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"That odd whitening birch" (February 2020)

Feeling exhausted, so

Speedpaint (30 min) based on a dream I had back then. A few days before in the evening, around 9.30 pm, the sky was still kinda light but everything was mostly in shadows (it was summer so looong days) I was coming back from my daily walk and, a few blocks away from my house, I saw a tiny animal run up a garden peach (?*)'s tree trunk. The tree is on a grassy corner, and I clearly saw a little animal, slightly bigger than a regular mouse, run it up. I wasn't sure if what I saw was a Monito del Monte, a relatively common but extremely shy and nocturnal marsupial. So I walked up close to the trunk, but the animal had to have crawled up away at that point, not helped by the fact this tree's upper branches are in touch with the branches of a much taller tree. Which is also in contact with more trees.

So, I couldn't see the animal up close, but, that night I dreamed about finding a super strange animal (which was real in the dream, but doesn't exist IRL. This happens aloooot in my dreams), following said animal, and it sneaking away at a mass of birch trees that's near one of the schools I work at, much further away in my city. I noticed one of the birches was bigger than the rest (IRL there is a mature trees stratum, plus a saplings stratum below), and its more external leaves were beggining to turn pure white. Due to dream logic, I knew right away that there was a tunnel underneath it, and naturally I got in it and saw some fascinating stuff inside. I won't narrate the dream, as it was pretty long and the visuals were insane, but wanted to make two paintings: one of the alrge birch, and some day, another of the bizarre landscappery inside the tunnel. (2024 note: I started that, and never finished. Maybe one of these days?)

¡Amo tanto a los ciervos! ¡Ah, si encontrase alguno! Lo apresaría entre mis dientes y mis patas, eso es lo más hermoso que imagino. Para los afectivos tendría buen corazón, devoraría hasta el fondo de sus tiernos perniles, bebería hasta hartarme de su sangre rojiza, y luego aullaría toda la noche, solitario.

¡Autumn!

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Meet Abedul, a gift from an artist friend of mine. He may pop up every so often on the blog, since he's pretty fun to draw.

Some lore for those who are curious:

Abedul is an agent of the wild and of nature. Somewhat reclusive, he favors spending his days deep in the hearts of temperate forests, though he occasionally travels farther north for short periods of time. He originally hails from the northern forests, but has since moved further south.

Abedul ensures the forests are in good health by frequently patroling through the trees and by air. He uses the magic held by his singular horn to weild the power of the forest through naturakinesis (the ability to manipulate nature). He mainly utilizes chlorokinesis (plant manipulation), though he can also use the weather and water, though to much lesser extents.