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Spyrre β€” Death of a unicorn

Published: 2009-12-04 11:34:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 6504; Favourites: 173; Downloads: 105
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Description Injured unicorn falls in to the grass... well, looks like he got away from hunters anyway.
A picture done for a friend, sorry it tooks so long. Not sure if the image turned out to look a bit too "pretty", but I wasnΒ΄t going for gory anyways... hope its not too colourful.
Gahh, I hate grass... <_<

Painted with watercolour and coloured pencils.
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Comments: 45

THEKIDWITHAKNIFE [2016-09-10 21:50:28 +0000 UTC]

sorrowful

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chrisiel [2016-06-16 22:52:30 +0000 UTC]

*heals the wounds and removes the rope *run along, innocent one, return to the forest and be free

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Bairdsgirl11797 [2013-02-26 20:59:31 +0000 UTC]

NOOOOOOOOO

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Jo-san [2012-03-28 07:35:43 +0000 UTC]

I love how your anatomy tells me; "unicorn". It has a graceful resemblance of an ungulate. I prefer the goat-like over the horsey unis, but this one really is its own specie.
It's eye is so expressive. So sad. You've truly captured its dying breath.

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AndarielV [2011-06-19 03:13:25 +0000 UTC]

good !!

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Lucidifer [2011-04-03 16:26:36 +0000 UTC]

Such a tragedy. Very clever with the overhead scavengers.

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Spyrre In reply to Lucidifer [2011-04-06 18:29:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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V-Babe007 [2010-12-30 22:07:01 +0000 UTC]

but why would you want to kill a unicorn??

and the art work is rather great....lol

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Spyrre In reply to V-Babe007 [2010-12-31 12:29:49 +0000 UTC]

Well, in medieval times their horn was believed be be magical, and the animal itself a rare and a powerful status-symbol itself so if they would exist, they would probably be popular prey especially for nobility.
One of the most famous pieces of medieval art does picture of hunting of a unicorn (not sure if it was ever really attempted, but there was strict rules for unicorn hunting, including the famous virgin girl for "bait"): [link]
Thanks.

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V-Babe007 In reply to Spyrre [2011-01-02 09:56:10 +0000 UTC]

i know *sigh* :\ its just sad to see one go.......

but it really is an awesome and well done piece

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Genoveva612 [2010-11-02 19:58:56 +0000 UTC]

hope you don't mind me having this as ref for a tattoo... love this pic so much it's really perfect! every single detail!!

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Spyrre In reply to Genoveva612 [2010-12-31 12:36:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. Glad that you liked this so much, but this was done for a friend so if youΒ΄re using this as reference for your tattoo, IΒ΄d appreciate it if youΒ΄d make it look a bit different instead of making a straight out copy. Using it as a inspiration though is fine.

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Genoveva612 In reply to Spyrre [2011-01-02 18:47:44 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome!!
now I have the tattoo it's quite much changed, not only copied. maybe I will upload a shot of it, of course with a link to your amazing artwork

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Spyrre In reply to Genoveva612 [2011-01-04 20:25:05 +0000 UTC]

Cool! IΒ΄d be very curious to see how it turned out, if you do upload a shot please tell me!

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Genoveva612 In reply to Spyrre [2011-01-07 18:49:23 +0000 UTC]

sure, i will ^^

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Drangelu [2010-06-30 05:35:12 +0000 UTC]

WOnderful!

The expresion of the face is perfect: breathing the last moments of life all details are wonderful
I just canΒ΄t express how amazing it looks!

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Spyrre In reply to Drangelu [2010-12-31 12:36:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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joeyv7 [2010-03-05 15:29:44 +0000 UTC]

Powerful work

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manewnya [2009-12-23 07:53:12 +0000 UTC]

sad(( but good job

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Spyrre In reply to manewnya [2009-12-30 16:30:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. ^^

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X-Ray0128 [2009-12-18 04:19:16 +0000 UTC]

Good job! This pic is awesome. The expression is done well. That along with the rope around its neck, kinda portrays a story

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Dracofangxxx [2009-12-15 03:39:22 +0000 UTC]

you don't get enough attention. your art is awesome

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fallblu255 [2009-12-15 01:18:04 +0000 UTC]

this is fantastic! I love the unicorns expression.It has that epic storybook kind of magic to it to me :3 ,just lovely ^^.

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Gajko [2009-12-14 23:01:19 +0000 UTC]

"And with the last unicorn, magic disappear from this world, forever..." - Myth creatures book.

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Genoveva612 [2009-12-14 20:49:27 +0000 UTC]

wow, this looks amazing! first good point: it's not just a white horse with horn
second: all the colors are perfect
third: wow, you can draw grass!!
I love this drawing a lot!!

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CheshireGhost [2009-12-14 15:14:43 +0000 UTC]

OMIGAWD!!! A REAL UNICORN! Not one of those Americanized gussied-up sparkly advertisement sell-outs!!! *cries* Real unicorns really DO still exist! And you captured it sooo accuratly and emotionally! You, ma'am, have made my day!

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Otterrz [2009-12-08 19:14:32 +0000 UTC]

ahhh poor thing
really good tho!

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meroe1313 [2009-12-07 17:00:52 +0000 UTC]

Wow, your traditional work is amazing, with all the grass blades and hair detail! What part of this is watercolor?

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Spyrre In reply to meroe1313 [2009-12-08 19:55:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I Always almost lose my mind when doing grass... how something so simple can be diffucult? Most of the bottom layers are all watercolour... I used pencils to fur, details and grass.

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meroe1313 In reply to Spyrre [2009-12-10 16:28:56 +0000 UTC]

Watercolor for base layers, pencils for details... that's a great idea! With beautiful results. I know how you feel--I hate backgrounds and find them very frustrating, even though grass/trees/etc. SHOULD be easy, since I see so much of it every day... Oh well, that is why I practice.

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ART-fromthe-HEART [2009-12-04 20:26:13 +0000 UTC]

Poor unicorn. It got away from the captors only to lie dying in the grass. It's a wonderful picture despite how sad it is. Beautifully powerful job!

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Spyrre In reply to ART-fromthe-HEART [2009-12-06 23:36:25 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thank you. I doΒ΄t know why sad/melancholy scenarios appeal to me somehow...
I think itΒ΄s still some kind of victory to the unicorn that they did not capture him alive after all.

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ART-fromthe-HEART In reply to Spyrre [2009-12-07 20:28:41 +0000 UTC]

Don't worry, I like the sad stuff too (even though my art doesn't show it often.) Yay unicorn! Maybe a fairy will come by and heal him of his wounds.

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Sturmschwinge [2009-12-04 16:59:04 +0000 UTC]

just wonderful ^^

beautiful and emotional

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Spyrre In reply to Sturmschwinge [2009-12-06 23:27:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I was worried it would turn too melodramatic, but hopefully itΒ΄s not that bad.

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Skullerz [2009-12-04 16:38:08 +0000 UTC]

That is so awesome! Your artwork is really nice

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Spyrre In reply to Skullerz [2009-12-06 23:25:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ItΒ΄s been a while I have done something this bloody.

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swandog [2009-12-04 13:04:30 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful, but so, so sad... ;_; Reminds me of this song: [link]

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Spyrre In reply to swandog [2009-12-06 23:24:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.. I was going for "sad" rather than "gory"... <_<
That song is beautiful, never heard it before. It does fit on this picture, thank you.

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Misconduct-2G1M [2009-12-04 11:56:04 +0000 UTC]

So sad, poor little guy. The expression is very fitting.

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Spyrre In reply to Misconduct-2G1M [2009-12-06 23:20:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. IΒ΄m happy that the sad- feeling worked well in this.

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DinoMatt24 In reply to Spyrre [2010-01-28 23:46:20 +0000 UTC]

i feel so sorry for it. Hi, I'm new on here.

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DevilsMessiah [2009-12-04 11:36:22 +0000 UTC]

That's awesome!! I love every part of that pic!

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Spyrre In reply to DevilsMessiah [2009-12-04 11:40:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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DevilsMessiah In reply to Spyrre [2009-12-04 11:43:05 +0000 UTC]

No problem ^-^

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