HOME | DD
Ravenari — Taipan - Totem
Published: 2008-04-11 01:28:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 2013; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 99
Redirect to original
Description
Taipan as TotemThis picture was a bit of a nightmare to colour, and while I don't like it much, my whole family is in love with it. Lol. That's always the way. The ones I like, no one else does. The ones I don't like, they do!
Anyway, taipan represents the power of reputation to do your job for you, among other things, you can read the totem file here:
[link]
-
illo's board, fineliner, texta, pencil, aquarelle
Related content
Comments: 29
Are the colored dots along the snakes spine intended to correspond with the chakras or am I imagining things?
The fine detail of the scales is ASTOUNDING!!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
*nods* Yeah the coloured dots are meant to correspond with chakras and also the concept of the rainbow serpent - which I see all Australian snakes being connected to.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
The rainbow serpent? I've not heard of the rainbow serpent before.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Very cool work.. LOVE IT! 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Heh, thank you. So glad you like it! 
And that is a lot of fire in your life.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I like this one too 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I have to agree with your family, this is a very beautiful drawing, wonderful colors and design...
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
OOh lovely texture on the snake, I'm not fond of '
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I think the background colour looks a little... scrubbier than usual? Like your pink pencil is of a lower quality than the others. Aside from that it's great though, I like the pose of the snake. The downward angle makes it look very powerful (presumably because subconsciously we all assume it's being assissted by gravity).
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yeah, I think the sharpening I used in photoshop to bring out the scales on the snake, also brought out some of the 'texture' in the colouring. It's not so visible in real life, not that it matters though. You're right, it is a bit scrubbier.
Thank you!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This is a very beautiful drawing. I also like the dots and scales on the snake. His face is very realistic.
I do have a suggestion though. I believe the drawing would look better if flipped, with the snake pointing upwards. When something is pointed downward, it's more negative. If the snake faced up, this drawing would have positive direction.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Why is something more negative if pointed downwards?
I personally see it as symbolic of choosing to go beneath the surface, and taipan, being one the most venomous land snakes in the world; and connected to Chthonic earth mysteries, would have a more challenging energy than an uplifting one I think.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
It's just something I've been taught as a designer, but now that you've explained more about the snake and the symbolism, I can understand what the direction represents. Rules can be broken.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Ah, I don't really think of myself as a designer, I think of myself as a spiritualist / pagan (I'd be a crap designer! Which is ironic, my stepdad works in graphic design, lol). But in my spiritality, inversion can be positive. I think even in Wicca, during second initiation training, the initiate wears an inverted pentagram to symbolise the descent to the underworld and understanding of mysteries like death and rebirth.
I suppose in the mainstream, those sorts of symbols would be considered quite negative.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
That reminds me to take into consideration other people's perspective. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and I hope to see more of your work in the future.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Gonna have to agree with your fam on this one-beautiful snake
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I wonder why it is that the pieces the maker loves are so often overlooked, and the ones they dislike become so popular. Strange, neh? ;3
This is really lovely though! Those scales are wonderful and the colors are just great!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Very strange! But oh well. I suppose I just will always love the black and white of this darling more, and may upload it to scraps where the other black and white versions go.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Please do, I'd like to see it!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1