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Published: 2011-06-06 18:28:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 8169; Favourites: 380; Downloads: 192
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So this was the second run at this particular painting.The first was looking great, coming out a lot like the Black Jackalope and then I tried to fix a particular bit, overworked the paper, and tore it off in a great soggy strip, an act which makes the art gods weep or point and laugh, depending on their particular bent.
After this grim experience, I started over again—the sketch appealed to me too much—and then I got this far and the one art voice that actually knows what it’s taking about rose up from the back of my skull and said “Stop. Now.” So I did, immediately, because if I have learned anything about art, it is that a surprisingly large percentage of it is knowing when to stop screwing with something.
Anyway, 8 x 8, watercolor pencil and clear gesso on top of print on hot-press watercolor paper sealed to board. Original is for sale and will go to upcoming con if somebody doesn't pounce on it first, and we have prints at Red Wombat Studio: [link]
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Comments: 29
It's so cute. And your description is perfect.
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I was just wondering, what's happening with his back legs? I can't tell at all sorry :<.
I love him 
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I just saw, I think his spine is all twisted. I don't think an animal can do that while keeping his front paws to one side :<, wouldn't he need to have his front legs a part a bit to support the twisting?
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That has got to be one of the cutest, realistic foxes I have seen. And he looks at you with those knowing eyes(probably because He has three tails and you don't.) Appropriate for a young kitsune.
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my art teachers never could agree with that little voice.
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Funny how I didn't equate this with watercolour pencils at first glance. I almost thought it might have been scratches on acrylic! In any case, this is amazing! Bravo!
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I have found few things more painful and ego-shattering than a failed attempt at art. Maybe getting dumped. The only thing to do is keep trying.
Nice work as always.
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if I have learned anything about art, it is that a surprisingly large percentage of it is knowing when to stop screwing with something.
That should be in a book somewhere. I love it! SO cute. And I really like the 'finished-but-not' feel to it.
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Nice. I think your art voice picked the perfect time to stop.
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thats what my dad taught me, stop before you screw it up :3
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Hey, it's a Keaton!
(They're a three-tailed fox-creature in one of the Legend of Zelda games. They like giving you riddles).
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"... it is that a surprisingly large percentage of it is knowing when to stop screwing with something."
True facts.
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That looks so good. I like the hatching and textures.
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