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Linn C. Standal

"Oberon" by Linn C. Standal

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Oberon is, if I remember correctly, the king of the fairies, and marries to Titania. (Remember Midsummer Night's Dream?) I'm blaming his very femme appearance on the fact that he IS a faerie. The tattoo, on the other hand, I have no excuse for. It was done on a whim.


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23 Nov 2004:-) Shang Gao
Great pic, the folds are very well done. Tattoo's a bit menacing, but it's cool too, hehe. Like how it looks like he's holding the moon too.
24 Nov 200445 Ashley *Celesta* Versaggi
Indeed, he is King of the Faeries and spouce to proud Titania. It's rather funny, I just got done doing an dramatic solo performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in my Oral Interpretation class. This remains to be my favorite Shakespearian plays. And I think you captured Oberon nicely. I like the femnity of him and I like his horns. well done!
18 Jul 200545 Karatetoad
I always love Shakespeare character drawings; this one's a particularly nice take on him. I think the feminine aspect is coming from his eyes... their shape, and the lashes. Other then that, great work... very well done.
18 Jul 2005:-) JessiLee Milakovic
mm, i Like him. And the tattoo, though I cant decide if its a wolf or a dragon? (the ferocious kin to Falcore the luck dragon from Fantastica purhapse?)
5 Jun 2006:-) Gabrielle 'Gaby' L. Dorney
Midsummer night's dream is my favorite shakespearian play! You captured him very well!!
17 Feb 200845 Daine Incarnate
This is seriously one of the most awesome pictures i have ever seen. it just...speaks to me. very strongly, at that.

i’ve never seen Oberon depicted with horns, but i really like it. it really makes him look..."strong yet sexy"? idk, those aren’t the right words, but you get the idea. they’re an interesting combination with the rest of his facial features - i agree with the feminine thing, but that isn’t a bad thing in my book! ;-) the "masculine" horns and the "feminine" face/eyes offset each other in quite a stark way. but, it’s so "wrong" (i use quotes b/c some people apparently don’t like the femme look...) that it is, to me, very "right".
Keep up the great work!!
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'Oberon':
 • Created by: :-) Linn C. Standal
 • Copyright: ©Linn C. Standal. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Elf, Faerie, Oberon, Shakespeare
 • Categories: Faery, Fay, Faeries, Man, Men, Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
 • Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen
 • Inspirations: Other Artist
 • Submitted: 2004-11-16 13:41:43
 • Views: 1328
 • Resolution: 499x643

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