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Julie Ottosen

protector
protector by @odduckoasis (Julie Ottosen)

This is a picture I've been working on over the last few days. Getting it just right. It's a little personal project of mine. That's my Ben there. He's the protector of this magical land called Monra Isil Nóre. (It's elvish) The writing there is all in elvish too. If you want to know what it means.. too bad!! ahahaha!! >.> koff Anyways.. I'm happy with how this turned out. =D

Artwork © Copyright 2003 Julie Young

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Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 @ 05:07 PM

Oh wow Julay! He's so cute ^^' Everay time I have a bad day, looking at your art seems to cheer me up. Good job ^.^!!!

Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 @ 05:08 PM

::gasps for air like beached fish:: ....WOW! I love so much! And our favorite shrubbery lupe looks awesome colored in (I seriously didn't know how you'd do it)! I think this is my favorite drawing you've done so far ; )

Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 @ 05:41 PM

Very nice indeed.This is going to be one of my favorites.Also I'll get the elvish translated as soon as my friend who is a specialist comes on.

Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 @ 09:27 PM

lol. An expert on Elvish? You do realize that's a made up language right? Or.. you're friend does yes? lol. (It's like those ppl that learn to read, write and speak Klingon.. lol) Anyways.. just so you know, it's written in english words, so it's not elvish words written in elvish.. I'm not that fanatic or have that much time on my hands to find out how to say each word in elvish.. well, I can do that since I know the names IN elvish.. but.. yeah... I'm just too lazy to do that exactly.. XD;;; Have fun translating! ((there's also the option of looking up Lobenzo_ and seeing what his elvish name is.. lol))

Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 @ 06:02 PM

takes deep breath JULIETHISPICABSOLUTELYROCKS! IT ROCCKSSS!! RAAAWWWKSSS!!! stresses each word with crack of head on wall ROCKSROCKSROCKSROCKSROCKSROCKS... dies Okay, I'll stoppeh now... giggles and points You managed to make Ben look just like a tree rodent! claps hand over mouth as Snowy tackles Ben SNOWEH!! BADDOG! GERROFFUFHIM!

Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 @ 06:03 PM

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!eyes go wide and start to water after looking at the pic this is seriously..uh..good!!!! gah! you are so good! i cant stand it lol! but no this is really really really good!!!!!!! i love those lupes (if they are anyways) under the branch! those are...what is it..PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Man i wish i was as good as you! gasps for breath no julie this is perfect! i have to print this out and stick it on my wall so i can admire it all the time!!!! your art always chears me up and well one time i actually fell out of the chair a couple of times because your art work is good! i got a couple bruises but....thats fine! i get all my friends to look at your art and the are just amazed! i am always surprised whenever i see your art! this is very very very very very good! gah! O_o calms down and breaths ok ok i will stop now but julie! keep up this awesome work and do this kind of pic more! it is absolutely extraordinary! how long did it take you to get this good? i suk at drawing sigh but very good julie applauses good good good walks away stilled awed

Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 @ 06:27 PM

OMG!!!!! THAT IS THE COOLEST THINGIN THE INTIRE WORLD!!!!!!! I LOVE IT!!! grabs the computer and runs around yelling "I LOVE IT!" then throws the computer out the window. Why did I do that? BUT I LOVE IT ANYWAY!!!!!!!

Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 @ 06:55 PM

Oh my gosh! That's so cool! grabs picture and tries to desceipher Aw! Where's Legolas when you need him! Anywho, great to see that!

Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 @ 06:58 PM

Wow, this is absolutely gorgeous! This is now one of my favorite pictures I have ever seen. It is amazingly detail and I adore the position Ben is in! And the three Lupes in the corner are so neat and original. You should be extremely proud of yourself!

Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 @ 07:46 PM

OMG this is absolutely bootiful!!! im gunna save it i likes it so much ^^ i wanna know whut it says!! is that water lupess yours? shes so pretty, she needs a pic all to herself ^^

Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 @ 09:29 PM

No, the water lupess is not mine. Her name is Paluure (that's just part of her name). Anyways... yeah, she's not mine, the only one in this piccy that's mine is Ben. (the tree rodent.. lol). Thanx though Laura, glad you like. I think I might print this out too. lol.

Posted: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 @ 11:33 PM

Wheeeee! I lufferz it ^^ Very elfish and cool.... Ehe.... coughs Too bad the picceh I sent you of Ben sucked << Rips Microsoft Paint apart, limb by limb oO;;; ME WANT A SCANNER AND ADOBE PHOTOSHOP! Ermn... <> Anyhow, great picceh Julie ^^ Mesa loverz it, and I think Ben ish mah favorite char to actually DRAW (With paper and pencil! Xx), if you couldn't tell =D Anyhow... Keep up the great work, me likes a lot ^^

Posted: Wednesday, 12 February, 2003 @ 03:06 AM

WOW!!! This is one of my FAVOURITES!!!!! I love to draw, and I was wondering, what did you colour this w/?

Posted: Wednesday, 12 February, 2003 @ 08:39 AM

ah, claps very nice, Julie. heh, haven't commented in a while. but i really like this one. especially the elementals hiding down there in the bottom right-hand corner. love 'em, i does nods for emphasis anyway, again, i say very nice job. cuddles elementals, then scurries away

Posted: Wednesday, 12 February, 2003 @ 11:28 AM

Gasps as she falls out of her chair I barely have anything to say.. This is just plain breath taking.. O.o nod nod

But... (Yup, there is the dreaded but) if I was gonna comment on one thing, not trying to sound mean, Ben's nose seems a bit odd.. I can't really describe what I mean, but it seems to missing something.. Anyhoo, I think that this ish one wonderful peice of work!! ^-^ Keep up ze good work! XD

Posted: Wednesday, 12 February, 2003 @ 12:00 PM

oh my god, this is spectacular, youve outdone yourself julie, you must have collapsed afterwards, kind of @_@ heeehee the background is excellent, did you paint it? ben is, as always. adorable and he has 5 fingers and toes? all gripping and stuff. the three elementals are great, i love the blue one best, no the red one, noe wait, my faves the green........ bah! i cant decide!! i like bens tree, yes a very nice tree indeed but his foot looks sort of funky, just sort of sitting there, never mind its got to be the best youve done......yet!

Posted: Wednesday, 12 February, 2003 @ 07:51 PM

Yeah, I gave him more hand like feet like that to make him more realistic as a tree climbing lupe. Cuz a normal pawed dog/wolf can't climb trees, so this makes more sense, like a cat or rodent like that. Anyways.. as far as the background, yes and no. I colored it still on the comp, put in colors and things and all this stuff blending, then took this option in the fliters, and made it a watercolor look, so that's how it turned out. I think it makes it look better. XD;; So yeah. Thanx.

Posted: Wednesday, 12 February, 2003 @ 07:55 PM

one more thing.. what foot you talking about... there are three feet in the picture.. lol. But if you mean the back foot, I know, I saw that it just seems to be sitting there rather than actually clinging to the tree, but I'm too lazy to bother to fix it. XD;;

Posted: Wednesday, 12 February, 2003 @ 04:48 PM

Oh awsome,love'em Julie!

Posted: Wednesday, 12 February, 2003 @ 08:25 PM

This has to be my number one favorite picture. Well I bet that everyone has said that. Its just amazing what you can do with your imagination! I like the wolf on the tree (i can remember his name though) and I love the three what look like fire, earth, and water wolves. Hey if you think about it you have all four elements!!! Kool!!

Posted: Thursday, 13 February, 2003 @ 05:39 PM

sits there staring for a minute Oh, wow... looks like I have a new archive favorite! This time you've really outdone yourself Julie! Everything in this pic is.. well, picture perfect, I LOVE it.

Posted: Thursday, 13 February, 2003 @ 08:38 PM

AWWWW!!! CUTIE!!! ^^ you did an AWSOME job! The backround is breathtaking! I lub it! He is the cutest lil thing :)

Posted: Sunday, 16 February, 2003 @ 12:28 PM

hehe, yeah, soz i ment the back foot but i dont blame you for not bein bothered, this must have taken you forever, once again,, great!! weeeeeeee

Posted: Sunday, 16 February, 2003 @ 11:34 PM

I...er....COOLNESS!

Posted: Tuesday, 18 February, 2003 @ 07:54 PM

Just out of curiosity, where did you get the name for the land? I mean, I know it's Elvish and all but where did you come up with Monra Isil Nóre? Was it from a site or from like the appendix in one of Tolkien's books or something? (There is actually an appendix for Elvish and all in Return of the King I think)

Posted: Tuesday, 18 February, 2003 @ 10:19 PM

We made it up. Actually.. one of my friends that helped me come up with it. Okay, she came up with it and I liked it. lol. It actually means "Realm of the Darkened Moon" So there you are. It comes from Tolkins elven words yes, but it's entirely made up.... so yeah. XD;;

Posted: Thursday, 20 February, 2003 @ 02:29 AM

Great drawing Julie! And I love the Tengwar runes that you've put around Ben, absolutley perfect, now I must go off and translate them.....hehe!! Takes one last look at drawing before leaping off to translate lovely elvish

Posted: Sunday, 23 February, 2003 @ 04:10 PM

This is SO good Is there anything you can't draw?? I have been admiring your work since I started Neopets and now i can see the full extent if it good job ((WOW!))

Posted: Sunday, 02 March, 2003 @ 06:48 AM

Wow Julie, I think you've really outdone yourself this time. As usual your art is wonderful. I love the elvish, and the elements. Ben looks so cute but also tough in this pic!

Posted: Saturday, 28 June, 2003 @ 03:37 PM

Huggles Ben Good protector, Ben! Horgles Elements Ish demony... Yesh...

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