SF&F Picture 17 out of 26 by Cari M. Buziak.

SciFi and Fantasy Art: The Raven

This painting is for a book cover to be published by Imaginary Worlds Press. The book is a horror novel, and we wanted to do something 'chilly' for the cover that featured a crow or raven, and some little icons from the book. The story has many references to nursery rhymes that we all know, featuring predominantly The House that Jack Built, so in the corners we have a wee little cat, and a rat, and a cauldron and pie. All these have significance to the story. Mainly I wanted to do a very wintery feeling painting, and then the idea for the raven on his branch, berries and a few drops of blood about, and the knotwork branches around him in the border came to me. It was perfect! Prints of this painting are available from the Gift Shop in my personal site! Please note that ALL my artwork is registered with the copyright office and is under copyright protection! You may not use, alter, or copy anything without permission.


	Categories: [Dream Imagery] [Magic and Sorcery, Spells, etc.] [Normal Animals (Cats, horses, fish, etc)] [Book Illustration] Techniques: [Black Ink] [Acrylics] [Watercolour]

Date	Name	Comment
7 Dec 2002	Cati Smith	Loading... This is really lovely. What book is it? I'd like to find myself a copy, to see if it's as cool as its cover.
12 Feb 2003	Irina Goodwin	Loading... Wow! Amazing Raven pic! Looks like it belings in a book and all those swirly patterns are amazing! Very cool. Speeking of Ravens - I have a shiny raven in my gallery.
14 Jan 2004	Darksea	Loading... this is soooo cool. I love ravens..there my symbole. Im wiccan, and i was wondering if i could get a black and white tatoo of this? I love it
16 Jan 2004	Cari	Loading... Thanks for writing to double check! You can use the Raven design for your tattoo as it's a personal and nonprofit use. Thanks again for writing to doube check on it! -Cari
5 Jun 2005	Tim Davis	Loading... A lovely piece. The berry in the Raven's mouth drew my eye first and seemed almost to distract me from taking the picture as a whole, as the bold red between the beak stands out so much from the Raven itself. Then I noticed that it seemed to create an eye, one that was looking directly at me, and I had to grin. Intentional or not on your part, it was a pleasing effect.
2 Jan 2006	Juniper	Loading... Wow!! I love ravens!! I love Celtic art, I love the colours black and red, and I LOVE this picture!!!! I just love it!!!!!!
23 Aug 2006	K. Chabot	Loading... And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting... on the pallid bust of Pallus just above my chamber door... Normally I like my ravens more foreboding and mystical, but ones decorated with cherry pie apparantly suit as well!
1 Feb 2007	Eric "Chewy" Chiu	Loading... Nice Raven! I'm looking for references of the body shape, so far yours it the best. There aren't alot of Raven pictures out there. I am not tracing or printing your picture!
12 Feb 2007	Anne Wipf	Loading... I allways loved B&W with red pictures. This one is simply beautiful.
24 May 2008	Mauricio moura maranhão	Loading... Another beautiful picture!
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