Sad and beautiful. A very creative work. I especially like how the water streaming down the Kappa's head looks like tears.

This is beautifully done. It makes me want to cry.

jesus christ that's amazing

He looks so innocent. Very nice work on this.

I would LOVE to buy a print of this.

Excellent, excellent work.

I've always liked this one. :3

And they used to force us to sumo wrestle and rip out our intestines.

Eye for an eye.

He's got Hydrocephalus! X)

Brilliant concept and beautifully done. Emotes marvelously. I like how the water from the kappa's skull infers tears, though it doesn't look as if the kappa is actually crying.

You're gonna be at ACen? Awesome, I will too! They need more anthro artists there ^^

Ya, I ought to be this year. :3 I did alright last year. Well enough to go back.

i'd definitely be interested in buying the original of this. how much do you thing you'd let it go for?
i love this picture by the way. it almost made me cry the first time i saw it.

That would be awesome. Well, it's in a fancy double mat that I cut right now, so I'd say $80. $70, if you want just the image without the mat.

either which way, i'll probably have to wait until around the first of next month when my next paycheck goes through. would that be ok?

Right now, I have someone else who is interested in the original. But they're decided just to order some prints for now. So I believe I'll still have it then. One way or another, drop me a line and I'll tell you what's up ^_^

this image makes me want to cry....beautifully executed though

Agreed with the general sentiment on this page. Nice colors and composition, and I like how the water running out of the bowl looks like tears. (BTW, don't they DIE when all the water spills out?)

Thanks, Fuzz ^_^ I've heard different versions. Like all mythology, kappa stories seem to come in many different modes. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they just lose their power.

Poor Kappa.

I love it... so poinient and well said...

V.

Ohhh, this piece broke me heart when I saw it at AC this year!

I just recently read a book where one of the stories involved Kappa that had moved to the tallest mountain, where they lived in huts of ice. They wanted to be somewhere that tricksters could not find them and force them to spill the water from their heads; somewhere they could finally be in piece.

This is exactly how I pictured the Kappa to look. Obviously, Japanese folklore gives us that description, but I think your piece here captured them really well. Amazingly done!

Awesome image, kind of sad and funny at the same time. You don't see many Kappa, but they seem to be one of the few that are mentioned in english versions of Japanese mythology.

Very moving.

Very impressive work. :)

this is awesome.
very remnant of my old favorite KAB commercial ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av-CPJxziLs )

the video has been removed

Why does he have a hole on his head?
This pic is really awesome, I had never heard of such a creature.

Click on the link provided. It's part of the kappa mythology.

Wow. Holy moses, that's something.

How much do prints cost?

Prints are $10 each with $2 for shipping :3 If you would like a print, just note me with your shipping address and the print or prints you'd like, the total cost, and preferred payment method (I generally use paypal)

it's wonderful, but very sad.

The water trickling out of his head is a super detail. A+ work!

I noticed the pocky box too, very ACEN appropriate ^^

Dude! Kappa's are creepy!
:D Beautiful artwork though!

oh my god, this is so cool
it reminds me of those old pollution ads, with the indian chief crying a single tear hahaghff

So Sad :(

Damm, it exudes saddeness... He seems so lonely, so left aside...

poor thing : ( now i know why faerie breeds live in the astral plane. humans r to dirty and gross...* pets kappa*

Coincidentally, I was reading about the kappa and Japanese folklore on wiki at work before I saw this. :]

what a profound theme.. I love this, it's both sad and cynical, and very well rendered!

I just have to say ...
this is the only piece that has EVER invoked emotion that I have seen on this website or any others. It has such a powerful message. bravo to you sir/madam

Searching for food, or dutifully cleaning his home?

....he looks kinda like Moe from The Simpsons. Great job!

It's like looking at ET, Yoda, a Ninja Turtle, and that crying Indian all at the same time!

And in the distance, the poor creature hears the muted dirge of Ronald McDonald's maniacal laughter... D:

Seriously though, this is adoribals. :c <3

Very beautiful piece there, I love seeing mythology mixed with modern themes, it's very sad as well.

Very beautiful, his expression and she scean really capture a sense of sadness and lose. Beutey scared by ignorance, a legend forsaken by the very world that birthed him. Its very paradise lost.

Monsters have feelings too.

my knee jerk reaction is that this is an awesome, powerful picture, which though at first may seem to be only saying one simple thing, is actually more nuanced (for example, i took it to partly allude to the erosion of humanity's myths that represent their wonder at the power of nature, due mainly to the increasing distance put between us and said ecology by our increasingly industrialised society [symbolised by the refuse of modern man]... dunno' if that's what you were going for though)... probably can't trust my judgement though, since i'm a furry

I'm loving it.

Awesome pic.

Very touching and expressive!
I really did not expect to see such a good piece!

Gorgeous ;_; sad too. I love Kappas.

This is absolutely wonderful! When I lived in Japan you would see scenes like this--not the kappa--but streams you could tell were once beautiful, and bridges that were once well crafted, choked up with garbage. This is an amazing piece that utilizes the past and folklore to comment on the real present. You should enter this into an environmental art competition.

Aw.. first time I feel sorry for a kappa. ;_;

I feel like everything I had to say has already been said. The only thing new to add to this is I wish Neil Gaiman could see this. You blend the mythic age with modern times seamlessly and evoke emotion like a visual bard of the highest class. I actually have tears right now. Fantastic work and seriously...thank you.

hmm looks like the one I saw in Hellboy Blood & Iron toon good drawning

I nabbed the print of this that was sold in the FC art show this year. Of all the pieces in the art show, this is the one I came back to time and time again. It was just.. fascinating.

From what little I knew of kappas, it wasn't till after I read the wiki about them.... then that is when it hit me, what the title really meant.

Despite all the bad things they are known for, to show respect, even if it was to simply refill the water in its head when it was powerless, would mean the world to a kappa. To the point that it would devote itself to the person who made the gesture.

And then, here, to find people showing total disrespect. And then to be reminded about it constantly... this is one of the few pictures that I've come across, filled with more meaning than I can put words to. I don't think you could have done any better.

as someone who goes to acen every year. i would have loved to see art there

this makes me so sad to see.
poor kappa

a Kappa~ <3