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This is an idea I had a long time ago, and never drew until now – the Warden in Kitsune form.
I was thinking of writing something about this in Admiral of My Ass, but I dunno yet if I’m going to – probably, tho.
I was inspired for this pic back in March, when I was wikipedia-ing foxes in different folklores, and decided to learn everything I possibly could about kitsune. This is what inspired me:
“Other supernatural abilities commonly attributed to the kitsune include possession, mouths or tails that generate fire or lightning (known as kitsune-bi; literally, fox-fire), willful manifestation in the dreams of others, flight, invisibility, and the creation of illusions so elaborate as to be almost indistinguishable from reality.
Some tales speak of kitsune with even greater powers, able to bend time and space, drive people mad, or take fantastic shapes such as a tree of incredible height or a second moon in the sky.”
Easy to see why it gave me the idea, right?
The ball he’s holding is his life ball, something I draw all Kitsune with – “Depictions of Kitsune or their possessed victims may feature round or onion-shaped white balls known as hoshi no tama (star balls). Tales describe these as glowing with kitsune-bi, or fox-fire. Some stories identify them as magical jewels or pearls.
When not in human form or possessing a human, a kitsune keeps the ball in its mouth or carries it on its tail.
One belief is that when a kitsune changes shape, its hoshi no tama holds a portion of its magical power. Another tradition is that the pearl represents the kitsune's soul; the kitsune will die if separated from it for long.”
I used the colors of his clothes for his fur, as if that’s not obvious, but for the tails I decided to go bolder. Originally, he only had five tails, but I added a sixth one for symmetry. The striped ones were just characteristic of my style
. They’re folding all around in weird positions because it makes it more interesting to look at – it annoys me a little when people just draw the tails… THERE. 
The Warden is © to Augenblick Studios
Kitsune explanations © Wikipedia
The whole kitsune thing here is mine c:
I was thinking of writing something about this in Admiral of My Ass, but I dunno yet if I’m going to – probably, tho.
I was inspired for this pic back in March, when I was wikipedia-ing foxes in different folklores, and decided to learn everything I possibly could about kitsune. This is what inspired me:
“Other supernatural abilities commonly attributed to the kitsune include possession, mouths or tails that generate fire or lightning (known as kitsune-bi; literally, fox-fire), willful manifestation in the dreams of others, flight, invisibility, and the creation of illusions so elaborate as to be almost indistinguishable from reality.
Some tales speak of kitsune with even greater powers, able to bend time and space, drive people mad, or take fantastic shapes such as a tree of incredible height or a second moon in the sky.”
Easy to see why it gave me the idea, right?
The ball he’s holding is his life ball, something I draw all Kitsune with – “Depictions of Kitsune or their possessed victims may feature round or onion-shaped white balls known as hoshi no tama (star balls). Tales describe these as glowing with kitsune-bi, or fox-fire. Some stories identify them as magical jewels or pearls.
When not in human form or possessing a human, a kitsune keeps the ball in its mouth or carries it on its tail.
One belief is that when a kitsune changes shape, its hoshi no tama holds a portion of its magical power. Another tradition is that the pearl represents the kitsune's soul; the kitsune will die if separated from it for long.”
I used the colors of his clothes for his fur, as if that’s not obvious, but for the tails I decided to go bolder. Originally, he only had five tails, but I added a sixth one for symmetry. The striped ones were just characteristic of my style
. They’re folding all around in weird positions because it makes it more interesting to look at – it annoys me a little when people just draw the tails… THERE. The Warden is © to Augenblick Studios
Kitsune explanations © Wikipedia
The whole kitsune thing here is mine c:
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