omg i love it!!!!!

Ah, I remember seing this a long time ago on another site....It started me drawing them. This is such a beautiful picture, so well done, all the shading, and the whole anatomy looks so possible. Well done, this is one of my favourite bits of HDM fanart.

Wow, that is really really good, your shading is amazing and the horns are drawn really well. I like the way you can see hairs on Atal's trunk (really good detail) and the eyes are soooo good!!

wow this is the best mulefa pic by far!!! wow its soooooo beautiful!!! the shading is perfect!!! u are suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch a good drawer!!!!!

The best part are the eyes. They look so lively and intelligent. You can tell that this is a person, not an animal. Excellent!

so Kirikale does that mean that animals are not smart. if so i have news for you we are not the smartest species in the world!

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS : D:D:D:D AT LAST! THE PERFECT IN EVERY WAY MULEFA/ATAL PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*phew*OMG i cannot believe this is ssssoooo good! Amy-u must be like a scientifically enginered drawing clone or summat.....coz this drawing is of just mind boggling class and proffessionalism! That IS Atal 4 me! This is the best drawin on the site! Everything is honed to perfection in this pic-Atals compassionate and quick expression conveyed through her warm and glowing eyes and face wrinkles, her alert ears, the subtle hair shadings on her face, the rough and yet gentle textures on her hide, the light hightlights and reflections shining on her horns, the dark hair bristles on her mane, her strong enhanced muscle tones, the delicate creases and wrinkles on her skin, the 2 "fingers" of the trunk, the proportions of the body and face and leg r just spot on! The shading density and light perspective of this spectacular drawing are just amazing! This must have taken u hours to complete! i love it! Please do more art as your advanced style is just magical.

whoopsie

...That's frickin' amazing. I think you actually are a genius. I may have to kill you.

Lee; yes, we are the smartest species in the world. You'd better not start spewing some crap about how dolphins are waaay more intelligent than us; they're not. They're just not, okay.

To anonymous, human intelligence is a matter of opinion, as we have no unbias way of testing the intelligence of other animals.

I think however that this is a discussion that should not take place here, as it will take away from this amazing piece of art

Wow this picture is amazing! that is exactly what the mulefa would look like,well done! also love the pic of the bears u did, keep on drawing!

This picture is amazing. You are a fantasic artist. It looks so life-like, and there is alot of intelegence in its eyes, very powerful stuff there Amy. Everything has so much detail. Its beautiful.

You really are incredible...let's see, how much...more so than the drawing. And that frankly, is impossible.

that pic is amazin!!it is really gd!it looks really life like! u r really gd

Hi, and thanks for the compliments! I'm not quite satisfied with this drawing anymore -- the mulefa are such a challenge (I can't seem to find any photographs on Google Images, no matter how hard I search) and I'm continually tweaking my design. But it seems like I managed to convey her warmth and intelligence pretty well.

Ho realistic, I feel as if I could reach ut and feel the wetness of Atal's hooves.

oh my gosh, WOW! it's sooo good picture. Not good. Exellent, Perfect!

This is the best picture in the whole gallery, seriously.

i've never seen anything ths good before
this is exactly how i imagined the mufela. Lovely eyes

wow that is totally amazin

you should tell people it's a photograph

*falls over*

All i can say is... PERFECT!!!

Dear God! I'ts wonderful! How old are you? How did you do this? You know,I thought I was a pretty good drawer,and now I see this! I have very little self esteem now....BEAUTIFUL

this is exactly how i pictured her to look. i wish that you had drawn her whole body, tho.

Thanks. Lune: Don't be discouraged! Keep on drawing.
Lizzie: The body is the hard part. Making convincing anatomy and muscles for the diamond shaped skeleton is very difficult. I'm working on it though, and when I've pinned down the look to my satisfaction, I'll post some more!

It Looks Like a real picture!

Amy, if the rest of the body looks as good as this, or even half as good, i can't wait to see it ^_____^

Once again, thank you! I commented already on your drawing of Iorek and Iofur's battle. This is, if possible, even more stunning. When I look at HDM fanart, I rarely see artists drawing characters as they're described in the books. You do it perfectly. This is so close to my mental image of the mulefa it's almost scary. You're incredible. Keep drawing.

WOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! I envy your shading skills. THis Mulefa looks like it's going to jump off the paper! or comp screen!!! It also looks very intelligent. IT has a look in it's face like a sweet grandmother, like caring and wise and loving. LOVELY!

that's perfect.

*DROOL*

It looks sooooooo perfect!!
Great job! I also tried to draw a mulefa - it was horrible and I know how hard it is!!

Wow! That is the most amazing picture I have ever seen! You are awesome! I, sadly, lack such artistic skill...! ;-)

It's just how I pictured it!

this IS atal this is ary's companion and deraly loved friend u can tell how she is feeling u can see how she uses her trunk to communicate fabulously beautiful!

perfect

WOW!!! This is so cool! I want to learn to draw like that!

really good but not what i expected the mulefa to look like

It is exactly how I envisioned the mulefa!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Except the horns. I don't remember any horns.

"They were roughly the same size as the grazing creatures, but leaner and gray-coloured, with horned heads and short trunks like elephants'."
Later on in the book: "Mulefa couples, for example, on entering marriage, would exchange strips of bright copper which were bent around the base of one of their horns with much the same meaning as a wedding ring."

this isnt good.its brilliant!i can actually imagine that this would be a real being!other pics i couldnt.
i am sooooo jelous!

oh CCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

OMG I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT!!!!!!!

It look like a real animal!!!! it's just so perfect !!!! It actually looks a bit like a tapir or something but with a long ..? sorry I'm danish so i'll just call it a nose? snout? Whatever ... I really really really LOOOOOOVE this picture!!!!!

Oh. I see that now. Thanks, Amy.

Not quite as I pictured the Mulfa, but still excellent! I'm incredible envious of your drawing skills!

ABSOLUTELY PERFECT IN EVERY WAY!!!!!!
WOW!!!!!!
its so very hard to find a good picture of a zalif but you've definitley cracked it. well done!!
*i also like zoe's pics but i just think that the mulefa should be drawn like this*

P-E-R-F-E-C-T

I agree with Annernanner. It's not quite what I thought of, but it's still lovely.

Simply amazing! I bow down to you and your superior drawing skill. I wish I could draw like that; this is just so beautifully done!! The eyes look so friendly and knowing... Amazing! That's all I have to say: amazing.

INCREDIBLE
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

before I saw this picture, I had a hard time picturing mulefa. now i can see them perfectly!

This is the best drawing i've seen so far! : ) It is amazing! Keep up the good work!

OMG!

I've been trying to get a good mental picture of the mulefa and had to resort to the web to find something. After seeing this picture, I am so glad I did. Well done. Much better than anything I could have imagined. You have a wonderful, wonderful talent. Thank you.

I never liked the melufas... UNTIL NOW! This is beautiful and moving and amply amazing.

Hello, Amy, fristly, CONGRATULATIONS! You draw amazingly well! Your talent is stunning, really.
I couldn't really imagine Mulefas while reading the books. but with your draw, wow, I really can! Thank you for this amazing draw. I really like the shades and how can see the hairs. The whole anatomy is challenging in this case and you did it amazingly. But my favourite are the eyes, they're really intelligent.
Keep on with the good work, I wish you success.

Thank you for your kind comments people!
I'm still working on the full body design, which is very challenging to get "right". Eventually I'll have some more mulefa drawings to share...

it is awesome. amazingly detailed and stunning. i wonder wht it would look like in colour? that would be even more awesome!

This is EXACTLY how I see them in my head. You captured Atal so beautifully!

i love the trunk/hand.

I LIKE IT XxxxxXXXxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxXXXXXX