The Kossak by SidheRoseGraphics
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Description
A child-prodigy with four master's degrees and various minors in his pocket by the time he was 20 years old, Arman Aslanov is the only son of Yuri Aslanov a Turko-Russian archaelogist and Khutulan Badzar, a Mongolian woman. Arman was a millionaire by the time he was 23 and a billionaire by the time he was 26. As far as he's concerned, he got the 'worst of both faces of both races', but still he has a certain charm.
He plays several traditional instruments like the horse-head fiddle (morin khuur), the swan-headed lute (tovshuur), the box zither (yoochin - like a Persian santur), another type of zither (yatga), the shaman's frame drum, and the balailaika. His muscial talents were the doorway to him meeting Sugar Plum. Her 'uncle' (actually her guardian and mentor) Chen 'arranged' for them both to be part of those playing in a soundtrack for a friend of his who was making a film near Ulan Bator. Sugar Plum had no idea who or what he was - only a delightful 'peasant' and 'kossak' who made her laugh and played beautiful music. The rest is history.
A video of a song played on a yatga, which is related to the gu-zheng - the instrument that Sugar Plum plays. Below that is a video of the gu-zheng being played - a very nice video. The gu-zheng as an instrument is somewhere between 2500 and 3000 years old. And ummm, I don't think I explained, but Sugar Plum (Litza) is half Chinese and Japanese-American.
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Enjoy :)
Ray
Background by me in PShop.
Comments (16)
Sepiasiren
YAY! 2 stud muffins--love the horsie's mane--it almost looks silken--sooooo must go check out fantastic instrument on youtube... .... 'Kay back--I always loved the sound of this instrument but never knew what it was called--learn something new every day--what a haunting and lovely sound it makes...!
pixeluna
A very nice image to go with the beautiful music! Love the horse mane too!
odile
Two wonderful characters,both equally beautiful! THe Mongolian music is so unusual and attractive.
Faemike55
Very cool image and interesting narrative Excellent work
nitegrafix
I love the lighting and how much attention you paid to the details.
crunch01
ahhhhhhh Ray my Bud-ett youn did it again!!!!!!!!!!!! great render and cool BG info there nice song also!!! you have agreat day kiddo!! :o) jim
barryjeffer
great looking scene, beautiful work.
brycek
Beautiful work!!
Heitaikai
I like the character of Arman and the beautiful background. A wonderful image, Rayvn.
UteBigSmile
This is simply an amazing looking render!
mgtcs
Very charming character my dear friend, gorgeous pose and character loved his eyes, beautiful image!
adorety
And let me guess. He doesn't always drink beer, but when he does he drinks Dos Equis. LOL! He's way beyond a Rennaisance man. Beautiful pic. The background came out beautiful.
RodS
A lovely work of art and a delightful story, Ray! That music goes so well with this artwork! That guzheng video gives me a few ideas - gonna have to bookmark that....
vechtdalcollege
This is the kind of man I like,handsom and strong. He may invite me to ride together on that horse. I love this image, great! gr.Rudy.
eekdog
congrats on your 300th post Rayvn, lovely image with him and the horse. sorry i'm late my friend. i lost my phone connection for the last three days.
brewgirlca
LOL. So which one is the vampire? Or do I really have to guess? He looks interesting and I really like the way the horse is done up. Great fur textures and the mane color and flow are gorgeous. Thanks for the musical leads... the second instrument is particularly compelling.