绿独角麒麟 ( 綠獨角麒麟 ) "Lü Dujiao Qilin": The Greenish Dujiao (unicorn) Qilin

Original 2002 Sketch : [link]


* I didn't want to go the rout of everyone else with greens... so I went a bit more of a paradot green...
* Also, the fur has allot of pinks and greys in it.

Tho', I'm noticing the colors look different in a webbrowser than they do in photoshop.

I worked on this one for about 2 nights.

When I was originally sketching this one, I was trying to infuse some personality into these gods. So, this one is sort of shaking off it's head and stretching... I often see cattle doing this when i observe them. BUt, I've seen horses doing it too.

It kind of reminds me of some other peices I've done:
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This Chinese god is called a:

独角麒麟 (Modern Simplified Chinese)
獨角麒麟 (Traditional Old Chinese)
Du Jiao Qi Lin (Standard Mandarin P.R. Chinese Pinyin Spelling)

"Du Jiao Qi Lin" is pronounced "Doo Djyaow Tchee Leen" (For English letter pronunciation speakers)

IT'S NOT PRONOUNCED "kwee-lihn"!!!!!!!!!!!
How many millions of times must i explain this to the same people over & over!!!!!!



Side Notes: 麒麟 usually written in Pinyin as "Qilin" is also written as "Qiling", because due to variations in pronciation "g" can be added to some words. Proncing 麟 as "lin" or "ling".

Other Dialects would pronouce it as:
Kee Leen
Kee Leeng
and various other pronunciations.

In Japanese it is called a "Kirin" Pronouced "Kee-Reen"

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This god is not just a 麒麟 (Qilin), it has 1 horn, thus it is a 独角麒麟 (Dujiao Qilin), meaning "1-horned" or "unicorn".

独角= "1-horned" refering to a unicorn. (Du Jiao)
独角兽 = the term for "Unicorn" ( Du Jiao Shou)
麒麟= Qi Lin
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Info added by:
"in vietnamese its called a Kỳ lân"