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Greek Leopard

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"After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it." Daniel 7:6

This is the updated version of the piece with a much more accurate scan, but the yellow tinge in the background came out all blotchy. (the old one [link])

I'm just going to move the important information from the old one one to this one.

This is continuing the series with the other beasts from Daniel 7. This beast represents the rule of the Greeks. It corresponds with the brass thighs of the statue from another dream in the book of Daniel. Also, that goat with one horn in the top left hand corner also represents Greece in the dream in the following chapter. Ελληνικό βασίλειο (Elliniko basileio) means Greek Kingdom acording to what I looked up, though translators can be wrong (I don't know if I used the correct ending on Elliniko). I rendered it in all caps, to make it seem stronger, but in all caps, it doesn't look quite as Greek

Yes, I know the top isn't straight. It's so obvious here, but not quite as much on the canvas for whatever reason. I leaned while doing this, I am not very good at telling if a line is straight, even when I use a yard stick. I neglected to use a straight edge, and ended up with a very strangely curved horizon line. I didn't realize it until I put it up for critique. The sad thing is that that was not the first time I looked at it from far away. Because it was all curved, I made the straight lines look all crooked. I used a yard stick on all of those lines at the top, but one still turned out wrong.

I hope you guys could tell it had four heads without the description. Before, the bottom one was really obscured, and it wasn't identifiable as a head.

Before, the last head was behind the arm, but I moved it infront of it as it should be.


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kiki-doodle's avatar
ooh, what a fun painting here. I really like the wings here, a lot, and the faces are well done. I was unfamiliar with the being before, so I couldn't tell it had four heads immediately, but now I can see it.