Description
Title:Kitsune and the Mountain God’s lantern.
Backstory:
At very young age, Kitsune is taken away from her family, a poor family of rice farmers, to perform has a dancer at the Shogun’s palace.
One day she decides to escape the palace and run away. The young girl wanders too far and gets lost into the forest of Fushimi Inari. Fushimi Inari, a mountain, home of Kami Inari, the Mountain God.
Days passes by, then turned into weeks, Kitsune is deep into the forest unable to find its exit. One night, completely starving, very close to death, she sees a very dim light at far. She masters all her strength, and goes toward the light source, she finds an old lantern, strangely the old lantern is lit, lying down on the forest floor. Has she grabs the lantern, she feels a strange energy, her faintness seems to fade away and she’s able to leave the forest, guided by the lantern’s light.
Kitsune becomes a street performer, traveling from town to town performing her dance with her lantern, has she dances she creates visual illusions, crowds gather around to see her dance and the magic illusions, they look so vivid, so real. One day she realizes that the illusions are more than that, they can materialize, became real…
Word has spread, the Shogun’s son demands to see this amazing dancer and her illusions. She’s invited to the palace; Five years have passed since she escaped from the Shogun’s palace, now she sees herself again returning to that place…
The rest is up to your imagination! Hope you like it!
Talisman: Lantern
Equipment: clothing, fox mask and umbrella, all part of the dancer attire.
Logo: Kanji word in the lantern, Kitsune, meaning fox
Comments: 72
Narmos [2020-04-19 14:41:20 +0000 UTC]
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lees4 [2020-04-18 01:18:30 +0000 UTC]
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Delta0dst [2020-04-04 22:52:52 +0000 UTC]
Beauty worthy of DD
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G-CO [2020-04-04 22:38:45 +0000 UTC]
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pierjet [2020-04-04 22:02:58 +0000 UTC]
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Jaislynn [2020-04-04 16:31:53 +0000 UTC]
This is simply gorgeous! I love the water dragon.
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Ururuty [2020-04-04 12:51:23 +0000 UTC]
nice work
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Sabi02 [2020-04-04 11:54:15 +0000 UTC]
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aldithasiregar [2020-04-02 13:25:40 +0000 UTC]
I just can't believe...you didn't make it even to the semifinal... I don't know why I'm so upset that they took... your DD too. At least let the DD stay there.
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Grafik In reply to aldithasiregar [2020-04-02 14:17:05 +0000 UTC]
I didn’t notice the remove of the DD, why did they take the DD? My artwork already had lots of favorites even before the DD, people like it, only the judges didn’t. I think it’s still the artwork with more favorites
The previous contest I’ve entered the same happened, not even considered for a semifinalist: www.deviantart.com/grafik/art/…
At the time I got really bummed, and removed the artwork, I had put so much into it...some of their choices in that contest were very questionable. On this one, I like some of the choices they made. It’s their choices, their contest, nothing to do about it, mabybe more luck next time.
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wbnfs91 [2020-04-02 06:55:55 +0000 UTC]
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Grafik In reply to wbnfs91 [2020-04-02 10:05:09 +0000 UTC]
Thanks man. It’s a contest, they choose who they want, and that’s It. Better luck next time.
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Rafael-Domination [2020-04-01 03:19:27 +0000 UTC]
This should have been one of the semi-finalists, at the very least.
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Grafik In reply to Rafael-Domination [2020-04-01 08:42:23 +0000 UTC]
Thanks, but I had feeling this would be the result, same thing happened in the last contest I entered… not even considered for the semi-finalists. This time my entry was made a DD, but still not good for the finalists. I’m thinking of leaving DA, not worth the time.
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Rafael-Domination In reply to Grafik [2020-04-01 08:57:22 +0000 UTC]
To be quite honest, I've no idea what they were looking for. That being said, I don't think you should leave DA; the place would be poorer for it.
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Grafik In reply to Rafael-Domination [2020-04-01 18:03:14 +0000 UTC]
It's fine, thanks anyway. Nice art btw.
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Rafael-Domination In reply to Grafik [2020-04-01 22:58:04 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome! And thanks for honoring me with that compliment!
I look forwards to seeing more from you and your gallery in the future!
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kaosugan [2020-03-12 19:58:38 +0000 UTC]
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Grafik In reply to kaosugan [2020-03-12 23:57:32 +0000 UTC]
thank you
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TheeArtist85 [2020-03-12 13:01:47 +0000 UTC]
Congrats on the DD!
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Amana-HB [2020-03-12 11:17:06 +0000 UTC]
This is so charming and beautiful ! I can't find a word to describe how amazing this is !
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Grafik In reply to Amana-HB [2020-03-12 13:11:22 +0000 UTC]
thank you for the kind words.
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Yura-chan [2020-03-12 07:55:07 +0000 UTC]
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Grafik In reply to Yura-chan [2020-03-12 13:11:00 +0000 UTC]
thank you
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HexArts [2020-03-11 20:29:39 +0000 UTC]
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Grafik In reply to HexArts [2020-03-12 13:08:49 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! Your idea sounds different than mine, I don’t see a problem for you to post it.
If you count this initial doodle (I always start with the idea on paper)
, it took me about 2 weeks, but I didn’t work continuously on this...
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HexArts In reply to Grafik [2020-03-12 15:25:07 +0000 UTC]
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Grafik In reply to WindySilver [2020-03-11 16:21:35 +0000 UTC]
Thanks, but is this ok? The artwork is on a still going contest…
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WindySilver In reply to Grafik [2020-03-12 17:30:52 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome!
Well, there was nothing about it being in a contest in the description as far as I could see, so the featurer couldn't have known. I guess that can't be helped; what's done is done
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Grafik In reply to WindySilver [2020-03-12 23:57:00 +0000 UTC]
I see, well I surely did everything according to the contest rules, In the past there used to be a banner below the artwork indicating the contest, now it’s just an hashtag. But has you said its not her fault either, and I’m greatly appreciated that she choose my art among so many to be a DD.
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Grafik In reply to Firefrost15 [2020-03-11 16:22:47 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! I was going for revenge in mind, but that’s a great twist!
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darshan2good [2020-03-09 12:33:14 +0000 UTC]
lovely effects and alot of detail
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Grafik In reply to bonbonka [2020-03-10 08:44:13 +0000 UTC]
thank you.
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