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Published: 2014-04-03 13:37:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 2190; Favourites: 71; Downloads: 29
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Daisy the centaur and Lukah the faun dance through the forest together to Lukah's beautiful pan-pipe music! ^_^
Has so much fun making this one! The background is a speed paint, inspired by the beautiful forest photography of Oer-Wout 
WIPs from my scraps:
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Two of a kind and yet different in species, a delightful scene of mutual appreciation!
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Such fluid movement in your lines! I can easily "animate" them in my mind's eye just prancing and swaying about.
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weee! ^_^ That's good to hear! ^_^ - I like the idea of you bopping about infront of the screen while you imagine it! XD
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Guilty as charged! I'm a dancer at heart.
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Great work I particularly like the speedily painted background
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This is beautiful. Love the movement and the colours!!
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Love the shading, they really "pop" out from the background while still being "attached" to it through using the same colour palette
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it's basically where time is of the essence above anything else! - There may be a limited time to complete the task or you're just working as fast as possible, but the emphasis is on creating a feeling/atmosphere/gist of a picture quickly without getting bogged down in details. Here are some examples from my gallery;
kat-nicholson.deviantart.com/g…
This meme is interesting at it's an exercise that show-cases different timed pieces
Hope that explains a little!
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Thanks! That does explain it quite well! It's weird that speed painting was never covered or even mentioned in any of my Graphic art classes, but anyway you may have inspired me to try it out soon. Thanks again!
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wow Kat, that's gorgeous. I love the lighting and the colours.
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Centaurs and fauns need more love outside Narnia. 
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ahh! the other comment makes more sense now! 
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No problem. 
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If anyone compares me to C.S. Lewis, I'll take it as a compliment, since I love that man and his works to death.
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You're weclome
This reminds me of Narnia, which I am a big fan of :
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Yeah Narnia was great
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To he or she his or her own
Narnia inspired me to have Centaurs (which like Dwarfs, might only have one gender) in my own Fantasy series.
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I've never heard of centaurs only having one gender before… - or is that your own particular take on them?
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My own particular take on them.
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Love the colours and poses in this pic Kat, and their names
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You're welcome, it's helped to reignite my interest in mythical creatures/stories (when I'm not playing Skyrim 
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