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Project from my pastels class. We had to illustrate or create an image based on a myth or mythology from any culture. So yeah...that only left about 20 billion options. I ended up just doing Garuda battling a naga/serpent. I kinda had fun with the naga's design XDI forgot his belly button. Noooooo!
Done all in pastels. Digital photo of the original.
I know there are a bajillion versions of Garuda, and I stuck with a really colorful, cutesy interpretation for this but its not really how I ever pictured him. I mean he had the jewelry and crown and long hair and earrings but I always drew him with more feathers, more white (instead of bright red and yellow wings), and different colored talons and beak. I made his head more bird like too because dammit human heads + beaks are HARD.
And those wings are a disgrace to humanity :{
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I love your comment about the wings 
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LOL! Would Garuda have been born to have a belly button? XD Nice work; cool that you made the reptile look slimy too.
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Human heads + beaks are HOTTT
but then I'm weird like that
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This is more amazing than I know how to say. o.o The wash even has that beautiful old antiquey look that the manuscripts have.
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pastels are totally the new markers. I've been messing around with them lately muself. well done
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Nice to see mythological beings that others don't draw that much.
Human heads and beaks do seem awkward, but you did a good job on it.
I coudln't get that level of color and detail on my pastels, the stuff is too messy for me.
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Eee, very neat. I love seeing Hindu-inspired art around...its myths are always overshadowed by other cultures'.
This has such a neat illustrative look about it. The Naga is excellent!
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This looks fantastic! I really love the colours. You have done such a great job <3
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Your art just makes me happy.
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Oh, this is lovely! The colouring looks very professional.
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Great work!
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this turned out wonderfully! i'm glad you kept Naga's head serpentine instead of making it human-like.
looks amazing m'dear. you do very well with pastels (envy!!)
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ENVY for using a media in such an amazing way- I hate pastels/chalk/charcoal THAT STUFF with a fiery passion -______-
this is stunning per usual ;o;
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Looks very much like an authentic indian painting. Your ability to capture a soft earthy-ness to your work has me entranced! (haha I sound so pretentious. But honestly, I love your artwork so much!)
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the lines of the feathers on the wings on the right seem like red yarn improperly tacked up that has come undone and is starting to fall off :/
but it all blows my mind, specially for pastels!
i like how the texture of the paper adds to the surpent's skin and the patches of blue sky and clouds
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...It's awesome..it's awesome...it's awesome.. 0.0
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what sort of pastels did you use?
gorgeous, beteedoubleu. (;
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your skill with pastels amazes me.
i've always thought that they were an incredibly hard medium to use, much less master, but you've done so well with contrast and depth...the shading looks so realistic.
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cheese, this is some insanely detailed work. The shading is a standout feature, and i think you pulled off the humanface with beak alright.
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Beautiful work!
I really love the serpent, who looks like somebody's little brother who is getting a big kick out of being irritating!
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