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Published: 2005-10-07 21:24:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 1186; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 97
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Description I got inspiration to draw my old character seen here [link] because of and her lovely art.

I still don't think she has a name yet, any suggestions? I was thinking Winter, but that'd be too obvious

I did a new technique with this one. I sketched it out, scanned it in, fixed the lines, printed it out in a light blue, inked it, scanned it in again, got rid of the sketchy blue lines, and then printed it out once more. So I have three copies of the exact image

Background was mostly watercolor (leaves done with a sponge) with bits of white acrylic here and there. Details were done by pencil crayon.

It looks much better in real life, but that's the deal with all traditional art isn't it?
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Comments: 38

KarmelkowyMasakrator [2017-02-17 00:49:03 +0000 UTC]

( 0_0) Oh, my...
( '_') Just don't defecate on me, ok?

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JasonTheAwesome [2011-07-13 17:48:35 +0000 UTC]

I love it! owls are awesome, and ones with arms and wings separate are my favourite!

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iduck In reply to JasonTheAwesome [2011-08-11 18:22:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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JasonTheAwesome In reply to iduck [2011-08-23 16:08:35 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I never really liked the ones that mix wings and arms, or worse yet, give them no wings at all.

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iduck In reply to JasonTheAwesome [2011-08-31 16:44:21 +0000 UTC]

What's an owl without the wings?

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JasonTheAwesome In reply to iduck [2011-09-01 11:03:08 +0000 UTC]

I know, right?

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aprilchild [2005-10-12 21:37:04 +0000 UTC]

Interesting design. Very good

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iduck In reply to aprilchild [2005-10-14 17:33:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Shiev [2005-10-11 13:05:59 +0000 UTC]

how sweet!

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arayh [2005-10-10 02:33:30 +0000 UTC]

you're making pictures faster than i can critique, so here's to catch up lol

i really like the background, great perspective
wings and tail are fabulous and very cool furry feet ^^

Seeing lady owl's character almost made me want to draw owl anthros too lol
it's interesting to see that you favoured a head that looked more like an owl, which made me start thinking that the body might look more like an owl, with maybe feathers coming from it (possibly even looking like a feather shirt, i dont know) , but i can't really conceptuallize it myself, so i'm gonna stop there x.x

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iduck In reply to arayh [2005-10-10 02:50:39 +0000 UTC]

Better warm up then, I got another one in the works!

If I made the head less-owlish, would you recongise it? And I was thinking of giving her hair, but that didn't seem to fit on a feather based animal. Unless I made her hair our of feathers.. Though I tried that once, it didn't turn out looking too great.

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coralyoshi [2005-10-09 01:52:02 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh, I was wondering what happened to her :3 She's so cute, I like her a lot! Great perspective :3

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iduck In reply to coralyoshi [2005-10-10 02:47:26 +0000 UTC]

You were? I thought people forgot about her

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coralyoshi In reply to iduck [2005-10-12 16:21:05 +0000 UTC]

Nope! XD If I remember correctly I told you to keep her 'cause she's cool ;3 How could I forget about one of the most creative character designs I've seen in forever~?

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iduck In reply to coralyoshi [2005-10-14 17:32:03 +0000 UTC]

Oh Makes sense!

And I don't think she's the most creative character -ever-! There are several (rare) owl anthros out there

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coralyoshi In reply to iduck [2005-10-14 21:05:48 +0000 UTC]

Well, she's the only anthro owl I've seen. XD I like her

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iduck In reply to coralyoshi [2005-10-18 03:29:57 +0000 UTC]

I like her too, a shame I don't draw her too often!

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krist [2005-10-08 02:24:53 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE those colors, and her shading keeps her mass white-ness from standing out too much in all that red and orange. Good thinking (I wouldn't have thought of that) Her face almost looks a little flat to me, but the longer I look at it, the less I think that. It all looks really nice~ ^_^

And as long as you don't name her Hedwig, I think whatever would be fine

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krist [2005-10-08 02:24:15 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE those colors, and her shading keeps her mass white-ness from standing out too much in all that red and orange. Good thinking (I wouldn't have thought of that) Her face almost looks a little flat to me, but the longer I look at it, the less I think that. It all looks really nice~ ^_^

And as long as you don't name her Hedwig, I think whatever would be fine

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iduck In reply to krist [2005-10-10 02:46:52 +0000 UTC]

I shaded her with pink, which is weird, because I usually shade white things with blue or grey! But I guess it's much better fitted given the color scheme!

And yeah, the face of an owl is a tough thing Maybe I should have added more shading.. Hmm..

Hedwig, I would die!

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sycle [2005-10-08 01:20:23 +0000 UTC]

Wow, she's lovely I really like the neck and the shaggy feet, it's a great character design and you've done beautiful work with the colouring. The effect you got on the leaves is great ^_^

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iduck In reply to sycle [2005-10-10 02:44:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I love the shaggy feet myself Though it took a while to get the shagginess to look like feet instead of just formless shagginess.

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rindarro [2005-10-07 22:02:19 +0000 UTC]

Oh and I don't think Winter is nearly as expected "Snowy." XD

For some reason I think Athena, after the goddess of wisdom. But I'd be tempted to find a non Greco-Roman wisdom reference to use for the name.

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iduck In reply to rindarro [2005-10-10 02:44:05 +0000 UTC]

"Snowy the Snowy Owl" That'd be terrible!

And Athena is a slightly-less obvious name. And she was always my favorite goddess I shall consider this!

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rindarro In reply to iduck [2005-10-10 03:37:30 +0000 UTC]

Yay!

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rindarro [2005-10-07 21:59:58 +0000 UTC]

Very interesting character design. I really love how the white and cool tones of the figure interplay with the warmth of the background. It's a beautiful effect. The sponge really creates create leaves, too!

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iduck In reply to rindarro [2005-10-10 02:42:55 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I thought it was interesting, since ususally I do the backwards effect of the warm character vs. the cool background.

And sponges are awesome I should use 'em more.

(Almost done coloring Hikaru, by the way!)

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rindarro In reply to iduck [2005-10-10 03:37:27 +0000 UTC]

I should get back into traditional media.

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iduck In reply to rindarro [2005-10-14 17:13:12 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I missed it myself All I ever do now is digital.

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lanhao [2005-10-07 21:59:39 +0000 UTC]

very nice work.

as for name... how about Aurora?

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iduck In reply to lanhao [2005-10-10 02:41:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! That's a good name, but I seem to remember another character being named that... hmm..

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lanhao In reply to iduck [2005-10-10 15:12:40 +0000 UTC]

well i dunno what to tell you then... just thought of the name as an idea is all

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Heatheru [2005-10-07 21:32:18 +0000 UTC]

Aww... I love that original design.. so cool. Ahhh I can't think of a name suggestion!
And wow, for some reason I was thinking that was digital XD! The spongey leaves are my favorite part--and the knees. <33

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iduck In reply to Heatheru [2005-10-10 02:40:51 +0000 UTC]

I wish it was digital

Why the knees?

And thank you!

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Heatheru In reply to iduck [2005-10-10 15:02:19 +0000 UTC]

I think they just came out really well, especially for paint. I have trouble with them :0

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iduck In reply to Heatheru [2005-10-14 17:22:07 +0000 UTC]

Oh

Knees

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Etheon [2005-10-07 21:28:02 +0000 UTC]

lovely. i love the way you do wings. the angle is great too!

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iduck In reply to Etheon [2005-10-10 02:40:06 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I found a great wing tutorial once, and it helped me out a lot

And thank you! The angle was fun to do

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