Alchemy of Life and Deathby `Exileden

Traditional Art / Drawings / Animals

A wolven representation of the alchemy of the Life/Death/Life cycle:

Nigredo, the black wolf is the color of dark soil and stands for decomposition and maximum despair. While it's color may be the opposite of white, it is at this deepest point of decomposing that the mind is most ready for a renewal of life and energy. Nigredo is the color of descent and the world between worlds.

The red wolf is Rubedo and stands for vital passionate energy both positive and negative. It is the color of desire, sacrifice, rage, murder, being killed, and being born. Whoever has to leave this world or come into this world must pass through the red river.

Albedo is the lightest wolf and represents fresh ideas, purity, enlightenment, and new life though pale whiteness can also symbolize the colorless tint of the dead or the spirit. With either meaning, the color white is what is left after all impurities are washed away.

These are the three wolves of daybreak, rising light, and mysterious dark.

Based off of Clarissa Pinkola Estes's interpretation of the alchemical process of transformation in her psychology book, "Women Who Run With The Wolves."

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Soyeah! This time is a long awaited collaboration with

representing illustration of three symbolic wolves.

WildSpirit did her stylized lineart and poses and I did the coloring and background.
Coloring took me hell a lot of the time and was so stressful. Rubedo's fur is colored in dynamic way, showing emotions and anger. Albedo has soft and his illuminating fur is representing cleanliness. And the last, Nigredo's fur is drawn with heavy and dramatical tones to show the contrast of despair.
And the background was done by special paints and alcohols.

The original symbolic painting is up on the sale on auction! It's a great opportunity to get a rare original painting which we put a lot of effort from heart.
Starting price: 50$
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- Lineart: Micron Pen
- Paper: special old-styled paper.
- Coloring: colored pencils, special acrylic paints and alcohols.
- Time taken: Several days. That was a lot of time and effort.

I hope you'll enjoy! <3