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'Ceremonial Repose' for the 2011 Werewolf Calendar"Werewolf courtship and mating can be a beautifully elaborate and dangerous time of werewolf's life. Wild werewolf males will compete for female attention through extensively elaborate displays of body painting and hand crafted jewelry as well as tiresome marathons of dancing displays meant to lure the attention of individual females. Werewolves will braid their pelts and adorn them with multicolor ribbons of beads made from different materials. When dancing, beads of glass, wood, and stone will rub and hit against each other eliciting a rhythmic sound meant to accompany their individual courtship dance. Feathers of birds native to the region, often dyed with naturally found pigments, will also be braided into and attached to their pelt. As wild werewolves require camouflage to hunt, they will rarely adorn themselves with wildly colorful displays of jewelry and feathers thus making courtship all the more a special event in werewolf life; a chance for each werewolf to stand out as an individual."
Orders are now open for this unique project, now in it's 4th year of publication thanks to folks like you! If you want to find out more about the project, purchase, or just see the other artwork's in this year's calendar, please visit us at: The Official Werewolf Calendar website
Orders are open until November 12th of this year, after which only a very limited number of calendars may be available.
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Having always avoided the 'Native American' flavor of werewolves, for fear of trespassing on other's foundations of the idea, I have decided to give it a go this time around as the idea presented itself very strongly. Hope you folks enjoy. This has been sitting around more or less finished for sometime, but I wasn't happy with some of the minor details until now C:.
Technical Details:
Size: 6300 x 4500 pixels at 300 dpi
Tools: Photoshop and wacom intuos 3
Prints: Find prints in my store at [link]
Thank you for stopping by to have a look!
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Comments: 149
Lacee-Shaw [2010-10-12 04:38:10 +0000 UTC]
Stunning work. I also really enjoyed the excerpt in your description. It makes the picture make sense.
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DawnFrost [2010-10-12 03:26:41 +0000 UTC]
the detail you put into this piece is just mind blowing. I honestly thought it might be a photo manipulation b/c of how real everything looks. Fabulous job.
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Xena-Michele [2010-10-12 02:49:39 +0000 UTC]
Stunning work. Absolutely beautiful. I love the colours and the texture of the fur and feathers... And the beads! This is gorgeous. I adore it. Kudos, love, kudos.
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awsmdragonqueen [2010-10-12 02:29:29 +0000 UTC]
Very amazing piece! i love the amazing realism and detail (his eye! and the fur) but what's more striking to me is the antler-adornment. I can see it as being a triumph for a werewolf (his kill of a large animal) as well as tribute to the animal, and creativity on the werewolf's part.... it's just such a unique idea on top of the native american theme of some of his other adornments. beautiful!
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Talking-Fish [2010-10-12 02:01:24 +0000 UTC]
Wow.....
The amount of detail in this is absolutely crazy along with the shading and just
Wow
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Aridax [2010-10-12 02:00:11 +0000 UTC]
Just beautiful... I wonder why the courtship dancing could be dangerous.
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Meoquanee-xx [2010-10-12 01:53:33 +0000 UTC]
Omigawsh, everything in this picture contains favorite things of mine 8D Wolves, Native American ANYTHING, deer!, colorfuls! This is so AWESOME, I am favoriting!
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TristaBloodcourt [2010-10-12 01:52:47 +0000 UTC]
Love love love this!! I think you did right by introducing a " Native American flavor"! Thank you for creating this!
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kaniz-lupuz In reply to ??? [2010-10-12 00:25:36 +0000 UTC]
damn, this is really good! the fur, face and the eyes looks soo real! its outstanting, exellent job lady, keep it up !
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Zaluke [2010-10-12 00:25:31 +0000 UTC]
Simply stunning work this year my gosh this just wowzers great job breathtaking too
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ssantara [2010-10-11 21:46:21 +0000 UTC]
Love this! Have to say this is my favorite piece you have done..... but I'm bias of course!
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WildberryPassion [2010-10-11 21:25:17 +0000 UTC]
So long have I been waiting to see this gorgeous piece polished to the very last amazing detail! But it still keeps be wondering how the heck are these antlers binded to his head as this indeed is some heavy stuff stuck to one's head!
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SilveryBeing [2010-10-11 20:59:04 +0000 UTC]
This is so beautiful! I love the atmosphere. My favorite detail has to the antlers.
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KatCardy [2010-10-11 20:29:36 +0000 UTC]
Very beautifully done! -The fur just looks so real!
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Caligari-87 [2010-10-11 20:22:31 +0000 UTC]
Absolutely gorgeous The detail you put into this is incredible, and makes me jealous that I'm not that skilled at tablet painting yet.
My only (very slight) critique is that it looks a little "flat". Not sure if it's the shading or the perspective, but it lacks a little depth. That's a small nitpick at an otherwise excellent painting, though. x2
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Vordiak [2010-10-11 20:12:26 +0000 UTC]
Very amazing. I love every single detail in this piece
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FlashW [2010-10-11 20:04:53 +0000 UTC]
so detail..stunning..
I love your every art..it is so inspiring..thank you. you really make me happier with your talent. ^_____^
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akeli [2010-10-11 19:25:31 +0000 UTC]
Wow, I've been waiting for something more from you, and you never disappoint! I am not usually into werewolves but my goodness ;_; You paint so beautifully, and the designs are wonderful.
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Essence-Of-Rapture [2010-10-11 19:11:40 +0000 UTC]
Your art never ceases to amaze me. So much lovely detail, my auntie had one of those chest bead decorations and you made it look spot on. Soo breathtaking @_@ *Steals your hands* MINE!
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Pulsehawk [2010-10-11 19:09:25 +0000 UTC]
Wow... The detail is amazing, and the whole piece is just... Gorgeous! ^__^
Wonderful as usual, Balaa!
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Indigochild09 [2010-10-11 19:05:51 +0000 UTC]
Its so beautiful, the texures and the amount of detail is fantastic
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WolFannyART [2010-10-11 19:05:38 +0000 UTC]
You continue to amaze me all the time Balaa, I must say. I wish I had such skills as you!
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Lyran-Wolf [2010-10-11 19:04:33 +0000 UTC]
Wow this is amazing. I find the details in the native style accessories highly accurate. I especially like the head piece. Very amazing. Good job.
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Stitchy-Face [2010-10-11 19:03:22 +0000 UTC]
oh wow.... this just totally takes my breath away!
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