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Published: 2007-09-30 21:52:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 44839; Favourites: 2219; Downloads: 1592
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The Unfortunate Carousel was the life's work of the regrettable Eighteenth Amir of Sarappa, who dedicated himself to creating the most lavish, elaborate, and grotesque carousel ever made. Carved by the finest artisans, inlaid with gems and precious metals, powered by experimental steam boilers and teams of bullocks, the genius of the Unfortunate Carousel was that it had no horses, but was instead made up of all of those beasts considered graceless, unlovely, unclean, and/or generally obnoxious. Rats and grackles cavorted alongside hippopotomi and squid, rhinos and jackals rode cheek-by-jowl with skunks and gila monsters. By the time it was finished, the Unfortunate Carousel rose two and a half stories, had cost forty-seven lives, driven two engineers mad, and brought the country to the brink of bankruptcy.Unfortunately, on the first occasion when the carousel was fired up, the main boiler exploded two minutes in, causing general carnage and untold havoc and completely destroying the machinery. The Amir's plans to build a second, even more grandiose carousel were foiled when he was removed from power by an outraged peasantry wielding pitchforks and uninclined to discuss the finer points of carousel-making.
Specimens from the Unfortunate Carousel have turned up in numerous collections in the following centuries, including this very fine white walrus figure, in the private collection of the Marquis of Widdlemark.
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i really like this. i'd ride it. and its giving me an idea of something i was just going to draw!!
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what in hells name? odd carousel but I like it
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...I would SO ride that if I ever encountered one!! <3 *want* *loves pretty merry-go-rounds*
(quickie comment since I am drowning in unfinished assignments +mess in house D: ... )
-Daiko~
(should leave college soon.)
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i luv it. it must of taken u ages ur art insprires me so much its amazing cant wait to see more keep up the good work i will be putting some new art on here in a bit so keep a watch out 
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you're back! Fantastic, I've really missed your paintings, and above all, the comments. You must have the best comments on the planet
this has to be the most awesome walrus ever, I want to build a carousel like this!
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So what came first, the story or the picture?
Any others we collectors should look for?
I love being silly.
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How could anyone call a walrus ungraceful and grotesque?
Just look how happy he looks, I would love a walrus carousel! ^_^
*favs*
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It most have been quite a sight! To bad it lasted 2 minutes...
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Just imagine how gracefully it must have flown through the air, during the explosion!
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They are gracefull in there own very personnel way...I'm sure! (What a show it must have been..weeeeee!)
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Lovely!
Did I hear you say carousel squid?? Excellent.
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Is this a true story? If so then I wanna ride on that carousel ^___^
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Yay, so good to see new art from you
Yay for extravagant caroussel rides
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I wish the wonderful carousel was still intact today, even if not working.
I love this like this..perhaps someone will create its replica someday.
Lovely drawing, he looks very comfy.
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is that true, it sounds made up? Great picture tho and i still love the story that comes with it.
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I LOVE this! Never cared for Walrus's before, but this looks Grrrreat!
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this should be a series...of course, i know requesting the muse like that seldom works.
sheer brilliance.
...i want to ride the unfortunate carousel
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This is so awesome! ^___^ It makes me smile<3
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As excellent in both design and execution as all your work is wont to be.
Incidentally, I myself have not ridden the Unfortunate Carousel, but did have the fortune to encounter a marvelously painted and besaddled walrus figure on a merry-go-round in Paris. A most noble steed.
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I hope you do a seal and a sea otter in this set! I would have them all framed up next to my (penguin and walrus hat series) !! This is fantastic, Ursula
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Such a cute and whimsical design and a wonderful story to go with it.
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It's a shame such a thing blew up. So much sweat, blood, and life went into making it and it ends in cruel irony. I would to have loved to see such a site.
Maybe someone might find the original plans and give her another whirl.
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by the way i love the pic ^^
....i would so totally ride on the back of that walrus
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GAH??!!!! A walrus. You bloody GENIOUS of a woman! :-D
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Oh noeees, the poor walrus is pierced ;___;
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Typo? isn't it disinclined, not uninclined?
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That's too cute not to favourite. And the comment story was funny.
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You never stop to amaze me. Don't know what to say, it's just cute and beatiful.
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That's fantastic! Tell me you're doing more like this. He just would be so lonely without more carousel friends.
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The description and picture are awesome by themselves.
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I have always thought hippopotomi are attractive creatures. Very large and prone to bouts of aggression, but who isn't really.
I'd like to see how the squid would work as a carousel seat though...my mind throws up all kinds of possibilities, some of them not entirely decent ._.
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