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Published: 2003-09-24 01:32:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 6163; Favourites: 66; Downloads: 352
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Yeah, I love ink and pen, I love strange animals, and I love okapis. Now, could you ride one? Dunno... but they're terribly cool. I was at the Denver Zoo and watched one for hours. They had to drag me off to finish the zoo.Very quick pen and ink. I might settle in and do a serious one some time of an okapi.... I really think they're gorgeous.
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This looks really interesting, and almost tribal somehow. I love the style you used. Something about this is just really eye-appealing.
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Great concept, and its well drawn as well *awe*
Oh Okapis.
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Such a pretty okapi! The one awesome African animal that's never been truly included. I love the look you gave this one, and the saddle is just precious. He got very shy-okapi look about him, too, which is characteristic for the species. He looks like he's thinking, "Do I run off into the forest as fast as I can with this saddle on me, or do I be polite and let the human take it off me before I run off into the forest as fast as I can?" Classic.
I didn't know they rode them in Swiss Family Robinson! Must go and consult my copy, which is unfortunately a kid's version so it might not have it. Then again, the book is illustrated, so if they do have it, there might be a drawing of the okapi...which would be most amazing but cool 
Anyways, love the okapi.
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I like it, it reminds me of an old Native American horse. It gives the feeling of going back to the NA times also, and i like that feeling. 
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Well, actually it is possible to ride them and even make them pull a cart. I've seen that twice during a trip to africa. Their tack is quite different but still they are available for riding and cart pulling.
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I've wondered what it'd be like to ride an okapi as well.
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They are gorgeous. Simply my favorite animal. You and I do share that thought--riding okapis. My, how I'd love to do that! ^_^
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oh, this is my favorite animal, i am so glad to see other people who appreciate their awesome uniqueness!!! yay!!! (this picture is beautiful -- great job!)
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Nice, I love the look of the saddle, which seems very tribal in prospective. Riding an okapi might be hard, but then again, I'm writing a series in which there are some unusuall mounts in it.
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beautiful, everything about it. I love okapis, and this picture usest every good aspect of them, the saddle almost looks native american, which also gives it a good twist. I give this an A+
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This is great. I would love an okapi mount of my own.
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Okapis, the giraffe's only relative... yeah, I'm an okapi lover, too. ^_^ They're so neat to look at and they're so rare these days...
Awesome pic, as always; fabulous detail. I like the oddly mixed ethnic feel of the tack, the feather hanging from the halter looks more Native American, yet it has a very Arabian feel, too.
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They're so pretty... they look like a strange mix of giraffe and zebra.
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he looks like a nervous sea horse.
"Ride me? Like, on my back? You mean riding -on- my back, right?"
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Wow...the detail in this is amazing!
Yeah, I'd really like to know if you could ride one, too...in The Swiss Family Robinson (the book), they did, but I honestly doubt it would be that easy
Great work!
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