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.

September 11th (911)Fireman & Angels by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman-Wang (Black UniGryphon)

September 11th (911) Morose Fireman & Angels
by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman-Wang (Black UniGryphon)


9 11 Morose Fireman n Angels by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

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* To purchace small magnets or small prints : http://www.deviantart.com/print/1730861/

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/

Angel Of Feminine Self Esteem by Kandice Kthleen Zimbleman-Wang (Black UniGryphon)

Angel Of Feminine Self Esteem
Artwork by "Black UniGryphon" 烏獨角獸
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒













Angel Of Feminine Self Esteem by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

* Prints Available Here: http://www.deviantart.com/print/2958683/

* Original Sketch Here: http://blackunigryphon.deviantart.com/art/Angel-of-Self-Esteem-Raw-Sketc-80931254

* Original Sketch Cleaned/edited: http://blackunigryphon.deviantart.com/art/Angel-of-Self-Esteem-SKETCH-81296729

* NOTES:
This peice was hand drawn, then painted and colored in Photoshop.

I wanted to express something of female beauty without this modern ideal that woman should all look like 12 year old boys, or be meatless, and boney... that's totally unatural and against the true nature of a woman's biology.

2 Tails White Pearly Mermaid:

Artwork by "Black UniGryphon"
(Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman)

2 Tails White Pearly Mermaid:













2 Tails White Mermaid by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


I was soooooooo surprized at just how popular this picture turned out to be! I posted it, and in just afew min' it got 43 views & 6 favorites... it's more than that now!

2 Tailed Mermaids or Undines

2 Tailed Mermaids or Undines
Artwork by "Black UniGryphon"
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman












2 Tails Undine Stretch Color by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


2 Tails Black Mermaid by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


I had so much fun playing with these colors! Especially creating a BLACK Mermaid/Undine. Usually Mermaids are depicted as fair skinned, and NOrthern European looking... but, actually in Greek Ancient Mythology, they depicted the Ocean goddess Calipso as being dark skinned... and in many films is played by a darker skinned woman sch as Vanessa Williams, and even recently the Pirates of the Carabean...

Surprizingly, I've seen other versions of Ocean goddesses being depicted as also having dark skin.

In Western Culture "white" is often seen as feminie" and "Black" or "dark" is seen as Masculine... but, in the Eastern Culture, it's the Dark or black side of the Yin-Yang whcih is called "Yin" that represent Female energies, and the White sides, called "Yang" which represents Male energies.

So, it's totally apropriate.

I would like to create more dark or Black Mermaids.

Double Tailed Mermaids: Rough Coloring

Double Tailed Mermaids: Rough Coloring
Artwork by "Black UniGryphon"
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman











2 Double Tail Undines 01 by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


2 Tails Undine Stride by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

These are more of a rough colored ideals of my playing with colors and possibilties... lot's of day dreaming going into these... ironicly, Starbucks went back to their old Logo (for their New Logo) of a double tailed Mermaid...

Still unsure what I want to call them: Undines, Mermaids, Melusine (after teh famous ancient fairy tale), Nixies, water sprites, ellementals, etc...

独角麒麟: Golden Dujaio Qilin

独角麒麟: Golden Dujaio Qilin

"Jing Qilin" or "Golden Qilin"
Artwork by "Black UniGryphon" 烏獨角獸
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒









Jing Dujiao Qilin by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Low Res' Qilin Profile by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Cloud Walking Dujiao Qilin by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Dujiao Qilin Maiden Color by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Dujiao Qilin Chinese Unicorn by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

独角火麒麟 : Fire or Red Dujiao Qilin

独角火麒麟 : Fire or Red Dujiao Qilin

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










ROARING FIRE Dujiao Huo Qilin by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Descending Red Qilin by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

独角麒麟: Purple and/or Dark Qilin

独角麒麟: Purple and/or Dark Qilin
Artwork by "Black UniGryphon" 烏獨角獸
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒













Purplish Dujiao Qilin by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Eyewitness: Wu Dujiao Qilin B by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Wu Dujiao Qilin Cloud Strider by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

独角麒麟 Blue Dujiao Qilin (Unicorn types of Qilin)

独角麒麟 Blue Dujiao Qilin (Unicorn types of Qilin)
 Artwork by "Black UniGryphon" 烏獨角獸
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman 任思麒











Dark Blue Dujiao Qilin by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Lan Dujiao Qilin Rump by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART



麒麟: Typical or Common looking Qilin:


ROARING BLUE Lan Qilin by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

绿独角麒麟 Green Dujiao Qilin (A Unicorn Type)

绿独角麒麟 Green Dujiao Qilin (A Unicorn Type)

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







An older drawing I'd colored:



Green Dujiao Qilin by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

Romance Art 2008 By Black UniGryphon

Romance Art: 

By "Black UniGryphon" 
Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman








Various Art which is Romanticly Inspired...


Anime:


Lovers Embraced by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Lovers Embraced Cool Colors by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Lovers Embraced Revised by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Exagerated Realism:




Lovers' Atraction July 2006 by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


To Ensnare a Bride 01 by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Embrace by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART



Here's Scrap sketches:

http://blackunigryphon.deviantart.com/art/Lively-With-Lover-9494676

http://blackunigryphon.deviantart.com/art/Lively-ist-verliebt-9494763

Black UniGryphon

New Posts

I don't often use this blog...
But, I would very much like to add some of my newer colored Qilin from last year soon...

It's just that my eye is bothering me right now...

The Flow of Romance: New Artwork 2008

The Flow of Romance: New Artwork 2008


I'd been wanting to get some sort of picture to flow out of me for quite some time of this specific theme... I'd also like to do more like this...

But, for a while, I just couldn't quite get it to come out right...
I'm glad it did this time:

I kind of like to think of them as their flows coming together... and their ripples overlapping... or something...

* Another thing I need to point out is that this piece was inspired by artwork by another artist. The details of the art published on Deviant Art has the details. But, this is my original "inspired by" version. 


The Flow of Romance by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

Original Sketch:


Lovers' Flow SKETCH by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Alternative Colred Versions:



The Flow of Romance Alternate by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


The Flow of Romance RED by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

Flowdreaming Art: Dreaming Dragon

Flowdreaming Art: Dreaming Dragon


This is a bit older.... I made it back in 2005.

Interestingly, There was a Web Seminar held last month, which I was participating in. And, when I was listening along with the 1st guided Flowdreaming I kept seeing the dragon which I tend to see in my sleeping dreams. I kept seeing his tail, and his scale, and my arms were holding onto him and he was pulling me along.

Usually, this Drgaon (Chinese) is white and golden.

* NOTE: The artwork this was inspired by was from the cover of an aold New Age book about Dreams. Details are with the artwork published on Deviant Art.


DRAGON DREAMER by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


DRAGON DREAMER Color Pastel by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

Tree of Life

Flowdreaming Art: Looking back at Older work


Way back when I went to college in Philadelphia, I was given an opertunity to enter a contest gievn by a local Hospitol. It was something about a new hospitol or a renewed one... I forget...

Well, I made this picture of what I called "Gaiya" whcih is also called "Mother Earth" or the Spirit of the Earth Planet. (Perseiving the Planet as a living being with a Soul).


For some reason, when i made this old peice I felt I needed to put the goddess's hand into a flow of water. It made perfect and profound sence to me back then...



Gaiya and The Tree of Life by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

Some Anime Inspired Goddess Art

Flowdreaming inspired Art: The "As You Wish" Goddess


Here's an older peice of art... I liked the idea of my goddess cartoon charecter in a flowing water... she's holding a "Ru Yi" whcih means "As You Wish" or "As You Will" in chinese... it's kind of a septor, and it's very symbolic. It is most ssignifigant when someone gives you one... but, in Chinese mytholpgy as Ruyi is also magical. And, there are other kinds of magical objects and toodl whcih are described as "ruyi" even if they aren;t shaped like one. These objects can change into anything when you wish it or will it to... or can preform great feats.

So, since i like Flowdreaming, it's influenced me... and when I go back to old drawings like this one and see it again, it makes me realize what I was doing... even tho' at that tiem I didn't know what it was... I must've been somewhat aware....


Ru-Yi Bathing Goddess Low Res by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Bathing Goddess Flow Low Res by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART

Anime Goddess Inspired Artwork

Flowdreaming Inspired Art: Anime

I sometimes like to play arround with Anime style cartoons/art...

Here's some Flowdreaming inspired art of my Goddess Charecter...












Inspired In Spirit by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Kneeling Goddess by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Original Sketches:


Inspired in Spirit SKETCH by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART


Kneeling Goddess Orignl Sketch by =BlackUniGryphon on deviantART