[Art] Spotted Hyena, River Otters, Anubis Mini and European Badger totem illustrations!

[moonvoice]

This was a batch of commissions for a client, so none of the originals are available for sale. However, print files are available for all except Anubis, so if you've ever wanted a spotted hyena on a coffee mug; now's your chance!


Spotted Hyena as Totem





18.5 x 20.5cm (or 7.4 x 8 in)
illo's board, fineliner, aquarelle, pencil, metallic and iridescent paint
Giclee prints among other things available here.











European Badger as Totem





18.5 x 20.5cm (or 7.4 x 8 in)
illo's board, fineliner, aquarelle, pencil, metallic and iridescent paint
Giclee prints among other things available here.











River Otters as Totem





18.5 x 20.5cm (or 7.4 x 8 in)
illo's board, fineliner, aquarelle, pencil, metallic and iridescent paint
Giclee prints among other things available here.











Anubis Mini Totem





4 x 7.2 inches (10 x 18.5 centimetres)
- illustrator's board, watercolour/pencil, acrylic, metallic paint -





Detail shot 01.





Detail shot 02.





Detail shot 03.

Comments

[outlineofash]

I love how unexpected your color combinations are, especially since they always turn out gorgeously.

[moonvoice]

Aw thank you!

[silverjackal]

The spotted hyena is spectacular. I really like the expressiveness of the face and the muzzle. And of course I'm a blithering idiot in re: Inpu, but what else is new? :D (His eye is particularly mesmerizing.)

[moonvoice]

I'm quite enjoying the spotted hyena too, I'm 'getting' their muzzle length these days, which is a help. But then I've drawn like 150 more totems since the last one.

[sidheblessed]

The badger makes me want to reach out and cuddle it.

[moonvoice]

Hee, I'd love to cuddle a badger.

[amethystfirefly]

These are all amazing, but the Anubis one took my breath away!

[moonvoice]

I'm really enjoying the Anubis one too, though I think the spotted hyena is my favourite. The photo and the scan just don't do it justice.

[ariestess]

I am completely and utterly in love with the spotted hyena. I like the shorter, stubbier muzzle on this one than I remember from the other one you did. It makes me thing of a juvenile for some reason. And the fuchsia and gold coloring in the background is very soothing to me.

The color scheme for the European Badger amuses me, if only because I hadn't expected black and white to overshadow the purples, blues, and yellows of the background. Yes, I apparently have a thing with color schemes.

The River Otters are adorable. I think I may just have found part of amyrayh's Yule gift. I just have to decide what size print to get...

And the Anubis? *GUH* He stands out in such sharp contrast to the background, as if he's almost alive. He reminds me of a statue I saw at a women's retreat/ranch in San Antonio over a decade ago. That statue was of Bastet, but there's a sense of energy and presence in this piece that reminds me of what I'd felt in that Bastet statue. It's a feeling I haven't felt in a long time. I think I needed that, so thank you very much for that.

[moonvoice]

The color scheme for the European Badger amuses me, if only because I hadn't expected black and white to overshadow the purples, blues, and yellows of the background.

Well, the badger is in the foreground, which would explain some of that. It's also not technically yellow, but a pale grass green. If you're browser is showing a strong yellow, the colour balance may be off.

I must admit I looooove the colours for that Anubis picture, and the way they've come together like that.

[ariestess]

re: the green vs. me seeing yellows :: I might have looked at the colors less thoroughly than normal. I do that sometimes when "confronted" with purples. *smirks*

But yeah, that Anubis picture is just gorgeous!

[allati]

However, print files are available for all except Anubis

Fffffuuuuuuu-


They are all so stunning. I adore the colours on this batch, so much. I wasn't expecting the striking aspect of Anubis, it's incredible. You are a demoness, no prints, blargh! Woe! Angst! ;___;

[moonvoice]

Yeah, no prints unfortunately. Just a very awkward size file in general, and then so small on top of that. Tres suckage.

[hrafn]

Wow, Anubis. Intense.

I really like the detail shots, too! Seeing the texture of the metallic paint against the rest of it is really neat.

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :D

[spider_fox]

It's interesting how consistent badger's colors are; I remember getting the feel for purple and green when drawing him too. Do you find that occurs often with repeats? Having the totems request the same or similar colors each time?

[moonvoice]

Having the totems request the same or similar colors each time?

Depends on the totem, really (wolf almost always wants something different; maybe tired of always being depicted the same way?). But in this case, the clients requested similar colours to before (which is something I can do, unless the totem really wants something different, in which case I'd've double-checked with the client.)

[darakat]

3...2... 1.. Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Otter Otter!

[lupagreenwolf]

Ooooooh, thank you for sharing the detail! It's neat to get to see the nuts and bolts, as it were. And comparing that hyena to the one that's in the icon set that I see floating around is neat, because it shows how much you have developed between the two--awesome!