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MazeruOkinata — In Her Prime

Published: 2008-12-02 20:33:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 719; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 6
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Description Read it please, people. You don't have to comment on the picture, maybe it would be even better if you don't. But I want you to understand it.

I was trying to draw her. I tried and tried and tried. But damn it didn't turn out right, not even because I totally fail at drawing real animals, but those pictures were just... pictures of a cat, not of HER. So I gave up and did something I talked about once, I'm not sure with who anymore - I made a gijinka of my daughter, of Gaara...

...and that was it.

Because when I think of her, what first comes to me (aside from all those weird positions she slept in) was the moment when I want to go upstairs and there I see Gaara, speeding down the staircase with my stocking, a long black stocking in her teeth... and all those moments when we would find that the cake we left on a kitchen table has been heavily decreased in quantity with Gaara hurriedly retreating form the kitchen as we walk in, or all the times when she would steal entire big parts of meat from the plates if you only let your guard down for a second....

I tried to make some sad picture of goodbye but it just... didn't fit her. Not to mention she'd most probably lose all the rests of respect towards me as her mother and a person if I let her be memorised in this way. She was in her prime and this is how it should be, this is what should be in my memory, in my heart - that silly rouge running after our dog, jumping on the cushions as if she went completely insane, stealing food, scratching me, snuggling with me, this lively stupid cat, that daughter of mine...

I have just came back from burying her. May the Goddess watch over her and take her to her heart....

I'll never forget you, you thief bitch... I love you.

Gaara~
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Comments: 16

chazzyluvergurl [2008-12-26 19:58:01 +0000 UTC]

Omg...The picture is so fun and made me smile but after reading the comments...my eyes are all tingly and I feel like crying because it's just so SAD. :<< I'm so sorry... But I do believe, after seeing what you said, that you did well with portraying your feelings for her and what her personality was like. It's a lovely drawing, and I think she would be honored. T___T You obviously put a lot of effort into it, and the outfit is very beautiful. I like the way you made her look, and her expression and pose show the personality you described, the utter glee in being naughty. It's a very impressive picture, actually. The shading is wonderful and the hands and arms are absolutely beautiful here. Perhaps they are even the best hands and arms you've drawn. You spent a lot of time on this, and it really shows. Everything you felt for you daughter really shows through how hard you worked on it; it has a lot of emotion and character to it. I think it's appropriate and a wonderful way to say goodbye, though you will never feel as though you properly said goodbye. I know my words do it no justice, but I just thought that you did a good job, and I can somewhat understand your pain.

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MazeruOkinata In reply to chazzyluvergurl [2008-12-26 22:03:09 +0000 UTC]

Haha, spent a lot of time on it, eh...? Well true, I ended up skipping all my classes for the day (which means 9 hours) just to draw it... so I guess it really did pay.
I hope she liked it as much as I do and that she understood all the intents behind it. I really hope she's happy now.. wherever she went to. I'm more than sure she's already being a major pain in there ass there, too Thank you for all the understanding and kind words... thanks.

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RyougirlBakura [2008-12-09 08:02:17 +0000 UTC]

aaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wow i love this eeeeeeeeeeeeeee sooo adorable eeeeee

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Dragon-Celtic-Chan [2008-12-05 17:15:25 +0000 UTC]

D: [pets]

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SamCyberCat [2008-12-03 13:10:16 +0000 UTC]

I'm very sorry that you lost Gaara, it's obvious that she was very important to you...

But I think this is a wonderful tribute to her. Even if you didn't draw her as an animal the aim to create a tribute to her was completed and in a way, drawing her in a style you feel most comfortable in is the best way to show how much she meant to you.

This is a wonderfully fun picture to represent the happy times. Her design and pose look very good, and I'm awfully impressed with stealing a whole ham. XD

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MazeruOkinata In reply to SamCyberCat [2008-12-13 09:10:21 +0000 UTC]

You bet she did... she was my daughter as I persistently point out, and I really loved her. No one will ever be able to replace her, she was one of a kind >< Yet I do have a new kitten now. And I think Gaara is rather proud of her little sister. She's already influenced by the presence that used to live in this place, as ridiculous as it sounds...

I hope she thinks so too. Thank you for reassuring me.. I might still draw her from time to time. She was a sweet child. I'll miss her..

And ham.. huh well she never stole a whole ham like this one, but she did steal one biig chicken fillet and ran away with it, ham was just because I suck at drawing fillets so that they would look like meat, not just some lump of unidentified material... XD''

Thank you so much ><

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G2MA288 [2008-12-03 10:58:19 +0000 UTC]

You'll have all the ham, cake, and stockings you want in heaven, Gaara!

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MazeruOkinata In reply to G2MA288 [2008-12-03 11:32:54 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I bet she already is causing quite the ruckus in there, she's the impish kind, I doubt even the hell would be able to deal with her....
Thank you....

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yuyufan13 [2008-12-03 03:00:38 +0000 UTC]

ohgod i cried.
i love this, it's gorgeous.
im sure she would have loved it.

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MazeruOkinata In reply to yuyufan13 [2008-12-03 05:50:59 +0000 UTC]

thank you..

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iheartsexymanjaden [2008-12-02 22:59:00 +0000 UTC]

oh honey i bet this is whαt she wαnted.
its α very beαutiful drαwing αnd the little story is, to me, funny when she tαkes your stocking. idk whαt she looked like but when i reαd it i could see her with your stocking running down the stαirs, αnd the steαling the meαt i deαl with thαt with my dogs.
αs α good bye pic, this is truely α beαutiful pic of the wαy she wαs αnd im sαying this with my heαrt αnd my soul.


αnd thαnx for this, cαuse it reminded me thαt i hαve to drαw the pic of my friend thαt died αlmost α yeαr αgo

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MazeruOkinata In reply to iheartsexymanjaden [2008-12-15 17:00:45 +0000 UTC]

Haha, well, the part definitely IS funny... we still laugh when we remember those small stuff... Our dog is a real angel >< She was the lovely demon of our family <3 ;v;
I'm glad people say it is a good way of showing tribute to her... thank you ><

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iheartsexymanjaden In reply to MazeruOkinata [2008-12-15 18:13:19 +0000 UTC]

your welcome hun! i do thαt too with Kαren. like the night before she died she αnd her husbαnd were playing scrαbble αnd she won. xD she wαnted the lαst gαme.

i do bαdly xD

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MazeruOkinata In reply to iheartsexymanjaden [2008-12-15 18:35:08 +0000 UTC]

wow... things like that... are somewhere between relieving and awful.... ><

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iheartsexymanjaden In reply to MazeruOkinata [2008-12-15 18:40:51 +0000 UTC]

oh i know, but its good to hαve the good memories.

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blackdeath2000 [2008-12-02 20:39:31 +0000 UTC]

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH T.T

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