New Zealand/Aotearoa-themed DreamSheep

[temve]

With apologies to hatman, who got there first, here are my variations on NZ/Aotearoa-themed dreamsheep:



From left, the Maori tino rangatiratanga flag, the Silver Fern aka the NZ All Blacks symbol, and Hundertwasser's unofficial NZ flag, the koru or fern frond, which I've included here for its resemblance to general Dreamwidth logoness.

As a bonus, each of them comes with and without a moko, or Maori face tattoo. The relative expanse of the tattoo makes all my NZ dreamsheep rams actually ;) Also, you've been spared actual Maori dreamsheep in Maori purely because Whaanui Moemoeaa was a little too long to fit into the Dreamwidth thought bubble!

Disclaimer: I'm not remotely tangata whenua myself, not even Kiwi. Merely an interested pakeha who's always willing to be educated on where I messed up with regards to Maori language or culture!

Comments

[helens78]

Aww, they're beautiful! And you did a very fine job on the tattoos! :)

[temve]

Thank you - it's quite a new experience to do one on a sheep as opposed to a man ;)

[brewsternorth]

These are amazing!

(this may seem strange, but I recognize your username as one of the "kiwipickers" on MMWD's Moby Dick fanfic "Taniwha". Much kudos!)

[temve]

Wow, your memory is excellent - even I had forgotten I was involved in betaing that :)

[rhi]

They're wonderful. Using the koru with moko, and will credit you when I do. thank you so much!

[temve]

You're welcome ;)

[tarshaan]

these are great! i'm going to grab a copy of the silver fern & the tino rangatiratanga flag if that's okay? Thanks!

[temve]

Certainly - grab away!

[jjhunter]

Eee! I'm snagging the green curly sheep from the upper right, and will credit. These are all quite gorgeous! *firmly squashes the impulse to go play with photoshop instead of finishing her paper*

[temve]

Dreamshepping (sheeping? We need a Dreamsheep grammar, people!) is so addictive, isn't it?

And thank you!

And DreamBaa to you too!

[jjhunter]

Do sheep go ZZZZZzzzzz.... or BAAAAaaaaa or Bahzzzzzzzz...?

we have one! Kinda....

[telesilla]

helens78 calls it shepping. :)

[red_trillium]

Ah love the moko!! And the Hundertwasser is perfect too. I've nabbed all the moko ones to go with hatman's

I'm an American living in NZ (8 years) & thought it would be nice to have something not only reflecting my adopted country but something that I could use to show respect & support of the Tangata Whenua.

[temve]

*thumbs up* Thank you!

[hatman]

Absolutely no apologies necessary. You did a better job than I did. The moko is inspired. Kia ora! :)

[temve]

Thank you - can't beat your sheep pun ones though :)

[animeshon]

These are fantastic. I have to use them for my aotearoa community :D

[temve]

Feel free, and thank you!

[tai]

Hee, these are awesome.

[temve]

Thank you!

[dewey]

Love these! Grabbing the plain koru sheep. Thanks!

[temve]

You're welcome!