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Inspired by the stories of feral children raised by animals. I'm a bit jealous.Art © B. Veenstra
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Wow, dolphins are one of my favorite animals! Great job!
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Ever read Music Of Dolphins? Your picture reminds me of it!
It's beautiful
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Yes, that book was a source of inspiration for this piece! Thank you!
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Wow, you have a realy unique style O o O , Like, like
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Ah! Look at that! Very good! It reminds me of "Music of the Dolphins" by Karen Hesse (ironically, the main character is raised by dolphins)
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Thanks! And that's the novel that inspired this, actually.
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Daaaang, when I first saw this, I thought it was a traditional painting!
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Yeah, that book was actually one of the contributing influences to do this piece.
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Yep! I read it several times as a child.
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It was quite good, huh?
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It was an easy read, but yes it was good ^^
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I'm jealous too. I can't decide if I would've liked being raised by wolves or dolphins better though. I like how the water looks like the inside of an oyster shell.
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Yeah, I'm equally torn between those two as well. There are definite disadvantages to the whoel ocean thing (barnacles, so much salt!) but still, they're DOLPHINS.
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Indeed! And the disadvantages to the wolves would be the rough weather... but I like the cold better.
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I'm jealous too. Wonderful colouring, I love the softness of this. Lovely job!
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I think I saw an episode of South Park similar to this....
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I KNO RITE.
Dumb kids. So not fair.
Like MOGLI(sp). Omg! Wolf-child! D:
And he turned out just fine in the end too.
Not like in most stories where the kids end up dying when they take them out of the wilderness. XD;
ANYWAY.
Lovely, lovely picture Zeelee! I LOVE how the water looks! And the dolphins! <33 I can't draw those. :C But you did quite excellent!
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I like drawing water. XD
I personally think that if the child has been raised by wild animals for a good many years, they should be left alone with their animal family. Otherwise they're most likely past the developmental stages crucial for learning verbal language and social structures, and will NEVER be able to fit into society. It's cruel to keep them locked up and confused when they could be free and content with their animal family. Granted, humans can protect them from disease and disaster, but I think the lesser of the two evils would be natural disease and disaster. Not man-made captivity.
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AGREED. Man just thinks they can take such control over things. It's quite sad really. /:
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man that might not be so good, what happens when she wants to mate :/
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Then the Sci-Fi Channel makes an original movie about a half-human half-dolphin monster plaguing some little sea harbor.
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that would be her son lol take that little sea harbor !
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Awesome job my friend. I love the textures and colors in this. You have a unique style with a traditional feel, it's very nice. well done and effective composition.
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Beautiful peice; your colors are well put together and the textures are lovely. The only thing is the the girl is a bit awkward; she doesn't seem to mesh with the rest of the scene. Just from the way you drew her, that's all. It would stand fine on its own with just the dolphins, probably.
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You know, I noticed that too! I was trying to figure out what it was, and ended up thinking it's because she seems a little bit more 3-dimensional than the rest of the piece.
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Yes, actually, that's probably why. The line weight is also a little heavier. But it's not really a big deal; the painting is still beautiful.
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The lady of the dolphins. Very nice. XD
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Aye! And thank you! ^^
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Hey! I just noticed that the girl looks a lot like Cosette on the Poster for Les Miserables.
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Really? I'll have to Google her to see...
Ahh, you're right! She really does!
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I just love the long and flowing hair so much. :]
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Bottle noses used to be my favorite animal as a kid. Awwww the memories.
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Mine too! Well, they still are one of my favorites. I could never really choose just one. But I've made it my person goal to swim with them at some point. I'm not allowed to die until I do. ^^
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I did that! When I was 13 I swam with them at sea world down in Florida. It was seriously amazing.
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-Jealous!- Naw, someday I'll swim with them.
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You should go to FL, USA then...you can do that down there
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My boyfriend promised me on our honeymoon we can go to a place where we can swim with them. I know a lot of them are located in southern Florida by the Keys. They've even got the Dolphin Research Center there, too. One day!
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You've been featured in an article called "Exceptionally Digital, Part 1"! [link]
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