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Published: 2007-11-12 09:22:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 5339; Favourites: 162; Downloads: 1
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Available as PrintYup. Been working on this for a while.
Whale represents many many things, and you can find my totem write up here:
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illo's board, coloured pencil, aquarelle, metallic paint (on the dots on the fins, tail, down the eye, in the spirally thing).
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Comments: 34
My lord, it's amazing, the way that the colors seem to melt into each other while still having distinct boundaries is astoundingly beautiful. The swirls in the sky and the triangles in the sea must have been a nightmare. The colors are all cool and balance against each other perfectly, and the whale is distinct, yet still manages to blend in with the sea behind it. All in all an amazing peice, keep up the good work!
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very interesting use of shapes and lines.
Great job!
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Wanted to let you know I finished him up today. Here's a link to the final charm. He will be given over to her as a gift when my friend shows up in May. Thank you again. It was fun to try to reproduce this image as best I could.
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Hi there. I love this piece but I actually have a question. My friend is a Marine Biologist and she happened across this picture. She fell instantly in love with it and just thought it was so very beautiful. I work with clay a lot and make charms from time to time. SHe wanted to see if I would make a small charm based on this image just for her. I wanted to check with you first because this is your work and I want to be as respectful as possible about that. So, would you mind terribly if I create a small 3D charm of this whale? It would be a one time piece, never to be re-created, and I would of course give all due credit to you.
Thanks for even considering my request!
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Sure thing! I would appreciate seeing a picture of the finished product though. *grin*
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Of course! Thank you so very much for the go ahead. I'll get it all worked up for her and show you the picture of the final product when it's all complete! ^__^
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(I already said this on your journal) but I did'nt know you ownd that website 8D I did that basic animal energy visualition and my totem was a couger 8D
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Thank you for sharing. Cougar is one of the more prominent animal totems in some belief systems.
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wow thank you for telling me that 
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Yes they can! They don't always do, but it's certainly not common. My first guide (who was an animal guide, and not a totem, though he stuck around for years and years) was a wolf named Browen. So if your Cougar has a name, embrace it.
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wow, I have a new obsession with totems/spirit guides now since I found your website I just think there incredible...I must draw mine XD
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do it! drawing your totem can be really affirming, even just keeping pictures around and stuff!
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Wow, this is just so very pretty! I like the intricate BG and how you did the water coming out of the blow hole all swirly and such like that. I really like the coloring on this too and how one color just blends into another and flows just so. Just wow!
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This is just amazing. I really like the way you've done the water as black swirls, and the way the little triangles recall little fish. And how the moon is a white expanse that is mirrored in the water. Just lovely.
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Lovely. I really like the patterns and textures you do.
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O_O
oh THERES the eye...
its very nice! a good comnation of different traditional art tecniques.
nice cool colours too 
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This is gorgeous! I love the way you use blues... the whale looks awesome and I really like the patterns.
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Gorgeous. You do these wondeful textures in every piece.
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it looks wonderful!!! ... great talent ..... the patterns look so great...it's very cool....
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This looks so amazing! It must take you a lot of patience to do details like the litte swirls at the top of the picture
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It took a while, I'm getting a lot faster with the spirals, but the triangles took waaaay too long. Heh.
Thank you muchly!
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the colours are just dancing together! Really beautiful!
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wow, that's a lovely way of describing it! Thank you!
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The boomerang shapes are a nice touch. Your colouring is, as usual, exquisite.
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