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      <title>The Hush Sound by Carissa K.</title>
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You don't see what you posses, a beauty calm and clear,

It floods the sky and blurs the darkness like a chandelier.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/i&gt;





This is the prettiest song I've heard yet, please go listen to it.  I thought the gentle flow of its music fit this picture very nicely.  

As for the piece, I had the scene perfect in my minds eye and knew that the character had to be a wolf to fit.  So I figured I may as make this a gift art.  And I only know one person with a natural colored wolf fursona. :D  So congrats Dudett270, you got another free gift art out of me. XD  A very nice one, too, if I do say so myself.  ^^ Like &lt;a href="http://simkaye.deviantart.com/art/Babe-I-Tell-You-What-83822761"&gt;Babe, I Tell You What...&lt;/a&gt;, I put lots of color and work into this one.  



&lt;sub&gt;Lyrics copyright "You Are The Moon" by The Hush Sound --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-KlMtIXbtc
Fursona character copyright Dudett270
Artwork copyright Carissa K. (Simkaye)
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You don't see what you posses, a beauty calm and clear,

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This is the prettiest song I've heard yet, please go listen to it.  I thought the gentle flow of its music fit this picture very nicely.  

As for the piece, I had the scene perfect in my minds eye and knew that the character had to be a wolf to fit.  So I figured I may as make this a gift art.  And I only know one person with a natural colored wolf fursona. :D  So congrats Dudett270, you got another free gift art out of me. XD  A very nice one, too, if I do say so myself.  ^^ Like &lt;a href="http://simkaye.deviantart.com/art/Babe-I-Tell-You-What-83822761"&gt;Babe, I Tell You What...&lt;/a&gt;, I put lots of color and work into this one.  



&lt;sub&gt;Lyrics copyright "You Are The Moon" by The Hush Sound --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-KlMtIXbtc
Fursona character copyright Dudett270
Artwork copyright Carissa K. (Simkaye)
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      <title>Obedience by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>&lt;sub&gt; A dog is only as obedient as his master is patient.&lt;/sub&gt;


Pardon this painting, I just wanted to play with a background like this.  I rather like it. This is a bigger watercolor book I talked myself into buying last month. I love it. 11 x 13. As for the dog, it's a mutt.  Part Doberman, obviously. 

Watercolors. &lt;3&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22743/obedience"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22743/thumb_210/Copyright_119.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Watercolor and Pen&lt;br /&gt;Tags: canine dog water doberman painting watercolor art color mutt paint waters Watercolors colors lineart line paints simkaye carissa K. k obedient&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:54:37 -0000</pubDate>
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      <media:description>&lt;sub&gt; A dog is only as obedient as his master is patient.&lt;/sub&gt;


Pardon this painting, I just wanted to play with a background like this.  I rather like it. This is a bigger watercolor book I talked myself into buying last month. I love it. 11 x 13. As for the dog, it's a mutt.  Part Doberman, obviously. 

Watercolors. &lt;3</media:description>
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      <title>Eyes of Frozen Fire by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>This watercolor took me less than 20 minutes.  It's ridiculous, I know.  I forgot how quick I was with these paints.  

The main purpose of this piece was to completely draw out my fursona's facial anatomy in a snarl and to figure out the placement of her teeth and how it looks when she draws forth her venom fangs.  A rather threatening display if I do say so myself. &lt;sub&gt;Her venom fangs as I call them usually lay flat against the roof of her mouth and are rarely drawn because 1) she cannot fully close her mouth with them out and 2) they are very fragile.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22742/eyes-of-frozen-fire"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22742/thumb_210/Copyright_118.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Watercolor&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon pink water painting watercolor white color angry dragons paint snarl fangs teeth fursona snap pearl Snarling Watercolors peach colors growl fang paints simkaye carissa K. k hiss growling furious iritated&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:52:55 -0000</pubDate>
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      <media:description>This watercolor took me less than 20 minutes.  It's ridiculous, I know.  I forgot how quick I was with these paints.  

The main purpose of this piece was to completely draw out my fursona's facial anatomy in a snarl and to figure out the placement of her teeth and how it looks when she draws forth her venom fangs.  A rather threatening display if I do say so myself. &lt;sub&gt;Her venom fangs as I call them usually lay flat against the roof of her mouth and are rarely drawn because 1) she cannot fully close her mouth with them out and 2) they are very fragile.&lt;/sub&gt;</media:description>
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      <title>Aiming Skyward by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>One of my favorite, good-humored characters, Zade.  &lt;3 You can see him in one of me previous drawings here: http://simkaye.deviantart.com/art/This-Feeling-s-Like-No-Other-60113690

Done on dark brown cardstock with brown, sienna, and white condensed charcoal.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22741/aiming-skyward"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22741/thumb_210/Copyright_117.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Condensed Charcoal&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon dark white brown dragons charcoal sierra simkaye carissa K. k sienna condensed zade&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:51:10 -0000</pubDate>
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      <media:description>One of my favorite, good-humored characters, Zade.  &lt;3 You can see him in one of me previous drawings here: http://simkaye.deviantart.com/art/This-Feeling-s-Like-No-Other-60113690

Done on dark brown cardstock with brown, sienna, and white condensed charcoal.</media:description>
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      <title>Precious by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;For some reason I can not explain,
Once you know there was never, never an honest word,
That was when I ruled the world.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;


I bought myself some colored cardstock and condensed charcoal sketch pencils from Hobby Lobby.  Just thought I should go to town with them on my fursona. I love the effect.


&lt;sub&gt;Lyrics copyright "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYn6aTgbr60&amp;feature=bz303

Fursona character and art copyright Carissa K.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22740/precious"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22740/thumb_210/Copyright_107.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Condensed Charcoal and Colored Pencil&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon green white horns woman female silver girl eyes dragons blue paper cry eye horn fursona beautiful pearl pencils charcoal mane cardstock simkaye carissa K. k gorgeous bluegreen&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:49:29 -0000</pubDate>
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      <media:description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;For some reason I can not explain,
Once you know there was never, never an honest word,
That was when I ruled the world.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;


I bought myself some colored cardstock and condensed charcoal sketch pencils from Hobby Lobby.  Just thought I should go to town with them on my fursona. I love the effect.


&lt;sub&gt;Lyrics copyright "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYn6aTgbr60&amp;feature=bz303

Fursona character and art copyright Carissa K.&lt;/sub&gt;</media:description>
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      <title>Rosebud by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Okay, so you're Brad Pitt
That don't impress me much
So you got the looks but have you got the touch
Don't get me wrong, yeah I think you're alright
But that won't keep me warm in the middle of the night&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;



Meet Rosebud, Cheetahsi's fursona. =) This was done for a contest she's holding.  Check out her journal for more information.

Done with Prismacolor coloured pencils.



&lt;sub&gt;Lyrics copyright "That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SOh6mSEZss

Fursona character copyright Cheetahsi

Artwork copyright Carissa K.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22738/rosebud"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22738/thumb_210/Copyright_106.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Colored Pencil&lt;br /&gt;Tags: wolf canine dog dog colored pencil white creature color eyes puppy animal blue prisma prismacolor small young pup eye aqua pencils eyed rosebud carissa K. k cheetahsi chee turquiose&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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      <media:description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Okay, so you're Brad Pitt
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Don't get me wrong, yeah I think you're alright
But that won't keep me warm in the middle of the night&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;



Meet Rosebud, Cheetahsi's fursona. =) This was done for a contest she's holding.  Check out her journal for more information.

Done with Prismacolor coloured pencils.



&lt;sub&gt;Lyrics copyright "That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SOh6mSEZss

Fursona character copyright Cheetahsi

Artwork copyright Carissa K.&lt;/sub&gt;</media:description>
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      <title>Kohaku River Spirit by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;In a moment, everything can change,
Feel the wind on your shoulder,
For a minute, all the world can wait,
Let go of your yesterday.

Fly
Open up the part of you that wants to hide away
You can shine,
Forget about the reasons why you can't in life,
And start to try, cause it's your time,
Time to fly.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;



Haku from Spirited Away! I'm hitting up fanarts here of late.  He's one of my top three favorite movie dragons; see if you can guess the other two!  This was fun to sketch; a bit less fun when I got to the clouds. Too bad I got lazy on those.


&lt;sub&gt;Haku character copyright Hayao Miyazaki
Lyrics copyright "Fly" by Hilary Duff --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PK4U7rrkHo

Artwork copyright Carissa K.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22736/kohaku-river-spirit"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22736/thumb_210/Copyright_105.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Colored Pencil&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon cartoon spirit Furry Flying Wind fur art anime clouds creature sky cloud fan china chinese dragons japan fly FanArt Japanese ancient river Korean hilary simkaye carissa K. k haku kohaku Hayao Miyazaki copyright duff hillary&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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Let go of your yesterday.

Fly
Open up the part of you that wants to hide away
You can shine,
Forget about the reasons why you can't in life,
And start to try, cause it's your time,
Time to fly.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;



Haku from Spirited Away! I'm hitting up fanarts here of late.  He's one of my top three favorite movie dragons; see if you can guess the other two!  This was fun to sketch; a bit less fun when I got to the clouds. Too bad I got lazy on those.


&lt;sub&gt;Haku character copyright Hayao Miyazaki
Lyrics copyright "Fly" by Hilary Duff --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PK4U7rrkHo

Artwork copyright Carissa K.&lt;/sub&gt;</media:description>
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      <title>Shake It by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>&lt;i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Now when she does it like this,
Will you do it like that?

Now if she touches like this,
Will you touch her like that?

Now if she moves like this,
Will you move her like that?

Come on, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, shake it.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;




Omg, I &lt;b&gt;LOVE&lt;/b&gt; this song! I can't wait to get it on my iPod.  So the same day I heard it I came home and started this.  I just &lt;i&gt;had&lt;/i&gt; to do a piece dedicated to it.  With my fursona shaking it, of course &gt;;]

I didn't want to attempt a difficult background and run the risk of screwing over the piece, so I did the colorful ribbon-dance thing.

&lt;3



&lt;sub&gt;Lyrics copyright "Shake It" by Metro Station --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh1FcBJaNeI

Fursona character and art copyright Carissa K.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22735/shake-it"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22735/thumb_210/Copyright_104.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Colored Pencil&lt;br /&gt;Tags: Flying dance ribbon art flight cry dancing fly it ribbons fursona shake simkaye carissa K. k metro station&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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Now if she touches like this,
Will you touch her like that?

Now if she moves like this,
Will you move her like that?

Come on, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, shake it.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;




Omg, I &lt;b&gt;LOVE&lt;/b&gt; this song! I can't wait to get it on my iPod.  So the same day I heard it I came home and started this.  I just &lt;i&gt;had&lt;/i&gt; to do a piece dedicated to it.  With my fursona shaking it, of course &gt;;]

I didn't want to attempt a difficult background and run the risk of screwing over the piece, so I did the colorful ribbon-dance thing.

&lt;3



&lt;sub&gt;Lyrics copyright "Shake It" by Metro Station --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh1FcBJaNeI

Fursona character and art copyright Carissa K.&lt;/sub&gt;</media:description>
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      <title>I Will Open Paradise by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Darcia:&lt;/b&gt;  I will be the one who opens paradise.

&lt;b&gt;Kiba:&lt;/b&gt;  I'm not gonna let you do it.

&lt;b&gt;Darcia:&lt;/b&gt;  But why?  Though opposite in nature, are we not both wolves?  It makes no difference which one of us opens it; paradise will be the same.

&lt;b&gt;Kiba:&lt;/b&gt;  That's a lie!  The only thing you'll open is a world of darkness!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;




A little Darcia fanart from Wolf's Rain. :heart: Kiba gets too much tribute, awesome as he is.  Bad guys need lovin's too!

A big thank you to Jen for poking out anatomy errors for me when I was sketching this. &lt;3



&lt;sub&gt;Darcia character and Wolf's Rain copyright BONES

Artwork copyright Carissa K.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22734/i-will-open-paradise"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22734/thumb_210/Copyright_103.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Colored Pencil&lt;br /&gt;Tags: wolves dark evil wolf art anime colored pencil color fan bones storm rain darkness prisma prismacolor Manga FanArt snarl kiba paradise wolf's pencils open attack wolfs Vicious opening simkaye carissa K. opens&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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      <media:description>&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Darcia:&lt;/b&gt;  I will be the one who opens paradise.

&lt;b&gt;Kiba:&lt;/b&gt;  I'm not gonna let you do it.

&lt;b&gt;Darcia:&lt;/b&gt;  But why?  Though opposite in nature, are we not both wolves?  It makes no difference which one of us opens it; paradise will be the same.

&lt;b&gt;Kiba:&lt;/b&gt;  That's a lie!  The only thing you'll open is a world of darkness!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;




A little Darcia fanart from Wolf's Rain. :heart: Kiba gets too much tribute, awesome as he is.  Bad guys need lovin's too!

A big thank you to Jen for poking out anatomy errors for me when I was sketching this. &lt;3



&lt;sub&gt;Darcia character and Wolf's Rain copyright BONES

Artwork copyright Carissa K.&lt;/sub&gt;</media:description>
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      <title>Babe, I Tell You What... by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy, that's fine, I'll tell mine you're gay.
'Cause as far as I'm concerned you're just another picture to burn.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;


&lt;sub&gt;I worked so hard on this to make up for how long it's been since I've done anything, give me some love, guys! This gorgeous dragon is dedicated to my good friend, Maggie ^^ &lt;3 It's the first pic I've done with the Premier Prismacolor Pencils she bought me.  So so show her some lovin's!&lt;/sub&gt;


Lyrics copyright "Picture to Burn" by Taylor Swift --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAzrCvCg9Tw

Art and character copyright Carissa K.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22733/babe-i-tell-you-what"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22733/thumb_210/Copyright_102.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Colored Pencil&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon feather monster cute beast creature color brown fantasy dragons animal grass prisma prismacolor realistic critter sweet bright adorable beautiful colorful Scenery pencils feathered awesome scene feathery lovely carissa K. k gorgeous premier&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:54:42 -0000</pubDate>
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      <media:description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Go and tell your friends that I'm obsessive and crazy, that's fine, I'll tell mine you're gay.
'Cause as far as I'm concerned you're just another picture to burn.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;


&lt;sub&gt;I worked so hard on this to make up for how long it's been since I've done anything, give me some love, guys! This gorgeous dragon is dedicated to my good friend, Maggie ^^ &lt;3 It's the first pic I've done with the Premier Prismacolor Pencils she bought me.  So so show her some lovin's!&lt;/sub&gt;


Lyrics copyright "Picture to Burn" by Taylor Swift --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAzrCvCg9Tw

Art and character copyright Carissa K.</media:description>
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      <title>It's Time To Dance by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>&lt;i&gt;Give me envy, 
Give me malice,
Give me your attention

Give me envy, 
Give me malice, 
Baby, give me a break!

When I say "Shotgun"
you say "wedding"

"Shotgun", "Wedding"!
"Shotgun", "Wedding"!&lt;/i&gt;


Best song EVER &lt;3
This is Sol, Cry's naughty side that comes out when she either A) Changes Cross necklaces, or B) Releases Sol. But they're still the same person, Sol just focuses on Cry's negative traits.
The downside to Sol is that she lacks Cry's wind abilities and holy fury, which more than cuts her strength in half.  But, she has a way of knowing almost all of her opponents moves before they attack, which Cry can't do.

&lt;sub&gt;Lyrics copyright "It's Time To Dance" By Panic! At The Disco --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ6tF_O-vQw&amp;feature=related

Art and character copyright Carissa K. &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22731/its-time-to-dance"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22731/thumb_210/Copyright_97.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Watercolor&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon dark halloween Alter character dragons cry gothic costume fursona bright emo fursonas side different Ego simkaye carissa K. k sol personality makeup&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:18:06 -0000</pubDate>
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      <media:description>&lt;i&gt;Give me envy, 
Give me malice,
Give me your attention

Give me envy, 
Give me malice, 
Baby, give me a break!

When I say "Shotgun"
you say "wedding"

"Shotgun", "Wedding"!
"Shotgun", "Wedding"!&lt;/i&gt;


Best song EVER &lt;3
This is Sol, Cry's naughty side that comes out when she either A) Changes Cross necklaces, or B) Releases Sol. But they're still the same person, Sol just focuses on Cry's negative traits.
The downside to Sol is that she lacks Cry's wind abilities and holy fury, which more than cuts her strength in half.  But, she has a way of knowing almost all of her opponents moves before they attack, which Cry can't do.

&lt;sub&gt;Lyrics copyright "It's Time To Dance" By Panic! At The Disco --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ6tF_O-vQw&amp;feature=related

Art and character copyright Carissa K. &lt;/sub&gt;</media:description>
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      <title>The Islander by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>Honestly, I started to put this piece to "Surfin USA" by the Beach Boys, but I wasn't sure if Strah would beat me for associating her fursona with such old school music. XD
I do love the beach boys though, I'm a huge fan. &lt;3

So, in short, this is just a little something that I've owed Strah for an embarrassingly long amount of time, and then I screwed over the background.  But I do think I did a good job in capturing the beauty of her fursona. :) 

&lt;sub&gt;
Fursona character copyright strah

Artwork copyright Carissa K. &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22732/the-islander"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22732/thumb_210/Copyright_98.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Colored Pencil and Pen&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon water beach ocean dragons sea trees carribean tree deep blue aqua waters Palm USA tropical Caribbean carissa K. k bahamas tropic carribbean cerlean strah surfin&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:52:43 -0000</pubDate>
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      <media:description>Honestly, I started to put this piece to "Surfin USA" by the Beach Boys, but I wasn't sure if Strah would beat me for associating her fursona with such old school music. XD
I do love the beach boys though, I'm a huge fan. &lt;3

So, in short, this is just a little something that I've owed Strah for an embarrassingly long amount of time, and then I screwed over the background.  But I do think I did a good job in capturing the beauty of her fursona. :) 

&lt;sub&gt;
Fursona character copyright strah

Artwork copyright Carissa K. &lt;/sub&gt;</media:description>
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      <title>Bleu by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>Struttin' his stuff.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22729/bleu"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22729/thumb_210/Copyright_94.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Colored Pencil and Pen&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon Furry fur happy fuzzy dragons blue drake hair stuff mane Fuzz blu bleu simkaye carissa K. drakes prance strut strutting his&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:38:30 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Amaranth by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>&lt;i&gt;Caress the one, the Never-Fading
Rain in your heart - the tears of snow-white sorrow
Caress the one, the hiding amaranth
In a land of the daybreak.&lt;/i&gt;

First watercolor piece for a looong time.  This was such fun to do!  I did a little revamp on my fursona's rear legs.  And if you haven't noticed each time I draw her the feathers on my wings take over a little more XD I won't make them any longer than they are here.

Please focus more on critiquing my painting abilities rather than anatomy, because that's what I'm really looking to improve here. 

Thank you!

Lyrics copyright "Amaranth" by Nightwish --&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPun1NK7Jhg
Fursona and artwork copyright Carissa K.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22728/amaranth"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22728/thumb_210/Copyright_89.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Watercolor&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon white ice clouds fantasy storm castle cry Dragoness Nightwish simkaye storming approaching approach manor amaranth&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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      <media:description>&lt;i&gt;Caress the one, the Never-Fading
Rain in your heart - the tears of snow-white sorrow
Caress the one, the hiding amaranth
In a land of the daybreak.&lt;/i&gt;

First watercolor piece for a looong time.  This was such fun to do!  I did a little revamp on my fursona's rear legs.  And if you haven't noticed each time I draw her the feathers on my wings take over a little more XD I won't make them any longer than they are here.

Please focus more on critiquing my painting abilities rather than anatomy, because that's what I'm really looking to improve here. 

Thank you!

Lyrics copyright "Amaranth" by Nightwish --&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPun1NK7Jhg
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      <description>A valiant dragon guard of old, the very finest of the Royals' personal lookout.  One can only imagine what thoughts lay behind his ever watching amber eyes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22726/dragon-guard"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22726/thumb_210/Copyright_87.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Colored Pencil and Pen&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon green eyes dragons general guard amber valiant Elite brave&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:31:09 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Young Drake by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>Drakes are an awesome dragon breed that really don't get enough credit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22725/young-drake"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22725/thumb_210/Copyright_86.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Colored Pencil and Pen&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon brown dragons drake&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:29:16 -0000</pubDate>
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      <media:description>Drakes are an awesome dragon breed that really don't get enough credit.</media:description>
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      <title>Whispers of Angels by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>&lt;i&gt;They say that butterflies flock where angels dwell.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/22724/whispers-of-angels"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/22724/thumb_210/Copyright_83.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Colored Pencil and Pen&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon Butterfly white female happy dragons rose vines angel cry fursona angels roses vine simkaye carissa K. thorns frame futterflies content&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:27:41 -0000</pubDate>
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      <media:description>&lt;i&gt;They say that butterflies flock where angels dwell.&lt;/i&gt;</media:description>
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      <title>Mad as Hell by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>&lt;i&gt;I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell,
And I don't have time to go round and round and round.&lt;/i&gt;


Lyrics copyright "Not Ready To Make Nice" by the Dixie Chicks. --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwc5YSAc-7g &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/13817/mad-as-hell"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/13817/thumb_210/Copyright_80.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Pencil and Colored Pencil&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon hell white angry as dragons Off Mad fangs Rage fury pissed upset&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:33:50 -0000</pubDate>
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      <media:description>&lt;i&gt;I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell,
And I don't have time to go round and round and round.&lt;/i&gt;


Lyrics copyright "Not Ready To Make Nice" by the Dixie Chicks. --&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwc5YSAc-7g </media:description>
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      <title>Pose For Me by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>My fursona giving you a little pose. =3&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/13815/pose-for-me"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/13815/thumb_210/Cry_Pose_Copyright.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Colored Pencil&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon pose white female dragons mane&lt;br /&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:25:23 -0000</pubDate>
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      <media:description>My fursona giving you a little pose. =3</media:description>
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      <title>Footprints in the by Carissa K.</title>
      <description>This was originally for a website layout, but she never ended up doing the html... whatever.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://simkaye.artspots.com/image/13814/footprints-in-the"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.artspots.com/files/image/file/13814/thumb_210/Copyright_77.jpg" alt="Thumbnail" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Medium: Traditional and then smudged digitally&lt;br /&gt;Tags: dragon white the dragons in sand footprints&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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