Skunk Shaman
Added 2025-02-05 21:48:00 +0000 UTCIf you have questions, she just may have the answers.
While working on concept sketches for the bear shaman whoβs shown up in a few pieces a while back, I wanted to explore other healing/mediation traditions in the region. This skunk is dressed head to, well, ankle in the dour black typical of her station. A rough badger concept also got scribbled out at the same time, but what I'd really like is get back to that bear and revisit her design...
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Apart from the tail, I guess there's not much separating her from a spotted skunk (which have truly wonderful patterns that I'd hate to obscure). Funny enough, I picked up a 7 of cups sticker at an event a few months ago. It was a more or less random choice, but ended up resonating pretty well once I read up on the meaning. It lives on my water bottle right now as I navigate all these life choices...
Kalahari
2025-02-12 20:43:36 +0000 UTCIn a way yes, but her outfit's real world influences have been messed around with enough that they'd be pretty much unrecognizable now.
Kalahari
2025-02-12 20:40:13 +0000 UTCDid she pull The Tower for a visitor's reading regarding work? 10 of Cups for an inquiry about relationships? Or a personal pull to get inspiration for what to have for dinner? π. Such a great character! Fun to see this majikal universe expanded πβ¨. I'm assuming she is a striped skunk, but the embellishments on the outfit reminds me of the markings of a spotted skunk. And I love the design for her headwear. There has to be a function for it, as well as fashion. And the pink peets π₯Ή. Adorable.
Bex
2025-02-06 21:35:36 +0000 UTCThere was also Jim Hardiman and his Skunkworks gals.
ThatDirgeDude
2025-02-06 06:08:48 +0000 UTCThat's great! I am curious if her outfit was based on anything in particular, or an idea you came up with from scratch?
Jakerabbit
2025-02-06 05:54:57 +0000 UTCToo much time has passed since Fifi La Fume I guess. There was no shortage of gorgeous skunks in furry art and that must have inspired a lot of folks to design their own. They're WELL overdue for a comeback.
Kalahari
2025-02-06 04:09:00 +0000 UTCWow, it throws me back to when there were skunk OCs *everywhere* in the anthro art community (back when DeviantArt was still busy). Whatever happened to it? (and fantastic art, as always!)
J. N. Squire
2025-02-06 01:34:34 +0000 UTCSheβs cute. Hopefully she has protection incantations running in the background.
patient_zaero
2025-02-05 23:24:07 +0000 UTCAgreed. Maybe the tradition is for wary travelers, at the end of their visit, not to return to that village to keep the myths alive, even; A small practical joke on their part!
ThatDirgeDude
2025-02-05 22:47:32 +0000 UTCI'd like to think that behind the intimidating esthetics befitting her duties, there's a really chill skunk who's just happy for the company :)
Kalahari
2025-02-05 22:38:47 +0000 UTCLove the outfit!
Greg
2025-02-05 22:13:04 +0000 UTCAnother masterpiece
Kiko
2025-02-05 21:55:59 +0000 UTCThis is an extremely interesting outfit! I get the impression that this shaman may also dabble in sorts of witchcraft and mysticism, perhaps to a degree that locals may have wary reservations? "Beyond the treeline exists a burrough, which reeks of sulphur and echoes strange incantations at odd hours... Some say that those who have gone to investigate, have never returned..." In reality, they are super chill and are simply nocturnal. XD
ThatDirgeDude
2025-02-05 21:53:18 +0000 UTC
