Tribal Fusion Belly Dancer Floorwork Sketch Colored

I finally finished this one!














Bellydance Floor Work COLORED by ~BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

Found A Belly Dancer Remake

I had to share this! :D

I generally licence my art sketches/line-art to the kids so that can practice coloring, and stuff. It's FREE and good practrice when your studying arts!

But, this is the first time I've EVER come across a re-make of my human figures! ^,^ Usually, I see kids doing re-makes, re-interpretations, or inspired pieces of my griffins unicorns, dragon,s and especially my wings.

So, THIS was a rare find! ^_^ Thank you Google!

It has an anime feel to it! ^,^ The artist even dis variation on my hair, and not only the pose, but the same hand gestures. ^_^

Well, makes me feel happy that I put my work out their. I felt like no one really liked my art anymore. And, I've been very depressed for a number of years. 2009 was a really bad year for me.

Here you can see the full version of this re-make:

Belly Dance-Art trade with Toshinden-fanclub by ~cupcake2088 on deviantART


Here's my original 2008 peice:

Turkish Bellydancer by ~BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

That's Lively (my character). My stuff is never blond. but, I licensed the line-art so that kids could have fun with it. ^_^

I've actually been considering all month whether I ought to do a blog just based on my character, "Lively".

Does it seem like a sign???

FREE DOWNLOAD Old School Goddess Desktop Wallpaper

FREE DOWNLOAD:
Old School Divine Goddess Intention Desktop Wallpaper

Artwork By Artist "Black UniGryphon" 烏獨角獸
( Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒 )








It's an old school wallpaper, so the resolution is lower. But, it works fine. It's especially good for Smartphones.

You can download it below: 



Divine Goddess Wallpaper by ~BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

FREE: Old School Tigress Goddess Furry Wallpaper for Desktop or Smartphone

* Here's another OLD SCHOOL Wallpaper!
FREE DOWNLOAD

Chinese Tigress Goddess Furry Art
By Artist "Black UniGryphon" 烏獨角獸
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman-Wang 任思麒








Originally formatted for older versions of Windows or Mac, but it works fine on smartphones, and can still be used on newer versions of Windows, but it's an older resolution, so it might appear smaller.

You can download the full image from the link below:



Tigress Mu Laohu Wallpaper by ~BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

FREE Old School Wallpaper: Monochromattic Purple Black Unicorn Poem

Here's an old school wallpaper I made from way back in the day.

I've found you can still use these on smartphones, and they still work on newer versions of Windows or Mac, but the size is smaller than the higher resolution new stuff.

Artwork by
"Black UniGryphon"  烏獨角獸
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒












Download it for FREE (Virus free)
Klick below:







Black Unicorn Poem by ~BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

Original Belly Dancer Artwork by "Black UniGryphon" (Kandice K. Zimbleman)

Whoah!

I hadn't ever really realized that there was quite a number of closet fans of my artwork that were belly dancers! It just never really seemed that anyone ever noticed much, and I just did them because I not only LOVE belly dance, love TO belly dance, but I also LOVE drawing and depicting ethnic, and exotic dancers (as well as Ravers or Go-go dancing).

But, when I did a search of "BlackUniGryphon" or "Black UniGryphon" I found several dancers had made accounts on DeviantArt just to fav' my work, and ended up hooked on the art sharing site.


 So, just a lil' bit about me:

 Hi! I'm the artist alias "Black UniGryphon" (BlackUniGryphon).
My real name is:
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman
My legal name is:
Kadice Kathleen Zimbleman-Wang








My Chinese name is:
任思麒 (Witten in mandarin Pinyin as: Ren Si-Qi)
(Sounds like: Run Szzz Tchee)




 


This is how you write "Black UniGryphon" in Chinese:
In Mainland People's Republic of China use Simplified Chinese like this: 乌独角兽
But, in other Chinese places on islands like Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Macao, it's written in the Traditional old script like this: 烏獨角獸
And I would also use the Traditional way if I were to do something dealing with Japan, because I don't think they can read modern simplified Chinese.

 I actually wrote the Chinese translation of "Black UniGryphon" to mean mean a type of magical or mythical unicorn, or 1-horned beast. It actually means "Darkish/Blackish Unicorn" because I didn't want to use the commonly used word for "Griffin" which is actually a VULTURE! I take offense to that. Griffins are pretty & graceful, as well as robust. Vultures are ugly & clumsy, and have bad taste in all things. I also didn't use the common word for "black", I used a more educated, and prettier & poetic sounding "wu" instead of "hei". "Wu" can also mean very dark, but not in a bad way.

Many people in Chinese will tell me that using 乌独角兽 sounds too manly, or masculine. But, I don't care. Even in Chinese culture they have a story of the Dragon Princess "Long Nü" which is a female character, even tho' "Long" (Dragon) is generally ONLY used for a man's name. In my culture, equines & unicorns have become more effeminate, even tho' they were originally masculine. (Look it up, it's true.)

 "Black UniGryphon" is my Fursona which comes from the  Furry Comunity.

NO, despite what rumors you MAY have heard from Vanity Fair, Episodes of X-Files, etc. I DO NOT GO TO SEX CLUBS DRESSED AS AN ANIMAL! That is TOTALLY FALSE! Most Furries don't do that! But, I did go to several conventions, namely Anthrocon. Often as a dealer, or as an artist, and was even published in their Convention book. And, yeah, I did wear either wings, or a tail. But, people bring kids, and there's no weird sex going on.


I have also been publishing my artwork online since 1999, under the aliases:
ZBlackUnicorn, BlackUnicorn, or EbonyUnicorn

Anyways, dance & music have always been an important part of my life. When I was a kid, I could've become a musical prodigy, but instead I chose visual art, and my music teacher was furious. I used to play violin as a kid, the recorder, and even had to take guitar class in middle school, plus I used to be in chorus, and even stared in several talent shows as a singer. I often times regret having not done more with music. But, instead I went crazy with arts & sciences. (That's a long story.)




Dance, however, has helped my life very much. It helped me to deal with depression, once I'd realized that my artistic dreams, after graduating college and trying in vain to go back to school were crushed by the 777 stock market crash that caused the Bailouts and the "great recession" which I actually call "the economic melt down". So, my dreams of going to CAL-ARTS were crushed. I was devastated, and I would stay in bed crying for years.

What pulled me out of that was an interest in belly dance, which also got me back into Yoga. But, I've taken a few lasses by Zoe Jakes, and also Taiji Chuan (tai chi), Taiji Gungfu Shanzi (Tai chi Kungfu fan style), Taiji Jianzi (sword Tai chi) and a lil' bit of Qigung (Chigong). I'm not an expert in either of them, but I can dance improvisational belly dance not too bad, and I'm not perfect with yoga, but I can do some advanced poses with my likes like butterfly & lotus stuff.

So, naturally, my artwork began to reflect my interests.


Generally, when you see my artwork, you will notice that the human figure of a woman, is usually my character "Lively".












But, I have noticed that many of the dancer fans whom like my work, also like my Chinese inspired work (much of which I'd created when I lived in China), or my fantasy work as well like Unicorns.








The easiest place to find my work is my gallery on Deviant Art: Here

If you like dancers, you will want to check my "Maidens" sub gallery.

My Chinese Inspired Art: Here

And, my Fantasy stuff is all over the place in there. It's mostly what I'm known for on the internet.

But, when I was a kid, I liked to draw American comics, and especially exotic beautiful ladies.

I still like those things. But, much of my Furry/Anthro audiance wasn't exactly happy with me when I switched back to drawing human figures again. But, I just CAN'T be stuck in being a Furries ONLY, or BEASTS/ANIMALS only artist. 

As for my interests in dance, I do have a Pyrate Cosplay character that I dress up as:

Marshall Kändiß (Or Marshal Kandice)
Which I've mostly dressed up as in Philadelphia, but a tiny bit in Boston.

But, enough of me, I'm sure you're more interested in my art than my dancing.
;-P



Anyways, here are a few examples of my artwork, if it's dancers that you are looking for:

Well I guess I ought to blog a complete list of my dancer pieces.
I have so many, and many different kinds.

I notice belly dancers tend to like many styles of dance as well.

Whimsical Tribal Fusion/ Tribaret Unicorn Theme Costume Artwork

Whimsical Tribal Fusion/ Tribaret Unicorn Theme Costume Artwork


I finally finished coloring this! :D



Just a Unicorn Costume design I made up.

The sleeves are 2 unicorns, 1 black, and 1 white, with feathers as the main, reminds me of a popular design of sweaters my friends wore in the 80s & 90s, or figure skating.

I've seen theme costumes in bellydance often with the bellydance Super Stars, like Jillina, Sherri Wheatley, and also World Dance New York has produced several shows with bellydancers in fantasy theme costumes.

Ironically, the THEME for Tribal Fest this year (2012) is "The Year of The Unicorn".


FULL SCREEN HIGH RESOLUTION VERSION & PRINTS HERE:


Whimsical Unicron Tribaret Fusion 01 by ~BlackUniGryphon on deviantART



Whimsical Unicron Tribaret Fusion 01 CU by ~BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Whimsical Unicorn Tribal CS 01 by ~BlackUniGryphon on deviantART 

Artwork by
"Black UniGryphon" 烏獨角獸
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman-Wang 任思麒

Moon Goddess Chang'e Artwork

Happy Chinese Moon Festival!

Moon Goddess: Chang'eh
Artwork by "Black UniGryphon" 烏獨角獸
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒








Moon Goddess Chang E n Yu Tuzi by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Moon Goddess Chang'E Dancing by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

Get some good moon cakes!

I included my artwork!

You can find more Chinese Inspired art here:

Mazhu & The Dragons Artwork By Black UniGryphon

Mazhu & Dragons:

 A Goddess/Bodhisattva 

Artwork by "Black UniGryphon" 烏獨角獸
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒


Mazhu And The Dragons by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Mazhu Tames The Waves by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


马祖 (Simplified Chinese)
or
馬祖 (Traditional Chinese)
[Written above in left upper corned in "Ancient" Chinese Script]

Mazhu (or Maju or Mazu)

A design piece, based on Chinese art/design styles from the 1970s.

Mazhu, often revered as an Ocean goddess, is actually based on a real person in Ancient times. It's said she became a Shenxian. Or the equivalent of a Saint in western terms.

Mazhu is the most widely known in South China, and even more among Chinese colony descendant cultures outside of China, throughout the Asian islands.

There are still reports of sightings of her out on the sea in a red gown, or saving the lives of people out at sea.