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"The Quinn Concept" by Rachel Zyden Beaconsfield

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SciFi and Fantasy Art The Quinn Concept by Rachel Zyden Beaconsfield

Due to a quirk of the artist, I’ve come to dislike the generically boring elf and all the unshakable boring stereotype traits people automatically associate them with. Let us stamp out the whole,‘it’s got pointy ears, so it’s gotta be an elf’ culture. Give me a break - you call that fantasy? So in rebellion, I took my undervalued elven race, and altered them with a new ram-horned appearance, complete with conjured species name; then went nutzo with the costume design.

Presenting Quinn of the Klaxus - he's no elf!

Squiggly, wiggly concept sheet. Pencil and Photoshop 7.0. November 2005.

Date	Name	Comment
8 Nov 2005	Cheryl L Berube	Loading... You've made me sad. You must hate my elves then. I love this guy you created! He looks awesome, and his horns are gorgeous. He really is some cute! Rachel Zyden Beaconsfield replies: "Aww. C’mon now. I didn’t say I hated your elves. I just dislike the whole twirly, long-haired, frilly, pansy girl, arrow shooting, deeply connected with nature hippy-style persona of the generic elf. I'm sure your elves are buff and unique.goes to take a look"
8 Nov 2005	Constanza Ehrenhaus	Loading... oops, somedy has issues! Lovely drawing, very creative and great structure. Very handome too! I like the clothes. Rachel Zyden Beaconsfield replies: "Issues? Foams at mouth "
9 Nov 2005	J. Tymber Kroon	Loading... swoons at the new elf I will, in hushed tones, admit to being one of the people who have a tendency to draw elves in more 'traditional' forms....but this... This I like. bows to the creativeness
9 Nov 2005	Samantha L Houghton	Loading... defends you against the tide of elf lovers Well, this new species has ME all excitable. Horns ~~~ And fun costume and character design! Everything a growing girl needs for reinventing fantasy species
13 Jan 2006	Doris 'Riana' Lettmann	Loading... You are right, it´s time for new types of fantasy races and creatures! The costume design is really neat (especially the backside- nice attention for details!) I normally don´t like those huge copyright information written over the whole art, but in that case it fits (maybe because the whole drawing has a very graühical appearance- on the first view the signs over the face of the char seem to we a sort of tattoo or ertravagant cell-style shading.
27 May 2006	Anthony Ray Schmerling	Loading... This is extremely well done, personally I don't like the generic version of most creatures. This is just like something i've been thinking about but I didn't want to make up a name for my own species. Oh ya, could I use your species for one of my stories when I publish them? Rachel Zyden Beaconsfield replies: "Well, you can’t use the name klaxus since the klaxus are a race invented for my own prose which may one day see self-publication. But horned guys with pointy ears I can’t say are TM me (since they've been around for as long as I've known), so if you want a horned humanoid race in your prose, I can’t tell you no. Just please, don't call them klaxus or use any of my klaxus characters in your prose. Many thanks "
14 Jul 2006	Susana Molina	Loading... Really cool! btw, I agree with you I think there are many creatures in real and fantastic worlds that are not elves.
12 Mar 2007	Esmeralda C. Lindblad	Loading... I agree fully with you! In my imaginary world, elves are so fair-skinned (read: pale) 'cause they spend their lives in underground tunnels, like moles do. They have large ears to listen for their prey (usually worms, maybe some rodents), and the oh-so-sophisticated-and-magic-elf-thing is just to hide the fact that they're eating worms on banquets. Yes, my imagination is weird, I know... He's beautiful, in a... well, non-traditional way. And orcs are big and green 'cause they're grazers, like cows and buffaloes (sp?). I love your art!
9 Nov 2007	Mie 'Stormwing' Bendiksby	Loading... So cool! Much more interesting than elves, and with pretty ram horns! Creative and handsome too; I like the costume as well! Great work!

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'The Quinn Concept':

• Created by:

Rachel Zyden Beaconsfield
• Copyright: ©Rachel Zyden Beaconsfield. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Costume, Design, Horn, Horned, Klaxus, Quinn, Quinnomere, Ram
• Categories: Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
• Techniques: Pencil/Graphite Pen
• Submitted: 2005-11-08 21:01:25
• Views: 2676
• Resolution: 879x500