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tarkheki — Swan and Turkey
Published: 2008-07-26 17:05:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 2955; Favourites: 97; Downloads: 69
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Commission for a friend.
Depicting here a Swan and a Turkey.
I really was happy with this one- the inlay of the turkey in the swan went well, all the while keeping the shades and tones actual to the bird.
I was very proud of myself.
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Comments: 42
Very masterfully done, conceptually and technically!
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Proud? And rightly so. This is very good. I like it a lot.
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Interesting indeed! Is there a folkloric legend behind this pair of fowl?
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No, it was just a commission for a friend.
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This designs of yours are quite intersting. Its took me a while to see both bird sin the circle. Like a crest.
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Well, it is exactly just that! A crest!
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very nice, i love the white on black and the roundness and the square frame.
Is that a mute swan? those things are bullies and have killed most of the native swans over here and pick on all the other native birds
I will be drawing a trumpeter swan soon.
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Actually, it's a Tundra Swan- the bulge on the beak DOES make it look more like a Mute swan though. Without the bulge, more people thought it was a goose then a swan, so I had to go with it.
Yay! I would love to see you do a Trumpeter! XD
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That's such a pretty design. I wish I had your talent to draw beautiful designs like that.
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Excellent, you truly are a master of the style and a tribute to the ancients that produced this work in their culture.
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I am very humbled by your high praise. Thank you so kindly!
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Lovelovelove this!!! 
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I thought you were going to like it... you have become sinonymous wiht "Swan" in my head. XD
No prob! I'll drop her a line. XD
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Wow, the turkey is especially beautiful!
A little-known fact from United States history:
Benjamin Franklin (credited as one of the "Founding Fathers") had opposed naming the bald eagle as the national bird, for he considered it a bird of "bad moral character...a rank coward." Franklin instead proposed that the national bird should be the turkey, pointing out that it was "a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America...a bird of courage".
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Hey Tark, how come a lot of Salish art pieces often have hidden faces?
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So pretty. Everything you make causes me to want to try it! Expect a positive/negative space study soon. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Thank you! Doing a lot of Life Drawing really helps with the positive/negative identification. It's a lot of work, but well worth it! XD
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Yeah, I've always been more of a "color" person as opposed to shapes... I've always wanted to try a pos/neg.
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It's amazing how you make everything fit together
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Thank you! Takes a long time to learn how, but it's worth it!
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nicely done! but dosen't the swan hve more spirits inside him?
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I didn't think I would see a nice depiction of a turkey. Especially in the same picture with a swan.
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Sadly, a lot of Western principles are infused when selecting pieces for galleries and other industrial uses... so culturally, some of the animals get "lost" becuase they don't appeal to the other cultures.
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gobble + honk = gonk = hobble
sorry, couldn't resist
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Swans don't honk... they hiss and bite!
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That's very creative. I like the roundness of it all.
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It's amazing that you can do this! I'd just get confused halfway through. 
I've always loved images like this.
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Yup!
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