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"Phoenix" by Elaine M. Carter

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Phoenix by Elaine M. Carter


	A while ago, someone asked me to do a phoenix. I'm really no good with fire, so I finally decided to simply make the bird fire colored. Here's the result!

Date	Name	Comment
3 Jul 2003	Elaine M. Carter	Loading... Nope, the egg's not technically supposed to be there; and I suppose it should properly be red (or black?). But I'll just pull on artistic license for it to be there. And the reason it's blue is to complement the fiery colors and lend the composition some balance.
11 Jul 2003	Anonymous	Loading... Yes, it's a common misconception that phoenixes are aflame at all times when in fact they only consume themselves in flame at the ends of their lifetimes and are reborn from their ashes, thus becoming a symbol of death and rebirth in some culture or other, and of course it wouldn't coexist with its egg... but this is a damned good pic and that's the point.
4 Aug 2003	Sajaca	Loading... According to chinese myth, phoenixes look like roosters, in egyptian myth they look like cranes, and in north american myth they look like eagles (actually, those are thunder birds, which are pretty different, but everyone lumps them under phoenixes, so...) you've managed to make the perfect phoenix. A mixture - a bit of them all in it. I also like how the phoenix kinda makes a circle with the egg. Symbolic, non? Anyway, this is a gorgeous pic, and i love it.
4 Oct 2003	Anonymous	Loading... that is the worst drawing I have ever seen.
11 Nov 2003	Anonymous	Loading... It is terrible.
10 Dec 2003	Josefine	Loading... I really like this picture =) I've seen alot of pictures on Phoenix, but this is one of my favorite..
8 Aug 2004	Crazy	Loading... That is a d-a-m-n good picture! And to whoever said it sucked...you try drawing one and see how it turns out. Unless you are a brilliant artist who can paint life-like creatures with the greatest of ease, then don't burn other people's work! ~Crazy
2 Jan 2005	James Hall	Loading... great work though the style is rather odd it seems that from myth its not true to scale. An EAGLE has a wing span of 6 feet and compared to the plants that cant be more than 1 ft. tall it dosnt work for myth truly says the grew very very fast and it made the winds of the desert for it grew 1 ft. a fraction of a heart beat....
9 Jul 2005	Anonymous	Loading... Tell me, how do you create such exquisite artwork? You would get famous with such extraordinary art(if you are not already)! You should really keep up the fantastic work! email me...
9 Apr 2008	Jake Phoenix Beasley	Loading... Fmeh.
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'Phoenix':

• Created by:

Elaine M. Carter
• Copyright: ©Elaine M. Carter. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Firebird, Nest, Phoenix
• Categories: Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
• Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen, Coloured Pencils, Ballpoint Pen
• Views: 1765
• Resolution: 338x440