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The Prince's Danceby *Zephyri

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Weeee.. finally finished the colour version! Hopefully I've not ruined what was one of my best pencil sketches by slapping paint on it. (Pencil version seen here: [link]). I decided to be masochistic and ink the outlines in red ink with a 4/0 watercolour brush (the smallest one you can buy) and the rest is mostly watercolour with the odd bit of black ink where needed.

Kana's people put a lot of spiritual importance in the medium of Dance, it is how many of their legends are taught to their young, and is one of the ways their warriors are trained. Props, including swords, ribbons, sleeves and other such artistic devices are often used. Kana, being their leader does not dance in public often, only on state ceremonies and special occasions, but he believes in leading by example so is a master dancer and very handy with a sword.

Lots of inspiration on this one, not least the stock artist whose pose made my little arty eyes light up and go WOW i have to use that:

and the original stock image: [link]
Costuming inspired by all kinds of asian cultures and historical artifacts, mostly seen in books i own.

Kana and his storyverse are © to me. Please do not use this piece to represent your own characters, or repost anywhere on the net without my written permission.

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~MissKittyTwisted Mar 26, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Fabulous

!CharMal Nov 5, 2010

Wow...I love the motion in this pic, very fluent. I really really like the colors also and the background is very lovely.
Great piece altogether!

Oh by the way, in our language Kana means chicken

~PinkPies May 17, 2010

This is so beautiful!!
I realy love your style

~decembertiggerX Dec 22, 2009

This is so beautiful! I love watercolour, but I don't have the time (and lack the motivation XD) to practise doing them. This is truly a wonderful piece.

~Chiamata-alle-Arti Sep 15, 2009

Our compliments!
We would like to publish this work on the next issue of our italian art-zine named CAA -Chiamata alle Arti, themed Dance.
thanks
The team

You can see all past editions here:
[link]
The deadline for this issue is 15 november 2009.
send to: caa@psdrevolution.it
Your personal data:
- Name and/or nickname - Email and/or URL of your site
- your permission to use the images both for the use on the CAA and to advertize the CAA projects themselves.
File types (no animation) at least 1800 pixels on longer side:
JPG, GIF and PNG or TIF, TGA, EPS, BMP, WMF, EMF compressed with ZIP or RAR (max 6 Mb).

more info: [link]

~BlakBadger Apr 8, 2009 Traditional Artist

excellent pose it's so graceful and defined.

*Zephyri Apr 8, 2009

Ehehe really have to thanks the original stock photo for that, it was a joy to work from.

*humanofprey Oct 7, 2008 Hobbyist Digital Artist

The color, his pose and the details on his outfit are just great!!
Nice work

`jussta Aug 23, 2008 Professional Digital Artist

Hi, your art was featured: [link]

*Zephyri Aug 31, 2008

Thanks very much!

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