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Published: 2016-08-30 17:25:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 695; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 2
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Description the seductress design really reminded me of a yukionna so I mixed in an ice environmental theme by having arctic life as her victims.
I thought it would be interesting to put her in a harsh solitary environment as she's usually pampered and try to show her as quite a tough unchanging woman.
I took the opportunity to add arctic life and her umbrella is full of melting ice to highlight the environmental issue in our world, she's eating an amur leopard which are critically endangered and there's a skeletal version near her foot, this is to highlight her spoilt non caring attitude from being pampered. the skeletons being made to dance is her playing with her food again having a bit of a haughty attitude. the leopard seal eating the seal eating the anglerfish at the bottom shows the normal cycle she's taken on a different course her breaking the leopard seals skeleton with her foot highlights this. the eskimo at the back also seems natural in contrast to her but he was in the wrong place at the wrong time as well.

the narwhal represents the aggression she's faced and its inability to change her for that reason, the polar bear has a looming her vs the world theme. the wolf below her represents her solitude its sitting down almost waiting to show she's a long way from finding herself in that environment. the penguin behind her foot has a "what now" presence, and the snowy owl behind her back foot shows her future will be a long path.

the lights on the viperfish represent her inability to see past what she wants she's aware of them but doesn't acknowledge them maybe because she's dead. her being dead would make her able to survive as she wont freeze to death animals come to scavinge as she's dead       
no animals where harmed in the making XD they're all in the hashtags

this one mixes contemporary dance similar to my vyaan xuul one but she's doing more of an exaggerated Mexican/Spanish salsa as she also  reminded me of the day of the dead.

not my character belongs to contest. gysking1.deviantart.com/journa…
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Comments: 2

GeisKing1 [2016-08-30 23:45:08 +0000 UTC]

The style of this is just something amazing. I love it. I love its heavy imagery soaked in meaning and gorgeous color. I like that its an image thats also an analysis of the character herself and that every line forms to say something about a facet of her personality and state of being. This reminds me that art can say so much more than "I'm a pretty picture". Amazing work here. 

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madmelancholy In reply to GeisKing1 [2016-08-31 12:46:59 +0000 UTC]

thanks ill update the descriptions until Saturday there are a lot of themes in this because I had a lot fun doing it. I think this contest is about gender but its important to remember characters have stories to tell, gender is going to tint the way the character acts but when I find all the factors alongside that is when I have a lot of fun.

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