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Submitted: August 21, 2011
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The Championby ~thornwolf

Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy

My submission for there 2012 Werewolf Calendar [link]
Ordering starts September 1st!

"The Champion" - 11"x14" watercolor and colored pencil on Arches watercolor paper - A clan's most powerful and celebrated warrior being ceremoniously painted for battle.

Here was my assigned writeup:
Both wild and urban werewolves have both been occasionally spotted wearing body paint. The precise and definite reasons for this behavior are as yet unknown, though it is speculated to play a part in the ceremonial celebrations and rituals werewolf society partakes in. It has also been suggested that body paint may play an important role in courtship rituals, allowing each werewolf to stand out individually. Body paint may be ornate or fairly minimal depending on the region or whether the werewolf resides within an urban or wild setting. Urban werewolves have access to a wide variety of artificial pigments, readily available for purchase whereas wild werewolves are often limited to natural found pigments composed of ground stones, berries and other plant material. As colorful displays are a detriment to everyday life, especially the ability to camouflage during a hunt, body paint is thought to be restricted in use for ceremonial occasions only.

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~VicPin Mar 17, 2013 Hobbyist Writer

Very nice, dude!

~darkusthehedgehog Feb 14, 2013

cool!

~BeastMaster-Sarah Feb 9, 2013 Student General Artist

I'd just like to bring to your attention, in case you didn't know, that this picture is available as a wallpaper here [link]

~thornwolf Feb 28, 2013

I sincerely appreciate the tip. I've contacted them to have it removed. They had the audacity to remove my copyright information, that I am NOT okay with.