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Many people, One earth

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Yeah, ok so this was a little painting I did for the new year postcards I'm about to send out, the year of the boar.
It's an image of Atalanta, the indomitable.

I don't like it very much, not because I think it's bad, but because I didn't do what I wanted to do with it, it's likely to be a sketch for another (better) painting. coulda thought more about how I framed the space.
Not enough drama/ the calydonian boar look more like the new jersey peccary or some obscure little shit. Also since I saw the jakuchu show at Tokyo Gallery in summer I've been meaning to explore extreme forms, line flattness and various tone with my painting... resolving that with dimension... and in that sense this is a failure... but failures are the planks on the bridge that span the chasm that separates brilliance from mediocrity (just made that up) and it's still bulletproof enough to make into a postcard... maybe? what you think, juli(A)n?

(appended) so you know the context:
Atalanta: [link]
The Calydonian Boar: [link]
Jakuchu: [link]
so you can be informed (if you are not already) if you choose to comment.
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Mood: Love ~Emerson-Fialho Dec 6, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Amazing work, congratulations!
All the best! :D
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~Raistlin82 May 3, 2012
Very nice.
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*MicahJGunnell Sep 23, 2011  Professional Filmographer
This is beautiful...
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~Cropcircledesigner Aug 4, 2009
I love the colours, expression, arrow... IT.
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*puppet-soul Jan 21, 2009
i adore her makeup :heart:
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~LARK42 Oct 12, 2008
So awsome. :)
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~Dead-Lapinoo Jun 14, 2008
really good work!!
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~Pokoa Jun 12, 2008
wow, she is incredibly sexy, especially with the expression on her lips. I think this is very much how i would imagine a fierce huntress!
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~sawayaka May 30, 2008
I love her expression :)
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*JillianLambertArt Apr 10, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
Truly exquisite watercolor work! The detailing in the boar's fur is gorgeously intricate, and I love how it simultaneously appears to also be the woman's hair or a thick-ruffed fur coat. Lovely use of those subtle earth tones; they seem to be rather uncommon in typical watercolor paintings.
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