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Apollo's Kiss - Decemberby *Shadow-Wolf

Anthro / Digital Media / Painting & Airbrushing

I was very fortunate to be accepted as part of the Werewolf Calendar this year, and here is my finished piece! The calendar is now open for orders, please visit the following link for purchasing information:

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I wanted this piece to convey how lonely living in an extreme environment can be an an individual. The long, cold, dark nights living in the arctic, without a pack, can be harsh on the heart of such a social creature. The sun's warmth can mean a lot to someone who has been waiting through a long night alone. Seeing that first light peek over the horizon and feeling the sun's warm kiss is like a comforting embrace from a loved one when times are hard. This werewolf has been through hard times, but life is looking up for him. The sun is warming his back, and soon he'll be on the move to find better days.

This digital painting was done without my usual greyscale marker "under painting" ( [link] ) so that I could preserve the very exact saturated colors. I chose this color scheme from a photo I took from a winter sunrise in the mountains. I may try to do more solid digital painting without marker bases actually!

Wow, a Daily Deviation feature?? Thank you *KuroiChoucho for suggesting my piece and thank you ^Pixel-Spotlight for featuring it! And thanks everyone for their kind words, I really appreciate it!

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Apollo's Kiss - December by *shadow-wolf. "The time put into the fur details is amazing. I also enjoy the color pallet. Awesome job." ( Suggested by *KuroiChoucho and Featured by ^Pixel-Spotlight )

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~freedomhunter33 Mar 11, 2013

AWWWW!!!!!

~Gimpertoonz Jan 19, 2013

I am very taken by this picture!

~BloomingPinkIris Dec 1, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Beautiful<333

~NinthTome Nov 27, 2012

Nice effect here, it's quite a beautiful picture.

~ZombieQueen368 Sep 27, 2012 Student Filmographer

OMG Your drawing is beautful great work

~LizRay Jun 24, 2012

beeaauutiful! i love the colors and it's very nicely drawn

~James-Dark-Blue-Wolf Feb 27, 2012

Wow nice

~NESWolf20 Feb 24, 2012

beautiful and cool

~BananaJoe75 Jan 21, 2012

*medusoid-m Jan 6, 2012 Student Digital Artist

This just beautiful O_O

My lord, Im serious every aspect of this is unbelievably well thought out and tied in with the rest. The suns fading glow, the somber sleep of the snow, the wolf's dejection of the fading light >w< so awesome

If I did have one piece of polish tho, I'd have to say that the Were wolf looks to be dwarfing the mountains in the background

Over all its an amazing piece tho

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