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Published: 2008-12-11 05:01:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 17683; Favourites: 144; Downloads: 0
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i'm making a calendar. wanting to make a chinese water color feel to it. need suggestions on what to improve as this will be printed and distributed =.=-
well, there aint a lot of traditional styled art on dA. maybe i can try play around with this.
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the big chinese character is 'ox'. ox having the same pronounce in chinese as 'turn', the 4 characters makes 'turn around the tides'. thus the yinyang sign in the background.
it is to hope that the new year brings a good tide.
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year of the ox was 2008... why 1997 to you?
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whoops I meant you know the calendar that says if you were born any of these dates like the ox has 1997 in it then people born in 1997 have the sign of the ox.
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yes. 1997 is the year of the ox.
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Love it for my bull themed room. I'm a Taurus and a year of the ox. It's perfect. Really beautiful.
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thanks so much. you're actually my first ever print customer. though it's not much commission given by dA, i'm really grateful for it.
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are you interested in buying it?
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you can click "buy this print" on the right hand side. i'm sorry i couldn't get higher resolution anymore because it wasn't made in a higher resolution for the calndar. but it's small and cheap... i'm glad you like it.
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I like it a lot, I have it framed and hanging. I'm a Taurus and also born in the year of the Ox. It's hard to find a depiction of a bull that doesn't show it looking beaten up or just plain scary. This looks just like I envision them, strong powerful, but with restraint. It's lovely. Beautiful work.
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yeah. i thought the same about other ox drawings too when i was drawing this one. most of the drawings found on the net didn't have much power in them... so, i decided to draw my own. this is the most popular piece of drawing i have on dA. i'm quite proud of it too.
i'm glad you like this drawing, and i'm happy that you bought the print from dA. though i got only 0.80dollars out of it... thanks again. happy new year to you.
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Well, congratulations on your first sale! Did you ever consider selling on etsy? I buy a lot from there and I think you could get a much better deal. A whole calendar would be fabulous. But as far as my ox, I framed it alone. I think a bound calendar would be gorgeous though. But you'd have to do your own printing. Still I think you could get $25-$60 each image.
Happy New Year to you, too.
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25-60 is a good price for me. i will try to look around for more opportunities in the future. thanks for the advice.
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I'm not sure if I could do that, the most I could do is put the link to this and your DA profile on the description of the cover, but I don't think too many look at that lol. I won't use it if you're still opposed, I completely understand why you wouldn't want it used, and I respect your wishes
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Definitely! It's a very pretty drawing~
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I too was born in the year of the ox and my nickname is ox so this is bad ass.
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thanks. XD. luckily you're not born in the year of the tiger. XD
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coz i don't think i did a good job on the tigers i did last year...
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well all artists judge their own work and find things that they wish they had done differently to make it better...to those that didnt create the work the flaws arent noticable.
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yeah.. thanks lots for the encouragement. : )
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i was born in the year of the ox so i especially love this!
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k-hots
I really like this piece do you have a horse one?????
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unfortunately, i am too lazy, perhaps not good enough to do a horse. i will try to make one when the time comes... but... the year of the horse is ... 5 years from now? -__-"
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lol kk i really do like the ox though way cool
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yeah. thanks. the tiger is total failure. hahahah. hoping for better luck come next year... rabbit =_=
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lol hey water color takes time it has its own way of working wit things
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i don't know if you'd call me a cheater... i put this drawing under "traditional" because it's using traditional chinese drawing style... instead of me using traditional water color.
i think dA sucks this way... that "digital vs traditional" is not the right terms...
so i used my tablet for this drawing. it's much easier than using water color which is the only medium i've never took the time to learn... =__=
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lol well i got a chinese water color set for xmas and it totally kicks my butt im not used to the style but i gotta say totally wicked style of painting
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yes. traditional chinese water color is very kick ass and wicked. hahahaha
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Yeah
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Just to let you know, I used this as a rough draft for my tattoo. ^_^ This is beautiful work.
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WOW. thanks.
do notice me when you upload that on dA.
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hahaha. it's just one piece give-aways. not for sale.
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hahahha. don't worry. you can get better art at almost the same price.
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noooo - dont say that - i'd like to support a friend!
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I am featuring this in my next journal!! Very well executed.
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why thank you very much.
it's nice to see my work featured with all those other nice artworks.
thanks again.
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Hi, I like this work, especially because of the Chinese New Year of the Ox.
It is featured in my journal: [link]
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