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Bagheera's Secret by *lyosha:iconlyosha:

Categories Fan Art > Digital Art > Drawings > Books/Novels

©2007-2009 *lyosha
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"Little Brother" said he, "feel under my jaw."

Mowgli put up his strong brown hand, and just under Bagheera's silky chin, where the giant rolling muscles were all hid by the glossy hair, he came upon a little bald spot.

"There is no one in the jungle that knows that I, Bagheera, carry that mark -- the mark of the collar; and yet, Little Brother, I was born among men, and it was among men that my mother died -- in the cages of the King's Palace at Oodeypore. It was because of this that I paid the price for thee at the Council when thou wast a little naked cub. Yes, I too was born among men. I had never seen the jungle. They fed me behind bars from an iron pan till one night I felt that I was Bagheera, the Panther, and no man's plaything, and I broke the silly lock with one blow of my paw, and came away; and because I had learned the ways of men, I became more terrible in the jungle than Shere Khan. Is it not so?"

"Yes," said Mowgli; "all the jungle fear Bagheera -- all except Mowgli."

--Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book


A belated happy birthday to one of my favourite authors.

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~Zekkass Dec 31, 2007, 9:10:16 AM
This is amazing. The colors, the quote from Kipling...simply amazing.
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~Silenced-Dreams Dec 31, 2007, 9:13:26 AM
That paragraph goes through my head regularly, for some reason. *remembers the oddest things*

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I'd say something frightfully witty!

Avatar is taken from an image made by the wonderfulicious :iconkalamu:
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~LeerReel Dec 31, 2007, 9:16:23 AM
Ah, it's nice to see a non-disney Jungle Book piece.
^^

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Nine out of ten british housewives can't tell whizzo butter from this dead crab.
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~shadowwolf Dec 31, 2007, 9:17:26 AM
Ahh, I love Jungle Book illustrations. This was a good choice of scene. I really like how you actually made the dark spots on Bagheera, instead of just coloring him black :D

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Flapdoodle! :blahblah:
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~Gairyuki333 Dec 31, 2007, 9:25:59 AM
Awesome! I love how you drew Bagheera in this picture. I'm also glad it looks nothing like the cartoon version. :)
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~Ascended-Anubis Dec 31, 2007, 9:29:13 AM
Yay for non disney jungle book depictions! :D

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I are teh artwhore.
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~AtomicStoney Dec 31, 2007, 9:29:57 AM
Wow, Bagheera looks awesome. He looks ferocious, yet still huggable.

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If at first you don't succeed, kill the one who did.
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~SpazzyMazzy Dec 31, 2007, 9:30:08 AM
You illustrated the story well here. I love the darkness in the picture; all the shadows with the bits of light as if the trees are letting only a little through.
Sets a nice mood.

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Would the veggie Tales be Carnivores? I think so because if they were herbivores and ate vegetables that would be cannibalism.

So yes, they are either cannibals are carnivores and either way you should now run from the evil broccoli.
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~Foxtooth Dec 31, 2007, 9:39:18 AM
right brilliant illustration!

i love that book :heart:

tip-top work as always :hug:
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~Psshaw Dec 31, 2007, 9:45:18 AM
Woah, you make me want to read the book.
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