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Prenounced "A-o-te-a-roa". It means "Land of the Long White Cloud" in Maori, which is the other name for New Zealand.
I drew this for *BigBoyBoon because his beautifully detailed sketches inspired this piece, and it brought me out of an art slump, so I thank him~ <3 Her name is Aotearoa because Boon is "half New Zealander" (and half Thai) and she has Maori 'Koru' inspired tattoo designs, because Boon's work has a lot of swirlie tattoos incorporated into it. Obviously I have used artistic license with the koru designs, each individual koru has a specific meaning, but I have not researched koru designs for a few years now and I have forgotten which means what, so I hope I haven't offended anyone by drawing random koru inspired designs on such a contemporary piece of work, especially when the girl herself doesn't look Maori. This was another one of those pieces I liked the line work of, then destroyed in photoshop, then managed to salvage and now I really like it. It was fun to draw non-anime for a change. I have been disheartened lately, thinking I can't draw so why bother uploading. But this piece makes me kinda happy again. I'm just so mad that I saved it so small >_< Oh, and there are no snakes in New Zealand, much less bright orange ones... but Boon puts cool reptiles into his pictures so I did too. I'm such a copy   for  I don't normally request people to 'full view' because hell, you'll do it if you want to, but I just noticed how bad her lips look in the preview image... she has this weird Elvis smirl type thing going on... and it will go away if you full view :B Maybe. Hopefully... *ohmaigod so nervous*. Original line work can be found here [link] technical jizz: 2H and HB Pencils. Computer paper. Adobe Photoshop 7. Mouse. I can't remember where I got the fern brushes from but if anyone knows I'll be glad to credit them. 'Aotearoa' © =guava. art © =guava. please do not copy, alter or redistribute this image... this includes redrawing it, changing the tail and ears and making it into your anthro character >:[ [edit] I would like to someday colour this with my tablet now that I actually have one, but I have so much school work T_T |
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Close the world...txen eht nepO
haha at the last sentence of your description!
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"If blood be the price of admiralty, then I've just bought me a naval commission." -- Corwin of Amber
Eat Fajitas, It's good for you [link]
fier d'être *francophones
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Original Art and Discount Prints! [link]
[link] -- Prints; [link] -- Stock Account; [link] -- Serial Web-Novel
SWEET!
Great job, Guava!
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