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"Zalif (mulefa)" by Kate Miller

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Zalif (mulefa) by Kate Miller


	A zalif is a member of the mulefa race from Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass. Those sections weren't my favourites, but they were interesting and innovative, and the mulefa are such an interesting race I had to try drawing one.

Date	Name	Comment
4 Jan 2006	Anonymous	Loading... I love your interpretation! When I first read these books about 5 years back, I thought the Mulefa had only one wheel, and was so confused at to how that worked. After a while I just settled to seeing them as the lateral legs had the one wheel between them, and the front and back steered. Then someone showed me a picture (rudely drawn) and it had the two wheels. Ever since the ones I see are so similar to the one you drew. Thanks for reading my mind
31 Jan 2006	Anonymous	Loading... i thought that they only had one wheel 2. i always wondered bout that. Great pic!!!!!
4 Feb 2006	G. K. Hansen	Loading... FINALLY! I can picture them now! Thank you thank you thank you...
30 Oct 2006	Anonymous	Loading... I never could picture the mulefa in my mind wen readin now i know!(never knew they wore necklaces tho)
24 Nov 2006	Smo	Loading... I love this! I like many others couldn't picture how they mulefa looked. Its great. Now I can see how they look as I read the rest of the book. Only thing is I thought they had like tusks or horns or something. Anyway its really good. Gratz!
16 Feb 2007	Anonymous	Loading... Wow. I never thought of them being like that. I was trying to see them with the two middle feet, the front and back ones, as sharing one wheel. This makes it all much clearer. Thank-you.
4 Jun 2007	Anonymous	Loading... Nice picture - I'm sure the wheel-pods are bigger though. About a yard across? By that token your zalif is about 2 metres tall, which I'm sure it shouldn't be. Small point I know. I do like the picture though, hope you appreciate an attempt at constructive criticism. As has been mentioned, the detail to physiology is very impressive, I like how you've made it look convincingly like it could really exist.
24 Dec 2007	Anon.	Loading... I counld never really visualise what Mulefa were ment to look like, and your drawing has made the book make much more sense! Thanks =) I could never work out how the wheels worked either, as I used to think the were spherical. You've done a great job of interpretting the Mulefa!
2 Feb 2008	Julie Raymond	Loading... Oooh. This is fairly similar to how I’ve always imagined them. I’ve never been brave enough to attempt drawing one though! I think you have inspired me to have a go at it! This is well done, I love the sense of motion to it. (Oh, and the mulefa are just about one of my FAVORITE parts in any book I’ve ever read! hehe. To each her own.)
24 Oct 2008	Daylan	Loading... This is ingenious! It’s the best depiction I could find on the internet. And I think you’re right about the wheels needing to be a little smaller than the author describes. Thank you =), and I’ll bet if you drew a few more and colored them you could sell them to the author, or publisher, or something.
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About 'Zalif (mulefa)':

• Status: OK
• Created by:

Kate Miller
• Copyright: ©Kate Miller. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Dark, Materials, Amber, Spyglass, Philip, Pullman, Mulefa, Zalif, Mary, Malone, Wheels, Pencil
• Categories: Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters, Book Illustration, Extrateresstial, Alien Life Forms, Body Study
• Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen
• Inspirations: Other Author
• Submitted: 2004-09-08 18:22:22
• Views: 6626
• Resolution: 450x363

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