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"The Last Unicorn" by Jay Javier

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SciFi and Fantasy Art The Last Unicorn by Jay Javier

The Last Unicorn Based on Peter Beagle's novel 'The Last Unicorn'. Depicted is the Unicorn of the title and the sad Prince Lyr, the Unicorn's lover when she was in human form. Rising ominously from the back is the mad King Haggard's tower, from which he controlled the malevolent Red Bull and captured all the other unicorns of the world. The book's pretty good, and is a refreshing change from all the sword and sorcery -style fantasy available today. After preliminary sketches made by hand, I redrew the best composition in CorelDraw, making lineart with a .8 pen setting. The lineart drawing was converted to raster form and ported to Photoshop. I added handmade textures from my rather large library and fused it with the black and white drawing, resulting in a mixed media type of collage. Hope the image has the same 'magical' essence as the story.

Date	Name	Comment
8 Jul 2002	Shasta Anderson	Loading... Ah! This is really cool!
28 Jul 2002	Alisa Amaris	Loading... Oh wow, this is just incredible! I think you've totally captured the feel of the story... especially with the crooked castle! This is my favorite piece of TLU-inspired art in Elfwood.
1 Sep 2002	Siren	Loading... I love that book ^^ I like your style a lot! Only one thing about the unicorn...I'm not sure about this, but, I don't think female unicorns have the beard, and the Last Unicorn was female...oh well. I love Prince Lir!
22 Sep 2002	Shrilak	Loading... such a sad sad book. That poor unicorn girl... I liked the anime style the movie gave it, but your old fashioned type is excellent, too. Great portrayal..
13 Dec 2002	Mythril Darkelven	Loading... What a horrible depiction.
22 Jun 2003	Norma Peters	Loading... Oh, my goodness, this is beautiful. I adore your style - so very original and unusual. The unicorn glows with a white, ghostly purity, and there's a lovely contrast between the paleness of its body and the richer tones of the surroundings. I'm so very impressed! You have a definite eye for design.
14 Jul 2003	Uswa 'Frigidula' Amjad	Loading... I like your expression in this picture very much. The stye's so different from the other artists here. It's kind of abstract, and that's what makes it special :] Keep it up.
20 Oct 2004	Mariana	Loading... I Love the story, and I so much wished Amalthea would have been turned back into human to spend the rest of her life with Prince Lir. Poor Prince Lir! I love Prince Lir! He's the most beautiful prince in the universe! P.S. I cannot wait to see the 2006 Last Unicorn Version! It is great you dedicated a website to this incredible and unforgetable film.
15 Jun 2005	Chibi frieza	Loading... I very much like your style. I just have one criticism about the unicorn - the tail is described in the book as being similar to that of a lion, I believe. Your unicorn, though, aside from that one inaccuracy, is lovely, and Lir and the castle are well-imagined. This does have a nice collage/cutout sort of feel, and the textures are great.
17 Jul 2009	Minequine_mad	Loading... OMG I LOVE THE LAST UNICORN!!!
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