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    <title>Emerald Sage's Favorites Folder</title>
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    <description>Emerald Sage's Favorites collection of images.</description>
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    <lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:26:43 -0000</lastBuildDate>
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      <title>Winterbeast for Neogreen by T-Tiger</title>
      <description>Neogreen's awesome Winterbeast character. For the trading post.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://t-tiger.artspots.com/image/11017/winterbeast-for-neogreen"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/11017/thumb_210/winterbeast2.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: corel painter, photoshop&lt;br /&gt;Tags: photoshop painter beast perspective trading post corel winterbeast&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:26:43 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>photoshop</category>
      <category>painter</category>
      <category>beast</category>
      <category>perspective</category>
      <category>trading</category>
      <category>post</category>
      <category>corel</category>
      <category>winterbeast</category>
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      <media:description>Neogreen's awesome Winterbeast character. For the trading post.</media:description>
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      <title>Journey - God Mountains by Shade</title>
      <description>This lonely landscape is probably influenced at least a little by my recent time with Shadow of the Colossus. It is a gorgeous, epic, very elegant game, and everyone could learn a lot from playing it. Plus, it's fun.

This pic was itching around in the back of my head for about a week, before I finally sat down and took about 2 hours to do it the other day.

PS. Addicted to long vertical formats. Yum.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://shade.artspots.com/image/7885/journey---god-mountains"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/7885/thumb_210/godmountains.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Photoshop&lt;br /&gt;Tags: wolf&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:48:36 -0000</pubDate>
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      <media:description>This lonely landscape is probably influenced at least a little by my recent time with Shadow of the Colossus. It is a gorgeous, epic, very elegant game, and everyone could learn a lot from playing it. Plus, it's fun.

This pic was itching around in the back of my head for about a week, before I finally sat down and took about 2 hours to do it the other day.

PS. Addicted to long vertical formats. Yum.</media:description>
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      <title>Asheru 62 by Scott Ruggels</title>
      <description>here Asheru makes a leap for a hanging rope. Can she make it?!?!  Pencil on Paper. 1 2 / 2 0 0 6. Scott Ruggels&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://ruggels.artspots.com/image/3576/asheru-62"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/3576/thumb_210/Asheru62.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Pencil on Paper&lt;br /&gt;Tags: wolf anthro swords barbarian Asheru Lupines&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:00:56 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>anthro</category>
      <category>swords</category>
      <category>barbarian</category>
      <category>Asheru</category>
      <category>Lupines</category>
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      <jpas:medium>Pencil on Paper</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>PG</jpas:rating>
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      <media:description>here Asheru makes a leap for a hanging rope. Can she make it?!?!  Pencil on Paper. 1 2 / 2 0 0 6. Scott Ruggels</media:description>
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      <title>Asheru 61 by Scott Ruggels</title>
      <description> Getting re-acquainted with drawing her again. Asheru stands with sword and dagger at the ready. I may revisit this one with digitl coloring later. Seemsto be a good candidate for it. Pencil and paper  1 2 / 2 0 0 6. Scott Ruggels&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://ruggels.artspots.com/image/3575/asheru-61"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/3575/thumb_210/Asheru61sm.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Pencil and paper&lt;br /&gt;Tags: wolf sword barbarian Asheru Lupine Dagger&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:59:28 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>sword</category>
      <category>barbarian</category>
      <category>Asheru</category>
      <category>Lupine</category>
      <category>Dagger</category>
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      <jpas:medium>Pencil and paper</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
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      <media:description> Getting re-acquainted with drawing her again. Asheru stands with sword and dagger at the ready. I may revisit this one with digitl coloring later. Seemsto be a good candidate for it. Pencil and paper  1 2 / 2 0 0 6. Scott Ruggels</media:description>
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      <title>Completed "Ambush" by Scott Ruggels</title>
      <description>Casia, and Virinia are ambushed in the streets of a mud walled desert city, by th3 bane of Lupines, Archery.  Gouache, Markers, and colored pencils. The Original will be for sale at Further Confusion. Scott Ruggels  1  /  2 0 0 7.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://ruggels.artspots.com/image/4185/completed-ambush"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/4185/thumb_210/AmbushSM.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Gouache,Pencils, Markers, Colored Paper.&lt;br /&gt;Tags: wolf color swords armour roman Lupines Virinia Casia Byzantine&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:50:23 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>color</category>
      <category>swords</category>
      <category>armour</category>
      <category>roman</category>
      <category>Lupines</category>
      <category>Virinia</category>
      <category>Casia</category>
      <category>Byzantine</category>
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      <jpas:medium>Gouache,Pencils, Markers, Colored Paper.</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
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      <title> Tactical Sniper Asheru by Scott Ruggels</title>
      <description>Here is some line art, detailing the costume that Asheru is wearing in the previous picture. I just picked the year 2044 because it was graphically interesting, but other than her rifle, all of her gear is based on current S.W.A.T. Tactical gear, and she is outfitted as a tactical sniper. The rifle is just based on some ballistic theories, and was done as an all meta/synthetic rifles with a telescoping bolt and free floating barrel (and a Burris Bipod). I don't think this idea is going anywhere, but it was fun to draw. Pen &amp; Ink on Bristol. Scott A. H. Ruggels 0 4 / 2 0 0 4 .
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://ruggels.artspots.com/image/3614/-tactical-sniper-asheru"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/3614/thumb_210/ashtacsniper02.gif" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Pen &amp; Ink&lt;br /&gt;Tags: night wolf city Rifle Sniper Lupines Firearms . S.W.A.T. Tactical&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:53:39 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>night</category>
      <category>wolf</category>
      <category>city</category>
      <category>Rifle</category>
      <category>Sniper</category>
      <category>Lupines</category>
      <category>Firearms</category>
      <category>.</category>
      <category>S.W.A.T.</category>
      <category>Tactical</category>
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      <jpas:medium>Pen &amp; Ink</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
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      <media:description>Here is some line art, detailing the costume that Asheru is wearing in the previous picture. I just picked the year 2044 because it was graphically interesting, but other than her rifle, all of her gear is based on current S.W.A.T. Tactical gear, and she is outfitted as a tactical sniper. The rifle is just based on some ballistic theories, and was done as an all meta/synthetic rifles with a telescoping bolt and free floating barrel (and a Burris Bipod). I don't think this idea is going anywhere, but it was fun to draw. Pen &amp; Ink on Bristol. Scott A. H. Ruggels 0 4 / 2 0 0 4 .
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      <title>In the Embrace of Dawn by Balaa</title>
      <description>Private commission.

Time taken: ?
Size: 20x30 inches at 300 dpi
Prints: yes, jumbo prints available in limited numbers, 8x10 prints 10$ US plus 3$ shipping &amp; handling within the continental US (pm me if interested)
Watermark: eh unfortunately yes, printed version will be watermark free.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://balaa.artspots.com/image/3584/in-the-embrace-of-dawn"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/3584/thumb_210/In_the_Embrace_of_Dawn_by_balaa.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: photoshop&lt;br /&gt;Tags: sun grey dawn Siberian embrace tigers balaa anastasia korochansckaja&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:12:20 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>sun</category>
      <category>grey</category>
      <category>dawn</category>
      <category>Siberian</category>
      <category>embrace</category>
      <category>tigers</category>
      <category>balaa</category>
      <category>anastasia</category>
      <category>korochansckaja</category>
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      <media:description>Private commission.

Time taken: ?
Size: 20x30 inches at 300 dpi
Prints: yes, jumbo prints available in limited numbers, 8x10 prints 10$ US plus 3$ shipping &amp; handling within the continental US (pm me if interested)
Watermark: eh unfortunately yes, printed version will be watermark free.</media:description>
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      <title>Obsidian Snow by Balaa</title>
      <description>My first rendering of a new character, a black snow leopard by the name of Zhed, which unless I am horribly mistaken roughly translates to 'Fear' in tibetan.

Size: 38 x24 inches at 250 dpi. The psd ended up being well over 500mb in size.
Time taken: ehm I really havent a clue, in excess of 30 hours..at the very least.
Prints: yes (pm me if interested in 8x10 at 10$ plus shipping). Larger limited edition prints available at conventions.
Watermark: sorry folks, I really don't want someone making money off my time and effort...though I hate watermarking my work. Prints will come minus the watermark.
Tools: original sketch pencil, final ps
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://balaa.artspots.com/image/3583/obsidian-snow"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/3583/thumb_210/Obsidian_Snow_by_balaa1.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: photoshop&lt;br /&gt;Tags: fear snow snow leopard black balaa anastasia korochansckaja ebon Zhed tibetan&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:11:04 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>snow</category>
      <category>snow</category>
      <category>leopard</category>
      <category>black</category>
      <category>balaa</category>
      <category>anastasia</category>
      <category>korochansckaja</category>
      <category>ebon</category>
      <category>Zhed</category>
      <category>tibetan</category>
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      <jpas:medium>photoshop</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
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      <media:description>My first rendering of a new character, a black snow leopard by the name of Zhed, which unless I am horribly mistaken roughly translates to 'Fear' in tibetan.

Size: 38 x24 inches at 250 dpi. The psd ended up being well over 500mb in size.
Time taken: ehm I really havent a clue, in excess of 30 hours..at the very least.
Prints: yes (pm me if interested in 8x10 at 10$ plus shipping). Larger limited edition prints available at conventions.
Watermark: sorry folks, I really don't want someone making money off my time and effort...though I hate watermarking my work. Prints will come minus the watermark.
Tools: original sketch pencil, final ps
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      <title>Snow Lily by Balaa</title>
      <description>Gift art for Tani Da Real.

Original image size: 4000x2300 pixels
Time taken: 10-15 hours(give or take..I usually dont keep good track of how much time I spend per piece

Prints: 8x10, 10$ US plus shipping, print will NOT be watermarked.

**Full View is a MUST. Respect the detail in the work and the time put into it and full view please**&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://balaa.artspots.com/image/3578/snow-lily"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/3578/thumb_210/Snow_Lily_by_balaa.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: photoshop&lt;br /&gt;Tags: snow leopard winter DA tani balaa anastasia korochansckaja real&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:02:38 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>snow</category>
      <category>leopard</category>
      <category>winter</category>
      <category>DA</category>
      <category>tani</category>
      <category>balaa</category>
      <category>anastasia</category>
      <category>korochansckaja</category>
      <category>real</category>
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      <jpas:medium>photoshop</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
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      <media:content url="/files/image/file/3578/Snow_Lily_by_balaa.jpg"/>
      <media:description>Gift art for Tani Da Real.

Original image size: 4000x2300 pixels
Time taken: 10-15 hours(give or take..I usually dont keep good track of how much time I spend per piece

Prints: 8x10, 10$ US plus shipping, print will NOT be watermarked.

**Full View is a MUST. Respect the detail in the work and the time put into it and full view please**</media:description>
    </item>
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      <title>Loves Me Not by Blotch</title>
      <description>Sometimes, you have to try.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://blotch.artspots.com/image/21159/loves-me-not"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/21159/thumb_210/Loves-Me-Not.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: acrylic &amp; watercolour&lt;br /&gt;Tags: fox emo fits&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:04:10 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>fox</category>
      <category>emo</category>
      <category>fits</category>
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      <jpas:medium>acrylic &amp; watercolour</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
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      <media:description>Sometimes, you have to try.</media:description>
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      <title>Blotch Cat by Blotch</title>
      <description>Here's a piece I painted for my alternate website at www.blotchinc.com, a site you could show your grandmother! (But if she's into kink, she's welcome to visit www.screwbald.com)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://blotch.artspots.com/image/20865/blotch-cat"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/20865/thumb_210/blotchcat.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: acrylic &amp; watercolour&lt;br /&gt;Tags: leopard spotcat&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:37:23 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>leopard</category>
      <category>spotcat</category>
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      <jpas:medium>acrylic &amp; watercolour</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
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      <media:description>Here's a piece I painted for my alternate website at www.blotchinc.com, a site you could show your grandmother! (But if she's into kink, she's welcome to visit www.screwbald.com)</media:description>
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    <item>
      <title>Momma's Boy by Blotch</title>
      <description>'Cause it don't matter to me-
Whatever you happen to be;
A beagle,
A grunion,
A fig or an ape,
As long as you're you,
I'll still love ya. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://blotch.artspots.com/image/12728/mommas-boy"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/12728/thumb_210/MommasBoy.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: acrylic &amp; watercolour&lt;br /&gt;Tags: baby cute cub dog play mother husky pup blotch screwbald playful re sleddog&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:31:16 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>baby</category>
      <category>cute</category>
      <category>cub</category>
      <category>dog</category>
      <category>play</category>
      <category>mother</category>
      <category>husky</category>
      <category>pup</category>
      <category>blotch</category>
      <category>screwbald</category>
      <category>playful</category>
      <category>re</category>
      <category>sleddog</category>
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      <jpas:medium>acrylic &amp; watercolour</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
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      <media:description>'Cause it don't matter to me-
Whatever you happen to be;
A beagle,
A grunion,
A fig or an ape,
As long as you're you,
I'll still love ya. </media:description>
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      <title>Corbetti by Blotch</title>
      <description>An Indochinese tiger, the Queen of Hearts for the Wild Cat card deck.
( http://community.livejournal.com/wildcatcards ) &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://blotch.artspots.com/image/11747/corbetti"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/11747/thumb_210/corbetti.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: acrylic &amp; watercolour&lt;br /&gt;Tags: Tiger water jungle ripples whiskers blotch screwbald indochinese whisker ripple&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:02:59 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>water</category>
      <category>jungle</category>
      <category>ripples</category>
      <category>whiskers</category>
      <category>blotch</category>
      <category>screwbald</category>
      <category>indochinese</category>
      <category>whisker</category>
      <category>ripple</category>
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      <jpas:medium>acrylic &amp; watercolour</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
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      <media:description>An Indochinese tiger, the Queen of Hearts for the Wild Cat card deck.
( http://community.livejournal.com/wildcatcards ) </media:description>
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    <item>
      <title>Puppy Love by Blotch</title>
      <description>I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://blotch.artspots.com/image/9342/puppy-love"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/9342/thumb_210/PuppyLove.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: watercolour &amp; acrylic&lt;br /&gt;Tags: wolves wolf kiss romance Kissing blotch screwbald romantice&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:04:50 -0000</pubDate>
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      <category>wolves</category>
      <category>wolf</category>
      <category>kiss</category>
      <category>romance</category>
      <category>Kissing</category>
      <category>blotch</category>
      <category>screwbald</category>
      <category>romantice</category>
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      <jpas:medium>watercolour &amp; acrylic</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
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      <title>Bagheera's Secret by Lyosha</title>
      <description>&lt;i&gt;"There is no one in the jungle that knows that I, Bagheera, carry that mark -- the mark of the collar; and yet, Little Brother, I was born among men, and it was among men that my mother died -- in the cages of the King's Palace at Oodeypore. It was because of this that I paid the price for thee at the Council when thou wast a little naked cub. Yes, I too was born among men. I had never seen the jungle. They fed me behind bars from an iron pan till one night I felt that I was Bagheera, the Panther, and no man's plaything, and I broke the silly lock with one blow of my paw, and came away; and because I had learned the ways of men, I became more terrible in the jungle than Shere Khan. Is it not so?"

"Yes," said Mowgli; "all the jungle fear Bagheera -- all except Mowgli."&lt;/i&gt;

&lt;b&gt;--Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book&lt;/b&gt;

A belated happy birthday to one of my favourite authors.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://lyosha.artspots.com/image/14192/bagheeras-secret"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/14192/thumb_210/bagheera.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: digital&lt;br /&gt;Tags: jungle book bagheera rudyard kipling mowgli&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:27:26 -0000</pubDate>
      <enclosure>http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/14192/bagheera.jpg</enclosure>
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      <category>jungle</category>
      <category>book</category>
      <category>bagheera</category>
      <category>rudyard</category>
      <category>kipling</category>
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      <jpas:medium>digital</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
      <jpas:resizedImage>http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/14192/resized/bagheera.jpg</jpas:resizedImage>
      <media:thumbnail url="/files/image/file/14192/thumb_210/bagheera.jpg"/>
      <media:content url="/files/image/file/14192/bagheera.jpg"/>
      <media:description>&lt;i&gt;"There is no one in the jungle that knows that I, Bagheera, carry that mark -- the mark of the collar; and yet, Little Brother, I was born among men, and it was among men that my mother died -- in the cages of the King's Palace at Oodeypore. It was because of this that I paid the price for thee at the Council when thou wast a little naked cub. Yes, I too was born among men. I had never seen the jungle. They fed me behind bars from an iron pan till one night I felt that I was Bagheera, the Panther, and no man's plaything, and I broke the silly lock with one blow of my paw, and came away; and because I had learned the ways of men, I became more terrible in the jungle than Shere Khan. Is it not so?"

"Yes," said Mowgli; "all the jungle fear Bagheera -- all except Mowgli."&lt;/i&gt;

&lt;b&gt;--Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book&lt;/b&gt;

A belated happy birthday to one of my favourite authors.
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      <title>Shelonik by Jeddibub</title>
      <description>Shelonik, a Siberian Tiger nomadic warrior pauses before setting out on the long trek home. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://jeddibub.artspots.com/image/19817/shelonik"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/19817/thumb_210/shelonikbyjeddibub.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Digital (Photoshop CS)&lt;br /&gt;Tags: &lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 03:40:02 -0000</pubDate>
      <enclosure>http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/19817/shelonikbyjeddibub.jpg</enclosure>
      <link>http://jeddibub.artspots.com/image/19817/shelonik</link>
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      <jpas:medium>Digital (Photoshop CS)</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
      <jpas:resizedImage>http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/19817/resized/shelonikbyjeddibub.jpg</jpas:resizedImage>
      <media:thumbnail url="/files/image/file/19817/thumb_210/shelonikbyjeddibub.jpg"/>
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      <media:description>Shelonik, a Siberian Tiger nomadic warrior pauses before setting out on the long trek home. </media:description>
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    <item>
      <title>Keys by Akeli</title>
      <description>Photoshop Doodle.  Sketched on my tan-grey sketchbook paper and brushed over digitally.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://akeli.artspots.com/image/17541/keys"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/17541/thumb_210/Keys_by_akeli-1.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Photoshop CS3&lt;br /&gt;Tags: cat lion sketch white keys&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:28:55 -0000</pubDate>
      <enclosure>http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/17541/Keys_by_akeli-1.jpg</enclosure>
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      <category>cat</category>
      <category>lion</category>
      <category>sketch</category>
      <category>white</category>
      <category>keys</category>
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      <jpas:medium>Photoshop CS3</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
      <jpas:resizedImage>http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/17541/resized/Keys_by_akeli-1.jpg</jpas:resizedImage>
      <media:thumbnail url="/files/image/file/17541/thumb_210/Keys_by_akeli-1.jpg"/>
      <media:content url="/files/image/file/17541/Keys_by_akeli-1.jpg"/>
      <media:description>Photoshop Doodle.  Sketched on my tan-grey sketchbook paper and brushed over digitally.</media:description>
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    <item>
      <title>Jungle Girl by Silent Ravyn</title>
      <description>A wild clouded leopard girl is posing for us =) Submitted for the AC conbook, we`ll see if she gets in...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://silentravyn.artspots.com/image/17566/jungle-girl"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/17566/thumb_210/junglegirl.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: watercolor&lt;br /&gt;Tags: leopard jungle clouded&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:13:00 -0000</pubDate>
      <enclosure>http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/17566/junglegirl.jpg</enclosure>
      <link>http://silentravyn.artspots.com/image/17566/jungle-girl</link>
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      <category>leopard</category>
      <category>jungle</category>
      <category>clouded</category>
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      <jpas:medium>watercolor</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
      <jpas:resizedImage>http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/17566/resized/junglegirl.jpg</jpas:resizedImage>
      <media:thumbnail url="/files/image/file/17566/thumb_210/junglegirl.jpg"/>
      <media:content url="/files/image/file/17566/junglegirl.jpg"/>
      <media:description>A wild clouded leopard girl is posing for us =) Submitted for the AC conbook, we`ll see if she gets in...</media:description>
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    <item>
      <title>King Tiger by Coyox</title>
      <description>An experiment of sorts. A tiger :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://coyox.artspots.com/image/15866/king-tiger"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/15866/thumb_210/Tiger.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Mechanical pencil, white acrylics&lt;br /&gt;Tags: Tiger king&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:35:01 -0000</pubDate>
      <enclosure>http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/15866/Tiger.jpg</enclosure>
      <link>http://coyox.artspots.com/image/15866/king-tiger</link>
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      <category>Tiger</category>
      <category>king</category>
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      <jpas:medium>Mechanical pencil, white acrylics</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
      <jpas:resizedImage>http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/15866/resized/Tiger.jpg</jpas:resizedImage>
      <media:thumbnail url="/files/image/file/15866/thumb_210/Tiger.jpg"/>
      <media:content url="/files/image/file/15866/Tiger.jpg"/>
      <media:description>An experiment of sorts. A tiger :)</media:description>
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      <title>Sacred Ceremony by Leona Preston</title>
      <description>This is the first piece in a series of artwork that is still technically ongoing (which I am working on over an uncertain length of time). Featuring anthropomorphic characterisations of North American wildlife and influenced by Native American Indian craft and culture. 

The art direction is something different to what I usually do, and this is quite a leap for me. I don&#8217;t usually concern myself over consistency in style and I&#8217;ve paid painful attention to the element of realism here&#8230; the characters are not my usual &#8216;animal head on human body&#8217; result and I&#8217;ve completely reviewed the anatomy. 

Back to the actual art; a coyote performs a sacred smudging ceremony with bound sage bundle and feather fan. I&#8217;m a sucker for feathers! :p

(Artwork &#169; Leona Preston 2005)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://leopreston.artspots.com/image/14147/sacred-ceremony"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/14147/thumb_210/Sacred_Ceremony_by_Leopreston.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Mixed medium&lt;br /&gt;Tags: coyote american native spiritual smudging ceremonial&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:47:49 -0000</pubDate>
      <enclosure>http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/14147/Sacred_Ceremony_by_Leopreston.jpg</enclosure>
      <link>http://leopreston.artspots.com/image/14147/sacred-ceremony</link>
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      <category>coyote</category>
      <category>american</category>
      <category>native</category>
      <category>spiritual</category>
      <category>smudging</category>
      <category>ceremonial</category>
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      <jpas:medium>Mixed medium</jpas:medium>
      <jpas:rating>G</jpas:rating>
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      <media:content url="/files/image/file/14147/Sacred_Ceremony_by_Leopreston.jpg"/>
      <media:description>This is the first piece in a series of artwork that is still technically ongoing (which I am working on over an uncertain length of time). Featuring anthropomorphic characterisations of North American wildlife and influenced by Native American Indian craft and culture. 

The art direction is something different to what I usually do, and this is quite a leap for me. I don&#8217;t usually concern myself over consistency in style and I&#8217;ve paid painful attention to the element of realism here&#8230; the characters are not my usual &#8216;animal head on human body&#8217; result and I&#8217;ve completely reviewed the anatomy. 

Back to the actual art; a coyote performs a sacred smudging ceremony with bound sage bundle and feather fan. I&#8217;m a sucker for feathers! :p

(Artwork &#169; Leona Preston 2005)</media:description>
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