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Published: 2003-11-15 23:28:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 12040; Favourites: 473; Downloads: 1195
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Sometimes I just get plain sick of fighting my computer and doing a poor, sloppy job with CGing. When I get to that point, I'd much rather do a poor sloppy job with RM
So this is a doodle I started in charcoal and touched up with acyrlic. The kelpie is one of my most favorite mythical monsters and I've wanted to draw one for quite a while. The kelpie offer rides to unsuspecting travelers and then run them to a bog, drown them, and feed on their flesh, leaving the intestines to rise to the surface, yum yum :9 *hums Jethro Tull*
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I might go to him. I'd hope he'd spare me. I've grown fond of Kelpie and I've an affection for horses anyways.
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I love the tull song kelpie! And this picture is amazing!
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nice pic!
yeah kelpie is one of my favorite mythical creature too.
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Greetings, this image is being featured in one of our favorite folders!
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Wow...gorgeous! This one would have no trouble luring ME into its swamp <3 so beautiful...I particularly love the mane! Fabulous job! <3
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Oh wow! This is so neat! I love the colors! Wow, this guy is creepy! But this totally fits! Nicely done! I love it!
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Awww, i love it! *tries to pet kelpie but gets hand bitten off* oops >_>
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this is pretty much what I picture when I think of a water demon. nifty
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I've been looking up miscellaneous Jethro Tull trivia and rummaging for reviews(since I'm a humongous fan of this band) and stumbled upon the "Kelpie" track mention, and decided to go for a quick dA browse on a subject matter, and here you were, humming to a Jethro Tull tune...five years ago, though. Well, hail to you from the future and my compliments on your musical tastes !
Anyway, great picture - well, obviously so, you're Hibbary, after all. Your real media exploits are the only instances of artwork that can overshadow your digital creations.
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Jethro Tull rocks crazy hard. Have you seen any of their concerts or anything? OMG, they are slightly frightening in the most wonderful way
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I've been to one of their performances when they had graced Saint-Petersburg with their presence couple of years ago, and I must say my mind was promptly blown, but in a very cunning, subtle way. Ian Andersson always excelled at assuming an image of a reserved sophisticated gentleman - only to shatter it into smithereens with a frenzy of sly jests and rollercoaster trills a moment later. He talked quite enough in between the musical numbers, explaining this or that song's genesis, spouting British humour and cracking dirty innuendoes about the violinist lady - he even managed to squeeze in a bit of social commentary, chiding Bush's politics a little. The numbers themselves were mostly classics, with a notable "Serenade to a Cuckoo" interpretation and an incredible instrumental cover of "Kashmir" with that violinist, whose name is Lucia Micarelli and who is awesome, as a lead player. Considering they're something of an old wine among the beers of the rock music scene, the excessive wild cobwebbery of psychodelic lighting of that concert were more than slightly refreshing. The shortened(reasonably so) version of "Thick As a Brick" they played as well, but unfortunately I hadn't comprehended what a marvel it was until that peformance - I know all the lyrics to it now ;3 It was a rather modest concert hall they've chosen, too - surprising in a way, but in tune with their rebellious nature, that isn't yet eroded by time.
Was THAT a comment length overkill, heh ? 0_0 I'm sorry, but I can't help being verbose talking about stuff that I like.
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Wow, love the malevolence of it and the way it seems to be made of the bog it lives in.
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Thats wonderful and disturbing, I love it!
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*sigh* You know, I never even heard of the Kelpie before now.
But after seeing that pic and immersing myself in every concievable bit of folklore and information the kelpie has made it on to my absolute favorites list. The pic also added to it gaining such a prestige place lol.
It is beautiful, and even if it supposed to have white dead eyes. The red ones coupled with the black body merging seemlessly into the swampy mire look stunning.
I adore your take on it!
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This is excellent. If you ever want to have stuff of traditional fey published within a gaming book drop a line. The company I'm affiliated with is looking for artists for a Fey monster book and this would be perfect.
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This is almost the same exact Kelpie that I picture in my mind when I'm reading one of Holly Black's novels.
Very good job. (:
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this is wonderful, great job!
kelpies are definitely one of my favorite mythological creatures.
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cool. I love kelpies too but i can never draw them. i love how you did the kelpie in a 'come to me' way. KELPIES ROCK MY SOCK!!!! lol
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Is it weird that if I ever saw this scene in real life I'd probably glomp the kelpie with love? Anyways, gorgeous and fantastic pic!
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Kelpi (plural x.x can't spell it right...) can be riden, you just need to get a bridal on them and they're manegable after that. Same kinda goes for Thestrals too. AWSOME WORK!!!!!
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Wow... Remind me never to ride a kelpie
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omg! i love kelpies! (as you can tell my name) that's an amazing painting!
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I love Kelpies! *glomps Kelpie* They are my absolute favorite mythological creature!
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yay, a kelpie! A very cool mythological creature...
And I love that song by Jethro Tull! *sings*
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Wow. Just... wow. It's so pretty! If that's what you call sloppy your really really polished work must be...
It's so eeeeeeeeevil
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very awsome
i love the coloring and
glowing red eye's,it match's it
so very well ^^
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XD Jethro Tull!!! Gottta love 'im! I lurv the piccy... Kelpies are one of my favorites too. I like Undines or syrens better though.
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*sings* Come ride with a kelpie!
I'll steal your soul to the de-e-e-ep!
If you don't ride with me
While the devil' fre-e-e-e,
Ride with somebody else!
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XD Exactly!!! Jethro Tull rules.
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Well duh. *smiles*
Why is it that no one I meet ever seems to have heard of them?!
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omg i love the way that you did the texture of the fog stuff that is amazing
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yay! thats realy cool
we have a "own" name for the kelpie where im from, i guess its the same creature(we call then nΓΈkk) hehe dont supose that made any sence) anyways, real cool
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Ah, the kelpie. The most awesome upon awesome of creatures.
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the kelpie hunter has found a kelpie worth the struggle to hunt!! It looks very nice. I like those glowing Eyes!! Very good job!!!
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Great work. You really capture the strange mythical creature brilliantly,
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Absolutly wonderful! It's acctully creepy, lots of emotion. Very well done! lol, it sends chills down my spine. Keep up the good work!
~Krista
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That is so wicked looking. WoW! *Am very impressed*
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i think im gona have nightmares, this is so freeky, yet so cool. i dont know what drove me to look at it though
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