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Published: 2012-03-05 03:25:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 2819; Favourites: 157; Downloads: 50
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Description A Japanese Kirin (Qiril) - I used ~creaturesfromel 's wonderful sculpture as reference and inspiration! Go check it out, it's truly fantastic!

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HELLO I AM NOT DEAD I AM SORRY FOR THE MANY MONTHS OF ABSENCE
I'm sorry um
I haven't been exactly artblocked but I've been going through some rough patches concerning art & producing anything I was really satisfied with (I also waste a lot of time doodling Sherlock fanart and I may have forgotten how to do "real" art) anddd this finally got me back in gear. It was really relaxing to paint.
Thank you all for sticking around (if you're still there)! I really appreciate your support throughout my semi-hiatus and from today I'll probably be updating more frequently.

Check my art tumblr for shots of my progress while painting this!

also excuse the messy background I wasn't really planning on having one but a blank grey slate seemed inadequate somehow!
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Comments: 29

diamondmarine [2015-09-10 18:23:22 +0000 UTC]

love

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Bman19 [2014-08-05 03:27:56 +0000 UTC]

I love this so much!

Such amazing form and beauty!

I am interested in these stunning creatures... can you tell me more about the Japanese Kirin? It will be very useful for my research...

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ErisThoughts [2012-06-22 00:32:14 +0000 UTC]

I really like this. I also saw the sculpture you used for reference previously, and liked that you made it your own too. <3 Well done!

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kiwi-seed In reply to ErisThoughts [2012-06-22 02:42:26 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much!

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neylica [2012-04-16 15:01:39 +0000 UTC]

Oh myyyy cumberbatch This is wonderful<3 I can stare at this for hours! It looks almost 3dimensional. o.o

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kiwi-seed In reply to neylica [2012-04-16 23:47:43 +0000 UTC]

Ahh really? You're too kind ;w; Thank you!

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neylica In reply to kiwi-seed [2012-04-17 16:29:53 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes! I really loved it! You should do more creatures like this one! : D

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Zombunneh [2012-03-24 18:34:12 +0000 UTC]

Wow that's amazing. I love the creativity to it. Would love to see more creature art like this

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kiwi-seed In reply to Zombunneh [2012-03-25 23:34:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I think I might

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Zombunneh In reply to kiwi-seed [2012-03-26 23:25:43 +0000 UTC]

I might have another commission for you in a bit Opening up my own gaming website. Did you ever see what I did with the other image you did for me?

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kiwi-seed In reply to Zombunneh [2012-03-31 01:40:05 +0000 UTC]

ohhh cool! and yes I did

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Zombunneh In reply to kiwi-seed [2012-03-31 02:29:28 +0000 UTC]

It's working out quite awesome if I do say so myself lol

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kiwi-seed In reply to Zombunneh [2012-04-02 03:07:35 +0000 UTC]

Awesome

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BreannaWelsh [2012-03-13 03:03:06 +0000 UTC]

this is so elegantly beautiful! lovely painting :3

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kiwi-seed In reply to BreannaWelsh [2012-03-13 04:39:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! asjdfhks

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Gobbo12 [2012-03-12 22:40:56 +0000 UTC]

Great work!
What kind of brushes did u use for the fur?

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kiwi-seed In reply to Gobbo12 [2012-03-12 23:51:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
And I hand painted all of the fur - I use paint tool SAI so I just used the regular brush and messed around with the settings until I found something I liked

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Gobbo12 In reply to kiwi-seed [2012-03-13 19:06:43 +0000 UTC]

May I ask what setting did you used?

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kiwi-seed In reply to Gobbo12 [2012-03-18 21:03:44 +0000 UTC]

Density 100, Blending 53, Dilution 0, Persistence 52

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Gobbo12 In reply to kiwi-seed [2012-03-20 22:06:36 +0000 UTC]

Oh thank you!! :-D

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kiwi-seed In reply to Gobbo12 [2012-03-22 02:18:56 +0000 UTC]

no problem!

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prefined [2012-03-05 22:04:17 +0000 UTC]

I AM CRYING, HOW DO YOU COLOR

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kiwi-seed In reply to prefined [2012-03-05 23:13:50 +0000 UTC]

DON'T CRY BB <333
OVERLAY ABUSE??

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IrishMoo [2012-03-05 06:48:03 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing. Your painting has really come a long ways.

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kiwi-seed In reply to IrishMoo [2012-03-05 07:31:48 +0000 UTC]

Oh goodness, thank you so much! djfgds
Do you and co. still iscribble on a regular basis? I haven't in ages and I miss you guys

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IrishMoo In reply to kiwi-seed [2012-03-05 07:51:15 +0000 UTC]

Sorta. iScribble in general has died down.

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kiwi-seed In reply to IrishMoo [2012-03-05 15:17:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh.. that's a shame

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Kuitsumi [2012-03-05 03:31:18 +0000 UTC]

THIS LOOKS SO AMAZING??? I truly love the tree-like tail and shoulders! And the texture in the fur looks so realistic <3333

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kiwi-seed In reply to Kuitsumi [2012-03-05 03:33:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!

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