What would you do if you encounter a fox in the woods? I decided to dust off my tablet. Sometimes when I am having a difficult time thinking, I just let the tablet sketch out ideas for me. I will definitely be developing this idea in traditional mediums. On the fox front, I discovered a valuable wealth of information on the chinese myth. So you can imagine, its going to be a great week of researching information and piecing my fox maiden’s story together and developing her character. Well kiddos, I should be going off to slumberland…my mind has to be fresh tomorrow as D.K. and I start our mandarin lessons 
yes you heard correctly. I am very excited about this. Its never too late to learn anything —even if it is your own culture. So as they say in mandarin (though I could be wrong), zuò gè hǎomèng : sweet dreams or lit. “make good dreams”
mysterious
05 Sep
This entry was published on 05/09/2011 at 23:30. It’s filed under Illustration and tagged cintiq 12wx, 구미호, fairy tale art, Gumiho, Huli jing, Illustration Friday, Kitsune, moleskine sketch, photoshop illustration.
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This is lovely, and certainly mysterious. The lighting and shadows add to the eerie atmosphere.
It is very clever how you have combined the fox and maiden motif here… plus it is indeed a mysterious image.
Subtle colouring delivers the image more slowly, wraps thought and question into a cocoon around the mind. Nice image.
Very cool! Wonderful work.
And good luck with the Mandarin there in Munich!
I’ve been so behind on your blog since I went to Hungary! : /
I can’t believe you’re learning Mandarin–that’s awesome…(And I’m trying to figure out who DK is based on our mutual acquaintances, and I’m drawing a blank…) I’m sure at some point you will want to stab chopsticks into your eyeballs to make the pain stop– call on me then, and I’ll make you a cup of coffee.
Beautiful picture, by the way–I love your imagination =) It’s so rich– I really hope someday (soon!) to see a book you’ve illustrated, or a children’s story… I think it’s your calling and your duty.
DK…come on Moof…you know who DK is! Other than the two of us, who does not like leaving the hearth and home?