[Art] I'm not asking you what your totem is.

So. Those who know my Wandsuna series, know I like to use animals and colours in said Wandsuna series to express other concepts, abstract emotions, people, or feelings, or other things entirely.

Those symbolic connections are based on very personal symbolism. For example, the fox isn't used because of its connection to 'Fox as Totem', and is entirely based on a personal relationship with fox and my encounters with it in 'real life.'

If you could represent an abstract or a concept through a colour or an animal in the Wandsuna mythology, what would you choose? How would you represent your self? And why would you choose that animal, colour, or something else entirely? Would different representations change what it meant? (For example, in the Wandsuna series, a leashed fox means something entirely opposite of an unleashed fox).

Just curious to see how people would build up their own personal symbologies. If you're not comfortable explaining why you'd use certain animals or colours to represent certain things, feel free not to. :)

Photo of the day

Progress
- using watercolour pencils. Decided to try and get it all out of the way at once, sort of, so I'm about halfway through colouring some of these. -

[Art] Frill Neck Lizard as Totem (Redo)

You can read the full essay about frill-neck lizard as totem here.
And see the full totem dictionary here.
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Frill-Neck Lizard as Totem

*~ Hiding who you are. Knowing who you are. Pride. Pretence. Deception. Display. Showing off and showiness. Using façade as a mechanism for growth. Doubt and self-confidence. Preserving the hidden self. ~*

Original available at Etsy / Prints available at DeviantArt





( larger version and photos under the cut. )