moonvoice: [Art] Preliminary sketches for Tufted Deer, Arctic Hare and Cape Hare

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@ 2010-10-21 02:44 pm UTC

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[Art] Preliminary sketches for Tufted Deer, Arctic Hare and Cape Hare

Well, when you get pinged, you get pinged.

It never takes me long to sketch these out anyway. It's that dastardly inking process that gets me.

Arctic Hare

Cape Hare

Tufted Deer

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	no subject freysmuppet 2010-10-21 07:35 am UTC (link)
	Oh wow, these are going to be awesome. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject bunny_m 2010-10-21 10:26 am UTC (link)
	Oh hells, yes! (Also: Eeeee!Sabretoothdeer!Eeeeeeeeee!) dies from teh ky00t [Edit:] So, are these commissions and I'll have to console myself with prints, or will they be snaffle-able? feels the need to get some more of Amazing!Pia!Art Last edited 2010-10-21 10:35 am UTC (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject moonvoice 2010-10-21 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	These are all snaffle-able, $89 each. :D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject moonvoice 2010-10-21 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	I hope so! :D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject hrafn 2010-10-21 11:53 am UTC (link)
	Wait, what? Deer has FANGS?! o.O (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject moonvoice 2010-10-21 11:55 am UTC (link)
	DEER HAZ FANGZORZ! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject hrafn 2010-10-21 02:11 pm UTC (link)
	It will distract you with its cuteness and then SUCK UR BLOOD!11! It has the perfect "I am so cute and trustworthy MWAHAHA EEEEEVIL" expression. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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silverjackal
2010-10-21 01:43 pm UTC (link)

I'll be very interested in seeing how Arctic Hare develops because of course that's a species I know in the flesh. Even at this early stage I really like how you have the "hare"-ness of Cape Hare expressed. They're similar to our Jack rabbits (actually hares), and I can see the relationship shining from the page. The deer is glorious, but then I have a particular "thing" for the "primitive" deer species. I find them endlessly remarkable for the slice of the evolutionary past they show -- obviously because it still works perfectly well. :)

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	no subject moonvoice 2010-10-21 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	Arctic Hare was the first one that pinged me, actually. The Cape Hare is awesome, those ears! I like muntjacs, but I think I'm a bigger fan of tufted deers. They are so funky looking, like the punks of the deer world. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject birgitriddle 2010-10-21 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	Deer with fangs. One of the many signs that nature cannot be defined by human thought. XD (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject moonvoice 2010-10-21 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	Heh, I think it's awesome, I wish more herbivores had visible fangs like that. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject unaspenser 2010-10-21 03:38 pm UTC (link)
	Love the Arctic Hare. All are lovely, though. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject moonvoice 2010-10-21 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! :D (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject outlineofash 2010-10-21 04:26 pm UTC (link)
	Tufted deer!!! SQUEE. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject moonvoice 2010-10-21 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Tufted deer of YAY! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject jenniology 2010-10-21 04:59 pm UTC (link)
	I want to see moar! :D These look amazing. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject moonvoice 2010-10-21 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! :D There will always be moar, I've drawn like hundreds of these. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject amethystfirefly 2010-10-21 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	VAMPIRE DEER. Okay, maybe not but still.. XD (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject moonvoice 2010-10-21 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	No no, totally VAMPIRE DEER. With a little cape and everything. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject amethystfirefly 2010-10-21 11:16 pm UTC (link)
	I would totally commission that from you if I had the money. XD (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject eldriwolf 2010-10-21 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	Lovely beasts! I once dreamed a unicorn with fangs like that... (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject moonvoice 2010-10-21 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	Ooooh, now a unicorn with fangs totally wouldn't surprise me! That would be awesome. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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zuki_san
2010-10-21 07:02 pm UTC (link)

I remember seeing the tufted deer taxidermy at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. I squealed with delight, and my companions looked at me strangely. I'm not sure if they were more surprised that I already knew about them, or that I was so excited.

There were similar reactions to my explaining how tree kangaroos climbed without the benefit of the little instructional video, or when we got to the meteorite room and I groped and hugged the ones that said 'please touch'

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moonvoice
2010-10-21 11:17 pm UTC (link)

Maybe they were surprised at both things? Some people just don't understand how freaking inspiring and exciting-making nature is. :D I do the same thing when I see a new species of wild orchid in the bushland that I haven't seen before.

There were similar reactions to my explaining how tree kangaroos climbed without the benefit of the little instructional video

The answer is; 'not very well.' Those guys take more drops out of trees than just about any other tree climbing mammal/marsupial. It's hilarious. It's like they got hired for a job that no one is willing to fire them for, because they're so adorable.

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	no subject allati 2010-10-21 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	Awwww, TEEFY DEER. I luff you teefy deer, cousin to my own teefy deer. Cape hare looks... startled. O_O! (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject moonvoice 2010-10-21 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	Teefy deer are awesome because they are teefy. Also this one has a punk rock hairstyle, which is maybe working towards my favour too. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject ariestess 2010-10-22 07:32 am UTC (link)
	I am already in love with the Arctic Hare and the Tufted Deer... Not that the Cape Hare isn't good, but I am drawn to the other two... (Reply to this)

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