Ah-! Thank you for the kind comments! She really is a lovely dog, I've always wanted a character like her-

But, I do need to ask you not to describe her clothing as oriental, please! It's not only inaccurate (which obviously you wouldn't know - but she is, indeed, Russian), but the word 'oriental' itself is just fairly uncomfortable! It's, in this day and age, simply not a word to be used toward anything other than, well, rugs, really. :) Granted, this is mainly an North American view that 'Oriental' is a pejorative term - but, alas, I am American myself, and flinched quite a bit seeing it on your comment.

Thanks!

(It did make me do some reading, when I saw you're not from NA, to see if the word carries similar weight outside the States. Apparently, it's very, VERY bad in Australia, but mostly fine in the UK, though the younger crowds are moving away from it! http://dialectblog.com/2013/09/19/o.....f-a-semi-slur/ This was a good read!)

Oh! i wasn't aware it was a pejorative term! as a matter of fact i have never heard the term used in a negative light in Spanish which is my mother tongue. I apologize for any confusion or misinterpretation it might have caused!

Yeah, I honestly figured that was probably what it was! That's why I tried to also provide some background info in it

Thanks so much for being understanding! It's refreshing, heh.

To tell you the truth i was using the term more akin to when art historians refer to "Orientalism" as the depictions that often appear in late British romanticism and the french academy of early 20th century. It is not completely harmless either, the representations were often exotic in nature to the point that a lot of artists never really traveled to any of these countries, and there was a pervasive patronizing attitude in the term. Still the term stuck with these art movements to the point you can still read the term in a lot art history books!

Imagine my surprise hearing that it's actually pejorative! Well i guess i learned something useful today and for that i thank you!

You might appreciate this blog! http://medievalpoc.tumblr.com/ They've done a few pieces on the Orientalism in art, and have lots of other pretty great info. Figure it's probably right in your interests!

Oh i actually know this blog! They have a lot of interesting and sometimes rare content. Thanks for putting it in my radar once more. I'm actually very interested in painting no matter the era, even the weird modern variety. so having resources like this one at hand is very convenient!