Comments: 102
YakasushiX [2010-09-30 23:18:31 +0000 UTC]
oh wow this is beautifull. i really love how everything flows together. i love the heads to you have awesome proportion!
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YakasushiX In reply to msklystron [2010-10-05 20:09:29 +0000 UTC]
oh really cool. i love how doodles can turn into a master peice
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YakasushiX In reply to msklystron [2010-10-07 01:11:38 +0000 UTC]
hehehe dont mention it buddy ^^
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Aurrum [2010-09-12 09:49:46 +0000 UTC]
hey, you've been featured here. [link]
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AmetsuchiDocchika In reply to msklystron [2010-05-11 21:31:40 +0000 UTC]
that's actually really interesting... that sort of colour spectrum is a neat idea~ <3
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PHarold [2010-03-15 16:47:54 +0000 UTC]
I love Iniut tales. I haven't heard of this one though.I mostly know about Sedna.And a few others involving Raven.
This is very lovely.The colours are so fitting and the creatures themselves are very haunting.
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PHarold In reply to msklystron [2010-03-17 04:54:17 +0000 UTC]
Not a problem. You're very welcome.
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Empressx35 [2009-11-24 18:05:55 +0000 UTC]
This is extremely gorgeous. Excellent work!
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bolsterstone [2009-06-20 06:12:55 +0000 UTC]
I'm seem to recall the mythos. Didn't they also have a connection with the spirit of the lost?
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msklystron In reply to bolsterstone [2009-06-20 20:04:21 +0000 UTC]
Wow, thanks for taking the time to ask.
The short answer is, an Inuit person would know better than I would. From what I can gather, the Qallupilluit are pretty typical cautionary tale characters, as are many Inuit mythological creatures. The unforgiving conditions of the north shaped the mythology to one mainly based on fear. The Qallupilluit tales keep Inuit children safe.
So, it seems to me that the Qallupilluit have more in common with Western bogeymen (who come after children who refuse to eat their dinner or go to bed on time) than mythological spirts, including Inuit mythological spirits. For instance, the sea goddess in many Inuit cultures is Sedna. In most stories, she was a maid who claimed no man was good enough to marry (in some tales she married a dog out of spite) and her father or her husband threw her overboard. Sedna's fingers were cut off when she tried to climb back into the boat. Her fingers became the seals and related sea mammals and she became their mistress under the sea. Cautionary tales are mainly designed to scare and protect, while spirit beliefs/myths set out to explain nature, the soul or creation. I suppose Qallupilluit may offer an explanation for Inuit children who go inexplicably missing, but there are also the invisible creatures who capture children, who wander alone on the tundra.
We don't know the backstory of the Qallupilluit as we do with Sedna. As far as I know, they aren't connected to Sedna's stories. They are just there, like bogeymen. All children are told is that Qallupilluit take those who venture near the ice into their amauti (a baby-carrying pouch built into inuit clothing). Until recently, Inuit stories were oral (or depicted in art), rather than written down, so there are many variations. In some versions Qallupilluit turned captured children into mermaids or killed them. Sometimes the sound of ice cracking underwater is said to be the Qallupilluit knocking -- in other words, a warning that it's a risky time to venture onto the ice. All versions appear to be designed to protect through fear.
Essay over.
My picture certainly might give the feeling of a spirit of lost souls. The creature seems to be offering shelter to the girls depicted. To me, folk tales can be jumping-off points for new stories or art (traditionalists would strongly disagree with me). Qallupilluit are usually described as foul-smelling and ugly, but to me, the scariest things can be very beautiful or alluring (like the Sirens in Homer's Illiad). I felt that these creatures might steal children of both sexes, perhaps making the boys into a soup, and/or using their bones to build undersea castles, and keeping the girls as mermaid servants or future Qallupilluit sisters. This is why only girls are pictured with the Qallupilluit in my painting.
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Solitudefox In reply to msklystron [2009-07-05 03:06:24 +0000 UTC]
That story used to make me scared for the girl a promise is a promise as a kid. and now that creature still scares me a bit.
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Solitudefox In reply to msklystron [2009-07-06 12:50:28 +0000 UTC]
Ha thank you for your comment.
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msklystron In reply to AriadneArca [2009-06-19 23:10:31 +0000 UTC]
My kids loved it! When my oldest daughters were small, we were lucky enough to attend a reading by Robert Munsch. Because of this I know the tune to Love You Forever, which is among my top 5 kids stories.
A Promise is a Promise is a scary story, but I loved the way the parents outsmarted the Qallupilluit. The illustrations were lovely too.
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unconsequential [2009-02-06 20:23:04 +0000 UTC]
wow hun thats beautiful
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DragonDriver5 [2008-11-19 21:31:35 +0000 UTC]
I *love* the colors on this!
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DragonDriver5 In reply to msklystron [2008-11-20 08:07:06 +0000 UTC]
hmm that's kinda interesting, cause we just went through a lesson yesterday in my photography class about how colour tones change in black and white, and how we can manipulate how photos look in B/W by changing the tones in B/W. I don't know if that made any sense, it's late.. lol
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msklystron In reply to DragonDriver5 [2008-11-20 14:53:27 +0000 UTC]
It makes a lot of sense. Movie directors before colour film was invented were experts at dealing with the problem of translating colour to B&W. Sometimes I take a photo or start and piece of art and think it would look good in B&W and it doesn't. Browns seem to be tricky...
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DragonDriver5 In reply to msklystron [2008-11-21 08:08:01 +0000 UTC]
hmm well that's very interesting! yeah I'm sure browns turn into medium tone grays when converted to b/w
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LadyZiel [2008-11-17 09:02:50 +0000 UTC]
I love the tones o.o Really amazing!
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bulloney [2008-11-04 22:53:58 +0000 UTC]
very cool!
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