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Published: 2011-07-18 02:56:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 6014; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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Description Ariel from William Shakespeare's The Tempest. This was requested by a friend and she wanted me to draw him/her in a yoga pose (I'm confused with the gender). I have drawn this character before, but it was pretty ugly back then.

Somehow, I feel like a rebel 'coz I kept painting outside the lines xD. I know it's some kinda of a basic rule, but I felt too freakin' lazy staying behind the lines.

Although this work doesn't look finished, my friend liked it anyway. So I'm satisfied with that.

Done it with SAI
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Comments: 8

kyoshira-deathstar [2013-11-01 06:31:35 +0000 UTC]

Ariel's gender is left purposefully ambiguous...I like that you kept it that way. I believe that Ariel is supposed to be a representation of human emotion and as emotion is genderless...

I'm not sure where the "has sex with everything" that I saw in another post came from, but it's likely NOT accurate.

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annaoi In reply to kyoshira-deathstar [2013-11-02 12:52:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks . I've never read the Tempest, my friend just described the character. At least her description is accurate after all. 

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kyoshira-deathstar In reply to annaoi [2013-11-22 06:40:42 +0000 UTC]

I've just finished reading it for fun and for class.

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RedMeg [2012-11-29 15:56:41 +0000 UTC]

I just say 'Androgynous pansexual spirit' and leave it at that.
I love the colors and gracefulness in this picture.

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annaoi In reply to RedMeg [2012-11-29 16:07:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Hawk-Moth [2011-09-13 11:04:03 +0000 UTC]

In some interpretations, Ariel is a dude, and he basically has sex with everyone....... My friend played Ariel in a production, and after our director told us this information, she never looked at her character the same way again.

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annaoi In reply to Hawk-Moth [2011-09-13 11:08:49 +0000 UTC]

so.. Ariel's like... a BI ? I kinda have a feeling he was

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Hawk-Moth In reply to annaoi [2011-09-13 18:41:18 +0000 UTC]

I guess, I never really thought about it that way. Alot of people just interpret him as a female because having him as a dude and rapping everyone is kinda creepy.

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