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This is a illustration for "The Tinderbox."

The Tinderbox is a literary fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen about a soldier who acquires a magic tinderbox capable of summoning three powerful dogs to do his bidding. When the soldier has one of the dogs transport a princess to his room, he is sentenced to death but cunningly summons the dogs to save his life.

In the fairytale version I read the translation described the dogs as having huge crazy eyes and I totally went with that.
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:iconclearlydemon:
I knew it was about The Tinderbox just from seeing the thumbnail. A lovely illustration for a great story!
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:iconfossick:
Best giant dogs ever. This is super nice!
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:iconneomayan-x:
awesome and beautiful ^^
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:iconphenoca:
The eyes are totally scary.
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:iconannelk:
God how I loved that story as a kid... This certainly captures the feel of it. I love the texture, and, certainly, the dog's faces.
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~Ouijaplayer Dec 12, 2009  Professional Traditional Artist
Great illustration! I love the colors and of course...those eyes!
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~No-Sign-of-Sanity Dec 2, 2009  Professional General Artist
purdy!
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=KreepingSpawn Nov 30, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
i love that story! ;D
and you've illustrated it so beautifully. :)
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:iconhokuto:
Ahhh, I love that story! Those dogs are completely great. :heart:
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*bastett Nov 30, 2009  Student Traditional Artist
I loved this story when I was a kid. It was one of the stories my mom would tell me when I couldn't get to sleep.

Love the translation. That's right! The dogs did have crazy eyes in the original. My mother used to pretend she was one of the dogs. Heheh! I'd love to see this book when it's done.
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