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Description i was asked to do an image for children folklore book by a publishing company in my country but the fella never contacted me back after I submitted this :S so i was like what the hell, i'll just submit it to deviant.

the story about Timun Mas goes like this (pardon my english, i'm not good at it )

once upon a time, there was a farmer husband and wife. They lived in a village near the forest and were not gifted with a child. Everyday they

prayed to God, to give them a child. One day a giant passed by and heard the prayer. The giant decided to give them a seed of pickle. The giant

said "plant this seed, and you'll get a daughter. But there is a condition. Once she is turned 17, you must give her back to me."

The farmers did what they were told. And for many months, a golden pickle grew. And it grew bigger and larger for each days. When it is time to

sow, the farmers carefully cut the pickle. How surprised they were, for there is a beautiful baby girl inside the pickle. And they named her "Timun Mas".

Year by year passed by and Timun Mas grew to become beautiful and more beautiful, the farmers were very proud of her. But they were also

frightened because on her 17 birthday, the giant came to ask her back. The farmers tried to calm down, and told the giant to wait for a moment

while he and his wife planned an escape for Timun Mas. They gave her a small magic bag and told her to run away as fast as she could into the

forest. When the giant knew about the escape, He was very angry. He then destroyed the farmers house and ran chasing for Timun Mas.

Timun mas grabbed a handful of salt and she threw it on the ground. Suddenly the ground changed to a sea, and the giant had to swim accross.

She ran again but the giant managed to get close. this time she grabbed a handful of chilli and she trew to the giant. It grew to become sharp

bushes and trapped the giant inside. But the giant was so strong that he got out of it and continued chasing Timun Mas. Again the giant almost

caught her, so she grabbed the third item. It was pickle seeds, and so she threw it again on to the ground. And the seeds grew to become a yard

full of big pickles. Looking at those pickles, the giant felt hungry and eat all the pickles. For eaten to many pickle, the giant fell asleep and Timun

Mas continue to run away as fast as she could until she got tired. The worst thing is the giant woke up from his sleep and again he almost caught

Timun Mas. Frightened, she threw her last weapon a handful of "terasi" (Indonesian food ingredient made of shrimp) and the ground turned into

a large lake of mud. Panicked the giant tried averything he could to escape from the mud but the bottom was so deep that he finally drowned.

Timun Mas felt so relieved that she is now save. Then she returned to her parents aand live happily ever after.

enjoy
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Comments: 126

Podjok-Wajang [2011-01-11 18:27:01 +0000 UTC]

keren banget gambarnya... detil dan lembut banget
love it!

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dannyrizal [2009-12-11 17:42:09 +0000 UTC]

wow keren... dapet DD lagi.. awesome work

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kongstones [2009-11-02 04:52:33 +0000 UTC]

So Nice, Stv...

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andros1 [2009-10-03 00:33:17 +0000 UTC]

love it

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StevenZ In reply to andros1 [2009-10-12 06:29:42 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Invader-Shi [2009-10-02 23:51:17 +0000 UTC]

That's an awesome story!
The picture looks awesome too. Though what is it that she's dropping?

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StevenZ In reply to Invader-Shi [2009-10-12 06:29:07 +0000 UTC]

thanks,
well actually those are needles that she dropped, different from the story i know, but there are many version of the story, n the publisher that asked me too draw this wants needles

well thanks anyway

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Invader-Shi In reply to StevenZ [2009-10-12 20:45:24 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I see.
You're welcome! ^-^

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annaleroy8 [2009-10-02 23:02:02 +0000 UTC]

You did a wonderful job of telling such a neat story. Your picture help me see it in my mind.

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StevenZ In reply to annaleroy8 [2009-10-12 06:26:58 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad u enjoy it,

thanks

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Captain-Paulo [2009-10-02 23:00:35 +0000 UTC]

amazing job!

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StevenZ In reply to Captain-Paulo [2009-10-12 06:26:22 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Mutoh [2009-10-02 22:52:07 +0000 UTC]

And I thought that this demon guy was Hellboy

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kindfullove12 In reply to Mutoh [2009-10-02 23:40:00 +0000 UTC]

so that's what the giant reminded me of!

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Mutoh In reply to kindfullove12 [2009-10-02 23:50:06 +0000 UTC]

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StevenZ In reply to Mutoh [2009-10-12 06:25:58 +0000 UTC]

after I read your comment I just realize it. it does look like hell boy, never occur to me the first time i drew the monster, i just thought that red color would make the monster looks angry and stands out well thanks for passing by

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Mutoh In reply to StevenZ [2009-10-12 22:24:47 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! c:

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FakeKraid [2009-10-02 22:22:47 +0000 UTC]

I love folklore; in the simple chains of events they present, they teach us about the world without falling into allegory.

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StevenZ In reply to FakeKraid [2009-10-12 06:23:30 +0000 UTC]

ya

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maumse [2009-10-02 19:13:40 +0000 UTC]

Your style is awesome. :3

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StevenZ In reply to maumse [2009-10-12 06:23:18 +0000 UTC]

thanks, still trying to develop it more

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CloveRse [2009-10-02 18:16:33 +0000 UTC]

waahh dongeng jaman sd...hehe
bagus bo, tapi versi barang2 yang dilempar macem2 yah, bingung yang bener yang mana..

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StevenZ In reply to CloveRse [2009-10-12 06:22:32 +0000 UTC]

iya di inet aja bisa ada 3 versi kali, huehuehue thanks dah mampir yo

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AprilEchidna [2009-10-02 17:14:21 +0000 UTC]

That's such a great story!

And this picture is awesome. I really love the perspective. Pops out at you

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StevenZ In reply to AprilEchidna [2009-10-12 06:21:49 +0000 UTC]

the story is a fairy tale, I just try to put it in a picture thanks for passing by

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Lupilstinskin [2009-10-02 16:08:11 +0000 UTC]

WOW!!! great vector art!

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StevenZ In reply to Lupilstinskin [2009-10-12 06:20:54 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Lupilstinskin In reply to StevenZ [2009-10-12 16:11:13 +0000 UTC]

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Exahall [2009-10-02 16:07:01 +0000 UTC]

I know that story! in my country it's called 'The Cucumbergirl'

when I saw this pic, it reminded me of the story, and when I clicked on it, I was so suprised to actually find the story! amazing art, it totally fits! you are so getting my fave ^^

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StevenZ In reply to Exahall [2009-10-12 06:20:46 +0000 UTC]

thank u n thanks for the fave

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Exahall In reply to StevenZ [2009-10-16 23:36:06 +0000 UTC]

you're very welcome ^^

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TheBeardedComic [2009-10-02 15:35:24 +0000 UTC]

This would have done that book a lot of justice! IT's unfortunate he never contacted you back.

Great job!

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StevenZ In reply to TheBeardedComic [2009-10-12 06:20:03 +0000 UTC]

ya I think so too, better to put it up here

thanks

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TheBeardedComic In reply to StevenZ [2009-10-12 06:30:49 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome .

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neekoninja [2009-10-02 15:22:29 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you put it up here its realy good!

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StevenZ In reply to neekoninja [2009-10-12 06:18:46 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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neekoninja In reply to StevenZ [2009-10-13 02:44:02 +0000 UTC]

welcomes

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Allatwan [2009-10-02 12:59:23 +0000 UTC]

OMG, sooooo pretty! But that reminds me of two other stories:
The first one is from Morocco. A widow without children had the same thing: a witch came, gaver her a seed, and told her that on her daughter's 16th b-day, she would take her back. The girl grew up, and on her 16th b-day, the witch took her away to her palace in the desert to become her servant. But every day, the girl heard someone cry in a secret room she was forbidden to open. One day, she opened it and found out that the witch had kidnapped a prince and planned to eat him later. They became friends and decided to escape. So one day, the prince told her that the witch had a necklace that she had to steal for them to escape. While she was helping the witch bath, she stole the necklace and left with the prince. But the witch was after them! So every time she was getting closer, they would throw a bead and some sort of natural obstacle would come between them, depending of the bead's colour (blue= a lake, green= a forest, etc). Eventually, the witch dies- I forgot how- and the girl goes back to her village and goes to her mom- and marries the prince in the end, and they all live happily ever after! ^^
There's also a Russian tale like that- I think it's Baba Yaga- and a French one from the South-West, about a young man who become's a warlock's apprentice and falls in love with his eldest daughter. But the warlock wants to marry her to a stronger wizard- so they escape together and throw off various things the girl is wearing, but the wizard keeps on changing forms. In the end, she throws off her belt which turns into a stream, and they eat the wizard when he turns into a fish. ^^
It's funny to see all those variations of the same universal tale!

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StevenZ In reply to Allatwan [2009-10-12 06:18:28 +0000 UTC]

wow, I didn't know that, well I knew baba-yaga's tale but I forgot bout the story, i was a small kid when i first read that tale.

well thanks for the information n thanks for passing by

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Allatwan In reply to StevenZ [2009-10-12 15:48:59 +0000 UTC]

lol, ur welcome!

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el-e [2009-10-02 12:10:28 +0000 UTC]

lovely work:]

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StevenZ In reply to el-e [2009-10-12 06:10:58 +0000 UTC]

thank u

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el-e In reply to StevenZ [2009-10-12 17:30:25 +0000 UTC]

no problem:]

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caranette [2009-10-02 10:55:17 +0000 UTC]

keren bgd karyanya! covernya cocok bgd sm critanya timun mas. penerbitnya aneh ga mau terima ini. ckck.

Congrats on the DD too!

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StevenZ In reply to caranette [2009-10-12 06:10:45 +0000 UTC]

tau deh penerbit di sini semuanya juga gitu maunya untung sendiri, huehuehue thanks ya dah mampir

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caranette In reply to StevenZ [2009-10-17 17:04:06 +0000 UTC]

sama2! suksess yaa.

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Wytherwing [2009-10-02 10:01:47 +0000 UTC]

wonderful work and congrats to you on your DD!

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StevenZ In reply to Wytherwing [2009-10-12 06:09:56 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Wytherwing In reply to StevenZ [2009-10-12 10:15:14 +0000 UTC]

you're very welcome

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sorceressmyr [2009-10-02 09:21:13 +0000 UTC]

epik!
keren euy..

oia, selamet dapet DD yah ^^

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