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PlagueDoggie — Butterfly, Fly Away

Published: 2009-06-02 18:21:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 1975; Favourites: 79; Downloads: 0
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"Caterpillar in the tree,
How you wonder who you'll be.
Can't go far but you can always dream.

Wish you may and wish you might.
Don't you worry, hold on tight.
I promise you there will come a day,
Butterfly fly away.."
-"Butterfly Fly Away": Billy Ray Cyrus & Miley Cyrus


Yes, it's from a Miley Cyrus song.. stfu, for some reason I like it. It is kinda.. gay really but it's catchy so hey. It's been in my head all week, so go figure I would draw something to do with it.

Tch, this was not suposed to be as 'emo' as it looks. I'm not sad, nor do I feel the need to bitch about everything here, so that's not what this is. I've just been feeling really strange lately (nostalgic, empty, things like that) and have been looking into psychological things and symbolism and.. crap like that.
And strange enough, this picture does have a story-like point to it:
Basically butterflies are often seen as a symbol of freedom, ie having the freedom of wings to fly away. The wall represents some kind of barrier or obstacle in the way to getting to something desired. So the butterfly can easily fly away from.. whatever depressing place this is, but for some reason it isn't. And the fox doesn't understand why it can fly away, but doesn't, especially when the fox can't get out itself since the wall's too high. To explain it all properly, I'd have a whole essay typed here.. so I'll leave it at that. ..And, yes, I do have too much time on my hands to be coming up with this crap
Wow, I am an uber fag.. aren't I?

Oh yeah, and also I've changed Thera's design again. The whole purple and blue flare thing was annoying me.. so they went bai bai. I'm pretty happy with her now, she looks more natural. Though I'm undecided as to whether to keep her as a normal one tailed fox, or keep the original idea of her having three tails. Feel free to let me know what you think about that..



Thera- =Fighting-Fox
Tools- Sketched out on paper then photoshopped: Photoshop CS2
Time- Worked on it on and off for about 1 and a half days, with plenty of distractions
Music- Lots of crap including: Chicago soundtrack, Miley Cyrus, The Last Unicorn soundtrack.


Both character and artwork are copyrighted to myself, and to be posted on this account on deviantART ONLY. Not to be used in any forum/website/blog/rp. If you see this anywhere else, it is stolen.


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Comments: 26

DeoxysEnderman [2014-06-29 02:52:24 +0000 UTC]

Cool

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sonofagundam [2010-12-14 09:34:46 +0000 UTC]

Hi I was making a story about a butterfly and fox.you made a picture of how I saw them In my mind.....thank you

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PlagueDoggie In reply to sonofagundam [2010-12-23 14:34:05 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, really? Heh, well glad it was a help to you in some way then..

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Ivana997 [2010-08-30 12:19:07 +0000 UTC]

Hay! I am from Polish Herd. Can i copy one Thera photo?

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PlagueDoggie In reply to Ivana997 [2010-08-30 13:11:27 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, but no. I don't want anyone else using my characters for any purpose, Thera is kinda personal to me..

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Jindovi [2010-07-27 01:30:38 +0000 UTC]

beatiful(: I love how simple yet perfect the shading on the fox is(: and the background is lovely... I <3 the rocks no matter how wierd that sounds X3 Also, the butterfly... ok I love it all XD

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PlagueDoggie In reply to Jindovi [2010-08-04 13:06:36 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thank you<3.
I'm glad you like it, I think it is one of the best things I've done. xD
And you don't sound that weird, I get like that sometimes too actually. "Ooh, smooooth rock~" xD..

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Jindovi In reply to PlagueDoggie [2010-08-04 15:20:55 +0000 UTC]

XDD yes and now the song be stuck in ma head OxO

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PlagueDoggie In reply to Jindovi [2010-08-06 20:04:35 +0000 UTC]

Oops.. sorry.. Heh~.

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Jindovi In reply to PlagueDoggie [2010-08-06 20:10:12 +0000 UTC]

XD its ok. thers plenty in this head o mine ;D

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Ranger-88 [2010-03-22 01:31:03 +0000 UTC]

It's deep. And really good; the colours, the expression, the lot! Niiice!

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PlagueDoggie In reply to Ranger-88 [2010-03-24 12:09:35 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thank you. I'm glad you got the right impression from it.
Oh, and thanks a lot for the watch too<3.

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Spyro-x-Cynder [2010-02-14 06:43:33 +0000 UTC]

wats the name of the fox?

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PlagueDoggie In reply to Spyro-x-Cynder [2010-02-14 13:45:39 +0000 UTC]

The fox is my character, Thera.

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xx-kiara-and-vitani [2009-11-08 23:59:36 +0000 UTC]

when I see this art, I'm listening ''Butterfly fly away'' ...

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PlagueDoggie In reply to xx-kiara-and-vitani [2009-11-09 14:11:03 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, I listened to that so many times when I was drawing this. I think the
song is pretty cheesey, but it's kinda inspiring. xP At least it's kinda happy
too, and not just all depressing.

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xx-kiara-and-vitani In reply to PlagueDoggie [2009-11-09 21:24:08 +0000 UTC]

sometime I got depressing, like one times in each weak ... but its end fast

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CancerianQueen [2009-06-06 11:57:26 +0000 UTC]

This is so gorgeous & it really portrays a lot of the feeling you talked about.
I looooove the markings.

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PlagueDoggie In reply to CancerianQueen [2009-06-06 20:18:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks<3
I'm glad the things I tried to portray have been
noticed xD Nice to see you around again C:

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SirFranPan [2009-06-04 15:00:29 +0000 UTC]

Great pose, expression and colour job on Thera - has come out really nicely and stands out quite a lot from the bavkground. How do you get to know how to shade well? I needz the skillzzz!

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PlagueDoggie In reply to SirFranPan [2009-06-06 21:37:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank youuuu! xD Bah, what skills? Whatever they are, I enjoy the 'screw around for hours on end and hope it works' method of shading and things Laaame~!

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Superior-Silverfox [2009-06-02 20:49:22 +0000 UTC]

Aaw..those lyrics are so nice, I feel just like the caterpil..AHHHH! My god I hate her!! And shes everywhere!!..I always think to myself, she can't be that bad *reads/watches an interview* and then I just find something new to hate.
..eer..Sorry..couldn't help myself? 8D..yeah..stfu, I know. XD;

It doesn't look emo to me, it just seems like a really nice idea, I lovelovelove her expression, its really perfect and goes completely well with the whole idea of the picture. lolol ahah you too?? I keep thinking about psychological stuff alot recently too, I dunno I find it interesting I guess~ I keep trying to read psychology books, but sciency stuff makes my head explodeee~ I love the little butterfly story behind it! Lol, I really relate to this pic. I feel exactly the same, empty, nostalgic, even feeling like theres a barrier that I can't get over to be where i want to be.

I really like the design change, I think the black bits look great, I especially like the white ear tip, I like her with one tail, but then I did like her with three aswell..ahah yay for indesisivenesss~
Also I really love the dark background, great atmosphere and the butterfly is prettyyy. <3
*faaaavs* ;D
<333

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PlagueDoggie In reply to Superior-Silverfox [2009-06-03 12:38:09 +0000 UTC]

Hah, I don't exactly like her myself. I just like a few of her songs so meh, I seem to get into gayer and gayer music by the day now xD I've lost all hope in having taste xDD

Oooh, least I'm not alone in thinking that way then xD I just thought I was becoming more of a weirdo with all.. this. It's kinda annoying when you get to the point where you try and analise everything you think or feel.. it just makes me feel like I'm losing it xD Fun stuff!

Ah, yeah I can't decide whether I like 3 or 1 tails Having one is easier to draw and position.. but it also might make her look too normal. Baaaaah, decisions annoy xD
And thank yeeeew<33 :3

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Superior-Silverfox In reply to PlagueDoggie [2009-06-03 20:42:00 +0000 UTC]

lol well I kinda liked that song from Bolt..but..mehhhh I can't help it, I really liked that movie. Weell thats my excuse anyways~ XD

Aahh I know, its really starting to drive me crazyy. I analise everything tooo, I think waaay too much. My mind really needs to shut up. D:

lol yeah, whenever I've drawn her I always found the tails really hard to position XD..I'd never know where to put them alll.

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Malfoymation [2009-06-02 19:37:02 +0000 UTC]

This is so beautiful, bb. 8O FOXES FTW!

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PlagueDoggie In reply to Malfoymation [2009-06-03 12:39:11 +0000 UTC]

Hah I know rite, I love the scruffy bastards xD;
Thanks<33

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