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Description From p. 345 of Watership Down by Richard Adams:

Woundwort had every advantage. He sat secure at the junction of all paths, seeing clearly down each, while he, Bigwig, ludicrous in his efforts to measure up to him as an enemy, clambered clumsily and ignorantly through the undergrowth, betraying himself with every movement.

Finished version of this: [link]

Present in this picture are Bigwig and Hyzenthlay; General Woundwort; Kehaar; the Black Rabbit of Inle; a group of Efrafan does (the one looking over the edge is Thrayonlosa); Blackavar; and a group of Watership rabbits including Hazel, Blackberry, Fiver, Silver, Dandelion, Bluebell and... whoever that boring brown one is. Acorn or somebody.


2011, oil pastel, acrylic and colored pencils on black paper.
Happy Year of the Rabbit, everyone!
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Comments: 28

Hyzenthlay69 [2013-09-26 09:13:06 +0000 UTC]

Wonderfully shaded, intense and beautifully rendered artwork.

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OrchidRex In reply to Hyzenthlay69 [2013-11-10 04:48:00 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that's a lot of nice words in one comment. :3 Thank you!

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Shaydeelady [2013-01-21 10:12:16 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work.

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OrchidRex In reply to Shaydeelady [2013-01-23 00:59:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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ArchaicMosaic [2011-10-27 01:56:22 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful piece. Hope you've got some more Watership Down pieces in the works!!

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OrchidRex In reply to ArchaicMosaic [2011-10-27 17:24:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I know I'll do more eventually. It's such a beautiful story.

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Onestormylove [2011-01-14 23:06:22 +0000 UTC]

This is so wonderful, I finished my book but sadly lost it while we moved XD

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OrchidRex In reply to Onestormylove [2011-01-15 06:15:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. It's my favorite book, probably, but I didn't own it until fairly recently. It's sad you lost yours, it's such a keeper.

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Onestormylove In reply to OrchidRex [2011-01-15 17:05:11 +0000 UTC]

yeh, I am sure my book will turn up, I have a few ideas on where it might be, and the book is really wonderful.

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DawnroseofRedwall [2011-01-13 20:44:57 +0000 UTC]

Happy New Year,sweety!

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OrchidRex In reply to DawnroseofRedwall [2011-01-14 18:31:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! <3 (And oh my gosh, I love Redwall.)

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DawnroseofRedwall In reply to OrchidRex [2011-01-14 20:11:31 +0000 UTC]

You do?Well,that's great!

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Varjokani [2011-01-13 18:06:58 +0000 UTC]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.. They are all so cute and fluffy. I just love this pic! You did awesome work! I love this, and I love you for drawing it.

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OrchidRex In reply to Varjokani [2011-01-14 18:34:54 +0000 UTC]

D'aw ^_^ Thank you so much! It was difficult; the paper started breaking down toward the end from too much erasing. I'm glad the final product turned out all right.

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Varjokani In reply to OrchidRex [2011-01-14 18:37:24 +0000 UTC]

Poor you.. I know. The paper always fails for me so badly that the picture looks horrible. But you did awesome work.

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OrchidRex In reply to Varjokani [2011-01-14 18:44:03 +0000 UTC]

Awww. I've lost some otherwise good pictures to this, as well. This one destroyed Blackberry's face a few times, among other things. xD But enough white-out and black colored pencil can fix almost anything. I appreciate the compliments. :<3:

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Varjokani In reply to OrchidRex [2011-01-14 18:45:53 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome. I just happend to love WSD.

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cinnarabbit913 [2011-01-13 06:10:23 +0000 UTC]

awesome!

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OrchidRex In reply to cinnarabbit913 [2011-01-14 18:39:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Nalan-the-Grey [2011-01-13 04:21:22 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I kind of want to read this book now! This is really well done

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OrchidRex In reply to Nalan-the-Grey [2011-01-14 18:35:52 +0000 UTC]

READ IT. It's so worthwhile. You can borrow my copy. And thank you!

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Shadyufo [2011-01-13 04:13:37 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous piece! Very striking!

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OrchidRex In reply to Shadyufo [2011-01-14 18:39:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I haven't attempted anything this complicated in a while, so I'm really glad people like it.

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HypotheticalHare [2011-01-13 03:58:32 +0000 UTC]

Very nice!

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OrchidRex In reply to HypotheticalHare [2011-01-14 18:38:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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airagorncharda [2011-01-13 03:14:51 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, you're pretty much awesome, dude.

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OrchidRex In reply to airagorncharda [2011-01-14 18:37:47 +0000 UTC]

<3 I'll draw something relevant to your interests next. Someday, though, I WILL read you this book.

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airagorncharda In reply to OrchidRex [2011-01-14 20:06:32 +0000 UTC]

Yaya, and yes, I know.

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