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Fragilityby ~Photia

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Birds and skeletons seem to go well together, and that's all I can say to explain this one.

The bird is supposed to be a grey fantail, native to parts of Australasia, and has interesting connections with death. Superstition claims that if one flies into the house, someone will die (although some contend that it is merely a dead spirit returning). In Maori myth, it was responsible for the death of Maui (and, less directly, everyone else to die since).

As for the skeleton, in the right light, I think it can be really beautiful, and doesn't need to always be a scary or scientific thing. To further demonstrate my contempt for science, I gave it the wrong number of vertebrae. (In other words, oops.)

I do wish I had gotten a better photograph of this before I sold it, but I've cleaned it up as well as I can.

Pencil, 2006

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~Kaan12 Nov 5, 2011

wow!

~nocturneAeros May 29, 2011

Wonderful piece, the pose is wonderful. It reminds me a bit of Laurie Lipton's artwork, wonderful piece. 8D

~Ocarina-Witch Oct 6, 2010 Hobbyist General Artist

Wow! I Love This Beautiful Work!

~Vamdemona Apr 24, 2010

im in love with this one! awesome!~

~deathbat234 Aug 29, 2009

thats so intense O.o

~the-wandering-child Jan 5, 2009

Would you mind if I got a tattoo of this? i think it's so beautiful!

~LyrebirdJacki Nov 2, 2008

love the little willie wagtail on his finger, lovely drawing, how long it take?

~Alexander03 May 13, 2008 Student

WOW
I LOVE IT
ITS CONCEPT IS BEAUTIFUL AND IT HAS THE TECHNICAL SKILL TO BACK IT UP
SO AWESOME

~ChocolateCello Feb 26, 2008

This is so great, what with the copious symbolism involved and the obvious technical prowess, too. I really like this work -- wonderful ideas and execution. The background is really well done, too, really subtle but still not just white paper.

~Yanako Jan 27, 2008

Like the idea, it's not the usual representation of fragility...makes me think about that skeletons are our support for our body while we are livng and they became fragile after our death (just some random babbling).
The shading is also very well done.

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