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Firedancer by ~keaalu:iconkeaalu:

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©2005-2008 ~keaalu
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Submitted: April 14, 2005
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aka "Dance of the Rampant Salamander", which I'd have preferred if devFArt would let me have ONE MORE FRICKIN' LETTER IN MY TITLE. *grr* I'm aware she looks a little Lena-esque - that wasn't deliberate, I just like speckly newts.

I had fun with this one; originally she was going to be a symbolic, non-humanoid little salamander-y creature (I know, she looks more newtly, but I don't care), but since I couldn't get her to fit on the page properly I made her humanoid. The background is my dye-work - 5 hours or so - and the rest is acrylic and coloured pencil (mostly acrylic).

I'm planning a partner to it; just bluer, and more demure. Something says "Grecian" to me, so maybe the blue version will look a bit Greek.

Edit: Erf, where did that come from? *brain melts*

Thank you, all... :) I'll just... go be shy and hide, now... *hides*

(Now watch me go and futz the thing up by trying to edit the description...)
Daily Deviation, 2008-03-31

Daily Deviation'Firedancer' has a lot of movement, lovely colours and a very unique character design. Not only that it is a traditional piece of art, it has also been done on self dyed fabric. ~keaalu has a wonderful and unique gallery which is definitively worth a look at but yet her artwork is quite unseen, which is a shame in my opinion. (Suggested by =AlectorFencer and Featured by ^skifi)

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~captokyo:iconcaptokyo: Apr 14, 2005, 1:12:59 PM
well done nice style:)

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=BobTodd:iconBobTodd: Apr 15, 2005, 12:06:25 AM
Thass very pretty. It's rather Indian.

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~edilith:iconedilith: Apr 16, 2005, 11:01:53 AM
Wowzee, amazing colours. Awesome work, keep it up X3

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~keaalu:iconkeaalu: Apr 16, 2005, 11:52:08 AM
Thankee. :) And I intend to - already working on a "companion" piece, in blues. That is, I'm dying the cloth, nowhere near painting it yet. ;)
~LMMegyesi:iconLMMegyesi: Apr 24, 2005, 11:01:37 PM
I love this piece!! The color and the motion are outstanding!! You have a fantastic and unique style here, very eye catching. So is it done on cloth? like canvas? or is it something else?
~keaalu:iconkeaalu: Apr 25, 2005, 4:27:10 AM
Oo, thanks. :)

Yes, it's done on cloth - the unpainted version is in my scraps *goes looking for the link* [link] There. I dyed it myself over a period of a few days, stuck it to a piece of thick watercolour board and painted on it in acrylic. :) I was going to do more pencil-work, but it was still too rough afterwards so it's mostly paint.
~LMMegyesi:iconLMMegyesi: Apr 25, 2005, 7:38:22 AM
Wow! neat! Seems like alot of prep-work, but well worth it! I can't wait to see the compement to this piece, the blue one you mentioned. :)
~keaalu:iconkeaalu: Apr 26, 2005, 11:55:58 AM
Well, the background is done for the blue one (felt like it took even longer), but I'm hoping I've not spoiled it - the mount-board has cockled. Argh. *chews* So it's going to be a case of "remove mount, try again"...

Considering a more complex zen/chakra-inspired one next, so wish me luck. ;)
*wadifahtook:iconwadifahtook: May 5, 2005, 5:07:17 PM
I'll never understand Deviantart. Someone draws a 5 second picture of Balto and it gets thousands of comments. *Cringe* Breathtaking work, and well worth the effort!
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