deviant art

Deviant Login Shop
 Join deviantART for FREE Take the Tour
[x]
Shop Similar Prints
This Print Not Available
Download Image
JPG, 630×630
more ▶

More from *Altalamatox

Featured in Groups:

Details

August 10, 2012
261 KB
630×630
Sta.sh
Link
Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 58
Favourites: 800 [who?]

Views: 7,090 (5 today)
Downloads: 146 (0 today)
[x]
:iconaltalamatox:
Ah, personal art splurge. I think this was a five hour thing, which I painted this morning instead of sleeping, because sleep is for the weak.

Benjamin gettin' his Aslan on. Silly smiley lion. He can't speak so he's always going around with a little smile in the hopes people will freak out less sharing a space with him. His friends tell him it'd be just as well if he didn't, because the one thing more unnerving than sitting on the other end of a bench from a lion is sitting on the other end of a bench from a lion who is grinning at you. But it does Ben's heart good to make the effort.

I gotta start painting with rough brushes, what a freeing feeling. <3
Add a Comment:
 
love 3 3 joy 1 1 wow 2 2 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
:iconcitychikin:
*citychikin 2 hours ago  Student Filmographer
Wow, beautiful! I love his eyes and expression!
Reply
:iconklarushkacz:
This is the most perfect lion what I've ever seen. You have my respect. Breathtaking work!!! :heart: :heart: :heart:
Reply
:iconthewhiteshark:
~TheWhiteShark Jan 1, 2013  Student General Artist
I really like this. His face is so full of character and the details are great. Very charming picture.
Reply
:icondragoness243:
~Dragoness243 Sep 12, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
He makes me think of the dad lion from a PBS show my little sister used to watch, "Between the Lions," if you've heard of it :)
Great expression and backstory. Awesome painting! :+fav:
Reply
:iconimakaijufan2:
~ImaKaijuFan2 Nov 10, 2012  Hobbyist Artist
I was just gonna mention that.XD
Reply
:icondragoness243:
~Dragoness243 Nov 10, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Glad to hear I'm not the only one xD
Reply
:icondefago:
Mood: Love ~Defago Sep 9, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
It's definitely worth 5 hours of sleep :dance:
Reply
:iconboneybackrivers:
~BoneyBackRivers Sep 3, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
I love your Lions :)
Reply
:iconginger-seat:
I just wanna hug him. :aww:
Reply
:iconcaptainseawolf:
Mood: Obsessed ~CaptainSeawolf Aug 20, 2012   General Artist
Oh my gosh, that is so cute! He's got puppy eyes going! Not sure if he meant to have puppy eyes going but I see puppy eyes, and they are so CUTE! And I don't care if he was smiling at me, I would so want to hug him! He looks so cute! (not that I am sure he would want to be considered 'cute' but sorry I couldn't think of something better to describe him at the moment.) Makes me want to just sit with him somewhere with a good book and some tea. XD

Beautiful piece, I love the motion throughout it, in his mane and that there is the beautiful earthy tones and then the points of intense color, it is so amazing. And I bow to your greatness, :worship: I can't draw cats at all (wild or docile) and you just nailed it, and made it so perfectly him, even without the glasses or even his earring I don't think I would have had a problem at ALL figuring out who this was. And experimenting with new brushes has always been something fun for me too, sometimes it just the little change that is needed. :D
Reply
Add a Comment: