Submitted by: Piglet
Posted: Mar 17, 2006 3:21 am
Completed: Feb 11, 2002
Galleries: Finished Work, Mythical Creatures, Original Art
Keywords: deer, animal, africa
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Being in South Africa, the springbok is a popular deer and this was commissioned by one of my bosses.
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 BogusRedTotal Posts: 3155Mar 17, 2006 7:31 amAre you sure you are ready for a roasting? Hehehe. ---
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 Piglet (Reply)Total Posts: 207Mar 20, 2006 3:55 amThanks, BogusRed. Actually the deer is not posing. It's a springbok, native only to South Africa and it is famous for it's high jumps. "Springbok" is actually Afrikaans for "Jump deer". It is in mid-air in this painting. --- |
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BogusRed (Reply)Total Posts: 3155Mar 20, 2006 9:52 amWell I didn't mean he was "posing" I just meant his position in the air was akward. I knew you were trying to obtain a jumping pose and the pose to me could be stronger. ---
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 WarSquirrelTotal Posts: 428Mar 17, 2006 7:21 pmTruly Excellent, man. --- The greatest story ever written. FORMERLY HALO MODDER (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
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Piglet (Reply)Total Posts: 207Mar 19, 2006 10:19 pmThanks for the critique Halo Modder. --- |
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 LilimayhemTotal Posts: 1478Mar 18, 2006 7:29 amthe background is INCREDIBLE. Awesome job there... really, i love this. But the deer...i dont know, he clashes with the background. I would have seen a grazing deer or maybe the deer staring right at us, as if he heard us... But the background, ahhh man, great! --- Dont take life too seriously, you're gonna die anyway... |
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Piglet (Reply)Total Posts: 207Jul 4, 2006 11:41 pmThanks a lot dremanontoppp! --- |
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 dremanontoppp (Reply)Total Posts: 28Jul 6, 2006 9:53 pmyou welcome!!!! |
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Piglet (Reply)Total Posts: 207Jul 6, 2006 11:07 pmI'll be keeping my eyes open! Cheers! --- |
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 merimaskTotal Posts: 82Aug 2, 2007 9:17 amLovely work. You've really captured the springbok in mid-leap. I especially love the warm tones. |
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Piglet (Reply)Total Posts: 207Aug 3, 2007 4:18 amHi Merimask. This is a watercolor with just a little pen. I did it on light watercolor paper, first doing a background wash. I then waited for it to dry and used a very rough dry-brush technique for the grass. I outlined the springbok in black Biro so he would stand out against the background. --- |
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kirayashaTotal Posts: 774Sep 7, 2007 4:47 amBeautiful lil springbok! I like the warm color palette you used. It's very much in keeping with what I remember Africa being like. Although, I would have made the sky blue rather than gold like you did. To me it looks too much like the savanna was on fire. Still, he's beautiful and if your boss liked it, that's great! |
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Piglet (Reply)Total Posts: 207Sep 10, 2007 4:08 amThanks for the comments. Factually, there is no sky in the background. It's all supposed to be dry grass. I'm not very good at backgrounds I'm afraid. --- |
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kirayasha (Reply)Total Posts: 774Sep 10, 2007 11:38 am*nods* I'm not all that great at backgrounds either. I'm wondering if you had made it look a bit more like grass it would have looked like it, then again I'm seeing online and not the original, so I don't know how detailed it was that never came through when you scanned it. |
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 OlimariTotal Posts: 29May 25, 2008 5:24 pmvery cute! ^^ springbocks are the looove @____@ |
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Piglet (Reply)Total Posts: 207May 26, 2008 4:49 amThank you! --- |
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 DahdtoudiTotal Posts: 446Oct 30, 2009 7:57 amThis is soooo beautiful and graceful, the colors are so warm too ^^ you did an amazing job here --- GAARA is the best! <3 ....you know it's true |
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Piglet (Reply)Total Posts: 207Nov 2, 2009 12:46 amThank you so much! --- |
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 SleyfTotal Posts: 61Mar 18, 2010 5:26 amI love the colour choices and the way you did the grass, it has a lot of depth and texture. I also like how your style is very clean and clear --- Spare a crumb. Please be kind and visit my gallery. |
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Piglet (Reply)Total Posts: 207Mar 19, 2010 12:06 amThanks so much Sleyf. --- |
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