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'Ceremonial Repose' for the 2011 Werewolf Calendar
"Werewolf courtship and mating can be a beautifully elaborate and dangerous time of werewolf's life. Wild werewolf males will compete for female attention through extensively elaborate displays of body painting and hand crafted jewelry as well as tiresome marathons of dancing displays meant to lure the attention of individual females. Werewolves will braid their pelts and adorn them with multicolor ribbons of beads made from different materials. When dancing, beads of glass, wood, and stone will rub and hit against each other eliciting a rhythmic sound meant to accompany their individual courtship dance. Feathers of birds native to the region, often dyed with naturally found pigments, will also be braided into and attached to their pelt. As wild werewolves require camouflage to hunt, they will rarely adorn themselves with wildly colorful displays of jewelry and feathers thus making courtship all the more a special event in werewolf life; a chance for each werewolf to stand out as an individual."
Orders are now open for this unique project, now in it's 4th year of publication thanks to folks like you! If you want to find out more about the project, purchase, or just see the other artwork's in this year's calendar, please visit us at: The Official Werewolf Calendar website
Orders are open until November 12th of this year, after which only a very limited number of calendars may be available.
~~~~~~Having always avoided the 'native american' flavor of werewolves, for fear of trespassing on other's foundations of the idea, I have decided to give it a go this time around as the idea presented itself very strongly. Hope you folks enjoy. This has been sitting around more or less finished for sometime, but I wasn't happy with some of the minor details until now C:.
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Size: 6300 x 4500 pixels at 300 dpi
Tools: Photoshop and wacom intuos 3
Prints: At a later date
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Wow. Absolutely amazing. How much research did you do to create his costume? I do not have an extensive background in Native American costumes, but I've been to enough Indian markets and exhibitions to know you're pretty spot on with your depiction.
By the way, have you ever considered using Native art from the Pacific Northwest as inspiration? Its imagery is rarely used in a lot of art, but it is very bold and striking. I'd love to see a costume, on whatever animal, derived from there.
By the way, have you ever considered using Native art from the Pacific Northwest as inspiration? Its imagery is rarely used in a lot of art, but it is very bold and striking. I'd love to see a costume, on whatever animal, derived from there.
Why is it ALWAYS Plains Indians? There is still, for example, a large Wampanoag population over here in MA. (you know... pocahontas.)
Not criticizing the art -- it's great, don't get me wrong! I just think that you could have made a much more interesting cultural statement...
(Or calendar content aside, why not have made the character a coyote, which are actually far more common.)
Not criticizing the art -- it's great, don't get me wrong! I just think that you could have made a much more interesting cultural statement...
(Or calendar content aside, why not have made the character a coyote, which are actually far more common.)
1) That's why a lot of the pieces in the calender won't be.
2) Cliche, may be. But it's a commercial project and the theme sales. If you don't like it, don't buy it.
3) Still doesn't explain why you would suggest making the character a coyote for a werewolf calender. But hey, could always e-mail you ideas in via their website.
2) Cliche, may be. But it's a commercial project and the theme sales. If you don't like it, don't buy it.
3) Still doesn't explain why you would suggest making the character a coyote for a werewolf calender. But hey, could always e-mail you ideas in via their website.
I could be wrong, but I definately recall learning in college that Pocohantas was a part of the Powhatan tribe (named after their chief), and that there are no survivors.
Anyway, last year's calendar included an asian werewolf, south asian werewolf (Balaa's), and a south american werewolf. So both the calendar and Balaa herself have illustrated things other than the plains indians.
Anyway, last year's calendar included an asian werewolf, south asian werewolf (Balaa's), and a south american werewolf. So both the calendar and Balaa herself have illustrated things other than the plains indians.
Baala hello, go deep and make the mind fly ... very pleased to read what you wrote, in a lyrical sense and delicious, deeply into the feelings of the werewolves (like me). Everything is resolved in a rhythmic dance and spiritual. The communion between two souls to become one. Congratulations, excellent work. I stand and I take my hat off to you
Well you know I approve http://www.furaffinity.net/view/922145/
So good to see you post stuff once again. So much detail and color to this.
So good to see you post stuff once again. So much detail and color to this.
AMAZING!
Tonka is part native! I love this pic!! full dance regalia!
a 5 feathered roach!with red deer tail! bone breast plate, very detailed! the colors are fantastic!
an alltime Favorite!
"minor details"...pffft... you should be happy with the whole thing!
I've gotta get the calendar just for this pic! don't care what else is in it!
Tonka is part native! I love this pic!! full dance regalia!
a 5 feathered roach!with red deer tail! bone breast plate, very detailed! the colors are fantastic!
an alltime Favorite!
"minor details"...pffft... you should be happy with the whole thing!
I've gotta get the calendar just for this pic! don't care what else is in it!
awwww thank you for the wonderfully kind words! But ya should check out the other piece's in this year's calendar else is in the calendar as they are simply stellar and all good reason to have a copy of the calendar x}!! Thanks again for the kind words, very much appreciated!
Unfortunately not, but for less than the price of 2 prints you could have the whole calendar ^__^. I think that's a steal, and theres really a lot of beautiful art in the calendar besides this piece [:..think it'd be a great xmas gift ^^;. Thank you for the interest though, I really appreciate it!
Hi! Thank you kindly for the interest C:, unfortunately prints won't be available until mid of next year. Though I would highly recommend buying the whole calendar as you get 14 pieces of art for the price of 2 prints x}!!
Thank you for your interest though! It is always appreciated.
Thank you for your interest though! It is always appreciated.
Hello! On behalf of our group: 
NativeAmericanArtClub we would be honored if you would let us post your Native American Art in our group~ In the artist comments, we will link to your user-page and also to the original posting of said art piece. This group is solely for people who love Native American art, and for promotional purposes of Native American artists. If you have any questions or concerns, just ask me 
ChiefItchybum also known as 
JyakiVicc
Thank you and have a great day! –Jyaki
NativeAmericanArtClub we would be honored if you would let us post your Native American Art in our group~ In the artist comments, we will link to your user-page and also to the original posting of said art piece. This group is solely for people who love Native American art, and for promotional purposes of Native American artists. If you have any questions or concerns, just ask me 
ChiefItchybum also known as 
JyakiViccThank you and have a great day! –Jyaki
my dear what you have made shows the repose of the were and native american
i commend you for this what you see is the ways as you said and the regallia of a true worrior is done by display of the spoils
i approve of it fully
spirit wolf
i am a true native american and what i see is wonderfull works of art
i commend you for this what you see is the ways as you said and the regallia of a true worrior is done by display of the spoils
i approve of it fully
spirit wolf
i am a true native american and what i see is wonderfull works of art
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. I truly worried it would offend Native Americans or read as inaccurate though of course that was the furthest thing from my intent. Where in the fandom tribal werewolves are kinda considered cliche, I think the is a very primal appeal to them for me. I knew when I got my assignment for that year that I wanted to paint this. Im so happy about the reaction it has garnered and it is wonderful to hear such words from someone who shares in this beautiful culture! ya made my day!
I, too, am a bit late in coming across this. This is one of the few pieces of art that stopped me in my tracks. From the lighting, texture and the rightness of the whole image, I found I could not take my eyes off it. I'm glad to know, after contacting you, this is still available at the present time as a print.
I must say all your work is fantastic - and this image holds special meaning for me. Well done.
~Shasari
I must say all your work is fantastic - and this image holds special meaning for me. Well done.
~Shasari
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