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Published: 2005-06-20 19:23:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 27383; Favourites: 573; Downloads: 5463
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It's not a series! I deny any possibility of series-ness! And don't ask where B is. If I had a shred of sanity, I would do A, B, and C, and call it good, but being me, I will probably do A, C, and W or Q or something, thereby destroying any possibility of selling them as a coherent set. But that's okay. I've made peace with my lunacy, and the Band of Badger and Binturong Barbarians Brandishing Broadswords wasn't working out anyway.Capybaras are dreadfully underrepresented in art. Also, I got to use "corpulent" and how often does that come up? Note the Couple of Cavies in the foreground, better known as guinea pigs, but which I was unable to pass up. I loved my guinea pigs dearly, but god help me, they were not bright.*
Anyway! Digital, painter 7, wacom tablet. Prints available, both the small for $10 and the jumbo for $20--I may do a limited edition run of 17 x 22 or something, if I get wildly ambitious. Both sizes will be available at Anthrocon, or you can order 'em here--just drop a note!
*And by "not bright" I mean "like a cuddly, cheerful eggplant that purrs."
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ahahaha, that's an interesting way to describe a...cavie. XD the eggplant thing. and i agree about the capybaras...some animals just got it hard. 
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Remember children, always avoid anoying alliteration!
Great work as usual.
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I love the maturely childish feel to these alphabet pieces. 
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Ha Ha! The capybara is reminding me a bit if Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now.
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I think this, a-hem, "non-series," really encourages literacy in a very positive light!
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Obscure, vague and wonderfull. It also has that classic book inlay kind of feel. If you did the whole alfabet, got a publisher to put in the stores I'd buy it for sure.
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This is captivating and adorable and I love it to bits.
Something involving tapirs would be my vote for another of these. Though, try coming up with words that begin with 'T'.
I don't know, a Band of Badger and Binturong Barbarians Brandishing Broadswords seems like it would work very well.
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Ok man, you're just hitting on all the animal-obsessions from my youth! First the axlotls, and now the capybara.
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I love this series of obsurced animal art you've done. I would've liked to have seen a binturong, they're one of my favorite animals, then again, I like a lot of strange animals.
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Ursula, we are officially mind-bonded. You're now two-for-two in matching an Obscure Animal ABC's book I did. Whooooaness.
-C
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That explains those demented neopets dreams!
Err...tell me that B wasn't "Binturong"...?
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Whew, different B's! Thanks *goodness*.
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Both have been beautiful pictures! I love the picture's colors and the words you use, I seriously think you should try expanding it into a book
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Hehe, I love the capybara's webbing. Looks very nicely textured.
And the cavy on the left has captured my soul with his stare.
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How cute! The poor guinea pigs though...they look kind of frightened. ^_^
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I have no luck with guinea pigs. They always squeak at me and then try to crawl into my shirt. I mean, we love each other, but I have no desire to have something that large sleeping (and defecating) in my bra. Rats, maybe.
As always, I love it. <3
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I had a book of ABC with little poems about animals just like this picture ^^ great work
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I suppose for B you could always do Bats drinking Beer and Blowing Bomb-sized Bubbles.... O.o Haha
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"Caroling Cockerel Chorus Captivates Corpulent Capybara."
Yes, I enjoy doing this. ^.^ But not as much as I enjoy your art. This stuff is amazing -- it makes me wanna get a tablet again.
Not enuf capybaras, true.
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omg I love those two little ones in the corner! so cute!
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Guinea pigs can purr?
Can't say as I've ever seen or heard that... still, as defense mechanisms go, a good purr is one way of ensuring that you don't end up as a pair of mittens.
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Bintarongs are also underrepresented.
And my guinea pig screamed.
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Beautiful!!! I like this one even better than the first one in the series...OH! Sorry, not a series, not a series...but dang it, it should be!!! Keep em' comin'! I'm loving the pose of the little chickens, very Walt Kelly's POGO.
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Wow... i need to run through my eng vocab more...
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Gotta love the capybaras. And I think it's getting dangerously close to turning into an almost-series.
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sweetness! *favs*
Here's a B allthough I know you don't want it, it just popped into my head.. "bossy bumblebee bothering busy boar beneath blueberry bush". Or the other way around.
now I have to go find a and fav it...
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It's the singing that makes the capybara feel at peace with his or her captivity. I knew it. >D
Seriously though. Your insanity is loved. 
Still love the sepia/brownness, and how it looks all. Stylish.
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It's cute, and cool, and I like these ideas... perhaps you'll come up with a workable idea for B sometime anyway
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*falls off his chair, laughing histerically*
Oh... my... God! That is BRILLIANT! I just absolutely adore your work Ursula! You have such a unique talent both in your artwork and your writing - I enjoy both tremendously!
Thank you for sharing this part of yourself with us, we are surely richer in life because of that!
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's about the most accurate description of cavie's mindset I've ever read.
Wonderful piece of work!
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Sooo cute!
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My guinea just died... I miss him.
I must fav this in his honour!
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i think it would work better as a series if it wasnt all the letters. and itd be funny if you threw in some obscure old english letters or something, too.
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I saw a book like this once when I was little. So fun. x3
This is so cool! Capybaras are really neat. 
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Ahhh! These are adorable! Hehe, well if you decide to do "P", you could use "Pudgy, prickly porcupine poking a prattling parakeet."
...eh, yeah. It's stupid, but oh well.
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And guineapigs! (Cavies I presume?) ^_^ I love the one lying down. The Capybara looks great too!
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How about a "Band of Bawdy Badgers playing the Blues?" *runs away laughing hysterically*
Seriously. I like these. They're cool. Come up with a good one for "J" (fist letter of my real name) and I might even buy one. LOL
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you should so do a series on this
it would be awesome
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