
Featuring: akercoon

Collaborated with: dbear
For our favorite raccoon, this is Aker.
He's a shaman raccoon and knows Lomi.
This is a bit of a special piece, not just because Aker is an amazing person, but also because its a very personal character for him, and bear and I had the honor to be the first people to fully depict him, and give him life from that world, to this.
Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Raccoon
Size 781 x 1280px
File Size 207 kB
I think what really sets this piece apart for me is how close, detailed, and intimate (if that makes sense) it feels. A lot of the better artists here will often produce ultra-high-resolution 4K-style versions of their work, but number of pixels is not the same as immediacy of detail. I think the white highlight lines do a lot to cut up the space, and the tight whole-body, medium-distance framing makes Aker feel substantial without being overwhelming. It's the same kind of impression I get from a picture like this (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12358888/): the piece tells you everything you need to know about the character at once glance; the biography is in the image.
Well, there's Lomilomi, which describes Hawaiian massage technique, and there's Lomi-lomi, as in Lomi-lomi Salmon, which is a Hawaiian dish.
Then there's Pancit Lomi, a Chinese-Filipino noodle dish, LOMI, some department in a Russian university, and Aurelio Lomi, a late-Renaissance and early-Baroque Italian painter.
Reiki, on the other hand, refers to a Japanese form of alternative medicine involving the palms of the hand to transfer mystical energies, known as qi, which is the Japanese version of the Chinese concept of chi.
In my opinion, there is potential for overlap. Aker could very well be well-versed in both Lomilomi and Reiki, and is transferring qi into his patient during the massage treatment.
Then there's Pancit Lomi, a Chinese-Filipino noodle dish, LOMI, some department in a Russian university, and Aurelio Lomi, a late-Renaissance and early-Baroque Italian painter.
Reiki, on the other hand, refers to a Japanese form of alternative medicine involving the palms of the hand to transfer mystical energies, known as qi, which is the Japanese version of the Chinese concept of chi.
In my opinion, there is potential for overlap. Aker could very well be well-versed in both Lomilomi and Reiki, and is transferring qi into his patient during the massage treatment.
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