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Sagittarius: The Centaurby *theperian

Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy

Here's another play on mythological imagery, though this time I've overstepped the boundaries of reality more than a little bit.

After many hours of trying to match up a man and horse (I have a whole new respect for artists who depict centaurs, fawns, mermaids, etc.), here is my centaur, Chiron.

As science and exploration haven't revealed centaurs on our planet (yet!), I have taken a cue from Anne McCaffrey and set him on another world; appropriately, in the Triffid nebula somewhere in the vicinity of the constellation Sagittarius (I think).

I will leave the scene up to the viewer's imagination - that is part of the charm of fantasy art. It exercises the imagination.

Drawn in coloured pencil on 11" x 14" Bristol board.

Thanks to kittykitty5150 [link] and Linzstock [link] for reference photos.

EDIT, as of April 1st, 2011: I'm pleased to announce that The Centaur was chosen as First Place winner of the Unique Themes Fantasy Contest [link] ! Many thanks!

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~warriorbookwyrm May 13, 2012

i love this and it looks like a friend/crush of mine
well.....i mean if he was a centaur anyway

~FireBlazeDragon5 Mar 5, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I <3 Anne McCaffrey!!!! Have you read her book Acorna? She did something similar, only she was half unicorn, half human; more human than unicorn though.

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*Kasheek Mar 5, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

oh man, this is awesome! Currently reading through CoN: Prince Caspian - and this is what i picture the centaurs looking like. Very graceful and strong. The sort of exploding nebula behind him is fantastic! Amazing what can be done with colored pencil!

*theperian Apr 20, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Thank you!

(Great book, by the bye. I'm honoured to have this work associated with it.)

~lululetti Mar 5, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Anne McCraffrey rocks my socks

Great idea putting him on another planet!
He looks awesome!

Great job!

*theperian Apr 20, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Hehe. Mine, too. Thank you so much!

~MadFretsy Mar 5, 2012 Professional

Congrats, it's fabulous!

*catelee2u Mar 4, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Lovely!

~WENDX14 Jan 14, 2012 Student General Artist

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*theperian Feb 13, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

One of my favourites.

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