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"Tigresa, Guardian of Chrishankhah" by Heather R. Davis

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Tigresa, Guardian of Chrishankhah by Heather R. Davis

Tigresa, as immortal as the one she was sent to protect, has lived even longer than the vampiress Chrishankhah.
Born amongst the older of many daughters of the Sanagisian arch-mage of blood-- Sekhmet, Tigresa was sent to protect, teach, and care for a child whose origin she herself did not know. Seldom have Chrishankhah's journeys been travelled alone, for whereever Chrishankhah is to be found, her eternal feline accomplice is almost always nearby.
Tigresa possesses a limited but innate array of powerful magics and some minor ones, and despite Chrishankhah's aversion to the usage of them, these magics are Tigresa's greatest form of combat. Yet for the sake of her vampiric accomplice, Tigresa makes best attempt to limit her usage of these powers, knowing at heart that even Chrishankhah bears magic knowledge, and even she will use it when she absolute must.
Over the ages, Tigresa has held many differences with Chrishankhah, and their opinions and outlooks have clashed more than once. However, to say that they are still very close would be a grand understatement.
Medium: White Charcoal Pencil

Date	Name	Comment
18 Mar 2004	Maitlin Waugh	Loading... This is cool, almost surreal. The texture is nice and I like the eyes, they look very wise. Heather R. Davis replies: "I'm pleased with how it turned out myself! It was the first time I used a charcoal pencil, and one of the very few times I did something in white on black. There's a short story behind this picture, in fact. This picture, whilst not originally intended to be Tigresa, was done as a project for my Art III class. Now, I am also in my school's concert choir. Held twice a year, the performances are held at the school late in the day. During these performances, some of the better artwork by art students is displayed in the hallway as a form of art show that accompanies the choral performance. This piece was one of many charcoal works displayed during our Christmas show in 2003, and one classmate who was present at the show pointed me out to her mother as the work's artist. This lady came to me, actually wanting to buy the piece, and too reluctant to give it up, I made up an excuse as to why it could not be sold. I told her that it was to go into an art portfolio, a lie considering that I do not intend to go to an art school and thus won't need one. The truth is that I simply didn't want to let it go. (I did, however, email her a copy of the picture!) I never asked how much she was offering for the picture, but I tend to hold a sentimental value in my work and did not want to sound as though I was turning her down simply because she was asking too little.As for this tiger's wise eyes, they were part of my inspiration to make her be Tigresa, who is, in fact, very wise. Tigresa is not a white tiger; However, she does behold many magical powers, and temporarily changing her texture is one of them. Perhaps the one uncreative flaw in her is her name, which is neither like her Sanagisian origin nor much different from 'tiger'. In fact, I must have come up with it when I came up with her character-- at eight.So, what's my excuse? Well, it's simple! It was her name that inspired the origins of the word for the tiger! ;-) My apologies for the long comment, (though I make them so often,) but many thanks on the comment once again! Your comments are much appreciated!"
25 May 2004	Madison	Loading... Oh my, this is lovely! The white charcoal pencil has really worked well for the piece. I know some work, (I'll need to get permission first), I would like to show you sometime. It may encourage this style in your art. The tiger is so lovely, but still very powerful. Definatly a guardian. beams Heather R. Davis replies: "She is quite a guardian; she is a daughter of Sekhmet! ;-)I enjoyed working with charcoal on this drawing, and I would like to see what you have to show me! Any time is fine! Thanks for the comment!"
25 May 2004	Anomynous	Loading... This is freakishly good, you've got some serious skills....keep it up....wow! Heather R. Davis replies: "I'm proud of this one, I must say! Her face is a little akward, but tiger faces do tend to look different. Thanks again!"
26 May 2004	Eric eogc84@hot...com>	Loading... I love the fact how you can show so much sentiment, so much texture and so much distinction between light and dark, using only two colors. Even to the naked eye, this work exudes colour. I know it might seem hypocritical, because the picture has two colours. (Or one, if you count that black is only a shade) I really, really love it. I really admire the use of shadowing, I've always thought that's tough to do. Nice tiger, too! It's very lifelike. Heather R. Davis replies: "White and black are both shades, m'dear. ;-)I appreciate your comments, Eric! It must be known, however, that Tigresa is a wonderful character, and she is more than deserving of a justice not even I and my charcoal can give her. "
2 Jan 2005	Catalina Rossari	Loading... absolutely beautiful, I love the shading in it and it just has such a powerful emotion in it, protection obviously, amoung other things that I can't really explain...

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'Tigresa, Guardian of Chrishankhah':

• Created by:

Heather R. Davis
• Copyright: ©Heather R. Davis. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Tigresa, Tiger, Tigeress, Tigress, Cat, Feline, Chalk, White
• Categories: Normal Animals (Cats, horses, fish, etc), Wizards, Priests, Druids, Sorcerers...
• Techniques: Soft (Chalk) Pastels
• Submitted: 2004-03-15 08:05:09
• Views: 405
• Resolution: 368x564

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