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Black Unicornby *Ironshod

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Fantasy

A big thank you to everyone who answered my Poll on what colour they think unicorns can be. [link] The result were very interesting and I really enjoyed reading the comments. I am painting a set of unicorn artworks, hence why I chose to paint a black one for some added variety.

~YTcyberpunk made a particulaly nice comment. She said "While unicorns should all be white, according to the mythology, I'd suggest this theory; most are white, a few are black. Think of them like pearls; white ones are rare enough, and black ones are rare among rare."

A black pearl, rarest of the rare was a great inspiration to me. I chose the mountain setting to put the unicorn away up high and apart from the rest of the world and did my best to make the body look like the shine from a black pearl. Thanks very much YTcyberpunk

I hope you like it.
EDIT: you can now see the full set...

love 43 43

joy 7 7

wow 19 19

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

*NebelelfeNaemy Feb 5, 2011 Digital Artist

Great! And very beautiful picture! Magical! I like it very much!

~iamthescreaminglamb Oct 28, 2010 Hobbyist General Artist

It's great! say, have you heard of Unicorns of Balinor? They are originally children's books but I think you would be the perfect person to create the unicorns from the books.

please reply!

I REALLY like your work! (im not good at all)

~ClearRoseCreations Sep 28, 2010 Professional Digital Artist

I love your unicorn pictures. I've put my fave ones in my faves. I love black unicorns! This is my absolute favorite.

~DarkSpiritDemon Sep 25, 2010

OMG! A black unicorn!!!! So beautiful!!!

~Turtleena Sep 2, 2010 Hobbyist General Artist

Awesome

Nice work!

~Ashlee120 Aug 27, 2010 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

These unicorn paintings you did are so magical...i almost cried when i saw them.Beautiful,beautiful,beautiful!!<3

~winry7405 Aug 26, 2010 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

A black unicorn looks very strong and masculine. A white unicorn, even if it's a male, still looks somewhat gentle and fragile, mysterious, non-threatening, like a dream. That's why they are such magical creatures. A black one, on the other hand, makes you think of power. You can't see yourself walking by the enchanted pool with one of these. It calls for mountains, clouds, lightening; exactly the way you showed us here. it's indeed a pearl among the pearls.