Desert Flower ... Flyra Anthro

Flyra's picture
Oh godness, I did it...
This was so much fun! I think what seriously inspired me to do it was that upcoming movie, Desert Flower, which is a film adaptation of the book by Waris Dirie. It's a german movie, but I hope they'll synchronize it into other languages too... Because the story is absolutely epic. It's a true story about a nomad girl from Somalia, who has the awful experience of female circumcision with 5 years. At the age of 14, her father wants her to marry a 50 year old man. Because of that, she flees from the desert to start a new life. After really hard times, she accomplishes it to travel to London, where after a few years she is discovered by a model agent and becomes a famous model who is now proceeding against female circumcision in Africa.
All this absolutely inspired me to draw this Flyra-picture. Yupp, I drew Flyra as an African, in a model pose and in the desert... (Wow, must be my first digital drawn background ever.) The dress she wears is inspired by a picture of Light the Sky's which she drew for me. (:

Anyhow yay. I seriously suck at human anatomy. Better not even take a closer look at the hands, or anything else actually.

And if you want, you can listen to the uber beautiful song I listened to all the time I drew this. Shocked It's a song of the film Desert Flower, and you can find it at the german website here. On there, stop the trailer or watch it until the end, then click "Weiter zur Website" below it. After that, click those moving lines in the menu next to "Extra". Then listen... It's such a wonderful song... ;]

And sorry, long artist's comment is long. O-O -flees-
Narina's picture

This song got stuck in my

This song got stuck in my head when I saw the title of the picture. Oh how I love it.
Tha background looks neat and I like Flyra's dress. I like the fact Flyra's african, most deerhumans are white. Shocked

I think you did great job.

Flyra's picture

I cannot watch this video.

I cannot watch this video. It says it's not available in my country. 8OOO -kicks YouTube into the universe- Please tell me which song you mean, yush? 8] Maybe there's another, viewable version on YouTube or somewhere else.
And thankies! We need more of 'em. They're awesome. (;
Awwe, thanks for the nice comment. <3

f l y r a b l o g avatar by tinkee, sig by Quamar
Narina's picture

Sting - Desert Rose. 8D

Sting - Desert Rose.

8D

Thorn143's picture

I think that they should

I think that they should change a few things for the endless forest. I think they should make them have normal deer faces, but still all the magic. I also think that you should be able to have no horn if you wan't to be female. Thats what will make it better.
w w w w w w w w w w w
w w w w
w (O) w w (O) w Just a lil picture of eyes and a nose of an animal Laughing out loud.
w w w w
w w w w
Flyra's picture

Narina: Awww, thankies.

Narina: Awww, thankies. That's a really good song for this picture too. C8

Thorn: Well, I don't know if I agree. The human faces always were a huge part of TEF, they're what makes them unique. And the creators didn't want them to be female so they gave them horns.
But, actually - if you want to have your deer have a normal deer face, you can let them wear the real deer mask, and if you want them to look more like a doe, you can make them wear the stubby small horns. Smiling So no need to change anything actually!
Dumdedumm, also this doesn't really fit as a comment below my picture but eh. ;D

f l y r a b l o g avatar by tinkee, sig by Quamar