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The Tiger
By William Blake TIGER, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand and what dread feet? What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? What dread grasp Dare its deadly terrors clasp? When the stars threw down their spears, And water'd heaven with their tears, Did He smile His work to see? Did He who made the lamb make thee? Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? --- Thank you to *WickedSairah for the name suggestion. Spent about the last 2 weeks bouting insomnia, moreso than usual. I sketched a rough version of this and decided since I wasn't sleeping anyway to go ahead and see what comes of it, if anything. I had always loved the cliche posters of tigers stalking forward, howevr cliche it does boast a powerful presence..so I decided why not try it with an anthroish cat? I knew, however, after I got some sleep that I would dislike much of it (more specifically the stripes on the back). If I decide to paint this, supposing I have the time and still like the idea, I will redo the stripes on the back to match better with the designs on his face. My absolute favorite part of all of this was the paws, I've gone through several different similar poses (most of them either more frontal or more of a sideview) but all of them ended up obscuring at least one of the paws completely..and seeing as I adore big feline paws, I just couldn't have that. I thought about redoing the whole sketch since I ended up thinking I started a wee bit too small for what I wanted to accomplish, but I'm not sure I have the patience to do another sketch annnd a painted version. compositional/design critique welcome before I decide whether I want to paint this or not. Thank you guys, oftentimes your advice is truly helpful!! Size: 6x12 inches tools: mechanical pencil (.3,.5,.7) on smooth bristol Time: ? prints: yes 8.5x11, 8$ US plus shipping, note me if interested  .Thank you for looking! Comments
 Holy cow that is so awesome. <3
-- Have a happy!  omg that is sooooooooo good! awesome job, the hind legs are great as well as the claws being pushed out on the closest paw ^^
-- Once there was a mother cheetah, and she loved her cubs very much. But one day a hunter came by and killed all her cubs. The mother cheetah was so sad and she cried until tears stained blacks lines on her face...  amazing
-- It should be legal to kill stupid people. *cough* George Bush *cough*  Amazing work!
  That's really awesome! Your anthro anatomy is very impressive!
-- *head meet desk*  my god your tigers are beautiful!
 how on this earth do you do it...
-- A rose for my beautiful mate   Wow, I can NEVER accomplish that kind of symmetry. It's glorious in its detail. :'D
 That's my favorite poem of all time
William Blake is totally awesome, just like this picture  Amazing pencil job... I just love seeing stuff like this! It brightens my day  -- Don't ask questions if you don't want to know the answers.  Wow, I'm really loving the markings on the forehead/face, very tribal..almost celtic like. I really love that. :}
Gorgeous picture! -- ~~ Kace DragonCat~~ |
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