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Oooshala - The Water Horse

Some of you have been following my wildspeak entries in my journal where I talk about my practices as a contemporary shamanist / animist / totemist / insert-other-ist-here. And so you will have heard of Oooshala, my beautiful, strong, and still-so-young spirit companion.

Oooshala, is a young water horse who is still finding his voice, and mostly helps me in my shamanism to carry things I need for healing myself and others from place to place.

There are many types of mythological water-horse. However, Oooshala is based off a European type (of which - by the way - there are many, like the backahasten and the nokken), where he is a small fey pony with a mane and tail of fire. He lives in the sea to keep his inner flame from burning out of control; but he can emerge from time to time, lighting the path, and protecting those who require protection.









Date: 2009-08-03 06:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lupabitch.livejournal.com
This was the first thing on my f-list--what a great way to start catching up :) Nice work, especially on the colors!

Date: 2009-08-04 05:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Aw yay. Glad you like the colours too! :)

Date: 2009-08-03 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tanwyn.livejournal.com
Very nice! I love blue.

Date: 2009-08-04 05:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Thank you. :)

Date: 2009-08-03 06:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aleia-kali.livejournal.com
Wow he is stunning, so beautiful, the colours are perfect :-)

Date: 2009-08-04 05:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Thank you. :)

Date: 2009-08-03 07:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jet-ski.livejournal.com
very pretty

Date: 2009-08-04 05:06 am (UTC)

Date: 2009-08-03 07:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] earthguardian.livejournal.com
This is SO beautiful!! :3 The coloring is really nice.

Date: 2009-08-04 05:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Thank you!
And that icon is awesome.

Date: 2009-08-03 08:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] halfapersona.livejournal.com
This is stunning!

I love the colours so much.

^_^

Date: 2009-08-04 05:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
I'm glad you like him. :)

Date: 2009-08-03 09:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sotepetsenu.livejournal.com
I jizzed my pants, this is so awesome. Words cannot convey.

Date: 2009-08-04 05:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Jizz. In. My. Pants.
I heart that song.

And your icon.

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From: [identity profile] sotepetsenu.livejournal.com - Date: 2009-08-04 05:24 am (UTC) - Expand

Date: 2009-08-03 09:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] darakat-ewr.livejournal.com
The chest hair is particularly awesome, the eyes are great, the whole thing is just like... awesomeness in horse form!

Date: 2009-08-04 06:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Wow, thank you! :D

Date: 2009-08-03 11:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] starla80.livejournal.com
Gorgeous, I love the colouring. :)

Date: 2009-08-04 06:16 am (UTC)

Date: 2009-08-03 11:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bodylove.livejournal.com
oh I love it, I love how the mane of fire looks with the deep blues. very beautiful

Date: 2009-08-04 06:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
I'm glad you love it. :)

Date: 2009-08-03 02:16 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] fire_my_spirit
I think this is my favorite piece you've done lately. I loved the subtle shading in the linework and here I love the colors. Contrast makes me excited.


I keep having things to comment about in your posts recently but I keep getting sidetracked and then you've posted again. :P I have several tabs open for you at the moment. I will get to it.

Date: 2009-08-04 06:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Aw I'm glad you like it so much. Contrast gets me irrationally excited too. Hehe.

Date: 2009-08-03 02:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] psychrobia149.livejournal.com
This is beautiful P, really really really beautiful. :)

Date: 2009-08-04 06:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
*bounce*
Thank you chicka.

Date: 2009-08-03 04:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anrui-ichido.livejournal.com
Gods, your line-work amazes me every time, as do the colours. I feel I can relate a lot to Oooshala; being a water-fire person I always felt like my water kept my fire from burning out of control, but didn't put it out completely. :)

Absolutely gorgeous.

Date: 2009-08-04 06:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Thank you. :)

Date: 2009-08-03 04:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonsrmd.livejournal.com
This is just beautiful, I love the contrasts in this picture and his wonderful deep soulful eyes :)

Date: 2009-08-04 06:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
:) Thank you.

Date: 2009-08-03 04:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silverjackal.livejournal.com
I'm curious about Oooshala's eyes -- are they flame as well?

Date: 2009-08-04 06:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Yeah, they pretty much always reflect flame, even underwater when the rest of his mane and tail is muted.

Date: 2009-08-03 05:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] white9-fox.livejournal.com
Wowey-wow-wow. My heart skipped a beat with this <3

(you've touched my inner pyromaniac, lol).

I realized soemthing though; he seems to have different moods showing in his eyes and (to a lesser extent) his face at each step of the drawing process that you showed us.

The picture is alive.

Date: 2009-08-04 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Aw, hehe, hoorah for the inner pyromaniac!

Date: 2009-08-03 06:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cloversix.livejournal.com
God that's gorgeous o_____o Your talent keeps increasing!

Date: 2009-08-04 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
I hope so! And thank you. :)

Date: 2009-08-03 07:16 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ariestess
Oh, he's gorgeous! And I really like the stylization of the shoreline in the background.

Date: 2009-08-04 06:39 am (UTC)

Date: 2009-08-03 08:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] erl-queen.livejournal.com
Unbelievable. The colors. The line of his ear, the look in his eye. Just gorgeous.

Date: 2009-08-04 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Yay, thank you. :D

Date: 2009-08-03 09:52 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] firehauke.livejournal.com
lovely coloring; he looks so sad though.

Date: 2009-08-04 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Yeah, he does have moments of introspection and melancholy, he's not a very playful pony.

Date: 2009-08-04 12:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] istari.livejournal.com
Beautiful!

Date: 2009-08-04 06:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Thank you! :D

Date: 2009-08-04 01:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shimmerhawk.livejournal.com
This is so unbelievably stunning! I love how you can see the power and energy in the colors of the mane, but then there are also the calming blues that balance it out perfectly while still letting it shine through intensely.

Date: 2009-08-04 06:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
Yay! Thank you. :D

Date: 2009-08-04 04:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sidheblessed.livejournal.com
Ooh wow! He is absolutely gorgeous!

Date: 2009-08-04 06:40 am (UTC)

Date: 2009-08-04 07:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amhrantine.livejournal.com
That's very bright - is he a bright sort of character? I love the beach in the background, too.

Date: 2009-08-04 07:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
In terms of colour; yeah, Oooshala is quite bright. But it terms of disposition, definitely not - if you mean disposition, that's quite weird, since everyone else has seen melancholy or sadness.

Date: 2009-08-04 05:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silere.livejournal.com
I love him. I love his ears, and his neck fur, and how velvet-soft his muzzle looks. His expression seems.. pensive.. or longing.

I love the color contrast.. and the sea.. i miss the sea. <3

Date: 2009-08-05 12:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonvoice.livejournal.com
I miss the sea too, I haven't been in way too long.

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