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"Sphinx" by Erin M. Schmidt

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Someone hit me with a shovel, I did the unnaturally-dark-skin-and-silver-hair drowish thing. Aargh. And I know her head looks too small for her body. I'm sure there's a reason for that, I just can't think of what it could be . . .


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5 Aug 200345 Cass
*SMACK*!!!!!!!!! I hope i hit you hard enough. I bought this shovel especially for you.

It looks GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*hits you once more for being so good*

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
13 Feb 200445 Bestbabeangel
The contrast between light and dark is perfect i say!
5 Mar 2004:-)
Dark.. Skin? Maybe dark skin is awful, but go crazy. It's fur. Anyways... I've an excuse for you. You drew the head so tiny because it's roughly that size and perfect in proportion if you compare a human to a lion. It's bigger than a human head, really. ^.^;
11 Nov 200445 Chelsea Rhythmn Seydlitz
OH WICKED COOL You seriously SHOULD do a Drow Sphinx... I love Drow... I love this picture... ooo your so good *slobbers and goes to attemp to create a Drow-like thingy*
9 Jan 200545 Simone
There is a reason that the sphinx's head is small. It is believed that the Egyptian great sphinx had a smaller head because originally it was a lion head and was later carved down to look like the current Pharoe... the first sphinx!
25 May 200545 Mathilde
well... maybe her head is too small because it got stuck in a ladder when she was a kid, and had to pull herself out. Then the head just would'nt grow anymore?
Nah, just kiddigt ( and i really do'nt know how... I know I'm just annoying)anyway, It's beautiful =) as all your pics! How do you manage to draw animals at all? I just mess up.. badly...
31 Jan 2006:-) Katherine A. Gray
Yeah the lion portion is amazing. A lot of sphinx pictures I've seen, well the lion part is kinda puny. Your's is just rippling with muscle! Gotta love it! I think her head looks fine.
1 Jul 200645 Somebody, anybody really...
I like you Majik...you know your greek mythology. The picture is really nice, I do like the wings.
2 Aug 200645 Laura Soret
I just never really saw any sense in this ceatures... Don´t worry, the head never seems to fit in... I mean, human head over animal body... It´s just akward!
5 Jul 2010:-) Jeanette M Thomas
Laura - though 4 yrs late I am impelled to reply to your comment. Mythological beasts make poetic or religious sense, sometimes calendar sense, not "common sense" sense. Many are astrological images for a specific date or time. For Sphinx, think Virgo/Leo cusp. Greek sphinxes had wings (though Egyptian ones did not), perhaps adding a spiritual connotation, implying divine origin. Sumeria had winged bulls with mens (sometimes kings) faces.
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'Sphinx':
 • Created by: :-) Erin M. Schmidt
 • Copyright: ©Erin M. Schmidt. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Colored, Drow, Lamassu, Lion-woman, Pencil, Sphinx, Watercolor, Watercolour, Winged
 • Categories: Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
 • Techniques: Coloured Pencils, Watercolour
 • Views: 1634
 • Resolution: 650x490

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