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Liz Carlson

"Unicorn of the Desert" by Liz Carlson

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Look twice. I based this picture around one theory that the unicorn may have originated from travellers spotting antelopes (specifically oryx) at a distance, so that two horns looked as one. Also, I just wanted to do a not-quite-traditional unicorn. I do actually just the 'horse with a horn on its head' style, but since I love gemsboks so hard, I wanted to try it with their body type. End result is an extremely fugly, but rather unique uni.


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3 Sep 200545 Cree
I really like this one. I wonder how you came up with this picture. What inspired you to draw this creative piece?
3 Sep 2005:-) Kiara M. Smith
This is just gorgeous. I will never understand how you can make things so realistic. That's all I have to say.
3 Sep 200545 Anonymous
Absolutely fabulous! I'm a wildlife biology major and I a have to say you have captured the setting and the animal anatomy perfectly. You have also made the setting very much believable. Kudos! (First comment tap dance)
3 Jan 200645 Anonymous
I just want to congratulate you on a amazing picture
3 Aug 2006:-) Rafael A. Martinez
"Extremely Fugly, but rather unique..."

AND VERY well done...You've an amazing grasp of wildlife and their natural ways and environs...
3 Aug 200645 EmZ
Wowza this rocks! Ur good!
21 Jan 200745 Guardian of Purgatory666
Did you know tht another theory of the unicorn also came from a group of men who gound a narwhale horn on a beach and horse tracks leading away, they had thought the horn had fallen of the horse, how the came to tht conclusion i don't know but human kind has always been how you put it....Slow.
Oh and some more trivia te centuar myth came from the first man seen riding a horse
anyway its a brilliant pic just like the rest in your gallery.
21 Jan 200745 Anonymous
absolutely amazing!
Dis pic is so great. U r very talented.
wow...O.O
30 Nov 2008:-) Sarah Charles
I think they’re very cute! Terrific job!
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About 'Unicorn of the Desert':
 • Created by: :-) Liz Carlson
 • Copyright: ©Liz Carlson. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Unicorn, Gemsbok, Oryx, Desert
 • Categories: Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters, Normal Animals (Cats, horses, fish, etc)
 • Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen
 • Submitted: 2005-08-18 22:35:56
 • Views: 708
 • Resolution: 700x555


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