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Description yes, another qilin, they're my favourite mythical creature.
For those of you who are not too familiar with the beast:


A sacred animal of chinese/japanese myths.
Their appearance, size and powers vary from myth to myth but some things remain the same: scales, hoofs and antlers.

I decided to go for the Chinese type, the Japanese is a little smaller and more delicate.

A large-sized, immortal ungulate, some call it a unicorn, others think it's some other type of creature.

A creature of great wisdom, represents the element of earth, the position center and the color yellow.
It is a peacefull creature that respects all living things, it walks with great care to avoid stepping on insects or other small creatures, it's step is so light it can walk on grass without bending the blades and can run on water.

It can live for a thousand years, living only on the fruit that falls from trees, it won't tear the fruit or leaves of live plants.

Qilins may be peaceful and kind creatures, but they're allso very powerfull... they can tell right from wrong and they will punish the wicked and defend the innocent.
They can recognice just leaders and can only be seen during times of peace, only by those who have an important positive role in history.

So there you have it, the magnificent Qilin
I tried to avoid making it look equine, and used elks, yaks, antelopes and dragons as guidelines.

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si, otro qilin, son mi criatura mistica favorita.
Para los que no los conocen:


Es una bestia sagrada de la mitología China y Japonesa.
Su apariencia varia de mito en mito pero algunas cosas son constantes, como las escamas, las astas y las pezuñas.

decidi dibujar a la variedad China, la Japonesa es mas pequeña y mas delicada.

Un ungulado inmortal y de tamaño grande, algunos lo consideran un tipo de unicornio, otros creen que es un tipo de animal diferente.

Un ser de gran sabiduria, representan el elemento tierra, la posicion centro y el color amarillo.
Es un animal pacifico que respeta a todos los seres vivos, camina con mucho cuidado para no pisar a ningun animal pequeño, es de pies tan ligeros que cuando camina por el pasto no dobla las hojas y puede correr en el agua.

Puede vivir mil años viviendo solo de la fruta que cae de los arboles, no arranca ni hojas ni frutas de plantas que aun estan vivas.

Los Qilins son seres pacificos y bondadosos pero tambien son muy poderosos... pueden diferenciar el bien del mal y castigan a los malvados en defensa de los inocentes.
Tienen la habilidad de reconocer a un lider justo y solo se deja ver en tiempos de paz por personas que van a cambiar la historia.


Alli lo tienen, el magnifico Qilin
No queria que se viera equino, asi que use elks (wapiti), yaks, atilopes y dragones como modelo.

Qilin © chinese myths
this drawing© me
don't steal!
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Comments: 15

Amu99b [2014-04-14 12:21:17 +0000 UTC]

Amazing picture, and very nice with a description of them! Very majestic and beautiful, the colouring and shading is absolutely perfect, and as Storm-Echo said, the background blur is just right, to bring the front of the picture forward and into focus. I love it

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who-stole-MY-name In reply to Amu99b [2014-05-03 22:36:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! 

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Amu99b In reply to who-stole-MY-name [2014-05-04 12:32:25 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome : )

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dreamwolvie [2012-07-15 05:00:36 +0000 UTC]

me encanto el diseño de toda la 'melena' :3
muy bonitos colores

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who-stole-MY-name In reply to dreamwolvie [2012-08-08 23:13:51 +0000 UTC]

gracias

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RenoVash [2012-07-05 17:46:50 +0000 UTC]

n_n muy bonito coloreado, me gusto el fondo y los detalles que le pusiste al Qilin~...

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who-stole-MY-name In reply to RenoVash [2012-07-06 19:39:05 +0000 UTC]

gracias

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kuri-lin [2012-07-03 21:05:58 +0000 UTC]

Nice work trying to make this one look less equine. When I was doing research on Qilin recently, I was surprised to find that they actually aren't unicorns but more like chimeras.

The background's blurriness is just enough to brings your eyes to the front, and his scales are so shimmery. Excellent work. =]

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who-stole-MY-name In reply to kuri-lin [2012-07-06 19:44:09 +0000 UTC]

some do clasify them as unicorns becouse they share many features with them, the peacefulness, untamed freedom, respect for life, etc. I think it's difficult to clasify them as anything other than a Qilin, the're so unique, to me they are a creature of their own and shouldn't be grouped with other creatures, maybe only with the 4 sacred beasts: fenghuang (the phoenix), lung (the dragon) and Xuanwu (the tortoise)

I've been reading about them in some books and several pages, they really are unique

glad you liked it ^^

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DrZime [2012-06-30 02:39:40 +0000 UTC]

I guess there haven't been too many peaceful times in history with people that had a positive roll in history lately! That's why they haven't been seen. ;_;
Beautiful work! They seem really fun to draw.

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who-stole-MY-name In reply to DrZime [2012-07-06 19:44:32 +0000 UTC]

they are fun to draw glad you liked it

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little-angel-girl80 [2012-06-30 00:14:17 +0000 UTC]

Nice work hunnie!!
I love them too!! Maybe not so weird i do,eh?

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who-stole-MY-name In reply to little-angel-girl80 [2012-07-06 19:44:49 +0000 UTC]

thanx ^^ they're so unique aren't they?

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little-angel-girl80 In reply to who-stole-MY-name [2012-07-06 20:58:11 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome! ^^
They sure are! ^^
Wish i could get me a Qilin figure some day too.
Theyr so hard to find. :c Same as with Centaurs too.

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nightchildmoonchild [2012-06-30 00:06:07 +0000 UTC]

How cute!

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