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???

Ghawazee Dancer Sketch

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























You can find the full version on Deviant Art if you would like to color your own version:



Ghawazee Dancer Cleaned Sketch Version 01 by ~BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


I have also vlogged about it:

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

Yet to be finished Tribal Fusion Bellydancer Sketches

Yet to be finished Tribal Fusion Bellydancer Sketches

I was actually surprised at how much response I got over these, from the belly dance communities.

Altho', I DO have a gripe about 1/2 of the responses, since number of Bellydancers expect to be paid to dance, and make money doing so. However, those SAME dancers expected to just be able to USE my artwork FREE OF CHARGE or DEMAND me to:

A.) Do more for them FOR FREE, JUST BECAUSE THE LIKED IT.

B.) DO WHOLE ANIMATIONS FOR THEM FOR FREE, JUST BECAUSE THEY LIKED IT.

Drawing is NOT the SAME as dancing, let alone animation, FYI. It takes, practice, skills, and talent, especially if you like mine, that that would refer to MINE of the aforementioned.

Funny how YOU want to be paid, but REFUSE to pay for ME.

Since I was also depressed, I couldn't make myself finish them yet. But, also, because I am afraid of people stealing my artwork, AND MAKING MONEY OFF OF IT!

So, yes, I have mixed feelings, especially when the bellydance communities are usually very Hippy-ish, peace, love, community, helping each other out, looking out for the lil' guy, etc.

So, for this reason, I am forever more STICKING with my watermarks, logos, and GIANT CHINESE NAME STAMPS.

I understand that the whole concept of Chinese name stamps is a hard one to understand, even for me, because it's not based in Western logic, It's Chinese/Taoist stuff. They often use use HUGE stamps, often several, and it might not make any sense to a Westerner, in fact they don;t even need to fit with the layout of the picture. I've asked SOOOOOO many Chinese art Teachers, and Masters in China, and no one can explain it, they just say, it's a Chinese way, or it;s just Chinese stuff.





This was a popular Tribal Fusion costuming style a few years ago:


S Tribal Fusion Belly Dance 01 by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

By 2011 the long hair, like Cabaret belly dance started to become popular, and bled through into the costuming fashion, where as before it was usually up-doos.


Sketch Belly Dance Floorwork R by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


As Cabaret styles began seeping into Tribal Fusion Bellydance, things became very whimsical, and fantasy-like. So, I came up with this/these:



Whimsical Unicorn Tribal CS 01 by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART
Whimsical Unicorn Tribal CS 02 by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


I have seen SO many creative costumes ever since.

If you like this blog post, please check the rest of my blog for similar artwork.

Thank you.

Belly Dancer & Exotic Oriental Themed Artwork

 Belly Dancer & Exotic Oriental Themed Artwork

I haven't published my art here for quite a while, so I will share some tonight.

I've done MANY MANY belly dancer, oriental, exotic themed artwork over the past few years. I also VERY MUCH LOVE bellydance.



Exotic Beauty by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART
Exotic Beauty CU by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Turkish Bellydancer by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART
Turkish Belly Dancer Close Up by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Gypsy Skirt Belly Dancer by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART
G Skirt Belly Dancer Close Up by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART



Tribal Dancer by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


My Muse's Belly Dancer 01 by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART
Muses Belly Dancer 1 close up by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Glorious Belly Dancer by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART
Glorious Belly Dancer Close Up by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Festival Stage Belly Dancer by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART
Festival Stage Belly dancer CU by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Night Club Belly Dancer by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART
Night Club Belly Dancer CU by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART



Veil Dancer by *BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

Nike/Angel of Personal Passion by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman (Black UniGryphon)

Nike/Angel of Personal Passion
Artwork by "Black UniGryphon" 烏獨角獸
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒












The Nike of Personal Passion by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

* Print Available here: http://www.deviantart.com/print/2964187/