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YAY! I finally get to post this up! :excited: hehehehe I've had it finished for a lil bit now but wanted to wait until I finally got everything packed up and shipped out, so that Jules would get it before I showed it here so it would be a surprise for her hehehehe

This was my Christmas present to *queenpantheraleo I wanted to do something unique and special but was also trying to think of something that wouldn't cost a lot [for everyone since money was tight] and figured I already HAD paint and the canvas so... ^^; The idea struck me and I decided to try it. And as with all paintings I do, it terrified the crud outta me lol! I did the backdrop to try to imitate the colors of her veil she used in her veil dance with the slight hint of pink/magenta to add in a hint of her outfit's color from that performance. Thought it'd look nice to back the lion and herself in any case hehehe. And then I found a picture of a lioness that really said "Jules" to me and then went to surveying her various different photos from bellydance performances until I found the ones I liked best for a possible painting pose, especially compared with the lioness. Narrowed it down to 2 and had some friends help me pick which pose to go with and then went from there lol. Started with "kittyblob" as I called the lioness before painting in Jules herself. I wanted to do a piece like this to really accent her spiritual namesake in a lioness since Aslana means lioness and Jules favors the cats in any case.

Cuz I am silly nuts for symbolism ^^;

She got the painting today and so I'm proud to finally post this :D hehehehee Took me quite awhile and I was being super uber fussy with it in MANY spots ^^; but I was pretty proud of how it turned out. And it has glittery accents in her name and wings lol! woot!

Enjoy ^^;

And if you want to see Aslana in action go and view : [link] you won't be disappointed!


wip photos - [link]
collage of photos - [link]
another shot - [link]

art © me, Val Barry :iconpoldalleovesnare:
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*Kadajo Jan 30, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Very nice =)
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*PoldalleLovesnare Jan 30, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you!!!! :D
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=keelerleah Jan 29, 2012  Professional
Very nice work (and I always love looking at traditional paintings)!

Great costume design and you did a wonderful job on the fabrics.
I especially love the lioness. She's extremely well done and so realistic.
Very nice work! :clap:
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*PoldalleLovesnare Jan 29, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thanks! :D And yes there is something really wonderful about traditional medium still ^^; I thoroughly enjoy playing with acrylics but I have to have a purpose to doing it and it's a long process whereas I'm usually more like "I haz picture in head! to paper with you, now!!!" lol

haha! I can't take any credit for the costume, I was just working off a photo of Aslana herself ^^ [link] that's the outfit and performance I was taking the photo from ^^; hehehehe And the lioness I think I found on Google? I don't remember. She was just sitting in my reference folder and I went "yes! you!" lol! She's so pretty and she was fun to do ^^; She's off color-wise from the photo I used but hey she looks like a lioness so! ;P Glad you like it hun!!!! :hug:
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