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Velvet Season
Published: 2008-04-19 15:39:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 10506; Favourites: 322; Downloads: 0
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Even jackelopes have to drop their antlers at some point.
Kaneen character and artwork copyright to m'self. Watercolours, coloured pencil, pastels and a slosh of Photoshop for the layout.
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Thanks! I really want to draw a jackelope stripping the velvet from new antlers as well, but that involves a little more research first.
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I absolutely love your choice of composition in this, and I especially adore how almost fae-like he is.
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This is still one of my own personal favourite things I ever did. Mostly because it just all happened as if by accident. I love it when pictures sort of build themselves around a single point.
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Funny how that seems to work out half the time. Some of my favorite pieces were entirely unpremeditated as well, so I know how that goes very well. Something about intuition guiding the hand makes the imagery more potent and fit better.
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My pleasure. You're always very welcome!
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Hauntingly beautiful. It evokes the same kind of sense of dreamlike myth as the books of Alan Garner, Charles DeLint and Robert Holdstock.
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That's possibly one of the nicest things you could have said - I love Charles de Lint. Have you ever read Terri Windling? Her novel The Wood Wife was the thing I was reading just before painting this.
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Oh, I love the Wood Wife. My late wife lived in New Mexico for 10 years and said how well it evoked the essesnce of the SouthWest.
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The Wood Wife is a very serious contender for my favourite book in the whole world. It's always a treat to meet someone who's even heard of it, let alone who also loves it!
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have you read Robert Holdtock's 'Mythago wood' series?
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I haven't. But if you're recommending it, I shall certainly try to track it down. What do you like about it?
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where to start? The way it suggests that we are tied to the land and landscape on a level far deeper than our waking, concious minds can percieve. The descriptions of smell, textures etc are almost visceral, it touches upon myth in a Jungian maner, and for me as a reader it has that way of making you experience the story, when the characters are under threat, your heart quickens, and you are drawn into the narative, feverisly reading, turning pages desperate to see what happens next.
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Now that's an endorsement!
I am also fond of Jung's methods and writings so this is definitely sounding like a good option for me. Having glanced at Wikipedia I see there are a whole set of them. Always good, if a good series (like the Newford series) has a lot for readers to embark upon.
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You managed to combine cute with elegant seamlessly. The creature's body language is beautifully expressive, and its anatomy has an almost human-like quality without being typically "anthro."
And as for the colouring? Simply beautiful. 
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Thankyou
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Aaaah yes, I love it when art doesn't come out exactly the way you want it to, but BETTER. Most of my better art came into existance that way.
You're welcome
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that is awesome......i have never heard of a jackelope though
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Well well done to you, O purveyor of disturbing lapine delights!
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Very pretty, I can see why it got Deviation of the Day.
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the coolness is not imaginary
even though the jackelope is
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Congratulations on the DD, this is a stunning piece of work. The perspective of the trees is amazing and the detail on the fur is brilliant, I don't know how you achieved that with watercolour, you are a genius!
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Thankyou very much.
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You're welcome !
And ohh I see now, thankyou for the reply.
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.... Jackalopes are real. I've seen one. D: No really.
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Lol. It was so weird! My Mom and I were in Oregon and suddenly we saw a rabbit with antlers run across the road! We've never seen one again, and it was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience! I never even knew they were "mythical" creatures until now! @.@
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This is beautiful! It's rare to see jackalope anthros, and to see one so well done... *applauds* You definitely deserve the DD! Congrats!
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hell, i'd use that place as my forte and sanctuary too! away from people who would like.... ..... like..... ya... whatever made (goodfellow) look like that owo
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Unusual subject matter to be sure, but I think it was very well done. To be honest, I haven't ever been highly impressed by renderings of jackalopes, until now. This very soft, and you used a muted, naturally occurring palette which makes this creature a lot more believable. The face is also very well drawn, and i am glad you didn't do the usual "beady eye" look that most people give a jackalope, which gives your piece a real sense of being alive. Well done, and a well deserved daily deviation
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Thankyou for your thoughtful and detailed comment - always much appreciated!
...by the way, your signatures make me giggle.
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I think are are the most important part of a piece. Eyes that are not well rendered can ruin it sometimes.
I'm glad you like the signature...lots of people tell me they get a laugh from it
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Amazing composition and details on there. This sure came out nicely.
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Thankyou, I'm really glad you think so!
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This is featured in my journal [link]
If you would like it removed, just ask and it will be done 
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Thankyou very much, I'm very flattered to have been featured in your journal!
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What beautiful soft colors - it looks incredibly adorable.
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