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"Dance [Preliminary]" by Erin Stevenson O´Connor

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Dance [Preliminary] by Erin Stevenson O´Connor

It seems like there should be more than one word in the English language for winged person. Angel is the only one, but that word has so many religious associations that you can't use it and expect your viewers only to see a winged person. Most angels seem to be portrayed alone because they 'can't' do all those sexual things that humans do, but to me, a winged person can be (in terms of fantasy) just like any other winged creature, and susceptible to human impulses. At least that's what I was going for here. I was watching the pairs ice dancing on the Olympics when I drew this one, I'll admit. I intend to color it, but I don't know if that's going to actually happen.

February 2002. 4B pencil on sketch paper.

Date	Name	Comment
11 Mar 2002	John (Hui) Li	Loading... So for some reason the elfwood monster ate all of my comments but one (smoke kirin)... now I have to repost them, and I never do as well the second time. I'm sure my first comments were both witty and insightful--a celebration of all that it means to be spiritual, sentient beings, most assuredly--but the second are always so... dorky. Even so... the things we do for love. You're getting a lot better at human anatomy. Just a bit more practice, if you can stand to draw something other than your beloved horses. This one looks even better on paper, the scan having butchered it like it always does.
11 Mar 2002	Stanton F. Fink	Loading... And the gold medal goes to the Russian figure flyers! Cheater cheater cheater! The Canadian figure flyers were obviously better!
8 Jun 2002	Ashley Emery	Loading... They look Celtic to me, I love how dark his wings are, it makes him look so masculine. I just love the whole drawing, great work, you truly have a talent
29 Sep 2002	Daniel	Loading... How about "aeranth"?
24 Apr 2003	Penelope Alene Troxell	Loading... Oooh, aeranth is a cool word. I use "winged person" or aetherelf... I really think you should finish and color this one... I love it!
10 Aug 2003	Shelby	Loading... I use the word Harpie....but they're supposed to have feet like birds too...I love the way they lok like they're floating on the air...((But if they're harpie-ppl,then they would be....)^_^
5 Sep 2003	Steve (Greybird) Reed	Loading... Entirely beautiful, although I'd like to have seen more definition in her wings. We have so few works with winged couples, so I can't really mind that much. ... I wholly agree with your frustration as to vocabulary, posted above. We sorely need a term for "winged humanoid" that avoids any required religious gloss, and allows for sexuality and all other attributes. As for those who admire them, though, in art (someday in science?) a word has been coined: pteraphile, or "wing-lover," from Greek roots. You might take a look at my Pteraphiles Yahoo! Group -- see the homepae link at my Elfwood page.
27 Apr 2005	Trisha W. Farnan	Loading... Love the finished wings! Beautiful!
30 Jun 2006	Alyssa Eldredge	Loading... This is a beautiful piece of work! I understand your trouble with angels and stuff. Usually when I draw a "ceraptor/unisus/pegacorn/etc." I call it a horse with wings and a horn because my friends get confused about it's name. I have heard of winged-people being called Icarii or Icarians after the myth about Icarus.
4 Oct 2007	Anonymous	Loading... You could always make up your own name for a race of winged people (i did). When i need a name a lot of times i go on wiktionary.Org and type in a word- most of the time it gives you a bunch of words from other languages that mean the same thing.
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'Dance [Preliminary]':

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Erin Stevenson O´Connor
• Copyright: ©Erin Stevenson O´Connor. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Dancing, Elves, Feathers, Gaze, Ice, Pencil, Sketch, Tattoo, Wings
• Categories: Angels, Religious, Spiritual, Holy, Man, Men, Woman, Women
• Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen
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