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Published: 2010-01-11 04:45:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 26821; Favourites: 2295; Downloads: 648
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Description
Northrop, my fire faun, although he's extinguished his tail for now. Turtle painting is the favourite pastime of oracles. Northrop was instructed to find and paint hundreds of poor little turtles in order to enhance his mystique. Subsequently, all the turtles he painted bright red were caught by predators and cracked open for cold wet turtle soup.PS7 and Open Canvas 4.5+.
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The background here is fantastic! Did you use special brushes for the leaves?
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Why yes, I did use a few to get the dark red base down! (the bright red ones and some of the darker ones are handpainted, though). Check out this brushset, there's about 4-5 extremely excellent leaf brushes buried in here:
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a very well deserved DD, masterful work!
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it looks like autumn-colors, i like that and the details are wonderful
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This is just too cool. Such beautiful colors and a great story to go with!
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Thanks! 
I like your icon, it's so happy. 8D
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LOL XD I am glad you like <3 fufufu I looooove fish!
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Very nice work indeed.
Great detail and amazing coloring.
But.. where on earth did he get a sea turtle? o.O
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His pockets are full of them! *cough* magicredpants *cough* XD
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But... those poor sea turtles!
He wouldnt need to paint 'em red in order for a predator to find 'em and eat 'em xD Theyd just be floppin' around the forest making a bunch of noise.
Also... those are some big ass pockets! I have a secret suspicion that you are just using magicredpants as a lazy excuse for your plot holes. ¬.¬
MAGICREDPANTS FTW! Where can I get some? XD
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woah, the background is amazing! love the turtle comment, lol. what a silly faun.
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Someone should stop him before he makes a certain species of turtle extinct. XD
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yeah, probably XD
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Amazing trees and lovely back lit scene. The character style is wonderful too and the faun has an interesting pose. What grabbed me was that soft, yellowish lighting filtering through the red trees though
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Thank you! ;3 That is one of my preferred lighting situations, I tend to use it a lot. XD
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Backgrounds, lighting, and turtles oh my! Saw the wip on the sketch blog back in December and have been waiting for this to pop up awesome job
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Woah, you know about that?? >>;; Shhh, it's a secret.. 
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Found it back in 2007 in December or maybe late november, I think you linked it in a journal a good time ago and It's one of the sites I check every morning before work ;D
Also ho'jeez I'd forgotten about that >_>; no worries! It's just another thing to add (re-add?) to my look forward too list.
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this is very beautiful. alot of fine details. I like it a lot
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What the hell this is amazing. You always surprise me with your RAW SKILL.
I love your coloring so much it might even be illegal ; _ ; The background is driving me wild with lust XD; This is just... so good. I'm glad you're posting because this is pure awesome.
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Lol, the background drove me wild with.. leaves and bark! I'm also unworthy of the raw awesome of your comments. XD Thank you~!
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Gorgeous art! Fantastic colours and I love the story behind it ^_^
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I always love the detail you put into your drawings *A*
And the turtle painting is a nice touch.
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This is incredible, omg. My favourite thing about this is definitely your choice of colours! The reds with the purples, omg *~* really adds to the mood of the piece.
I can't imagine how long the details must have taken x__x
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wow, loves colors and coloring on this and amount of details and these trees and... D: just amazing!
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I like turtles!
Ahem... Excuse me for this.
More seriously now, now I want to paint on a turtle too. :[
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HOW can you say anything about this is terrible?
Well maybe the forest fire part, LOL.
Poor turtles... They looked great tho!
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Ahhhh it's great to see something by you again. Your bright and vivid colors coupled with brilliant painting is just SO AWESOME. :'3
That turtle is SO cute looking too, poor little thing. ;A: NO SOUP FOR YOU!
<3
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Hey, it's good to see you comment too. <3 Your icon is no longer blue! XD
Ah yes, that turtle was never destined to live to be a thousand years old. If it's lucky, maybe someone will use its shell as a fashionable mask.
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XD It's only a winter thing. She is still as blue as ever. |D!
It totally looks like a tribal mask! -scoops up and runs off- D:
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Wow. You're coloring just keep getting better and better! You're so freaking awesome.
Missssss you!
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It's been far too long! I'm not even in the same province any more- though I will come back briefly in Febuary, and for good in September. How are you doing? Are you keeping busy with theatre and school?
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Wow. Didn't even know you had left. I feel bad now. :/
I'm doing alright. School and theatre has defiantly consumed my life.
How are you?
Congrats on the DD.
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Thank you!
I'm doing pretty good, seems like art and school have consumed a large part of my life as well. Hopefully we can see eachother in the fall! Even if I have to catch you running from stage to classroom.
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Yes, I am. I've been taking a playwriting course.
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<3 the turtle thing in your desc is interesting! c: and your coloring is beautiful as ever ;;
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Thank you Shin! I'm glad to see you drop by. It makes me a happy person indeed. C:
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I adore how you did the trees, and his ears! Poor poor turtle doesn't understand what is in store for him.
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haha, thanks! The turtle is really quite docile.. I could have had his eyes popping out and his tongue lolling out like a bad clam, haha. Lost opportunity. XD
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holy shiz. you say the lineart is terrible but I think it's freaking amazing. gorgeous colors to top it off! D:
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