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My last project in illustration: fables and fairytales.This is one of Aesop's fables. Not familar with this one?It goes:
A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. "That's for me, as I am a Fox," said the fox, and he walked up to the foot of the tree.
"Good-day, Mistress Crow," he cried. "How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does. Let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds."
The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox.
"That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future ."Do not trust flatterers."
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Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoy it!
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Hello,
I work at an education company that puts together testing material for common core standards (like the one below):
Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
Would you be willing to donate your image for our use if we credit you by name?
If not, no problem... but I thought I would ask, since your image would be be a great one for students to analyze alongside the text of the fable...
Thanks,
Amy
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Amy, I might be willing to donate the image if I had some more information on the education company and the extent to which it will be used. You can also contact me via email lisa@paynefulart.com
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pls.... let use this hehehe i gonna use for the competition thingy -_-
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What competition? Please don't use my artwork without my permission. Thank you!
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awesome!!!! i'm just doing an animation about this story at this moment^^!!!
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Wowo i love the fox's facial expression as well as the taunting pose of the crow this is very well illustrated!
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This is so nice! I love this tale, and I like your painting of it. Nice work!
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That was my all time fave bed time story! I would make my parents read it over and over again! lol...I love the image. The expression on the foxes face is awesome! great detail. It looks real, and of course, fake at the same time!
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To echo many others, I like the fox's expression. I also like how the crow is upside down, sortof. The pose is not unrealistic, and it creates a closer connection b/t the two animals while using the space well.
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wonderful interpretation! It brings back memories of a child growing up in Russia, my mom used to read me the story all the time. You truly have an impressive and...unique gallery. It is so full of light. I think thats what impresses me most, your use of light. I have always had the same fascination..though I don't think I portray it half as well as you do in your art!
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"Le Corbeau et le Renard" Les Fables de La Fontaine
...both the poem and your art are masterpieces
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hah, the fox's expression is fabulous (reminds a lot my friend's dog)! and the way how you have made the trees fuse in the background...
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*faved!*
this is most excellent!
it really captures the essence of the story...these were some of my favorite stories growing up(and still is!)
great job!
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I love the expression on the fox's face. Go figure
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Very Good!! Excelent
Your style is perfect for this kind of ilustration...
Congratulations
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I love the illustration, in pertifular the crow <3
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Absolutely WONDERFUL! You have a terrific illustrative style! I 
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the detail is great. kinda reminds me of an old cover on a dick king-smith book, 'the foxbusters'...... but i can't find any reference pictures. maybe it's just all in my head....*laughs*
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awesome job... not jjust the painting and the colors are awesoime as usual, but your characters rock tooO!! you have awesome skills really
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Aesop was the man. You have a great storybook feel in this that matches his works perfectly.
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The crow's my favorite. The pose you have on him looks so natural, and so full of character, the way he's half upside down, head turned so cute.
I also like the colors you used for the cheese cube (MAN I LOVE THOSE.)
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are u transcribing a famous poem? by this due Krilov? lol
Nice piece
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I love the textures in here, and the reflected lighting! Plus, how it really does tell a story.
The only thing that bugs me are the fox's ears. I believe it's supposed to look like the one on our left is tilted more towards the crow, and the right side one is more off-to-the-side, but it doesn't really read that way to me. They just look sort of unintentionally asymmetrical. I think they should both either be the same shape and angle (towards the crow/cheese, where the fox's attention is), or to turn that right one away even more than it already is. It might help to give him more of a sly, devious look...like his mind is not only on the pretty crow, but on something else (ie, getting the cheese from her) as well.
Dunno *shrugs* just a suggestion. It's a great image either way!
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It's cute without being overdone, and the texture on the fox's fur is lovely. I think those tree trunks could be a bit tighter without losing their haziness, though. As now, they just look like digital airbrushes. Are you also aware of the way thewhole composition seems to have been made around the fox's ears?
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Thanks!
Hopefully I'll have enough time to go back and correct anything before I turn these in.
The composition was intended to frame the crow's head with the cheese, since it is the center of the fable.
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I figured, yeah, but you know how in traditional media when you paint a figure, and then when you go to paint a BG or something around the figure, it looks like it is created AROUND him, breaking the illusion that it actually goes behind the figure and he obscures it? That's what I meant. It's not a huge amount of it, but it does smack of that feeling.
Welcome, though.; )
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I loved that fable back in the day (still do, I just don't have the time to read as many fables), and this is a great illustration of it!
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