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ursulav — Dragon, Turnip, Lollipop
Published: 2004-11-30 00:04:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 15684; Favourites: 342; Downloads: 1846
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Here, for your amusement, a morality tale in one act, like the vanitas paintings of the Renaissance, where a lush still-life of fruit would contain a skull or a fly or something similiar as a reminder of mortality. In this piece, the dragon enjoys the lusciously striped lollipop, and all is right with the world...but below, lurking, the turnip hulks as a grim reminder of the mortality of tooth enamel, a vegetative commandment to Eat Your Veggies, Clean Your Plate and not indulge in too many sweets, a dark and rooty harbinger of dental visits to come.Or possibly I just have this slight obsession with turnips. But either way.
Quite a small piece, 5 x 7, acrylic on clayboard, hammered out before the convention. It is for sale! Drop a note or visit [link] and I also have prints available.
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love it! but now i kinda wanna make it into a hoodie.
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ahahahahah i love the absurdity!! its fantastic and amazing and awesome and hilarious!!!!
<3
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Wow... I think I've seen this somewhere... That's weird, but yeah I got this feeling of Deja Vu... Is this one like maybe featured in a book somewhere or something?
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I love the way you have drawn the dragon..really well done.
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The picture is neat, but honestly I think the description much more clever than the actual art.
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I'm officially obessed with this dragons tongue...
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Or you could try drawing a sugar beet... they look a little like turnips and maybe it would've beed more like "The history of lollipops" or something like that :3 Sugar beets are tasty too!
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Hi There!
You have just earned yourself an O.D.D. ! 
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The turnip is waiting... (further commenting would result in a vague sense of maturity)
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I think by far my favourite part of this whole scene is the dragon's tongue and how she's(?) swirling it all around the lollipop to get every last bit of sweetness in one lick.
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Turnips are cool... The seeds are cheap, they grow in 6 days, and you can harvest a lot of them in the spring! ...sorry, got kind of carried away there. I like the shade of green you chose for this, too.
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your imagination is more amazing everyday, and youyr art is so funny and beautifull!!
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lol i saw the title and thought.. HUH?! wtf?
i see the picture and think: title says it all 
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"lovley" said the hypochondriac as he ran off to the dentist's office
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amusing to begin with, doubly so with that description
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You've done it again! I never know what to say about your work, for I'm often left speechless. You have an amazing imagination, incredible talent and technique! I fall in love with almost all of your creations and this one is no different... the concept, colors and cute little dragon steal my heart, as most of your work does! Thanks for the glorious artwork!
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wow... very nice like the detail, you lighting work gives it good depth look like a sculpture
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Nice one, Ursula....I always wonder how your hooded characters ever see from behind the hood...LOL. I enjoy seeing your newest endeavors as I log into my DevWatch and reading your descriptions.
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if you have problems with turnips, i do know a few support groups that you might be able to get in on and stuff.....
lemme know if you want the info....
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lol! this is so cute... i love the combination and the chomical dragon...
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ooo this reminds me alot of your pied ant eater its really good, and i love the randomness of the turnip!!
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Mnnn, ^^ hood over eyes so he thinks no one would see??? XD!!!!!!!!! Just kidding, this is soo cute!! Never tried turnips though.....
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What I wanna know is... why the weird obsession with hiding the eyes?
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One of those small indulgences in life that we all enjoy once in a while. Either that, or turnips have their own mandate of taking over the world 
rT
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A saying comes to mind..
Stranger's candy is sweetest
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aw you have the neatest way of teaching morals ^_^
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Aaaahhhg! Thats adorable! ^____________^ Can I adopt him as my own?! I love his cloak, and the shading/shiny details! ^_^ Awsome work! (As usual)
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XD as if the pictures weren't amusing enough, you always have the most interesting comments on them ^^ Love it, especially the robe, for some reason...just strikes me as cool.
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And to think lollipops are a dragon's guilty pleasure... 
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The dragon is unaware of the fearsome turnip...definatly a cute pictue!
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"....Chocolate lollipops? I don't think that's... scientifically possible."
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Oh man, the curling tongue is priceless. I wish I could eat lollipops like that.
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Great idea, very cute. And yes, just a slight obsession with turnips
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If you had sanity toi begin with, I'd question it.
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rofl - its the description that makes this piece - nice work
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I can relate to that.... ate too many sweets as a kid... paying in cavities for it now...
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