[Art] Rabbit Girl - including story
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On the edge of a poor village, bordering the forest, lived an old man and his spoilt daughter. The daughter only ever ate one thing; rabbits. She begged her father for rabbits all the time, and refused to eat anything else.

Rabbit Girl
38 x 51cm / 15 x 20 in
Original for sale
Crescent illustrator's board, technical pens, pencil and aquarelle, acrylic and pigment.

The rabbits - understandably - got sick of this. They met together one night in the forest, and complained that this spoilt girl should only choose to eat them out of all the animals. The Rabbit King decided it was better they all find a new home. The rabbits, all together under the night sky, ran from their homes.
The next day, the father had poor luck hunting for rabbits. And the day after that. And the day after that. In despair, he gave to his daughter the finest meats, but she threw them all away. The daughter herself decided to take things into her own hands. She decided to visit a witch, to see if she could do anything.
The first witch gave her an amulet, with strict instructions on its use. The daughter followed all the instructions, but it didn't work. The second witch gave her an amulet, with strict instructions on its use, and still it didn't work. Finally, in a village far from her own, she found a witch who was neither good or evil, who listened to her lament with narrowed eyes.
'Tell me exactly what you want.' The witch said. And the girl closed her eyes and then in a rush said;
'I want as many rabbits as can fit inside me, and then some.'
The witch smiled a lopsided smile, gave her an amulet with strict instructions on its use, and sent her away.
The daughter followed the instructions, and felt the earth rumble beneath her feet in the field where she had used the amulet. And then rabbits poured from the earth. They ate their way through her feet, burrowed and kicked up her legs and into her belly. They poured from her eyes, and tails sprouted from her head, long rabbit ears from her fingers.
And when they were done, they spilled away, cavorting in the night. Behind them, they left the shaken and terrified daughter in the form of a young rabbit.
Distraught, she hopped all the way home, hiding from foxes and hunters and their dogs. Until finally she scratched upon her father's door. When her father opened the door and saw the rabbit waiting there, he couldn't believe his luck, and wrung its neck; a special treat for when his daughter returned.
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You might think the moral of the story is; be careful what you wish for, or it doesn't pay to be greedy... but really, the moral of the story is don't mess with the fucking rabbits, because they'll mess you back.

Rabbit Girl
38 x 51cm / 15 x 20 in
Original for sale
Crescent illustrator's board, technical pens, pencil and aquarelle, acrylic and pigment.

The rabbits - understandably - got sick of this. They met together one night in the forest, and complained that this spoilt girl should only choose to eat them out of all the animals. The Rabbit King decided it was better they all find a new home. The rabbits, all together under the night sky, ran from their homes.
The next day, the father had poor luck hunting for rabbits. And the day after that. And the day after that. In despair, he gave to his daughter the finest meats, but she threw them all away. The daughter herself decided to take things into her own hands. She decided to visit a witch, to see if she could do anything.
The first witch gave her an amulet, with strict instructions on its use. The daughter followed all the instructions, but it didn't work. The second witch gave her an amulet, with strict instructions on its use, and still it didn't work. Finally, in a village far from her own, she found a witch who was neither good or evil, who listened to her lament with narrowed eyes.
'Tell me exactly what you want.' The witch said. And the girl closed her eyes and then in a rush said;
'I want as many rabbits as can fit inside me, and then some.'
The witch smiled a lopsided smile, gave her an amulet with strict instructions on its use, and sent her away.
The daughter followed the instructions, and felt the earth rumble beneath her feet in the field where she had used the amulet. And then rabbits poured from the earth. They ate their way through her feet, burrowed and kicked up her legs and into her belly. They poured from her eyes, and tails sprouted from her head, long rabbit ears from her fingers.
And when they were done, they spilled away, cavorting in the night. Behind them, they left the shaken and terrified daughter in the form of a young rabbit.
Distraught, she hopped all the way home, hiding from foxes and hunters and their dogs. Until finally she scratched upon her father's door. When her father opened the door and saw the rabbit waiting there, he couldn't believe his luck, and wrung its neck; a special treat for when his daughter returned.
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You might think the moral of the story is; be careful what you wish for, or it doesn't pay to be greedy... but really, the moral of the story is don't mess with the fucking rabbits, because they'll mess you back.
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Date: 2009-10-17 12:10 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2009-10-17 10:20 am (UTC)I'm not glad that it's been triggery or too confronting for some, but at the same time, I'm glad I've been able to evoke the response I wanted to evoke when I set out making this picture. Glen's response pretty much did it for me when I showed him the sketch and he went 'oh... oh, are they coming out of her *eyes*? I don't know... I mean it's a good sketch.'
High praise indeed. Heh.
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Date: 2009-10-17 12:15 am (UTC)And rabbits will mess you up!!! When I had Fred, I went away for a week for a music trip, and when I came back he pretended to love me so that he could get up on my bed and PISS all over my fucking pillow.
Also, the picture before was a kind of "wow" thing, but with the story attached it is HOMFGZWOW.
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Date: 2009-10-17 10:23 am (UTC)And and and yay Booth and his sexy socks!
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Date: 2009-10-17 01:06 am (UTC)As for the picture - I can't say enough good things about it. And I only just realised that her hair is actually rabbit tales. Genius, and beautifully done. 8-)
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Date: 2009-10-17 01:14 am (UTC)Totally OT from the story, but it's like some serious mind-tripping right here, what with the colors and all.
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Date: 2009-10-17 10:26 am (UTC)Uh... bunneh?
Date: 2009-10-17 01:42 am (UTC)I may need more time to absorb it.
Not quite as literally, though.
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Date: 2009-10-17 02:00 am (UTC)awesome coloring.
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Date: 2009-10-17 03:45 am (UTC)And I really like that story. What a fascinating tale...and I like the moral of "don't mess with teh fucking rabbits!" Very true!
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Date: 2009-10-17 05:42 am (UTC)(I shuddered I bit because I ate rabbit for the first time in four years this week. Though it wasn't hunted, it died of a severely broken leg. I would have preferred to give it some kind of burial, but my boyfriend is pretty practical and didn't want the meat to go to waste. Mrr.)
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Date: 2009-10-17 05:51 am (UTC)When I first saw the ink drawing of this piece, I was almost knocked out of my chair. It hit me like a ton of bricks, and I thought "she's headed into some very special territory here....and I want to see where she goes with this", and I tell you...that I am just blown away.
But I am also torn....because I would really like to discuss prices with you, but then I think that if you kept this piece in your portfolio for a little while, that you could gain some serious traction with the galleries.
I think that we should start emailing about this piece (if it's still available). :)
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Date: 2009-10-17 10:32 am (UTC)It's kind of psychedelic in person. I look at it when I want to make my eyes kind of go blurry.
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Date: 2009-10-17 11:25 am (UTC)/random fact
After reading the story, I have less fear of this image and not as much dislike of rabbits.
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Date: 2009-10-17 12:16 pm (UTC)O About a diet of rabbits: Did you know that if you eat ONLY rabbits you die? By that I mean not just rabbit instead of other meat but rabbit and nothing else, like veg ect. They have no fat (or carbs, I think) good for slimming tho and very tasty.
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Date: 2009-10-18 09:18 am (UTC)*nods* I wonder if kangaroo meat would be the same actually. There's virtually no fat on it at all, and it's considered a 'weight loss' type of meat.