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Apricot Spot Halfmoon: Urialby *styx-leagon

Traditional Art / Drawings / Animals

©2010-2013 *styx-leagon

Apricot spot halfmoon male Betta Splendens. Commission.

© A. F. Parker (Styx) 2010
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~Libis Dec 29, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

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*namu-the-orca Dec 14, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

My goodness, you seriously got me going there for a moment: I was dead convinced this was a photo :'D You got that smug betta look spot-on and the colours are just fantastic as well

Absolutely something to be proud of!

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*styx-leagon Dec 24, 2011 Traditional Artist

Thank you so much!

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~amrix11 Apr 15, 2011

what do you use to color on and with? is it pencil or pastel or...?

i love your beta portraits!

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*styx-leagon Apr 15, 2011 Traditional Artist

This one was colored pencil on black cardstock with a little bit of acrylics.

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~gekofotos Feb 13, 2011

Wow, this is really beautiful- as an artist myself, I really respect people who can work well from black paper & in color in general

Beautiful stuff.

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*styx-leagon Feb 13, 2011 Traditional Artist

Thank you!

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*meihua Jul 12, 2010

This is beautiful work!

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*styx-leagon Jul 12, 2010 Traditional Artist

Thank you!

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~DeannaColeman Apr 13, 2010

Wonderful colors. It really pops out from the black background.

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