moonvoice (ravenari)

My first Wandsuna illustration in too long.
My fingers still have pastel dust embedded into them.
I've realised that I've run out of glassine,
so I'm going to need to get down to an art store to make sure that this can be protected
since I only use limited fixative.


Mr and Mrs Finch
yes, prints are available at DeviantArt
MATERIALS: Soft pastels (Schminke / Windsor & Newton), Pastel pencils (Carbothello), Pastel paper (Mi Tientes), Hard pastels (Faber Castell) and limited fixative.




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I feel like I've been working on this illustration for 4,000 years.
Of course, it hasn't been that long.
I'm exaggerating.


Wandsuna - Remember?

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38 x 51cm / 15 x 20 in
Original for sale - POA
Crescent illustrator's board, technical pens, pencil and aquarelle, metallic paint.
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Prints available.




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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. :)

I finished the inking for this last night, at around midnight. But had to wait until I got good lighting so I could get photos!





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