Bad Faery

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Illustration Friday: Plain

I was going to give IF a miss this week as I’ve been up to my eyes in work and studies all week. But tonight curled up in front of the fire I found myself doodling this little buffalo:

The purple buffalo roam the great plains where Atreyu’s tribe, the Greenskins, live. During his quest to save the Childlike Empress he is haunted by dreams about a purple buffalo he must kill in order to become a hunter…

“Each of the following nights he dreamed something of the sort. He got closer and closer to the same buffalo - he recognised him by a white spot on his forehead - but for some reason he was never able to shoot the deadly arrow.” Michael Ende, The Neverending Story

I drew it pencil first and wish now I’d left it and not bothered with the colour wash. For future reference I really should scan my line drawings before adding colour. I think he would have turned out quite nice as a simple line drawing. Ah well, we live and learn;)

Comments:

Maybe next time take the picture of the line drawing, post the line drawing and then color the picture. Would that work? I like him.

Posted by Lynn on 01/26 at 02:57 AM

but I like the idea of a PURPLE buffalo… a magical creature indeed.  Is Atreyu’s Dream by Michael Ende too?

Posted by Elizabeth on 01/30 at 10:23 PM

Atreyu is one of the main characters in The Neverending Story.

Posted by Bad Faery on 01/31 at 12:41 AM

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