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Here it comes
Don't you wish that life could be as simple
As fish swimming round in a barrel?
When you've got the gun
Oh and I run
Here it comes
We're just two little figures in a soup bowl
Trying to get behind a kind of control
But I wasn't one

Now here I lie
On my own in a separate sky
And here I lie
On my own in a separate sky
I don't wanna die
On my own here tonight
But here I lie
On my own in a separate sky...

Coldplay--Prospekt's March/Poppyfields

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I'm on a Coldplay-listening kick lately, which isn't all that surprising since they're my favorite band .

Went back to the museum today and drew the black-backed jackal again (see [link] ). I don't know what it is about the dead, stuffed jackal that captures my attention so much. Something about the way it's posed, just taking another step forward into a life long gone...or maybe just Anubis the jackal-headed Egyptian god fascinates me...or maybe I just think too much XD.

Lots of children swarmed around me while I painted this~! Good times. Sitting on the floor of a museum with a full set of watercolors proved both awkward and uncomfortable. What we artists do for our art.....

One and a half hours; drawn from life (or rather, death? hah morbid humor...)
Watercolors

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i-am-neko-chan [2010-04-29 22:44:01 +0000 UTC]

awww...so cute

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Meerkatgirl [2009-10-10 18:20:29 +0000 UTC]

I really love the fur texture and colors in this one. As well as the angle of the pose and th elook of life he holds.

This is beautiful!

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afiriti [2009-03-04 23:17:00 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful! You really brought him (back) to life! I've always loved to sketch in museums, because the subjects sit still so nicely.

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AtarAtis [2009-03-04 18:31:17 +0000 UTC]

It is almost awkward looking at him knwoing he is dead. He looks wishful, as if wanting to move in a different direction, hungering for movement but forever frozen in place. I think I think too much too, but knowing the background to this picture definitely makes it so much more interesting!
You did a beautiful job on the painting of it, it looks very experienced/unforced and I love the idea of going down to a meuseum and drawing! I'm down!

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Trillionth [2009-03-04 07:26:07 +0000 UTC]

jackaljackaljackaljackal

They're so pretty. ; ; And this one is no different.
I love that your style gave it such a softer, rounder look than most of them have naturally.

fff, I don't think I could sit in public and draw/paint. About the time the second person looked over my shoulder, I'd be out of there. |D;

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blizzard98 [2009-03-03 05:14:10 +0000 UTC]

love the fur! and the raised front leg.

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kalicothekat In reply to blizzard98 [2009-03-03 05:58:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Hyunthesosarian [2009-03-02 04:30:09 +0000 UTC]

This must've been a lot of fun to paint while everyone was watching XD I should totally go down to the aquarium one day and start sketching the fishes.

Ah, so that's how dog snouts work. Gotcha.

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kalicothekat In reply to Hyunthesosarian [2009-03-03 05:57:59 +0000 UTC]

haha it was indeed XD. You should!
Yep!

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ZItheDRAGON [2009-03-02 02:24:02 +0000 UTC]

very cute

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scopsowlpost [2009-03-01 16:55:07 +0000 UTC]

Aw, that is so cute! The pose is great, and the mood is caught greatly! ^w^ He looks scared or unsure of something.

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kalicothekat In reply to scopsowlpost [2009-03-01 18:01:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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scopsowlpost In reply to kalicothekat [2009-03-02 01:44:58 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome!

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sarya [2009-03-01 16:18:47 +0000 UTC]

YOU ARE SO FREAKING PRO. I LOVE THIS FKDSKDFJ

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kalicothekat In reply to sarya [2009-03-01 17:59:51 +0000 UTC]

;; <3333333

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InkSpirit [2009-03-01 16:03:32 +0000 UTC]

well of course of love the colors. Lovely work with the black there, making it look good without overpowering the picture.
very adorable

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kalicothekat In reply to InkSpirit [2009-03-01 17:59:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! Yeah, I usually shy away from straight black, but this picture called for it .

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InkSpirit In reply to kalicothekat [2009-03-01 20:00:23 +0000 UTC]

still it wasn't overpowering, and I like your additional use of color!

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EternalOmni [2009-03-01 15:56:02 +0000 UTC]

AHHH you're use of color still amazes me

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kalicothekat In reply to EternalOmni [2009-03-01 17:59:26 +0000 UTC]

Aww thanks!

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totodos [2009-03-01 15:36:42 +0000 UTC]

The pose is rather cool, I must agree I love all the colours you put into it, too 8D For some reson, I really like his ears haha The eyes and expression are awesome aswell! 8D

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kalicothekat In reply to totodos [2009-03-01 17:59:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!! Yeah, his ears are intense haha!

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ChaosToGlory [2009-03-01 14:35:02 +0000 UTC]

His eyes are really pretty

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kalicothekat In reply to ChaosToGlory [2009-03-01 17:58:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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suzidragonlady [2009-03-01 11:08:34 +0000 UTC]

Great work!
I totally like the face, especially the eyes.

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kalicothekat In reply to suzidragonlady [2009-03-01 17:58:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks XD

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kiki-doodle [2009-03-01 05:52:27 +0000 UTC]

Beautifully done!! I just love the colors all over this. It feels so 3D

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kalicothekat In reply to kiki-doodle [2009-03-01 17:58:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!! I used a lot of blue in the shadows to help with that, so I'm glad it worked XD

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DovesFlyHigher [2009-03-01 05:15:07 +0000 UTC]

Great picture, I really like the way that you painted it's face! It's eyes especially!
I think it's fun to paint outside, gets your creative juices flowing, and it's always amusing when people stop to comment~
Stuffed animals kinda creep me out though! (Those eyes...they're always staring!)

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kalicothekat In reply to DovesFlyHigher [2009-03-01 05:49:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!
They are kinda creepy XD. But once you get used to the unblinking gaze....okay, no, they're creepy still. Haha XD

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