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Your feathers' blue sheen,
is a bright and special one,
that can be easily seen,
and sets you apart from any other.
I see you sitting on a branch,
And for once, I try to approach you,
Our eyes lock for a moment,
And I can see your unique blue.
I want to ask you,
my beautiful blue jay,
If I came even closer,
Would you flee, or would you stay?
Hm, I ran into quite a bit of trouble with this work, mainly proportions were a bit of a problem in this drawing, I hope they're not distracting. I haven't drawn enough foxes lately.
Anyway, not much can be said about this piece, I'll let the poem do the talking, and the rest is up to you.
Happy holidays, everyone!
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This is an elegant poem which you added here. Also, I like the texture you developed in the fur and feathers with your pigment upon the paper.
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Thank you! I recently heard that the poem can be read with two different meanings, I wonder how you read it. What was your interpretation?
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I'm not sure what the different meanings are that you refer to.
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Ah, it's been almost a year, so I'm afraid I don't remember by now, myself.
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So adorable! I love both animals, foxes and bluejays!
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This is just beautiful! I love the art and the poem.. together they're even more beautiful~
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I'm very glad you like it.
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I love the poem and how you have represented such beautiful and uncommon scene!
Awesome work!
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...this picture made me realize I'm much more biased towards the blue jay one.
No, I think foxes are awesome as well.
Great composition Fox - not that many pictures with close-ups of two animals and their connection to each other. Very close and detailed works about animals are just awesome!
Merry Christmas.
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Well, blue jays are corvids, therefore part of the crow family. xD
I love many kinds of birds, and while I mainly like birds of prey, blue jays are a major exception... ahh, I love them so much, they are beautiful! (and very clever, too)
...needless to say I like foxes as well.
It's a shame I haven't drawn many of them the past half year. I do know why, though: foxes are mainly a subject for drawings that have a special meaning or represent me in some way (so that doesn't include drawings I made for others). When I thought about drawing a fox again, I simply didn't know how, without making me feel slightly unsatisfied with the idea.
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The first time when I spotted blue jays, I thought it was really weird that I hadn't seen any of them around, yet they were so popular. Only later I realized that they really are common - but in North America, and not around here. I'd imagine some birds to inhabit Europe only as well.
But I didn't know they are corvids. That's totally new information for me. I thought they belonged to the same category as tits!
I agree - beautiful, and I trust they are clever as well.
You know Fox, each time you say that about your relation to foxes, you always strike out as someone interesting to me. I'm fascinated of how you view foxes as and the fact they have a special meaning to you.
I myself feel the same in regards to some animals. Animals which aren't that meaningful for me are something I'd draw quickly, for recreational purposes for example. But then there are some animals which make me feel really different, sort of like them having a special relationship to me as to you. So for these animals, I'd like to draw them better, and I also feel that since I haven't drawn them a lot enough, I actually hesitate to draw them.
I see nothing wrong of being fascinated by certain species more over the others though. I think this is a great thing to possess, actually. ^^
Fox, perhaps you should identify what is the exact situation... you say you haven't drawn foxes because you didn't know how. Do you mean you'd like to know the anatomy better, and feel you couldn't do a great job? Or perhaps you refer more to the fact you don't know how to start, after such a long absence?
I'd like to encourage you to draw your favorite animal though. If at all possible, give it a try, even if not for the others, at least for yourself. I know that drawing is a fantastic way to portray your passions.
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Not sure what kind of bird would only live in Europe, though... but I'm pretty sure there most likely are some.
Yes, their colours are quite different from most corvids. When I discovered I was surprised, too.
Ironically since such a long break, I have indeed discovered I kind of forgot how their anatomy worked, but I could fix that by drawing many of them. The main problem is, that I do not feel comfortable with a concept that doesn't really capture what I feel for them, or what I feel like at that moment. I will usually not feel uncomfortable with little sketches every now and then, but for a more detailed work... it simply won't work if I don't have a concept that relates to what I'm feeling, or I should really feel like it, then it could work.
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I utterly failed in writing my last reply clearly. o.o
In this case, "our manuals*" was a fix to the last reply. It read "your manuals", and I wanted to correct it. The asterisk "*" is used to note typo-fixing-sentences.
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Oh, yes, of course! How come I didn't notice?
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We must open up your manuals of zoology! And... study.
FBut ox, would that necessarily prevent you from drawing? It's not like that every drawing you would create would further hinder your ability to think of a fantastic concept.
I mean, at least for me, drawing species I really love make me feel happier and even more inspirational.
Or do you fear that if you drew a fox, that there was a chance that it wouldn't look great in the end?
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It's a good point you're making there, I'm actually not sure. It's hard for me to get started without concept. Sometimes I can start on something without having a clue, where the concept comes during the process, but that's rare.
I'm not afraid it wouldn't look great though, I generally have faith that I can draw anything that pops up into my mind, even if it turns out not to be that way later.
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My gosh, that last reply of mine was full of typos. >.<
So it's like a blank canvas syndrome? I see... I struggle with it very often as well.
Hm. Inspiration often strikes out of nowhere. But you could cultivate it. Perhaps you should imagine how foxes would do in human settings? Or... in any setting really. Browsing around various artwork and perhaps stories, then to see whether anything would provoke thoughts in your mind...
Or maybe... think of something how would you like to represent the foxes. What would you like to draw about them? Perhaps there's something you have always wanted to express in them.
Or think up a story for yourself! What would happen inside it? Then portray a scene as artwork. First think up a concept, then jot down the possible compositions, and then draw.
What I see in your works in general is that almost every work of yours has a idea inside, and many of the ideas are great. I can definitely see you to be someone who'd like to put a meaning in every artwork. And I think that is a fantastic thing to have.
Questions for thinking.
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Hm, those indeed sound like ways of thinking I could definitely call my own, I'd feel comfortable trying to think of things like that.
When I was a little kid, before things got socially messed up on my primary school, I used to play with friends almost every day. I nearly always pretended to be an animal of some kind. Often a fox or a dinosaur from the order of the theropoda.
I would always draw what kind of story we had come up with while playing.
It's cool to see I still draw based on stories I think of... but of course lots of things have changed, too.
I'd also like to let you know that this:
"Or maybe... think of something how would you like to represent the foxes. What would you like to draw about them? Perhaps there's something you have always wanted to express in them."
This is exactly one of the ways I often think, truly, it's like you peeked into my mind. I generally work a lot with symbolism, even if it's not the most important aspect of a drawing, there's nearly always symbolism somewhere.
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So that means foxes have been important for you very early. Sorry to see your social situation got messy. 
I recall I read from somewhere that how people used to think in their childhood has not became a lost ability... but rather a supressed one. So, how creative children were, I don't think that matters on age. It's just that that mode is automatically on when one is really young, and when people get older, suddely all of the playful things are treated as weird. o.O
Otherwise what I suggested really seemed like what you were doing already. 
As long as you do something.
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My current social situation is, luckily, amazing. Ever since I finished primary school my social situation has been getting better and better. ^^
Well, it was back then that the children started to dislike me for my enthusiasm for roleplaying as animals during the breaks. A certain moment a popular kid decided to bully me for pretending to be an animal (we were a little older then... so yes, 'overly' playful things were just starting to get treated as weird), and unfortunately that prevented most other kids from being friends with me. Only a select few, who were in other groups, too, decided they liked me regardless, and those are still my friends nowadays. Also, it was amazing to get an apology from one of the kids who stayed neutral back then, who said they were sorry they didn't help me back then. Such a thing really makes my day, and it also makes it much easier to forgive the way the children behaved back then.
I think next time I don't know what to draw, I'll dig through the older parts of my favourites folders again, or my old liked videos (music) on YouTube. That would be both something I vaguely remember and still feel a bit like something new. Hopefully that helps to get inspired again.
Also, thank you so much for your help and conversations such as these in general.
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That's so nice! 
It really angers me that nothing is done when this happens in primary schools. These things leave a mental scar. Sure, social skills are to be learn - not even me would go around and roleplay around strangers (despite of such a thing would be nice for me as well). But getting bullied is not the correct way for that. I myself see no benefit in bullying - not even to the bully. I don't even know what makes people to bully the others in the first place.
I'm nevertheless sorry to see that to have happened to you. I think there's nothing wrong in liking animals. If there would be, I wouldn't perhaps be on dA.
I have once in my life gotten such an apology. Unfortunately never from the meanest bullies. But that apology feels quite... relieving. At least some people are willing to try and change. I'd wish everyone would. -.-
You could skim through your old favorites and videos, yes, that'd work. May I also suggest you'd take a look at something new. By that way, you could discover something... new, haha. Your mind would get stimuli over things you've never experienced before. ^^
If I have helped, then I should perhaps be glad, because I never realized I were. You seemed to know everything I told you.
Although, often I do worry whether I do write too long messages.
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Indeed... I think bullying comes forth from a strange instinct to feel dominant in a group, and perhaps jealousy, but anyone with a normal mind would soon realise how horrible bullying actually is.
Just when I had left my primary school my brother (who is younger than me and who still was on that primary school back then) told me an anti-bullying campaign had been started. I'm not sure what kind of results they got, but I truly hoped it worked one way or another.
I guess it wouldn't hurt to try and find new things, new cool things are sometimes difficult to find though.
It's even of value to tell me things I already know. Sometimes I know things in the back of my brain, but I don't always think of them when they could be useful.
Well, I do take longer replying to long messages (I'm still going to reply to the one about the Scandinavian countries! xD), but I don't mind them too much, even though I don't mind short ones either. I love nearly all comments/conversations, really.
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That doesn't sound very intelligent. Or much even logical. If people would primarly want good for the others, why bully? I agree that bullying is absolutely horrible, and it's far more serious than an outside could first think.
I'd hope the anti-bullying campaigns would work as well. Maybe such a thing is harder to start as I'd think. Stopping bullying overall must be tough. I do however believe that could be extremely beneficial.
You know... I think of the same of new cool things. Imagine - I think it'd be very possible to find new and cool things daily. So, perhaps the trouble is not the lack of those, but the fact that searching for those is hard and takes energy!
I think of similarly as you do. I'm impressed. ^^Even if we know something, we may not think of those/remember those enough/realize we could use the knowledge on this occasion/etc.
Fox, have you ever heard of effortless writing? I believe that means that if the discussion is interesting enough, it wouldn't be a problem to write that long. If you struggle, perhaps it'd not be worth of your time. So feel free to skip something you can't think of anything to say for. I'll excuse you if you just want to say "interesting" or "not interesting" without too many words. ^^
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That's because it isn't. Luckily there aren't too many people bullying. If it ever looks like that it's mostly because people who do act normally usually don't 'stand out' that much.
Indeed. When I got bullied I was afraid to tell my teachers because I feared that if I would they would bully me outside school, which would've been much worse. That's the main problem with anti-bullying campaigns. They should change the mentality of bullies, not just punish them. They might just get more mad and seek revenge on the person they think is responsible for 'betraying them'.
It is. Luckily there are things like recommended videos on YouTube and 'more like this' on deviantART to make things a little easier. And of course there are groups, too, that show cool new artworks in my devwatch on pretty much a daily basis.
I hadn't heard about effortless writing before, but I do know what it feels like. There is only one thing bothering me, a little similar to what I feel about taking showers. I like doing it, but I usually don't look forward to starting it. Well, that mainly counts for long messages. It's hard for me to get started on them, but when I start it's like my fingers act on their own.
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In my life, I've seen more than a fair share of bullies. I could perhaps say there are too many bullies - then again, we have different experiences.
"Standing out" isn't always an action to decide. Some people try hard to stand out, yet fail - and some stand out (to be bullied, for example) even if they would never really want to.
That's really sad, Fox.
Imagine, you are bullied, and you have no friends. The bullies have 10. If you do anything, anyone from the 10 will surely report you. For the bully, his friends doesn't. That's the problem! I'd really like to see the whole bullying complex to be solved efficiently, so that no-one needs to suffer.
More Like This and recommended videos are great. Better than "most popular"... imagine how narrow the diversity would be if you only had access to that. Even so, the recommendations work only on what you already know - not always on what you might now know.
I'm really the same. Starting is the hard one. I think we just think that since it takes a lot of effort, and it isn't urgent, we are reluctant to start it. I think I should focus on making my comments easier to reply on, by not making the other one think so much.
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I think its very well done
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aah this is very lovely! I really like the poem too!!
Blue Jays are so pretty! I've never seen one in person but I've heard them!
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I haven't seen them in person either, unfortunately they don't live around here, but I just love them from pictures. ^^
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They don't live here either, but I've visited other places that had them
they sound so annoying ahahjlks;fa'
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They do? Ahw, that's too bad. They're in the same family as ravens though, so I can imagine they don't sound too pleasant.
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Yes, they are o-o they're like high pitched ravens
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this drawing is just so beautiful omg!!! C:
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Its beautifull! Really like the blurring effect in the background
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