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"Hicalifi" by Eline ´Ellende´ Spek

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Hicalifi by Eline ´Ellende´ Spek

Once upon a time the merfolk lived in peace under the reign of King Ypsolan. The sea gave them everything they needed, there was no such thing as poverty, for Ypsolan was a wise man. The capital city of his empire had become a labyrinth filled with palaces, one even more beautiful than the other, all filled with beautiful works of art and laughing people. The king had but only one flaw: he was addicted to racing.

Ypsolan had a stable full of the finest race-hippocampi of the world, but he wanted more, he wanted better... One day he and his people were hunting and encountered a lionfish. The king was impressed by it's grace and speed and ordered the animal to be caught alive. As one knows: lionfishes are very poisonous, and one of the hunters lost his live that day, he was the first...

The rest of the story is soon told: the king crossed the lionfish with his best hippocampus mare, but instead of one filly she had ten, and died delivering them. The young breed, who were named hicalifi, grew very fast and were poisonous from the day they were born. I could tell you about the first stableboy that died, or the day they laid hands on our noble king, but I don't have that much time. I'm the last of my people now, the hicalifi live in our citys, dwell through our palaces... I write this, hidden in a cave somewhere so that maybe someday, people will know, and won't make the same mistake as we di...
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Medium: black ink and watercolours, some highlighting done with white gouache

Date	Name	Comment
22 Jun 2007	Jocelyn Owens	Loading... Wow!! So creative!!!
5 Oct 2007	Joelle Duran	Loading... That was a fun read and a great picture! I like how it really resembles the lionfish. Stupid, stupid king
31 Jan 2008	Anon.	Loading... tell us more of the story!What happened to the man?Did he die from a hicalifi?
23 Mar 2008	Anon.	Loading... I like the idea of a fish horse ur talented!!
2 Oct 2008	Nicole Kennedy	Loading... This is amazing the way you have mixed a horse with a lionfish, it just makes you see how you can play around with two animals and come up with something so good:
17 Oct 2008	Nana white_fleur Kavtaradze	Loading... cool
27 Oct 2008	Marry	Loading... WOW!! SOOOO Creative!!
20 Feb 2009	Anon.	Loading... whats the end of the story amazing pic
12 Aug 2009	Tabitha R Baylor	Loading... Beautiful and tragic, but I love it anyway.
28 Nov 2009	Sarah	Loading... Seahorse? Anyway, amazing picture. I love the way you’ve blending the two animals together so seamlessly, especially the fin on the shoulder. Keep up the good work!
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'Hicalifi':

• Created by:

Eline ´Ellende´ Spek
• Copyright: ©Eline ´Ellende´ Spek. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Eline, Ellende, Equine, Fish, Hippocampus, Horse, Lion, Lionfish, Mythical, Woodoworks
• Categories: Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
• Techniques: Black Ink, Gouache, Watercolour
• Submitted: 2003-09-27 11:04:09
• Views: 4216
• Resolution: 700x488