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Published: 2007-04-02 04:22:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 1255; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 26
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This bald eagle, which symbolizes freedom as well as pure wildness, has had to conform to the world we've built around it. Will it be able to keep up with us in the future?Anyway, this was fun.
Eheh.....those buildings were hard. Turns out that watercolor doesn't like straight lines and realistic windows on buildings |D;. 'Specially since I had no clue what I was doing |D;. OH WELL, I learned a lot 
. (Though I still want to go back into that frontmost building, as it still bothers me).The meaning of this is really up to your own interpretation. It could be a political message, an environmental (like the one I wrote), or something else
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Refs: My own references used for the eagle (yay for zoos!) and a few of my own + google for the Houston-downtown-inspired buildings
.Time: A buncha hours
Tools: Watercolors and a micron pen
Picture is © to me. Please do not use without my permission.
I hope ya'll like this xD!
Comments are really appreciated ;3; <3!
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Comments: 28
I love eagles. I have an eagle in a story I am writing titled X: Revolution or Extinction. The eagle's name is Tor!
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Your work on the feathers are so beautiful and delicate. I love how the bird constrasts with the rigid starkness of the cityscape. Very nice.
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AWSOME! Hehehe....I was just helping with Eagles who were injured by human activities...reminds me of that...Love the eyes :3
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THIS COMMENT IS SPEEDY.
But yeah, totally awesome.
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You should set this up as a print.
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Wow, very nice! This looks great, did an excellent job with the whole piece. Wonderful workon the colors and excellent work on the details and perspective.
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Very moving, no matter what the message.
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I love the detail on the Bold-eagle...I hope I spelt that right sorry if its the wrong spelling..
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Gah, that bald eagle... This scene is actually pretty inspiring, Kalico...
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I looked around. Curiously and carefully, clenching the hard perch firmly in my talons. This was not home. This was not my territory, it was neither where I belonged. But I had nowhere else to go.
For one, the sky was vast and steadily getting emptier. Secondly, my old territory was no more.
It was covered in the same stuff that I was sitting on at this very moment.
Concrete. Yes, you heard me right. Concrete. It had been recklessly torn apart and turned into a parking lot. And boy, was I unhappy. But I had to accept it, had to face the truth. I had to adapt.
I raised my head, gazing at the sky. Looked at it. Stared for what seemed like an eternity, before screeching. Once. Saying, "here I am to stay."
Determination sparkled in my eyes. My fierce, all-seeing eyes. Did I like it here? No. But I had no choice but to stay.
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You are one of my absolute favorite watercolor artists.
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...oh my gosh! owo;; The realisim and detail in this picture is Beautiful! From the windows, to the angle, to the feathers, to the outstanding eye of the eagle, everything about this peice is gorgeous...I adore the perspective, and, as you stated, it certainly can symbolize a lot of things...The ironic instance that the eagle stands for freedom and, yet, he/she is confined to dwell in a city constructed by the humans he "supposedly" inspires; that the urbanization of our world is leading the way for Americans, or many other interpretations. A very wonderful peice...And hopefully an inspirational one as well.
I'd have to say my favorite part is the eagle, but I always look for the animals in pictures XD
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eeeee your comments are always so amazingly sweet and long and...you're just so nice ;3; <333!!
Thank you so so much!
And I'm the same XD. If there's an animal in a picture, I always focus my attention on it first....and love it XD.
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X33 I'm just glad to offer my comments! 
XD Heh, glad to know I'm not alone on that!
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I love the details on the eagle. And yeah, watercolors can be very tricky.
Excellent work! It's very beautiful!
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fadsfs WOAH THIS CAME OUT AMAZING. ;^; andIdidn'tknowwhatitwasbeforehandsortoflol!!!!
Alll of that... DETAIL. And I love the different colors you chose for the buildings!! ;^; Andand ohgosh I love the way you draw birdssss. )8 <333333
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lolololol.
<3333 ;3; thank you so much Zee!!!
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the eagle is amazing ;; I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB ON THE BG? XD at least you tried; buildings are hard ! ...i really love how the bricks actually look like bricks.
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Thank you so much May ;3;!! <33
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Wow, beautiful! I love the feathers on the eagle, and your lovely, straight windows. XD I like the composition and the patch of sky in the background, though... adds more depth to it.
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;3; Thank you so much!! The composition was fun to do and that sky was really fun xD. -loves clouds-
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Water colors can be so hard to deal with! XD; So I don't really blame you for the 'realistic' windows.
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XD; they are quite difficult |D.
thanks for the comment
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