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"Donn" by Rikke Lindskov ´Gwennafran´ Loft

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Donn by Rikke Lindskov ´Gwennafran´ Loft

An illustration for the card game Bella Sara's edition Northern Light.

This is meant to be Donn's horse.
The God Donn was the Celtic Good of Death.
His house on an Island was a steppingstone to the land of the Death.
Donn's horse is a very obscure mythological creature, which naturally belonged to Donn. It would transport you to Donn's home and eventually back again (the other world who later in some ways be turned into the fay world or Avalon from the Arthurian legends).
Since the other-world in some ways also was associated with the land of the Death, and Doon was the god of Death, I let the horse have the skeleton shine through the skin.
The white colour was practically used on all supernatural Celtic creatures. If a creature was supernatural, there was a pretty good chance that it also was white. ;)

Date	Name	Comment
5 Oct 2007	Jeanette	Loading... I love the effect you did, really eerie how you can see its skeleton system. Rikke Lindskov ´Gwennafran´ Loft replies: "Thanks. It took me quite a while to draw the skeleton, but i also think that the effect was worth it. "
21 Jan 2008	Stephanie S. K. Marbach	Loading... ...oooooooooooh my, this is scary...!!! he’s very very cute but when seeing the bones through him... ummmm....! nice colouring, again! Rikke Lindskov ´Gwennafran´ Loft replies: "Hehehe... Ironic thing is that it’s supposed to be to little girls. Problem here is that most horses from celtic or Norse myths just aren’t children’s friendly. "
12 Aug 2009	Tabitha R Baylor	Loading... OH my gosh! You did this? You made Donn? It’s my FAVORITE Bella Sara horse!!! That is too awesome, I keep it first in the album my collection is in I love it so much. Awesome!