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Published: 2006-12-31 03:32:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 4676; Favourites: 111; Downloads: 78
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Moar arts, this is a gift for the lovely *lullaby-child , because she is ever so wonderful and cute and has delicious characters. This is Fatin, an afrit djinn. Djinn are born of smokeless flame mixed with air, and so since Fatin is a mother many times over, I felt that was pertinent information for painting her as she is. Think of it something like Klimt's "Danae" piece.
Read up on Islamic djinn for some really interesting stuff.
Djinn exist in a different plane than we do, but live alongside us, and they can see us, but we can't see them. They are extremely powerful and also have free will as humans do, to be in the light or to fall out of grace. They can be bound to objects, commonly lamps, as you may have noticed 
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I rather like the full figure. Skimming through too many pics of skinny girls gets old after a while. When I must fantasize, I prefer to imagine girls that I wouldn't accidently break.
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Awesome! I love the fuller-figured females as well
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From the thumbnail, I could barely believe this was traditional. But my, what masterful traditional work it is!
The colours in this are so rich and gorgeous! The combo you've chosen, the sunsetty-twilight melt has to be one of my favourite colour combonations :3 and I absoloutely adore how you've mixed the fire in with the look of the properties of water, which makes me double take and stare even more at all the details I might have missed.
I love her body shape so much, and how her tail curls around her arm, getting blacker towards the end like a burning piece of wood.
Gorgeous work :3
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Thank you very much! XD I know you're a fan of our dear Savicorn as well, so I'm glad you commented.
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Indeed I am! and I did see this picture when you first uploaded, I'm just a shite and don't comment on things as often as I should :c
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Don't worry, I know how you feel 
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I love how this picture is glowing so much with color, without being an eye-ache XD I am pretty sensitive about things like this but you do it so well that I never feel a picture is too colorful.
Anyways, here the colors are definitely my favourite thing about the picture, although it's hard to say that, since I love how you drew the character and the symbolism
Oh yes. The light red and the deep blue are so wonderful and how they form a purple in the middle, plus the light purple and yellow sloshes spice it up even more <3 Plus, which I count to color skills as well, is the black. Her black body in the middle just makes the colors glow even more, and I love how you shaded her in so many neutral greys, but some parts are pitchblack, especially the tail *_* it brings out it's twiggy form even more <3
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Hahah, I LOVE bright colors and it is a challenge to incorporate them without being too overbearing. Thanks!
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Very lovely! Good shape! And a fun cute beautiful image!
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Love her expression and the choice of colors you used. Beautiful job.
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Strangely, the first thing that struck me about this image was her simple and beautiful face, like a focal point in a sea of detail
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Thanks so much 
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We hjave an interesting work here. First, I like the combination of blue and red, and all the different tones in between. Second, her anatomy is something we seldom find in works like this, when you're most likely to find a beautiful girl with an impossible-for-this-world body. Yours gives variety!
Third. You've said she's been a mother several times, as I see this one, is as if she's giving birth to the flames, leaving a trail behind her. Passing to another idea, she could very well be giving birth a new day, changing the blue of night into a fiery red.
Or maybe, I'm just fantasizing too much. Whatever.
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Haha, I love weightier, natural bodies, and besides, Fatin is supposed to be extremely curvy, and I tried to make her look somewhat pregnant. Dunno if I got that across of not
Thanks a bunch!
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nifty
I also like her face; it looks almost like a mask, especially the way the eyes are curved and rounded, which makes that whole 'they can see us, we can't see them' a very interesting implication.
Well captured, I'd say.
-Kitten
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You have such an interesting way of looking at things! I wish I could make half the interesting insights as you do on art. I appreciate hearing some of your initial reactions as well as how they were revised upon further viewing, it gives me a deeper look inside your mind
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Your work is always so beautiful, and this is another example to reinforce that opinion. The melding of the two background colors is great, like she just popped into existence where the air and fire meet (thanks for the explination in you description as well; I'm now interested in looking up more info on djinn, as they sound interesting). Also, I love how round her body is. You always draw such beautiful full figured women, and that makes me happy. Yay.
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I love the full figured women
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That's just too awesome for words.
So I'm just gonna fav it. xP
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-faint.-
I love eeeeverything about this. D:
The colors.. the splashy look..
the character... . . @__@
you = TALENTED MO FO.
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The first thing that struck me about this pic(other than the sheer beauty ofcourse) Was the fire, I was immediately reminded of Klimt. This is really beautiful, the pose and coloring/drawing is awesome as always.
Djinn rock! I have have several(neglected) Djinn Chara's. And I do believe in them(since I'm muslim) Great to see some Djinns around DA!
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Sure, no problem ^^, most Muslims think believeing in Djinn is like believing in Fairies (hogwash?)...except in Islam Fairies would be categorized as Djinn(along with many other supernatural beings like incubi/succubi ^.~) ...and you'd be expected to believe in them.
There's a whole Chapter in the Quran on Djinn (Surah Djinn). Instead of yapping incoherently and getting random I'll refer you to this page [link] It's got tons of fun info. If any other questions arise, I'd be happy to answer.
My Djinn characters *sigh* I really have to draw/develop them more 
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The colors are gorgeous and she is so beautiful!
Another amazing piece on your part, kitteh.
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Best Fatin EVER. Seriously I'm so in love with this. EVERY DRAWING I EVER DO OF FATIN FROM NOW ON will be in some way trying to live up to this, but in a really good way. You captured her bodytype ESPECIALLY just... BEAUTIFULLY. She looks so so SO beautiful. Your painting style just kills me. you are so talented and so wonderful. LOVE 8C
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She's cheerfully a mother of flame, it seems. You really managed to make the flames seem like liqiud, even more subtlety hidden there. So much like you, with hidden meanings.
I really like her. She's so plump and matronly, and so alien and unbound. And the jewelry is great, too.
I know I didn't say anything on your journal about how to post, mostly because I didn't feel strongly about it one way or the other. I just want to see more of your artwork, however you want to display it.
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I appreciate how you look further into my work
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I can't help it. You put such wonderful meanings in your artwork. They always seem to beg for deeper meanings.
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So awesome! Usually when the central character is colored duller than the background it detracts from the character but I love how it works out here! And the splashiness of the flame is so pretty!
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I tried to blend other colors into her darkness to give it a richer feel, glad you liked it!
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Ooh, i love the colors! and i will have to look them up!
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