesting story.
Wonderful drawing. ^w^
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I'm not sure i quite understand, but a wonderful pice of work none-the-less.
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Nice. ^-^
Technically, "chien" is the proper term for dog in French.
The word "cabot" is on a familiar level.
Like going under the "-san" level in Japanese maybe?
Then again, "Mère cabot" does the job well as a name, better than "Mère chien" IMHO.
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Ah, this was made in Flash - like all my vector works.
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really?
wow. Thats such great Flashing skills... >.> though you've already shown it through your Flash movies.
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wow... that really doesnt look like vectored @_@ XD love the way it was colored!
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From what I recall, lab writeups were meant to be procrastinated as much as possible. Damn tedious pointless things... 
Nice pic! I quite like that ghostly-grey green and purple. That translation sounds right to me... not that I know French, but I've picked up a tiny smattering from film and such.
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