[Art] North American Robin as Totem

[moonvoice]

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[liondaughter.livejournal.com]

Oh how beautiful. :) Make that a "yay". :)

[liondaughter.livejournal.com]

Payment sent. :) (I hope.)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Yup! Everything came through. Will send off mid this week, and as usual will email as soon as it's been sent to let you know. :D :D

[liondaughter.livejournal.com]

Awesomeness. :)

[nwallopan.livejournal.com]

do you have a list somewhere of all the totems you've done and the various meanings?

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

The totems I've drawn and the totem meanings I write are in two separate places. The write ups are here:

http://www.wildspeak.com/vilturj/totems/dictionary.html

And the master list (which doesn't have the most recent fifteen added) is here:

http://moonvoice.livejournal.com/583813.html#cutid1

And that doesn't include the extra 73 I drew for the Australina Animal Oracle Deck and that entry is here:

http://moonvoice.livejournal.com/540637.html#cutid1

[lupabitch.livejournal.com]

I've never seen Robin quite so graceful. Of course, robins are all over the place here, so I think I take them for granted. This is a valuable reminder about that.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

We don't have these here, but they're gorgeous. I've connected with thrush energy before, and I've always found them to have a really sublime energy for songbirds.

[paleo.livejournal.com]

*breaks into song*
He rocks in the treetops all day long
A hoppin' and a boppin' and a singin' his song

*ahem* Sorry, just had to. :-P The eyes on your critters get more and more lifelike. This is very lovely.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, I started bopping myself!

[makhsihed.livejournal.com]

:-o

the COLORS....

I'm not overfond of robins, myself--had to take care of too many baby robins at the wildlife center, and my impression was that they were messy and greedy and there were way too many of them and they didn't have the redeeming point of being as intelligent as other equally messy, greedy birds that I do like...

...but this picture, nonetheless, is beautiful and I am awed (and slightly overwhelmed!) by all the colors!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

*nods* The colours are quite overwhelming, they were actually even more jarring before I overlaid some of the sections with white. Some of the songbirds feel that way to me, very much like they have to make 'noise' on paper as well as in real life. Heh.

Holy Moly, It's Robin!

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

Aw, it's lovely.

You really ought to do a 'Guide to Bird Totems' book - your birdies always shine so brightly.

It's been too long since I've seen a real live robin. I've hand-raised so many of them living in Washington & Tennessee - there's none here in the Great Big Empty.

Re: Holy Moly, It's Robin!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

That would be so awesome. I LOVE birds. A 'guide to bird totems' would be so much fun. :D

[mirrorred-star.livejournal.com]

So pretty! The colours just all go really well together, and really suit the robin. :D

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :D

[sotepetsenu.livejournal.com]

Eee! Fucks sake, that's gorgeous! Wow!

*glomps you out of robin-inspired joy!*

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Aw, *glomps you back with raven happiness*

[sidheblessed.livejournal.com]

I don't know why but for some reason, his face looks sad. Or more, resigned?

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

The problem with some birds is that they have naturally down-turning beaks which, when you scrutinise them closely, often makes them look grumpy or sad. Cardinal is another perfect example of that.

Sometimes I'll cheat and 'upturn' the line of the beak a bit. But with Robin I didn't want to mess with the expression and left it as is. Which means the face is - to me - as naturally emotive as they are in real life. :)

[aleia-kali.livejournal.com]

wow the colouring is beautiful, your art never ceases to amaze me

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

*blush* Thank you Aleia. :)

[end-of-the-mind.livejournal.com]

Hey! There's my little buddy! *squeal!*

I used to see them everywhere, but then I moved a few hundred miles and they aren't nearly as common ;-; It saddens me a bit. But at least they're here.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'd love to see them. They look like pretty awesome animals!

[liondaughter.livejournal.com]

They're wonderful. :-) They've already left for the winter. It's very sad. But at least I'll have this guy. :)

[dazedwolf.livejournal.com]

OH wow. Soooo pretty.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thankees!

[zenosaur.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! I've loved robins ever since I was little, and coming from an avid birder, I think you caught this bird perfectly!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Much appreciated from another fellow birder who hasn't seen this one before! :D

[heathwitch.livejournal.com]

I find this an incredibly emotive and expressive piece -- almost like Robin is sharing the whole gamut of emotional experience with us. Nice job! :)

[elnigma.livejournal.com]

That's pretty