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Sloth Dancerby `ursulav

Anthro / Traditional Media / Painting & Airbrushing

Once upon a time there was a sloth who wanted very badly to be a belly dancer.

People said "It's not that a sloth can't be a dancer--
we live in an enlightened age,
a sloth can do whatever she wants--
but still--perhaps a stately waltz or minuet?
Sloths are not quick.
That's just the way it is."

But the sloth's one desire was to be a belly dancer, and so she was,
dancing to the tambour and the wailing flute.
She was very slow. It took all night.
Most people left.

But a few people stayed, and thought
that it was worth the wait.

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I haven't painted a straightforward silly Weird Animal Pin-Up in a dog's age, so I figured what the hell. Three-toed sloths are under-represented. Particularly as belly dancers, damnit.

Mixed media, 10 x 15 or thereabouts. Original is for sale, prints available for $10 plus shipping--send a note or visit [link] for details.

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~KalahariMeerkatfan May 26, 2013

It's lovely, and has such a wonderful story. I think she would be a lovely dancer, slow can make it even more beautiful and exotic.

I wish this dear sloth the best of luck

~M16Tronaz Nov 15, 2011

WTF ??? XD I love this !

~silvermewtwo Oct 24, 2011

This deserves to be a DD!
I love the attention to detail you put into this. I also really like your artists comments.
Simply breathtaking!

~Eyemental Jul 24, 2011

ahahaha wtf!!?

~Psychotic-Bambi May 21, 2011 Student General Artist

This reminds me of the Dark Crystal c:

~TaraCochrane Nov 5, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

my friend kara the sloth lover sez "wicked cool sloth story, thanks for sharing"

~rope-1992 Oct 25, 2009

you have to be one of my favorite artist ever. you really are something, what country are you in.

~Octoboy-the-8th Apr 1, 2009

This is real cool. I like how you said that she basically danced in slow motion. She IS a sloth.

I also like how the background looks like a ginormous floating kickball.

~SlightlyAvocado Feb 15, 2009

She's so sweet... makes me smile.

~MarySaurusRex Nov 20, 2008

I can picture her dancing!
And that's something I never would have imagined.
So, thank you.
It's great.

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