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Published: 2008-02-12 20:24:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 6110; Favourites: 126; Downloads: 58
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This is the second illustration for my Baba Yaga illustration project. Each night, it is said, she rides through the forest in her mortar, rowing with a pestle and sweeping away the tracks with a broom. I didn't portray the broom here, since I felt the composition worked better without it.And of course, that charming house balanced on a chicken leg, surrounded by a fence of glowing skulls, waits for her return.
Watercolor and colored pencil on illustration board, 9X12 inches.
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This is so creepy yet beautiful. I like how thin she is. Thank you, in name of all Slavs.
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I love that story, but I ain't heard it in so long that I forget how it goes. I remember the mortar and pestle, the chiggin' foot house, and the skulls, but I don't remember a broom or the glowingness of said skulls....
She looks friggin' awesome!
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Thanks! Though I'm not sure where the broom is that you're referring to.
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Oh, I was talking about the broom you mentioned in your artist's comment, where she uses it to steer her mortar.
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Oh! Sorry, I completely forgot about that. 
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Nice one, great capture of movement.
Baba Yaga kostinaya noga! 
I love Russian tales, they made my childhood better
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What a great present for all Russian like me
terrific artwork, man. just is awesome!
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I like that it seems dark, so you can tell it's night, without losing contrast.
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Congrats!!!
I've featured this creation in the February Visual Art Features.
Check it here : [link]
This feature is also in the news so more views for you : [link] .
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that is freaky, yet very nicely done and cool
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Awesome drawing and well done. She be very creepy indeed. Love the coloring and perspective. ^_^
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Baba Yaga is one of my favourite fairy tale/legendary charaters, though she isn't so nice...
I like your design of her. Did you made her arms so skinny to make them look like a chicken legs (you know, house on chicken legs, chicken legs are quite skinny...)?
I love the grass!
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I made her skinny since she's often described as being skeletal. 
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awesome! love the wrinkles and gaunt limbs of Baga Yaga and the detail on that chicken leg is very nice, you even put in some feathers sweet.
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You colored it!!! Awesome!! I still love the house on chicken legs.
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I like this one a lot. I really like all the details you've put into it. She looks especially evil too. Nice work!
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The perspectives are wonderful.
I love the soft, flowyness of your colouring&style, contrasting with the hardness of Baba and her bony features.
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