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Appa from cartoon series "Avatar: The Last Airbender" :heart:

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pencil + PS2
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Given 2009-09-08
Appa by *akreon. To be fair, this artist has an astounding amount of wonderful deviations in their gallery to chose a Daily Deviation from, but the simplicity of this work paired with the unusual, realistic rendition of Appa from Avatar: TLA makes it something that cannot be passed on! Enjoy this and the rest of this deviant's gallery! ( Suggested by ~talliesynn and Featured by $aunjuli )
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The contrasting values serve the image well. Appa stands out crisply from the background without loosing nice little details like smaller highlights and shadows on his horns and tail. The shadow on the belly seems a little too light as it disappears behind the hind leg. The darker shadows between the forelegs are more convincing.

The textures in the background are appropriately suggestive of clouds while Appa himself seems believably horse or doglike with his shagginess.

The cold grays used here work very well for the image on its own, but may come across as unusually somber to fans of the series.

The only part that may not be quite working yet are the arrows. On Appa's back where the fur is relatively smooth, it works for the arrows to have such clean definition; however, as the fur gets much shaggier, especially on the forelocks, the markings look more like a projection onto the animal, rather than a pattern of colors in the fur. There are ways to reconcile Appa's most recognizable characteristics with your more naturalistic interpretation.

Perhaps the arrow on the head could be seen under the forelock, like star or a blase on a horse. While the markings wouldn't be visible in a scene like this, they would be visible in flight with the wind blowing the long hair out of his face, or if he was groomed with his hair in braids or tied back ribbons or bells for an Air Nomad celebration.

In any case, it's a strong picture in it's own right.
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Overall very nice piece. The contrast between Oppa and the left background is very well done, and makes his lower half pop. Though the contrast within Oppa himself is a little low. I under stand he is a light colored creature, but I feel you could have accented the shadow of his underbelly, under his main, and defined his muzzle just a tade more. I would have also liked to see more shines in his hair and fur such as what you have done on his hoof toes. The anatomy of Appa is extreamly well done, You did your reaserch.
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:iconaquarising7:
Looks like a chimera from Fullmetal
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:iconhagnessss:
*-* I love this version!
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:iconxearthbendinggirlx:
~xEarthbendingGirlx Feb 16, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
...woah....
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:iconlimeburst1:
This is my favorite piece of fan art I have ever seen out of any fandom.
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:iconavatarcat09:
Wow. This looks really great! :) Appa here looks more bison-like than his real self, which looks like a manatee.
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:iconkonthelion:
Your realistic Appa looks amazing.
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:iconsevenxlives:
Mood: Joy ~sevenxlives Aug 4, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
awesome!!! =3
looks like you did that really insanely class.
great work. ^^
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:iconalbinoraccoons:
~AlbinoRaccoons Apr 28, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Yip yip, Abba.
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:iconmintilina:
Very, very good, Astounding. <3.
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:iconmusicsuperspaz:
~musicsuperspaz Aug 12, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
This is so beautiful! Wonderfuly drawn/painted! I'm going to guess that you used multiple resource images? Love this realisitic quality and take on a mythical character. :clap:
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