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UPDATE: Revised version located HERE:Yet another piece being made for the MCAD art sale. *sigh* Tried going a slightly different route with this one, design wise. Not sure if I succeeded or not, but it was a delightful experiment.
A red stag that appears to be sprouting branches, oh how original!
That doesn't mean I don't like it, though. 
This was done on yet another cross section of basswood. I started out with some woodburning (which you can just barely see as the linework) and then proceeded to use a waterproof mahogany stain on the entire surface. After that had dried, I went in with the white acrylic, sanded part of the stain away on the stag, and darkened some areas with sepia acrylic ink. Afterwards, I went in with some final acrylic highlights, and here it is.
I'm worried that any more work on it might push it over the edge, but I could be wrong. Regardless, I'm practically out of time.
If you have suggestions, comments, critiques, etc., I'll have them.
Art Β© April Schumacher
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WOW.... I'm not sure which one I like best. Β Both versions look great!!!
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i love how luminous this picture is.
enchanting
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The white background brings the stag out beautifully. Love the work on the antlers.
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Magnificent, just like the animal it captures. Well done.
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have you joined pyrographers its a new group on DA
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I think you rite don't obscure the detail with over embellishment
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Absolutely stunning piece of work! I really love this.
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I really love your use of the white as a sort of "outline" for the elk versus giving him black lines.
That being said, I would advize giving the elk stronger highlights to combat the white. It makes it seem somewhat flat in this current situation.
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I think I've become too much of a fan of the color white for such purposes.
And do you know what's funny? After I scanned this, I decided to put a protective clear coat over the piece so that it would be harder to damage and collect less dust. (I used a wood clear coat called polycrilic... which is awesome because it has a nice satin finish! 
Anyway, after putting down the clear coat, it completely eliminated that soft subtle highlight caused by removing some of the stain. So I went back in with my acrylics and touched it up. The end result was a lot more detailed then the scan I have here, so he does look less flat in his current state.
I'm a complete idiot because I'd dropped it off at MCAD before getting a new scan of it. So if it doesn't sell, I can re-scan it and provide proof.
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Aw, dang! Well, I still hope it sells. Rescanning it is hardly worth it not selling.
Also, I'm working at the Art Sale, so maybe I'll see it!
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This is awesome. The white brings out the colour of the stag that a normal wood colour just wouldn't.
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Amazing work - I love the detail of the branches, and the way they're painted in white makes the piece look almost ethereal and divine <3
Very majestic, and I love the ruff on his neck
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This really is amazing. Don't change a thing.
I'm really interested in the method. I got to try that sometime.
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You always combine such interesting techniques 
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This is lovely! It's quite a neat trick how you got that almost pearl-like luminescence to the trees!
Excellent work!
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I think you're right to not want to continue, its at a stage of completion that if you go too much further you'll want to start adding insane details to the background. That being said....I'd like to see this as a label for a bottle of Scotch.
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a cool art!!! beautiful one!
I feel some classic feeling in it.. and also I feel the warmth too from the color you used ^^
great job!
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Wonderful! I can't imagine it'd be possible for this and the Magpie to NOT completely blow people away at the MCAD sale! This is wonderful here, but I bet it's stunning in real life, especially with the wood-burning!
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wow! It's gorgeous! I love those leaves and branches, they're so natural and delicate looking! However, I think maybe around the outside or somewhere there could have been a little more of the woods natural colour and texture coming through to get a more 'organic' feel to it. Although, I'm not the one to speak since I can't see it in real life!
Anyway, It's beautiful! I especially love the way the branches sort of BURST out from behind the deers head., like a lovely...leafy explosion! YAAAAY!
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Also I agree with ~Werewolfschreie , if this were on a shirt, I would SO wear it everywhere.
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YES. Someone needs to make this happen! 
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I suggest Redbubble over Threadless, though it's certainly worth a shot on Threadless!
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I think it's gorgeous as is.
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MCAD, I went to school there too!
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This is beautiful, I love how you combined the acrylics and pyrography. I also love how you did the antlers.
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I think you should try to make an Impressionist painting someday. It will either be liberating, or an exercise in futility. Looks good as usual
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This is beautiful! I especially like your combination of pyrography and acrylics--that's something I don't think I've seen before. I also like how you used the acrylics as almost a watercolor and made some of the branches translucent--almost reminds me of a negative.
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OMG THE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!! And sort of Christmasy too
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