The Elephant Deity: Wise and Industrious

I don't think anyone knows this, but I collect elephants. Or I did. Until a whole mess of them were lost in a freak shipping accident coming from Germany back to the States. OH WELL.
But I feel a spiritual link to elephants. Yeah. I do. I had some pretty elating dreams being part of their family group even though I was still human. I'd ride on their backs and travel EVERYWHERE. Beautiful dream scapes were abundant. I also had lots of underwater dreams with sea creatures like MAJESTIC whales with the same atmosphere. And I also had, and still have, dreams where bears or dinosaurs chase me. Those are scary. But fun.
So my next oil painting assignment I am going to keep for myself (I had been auctioning off previous assignments to the fabulous, supportive furry community). This is a 36" x 24" piece that I don't think anyone could afford or make room for, SO if I do ever sell it it will be local and, of course, the subject matter of my choosing, which is a good break even though I've been enjoying the characters and themes people have been giving me commission-wise.
SO MY CHOICE OF SUBJECT MATTER  HAPPENS TO BE A GORGEOUS ELEPHANT LADY:

I need to tweak the anatomy, but oh my lord, I am so happy with the start. I am going to use a low saturated, grayed blue, black, yellow and maroon as the color scheme.
This is from my facebook description and I feel I should add it here:
"Elephant deity I created on the spot. I had a flash of this in my head, but I couldn't fit the deer antlers. I guess I could make them dainty or something.
The professor pulled me over to another canvas to show me what someone else was working on that was "similar". : / It was some world of warcraft looking thing with a goofy minotaur : /// Yah, okee, professor...
People compare my stuff the the wrong things. It's disturbing, and i'm highly allergic to it..."

Okay here's a factoid about the title: I feel industrious being that I've been on a roll with commissions and assignments, because, hey, I've been making some wise decisions!
I'd ramble on more but I don't have anything else interesting to say, except that during my music class I was fantasizing about my character/fursona transforming partially into a tube of toothpaste, and being squeezed out and refilled repeatedly. And I was so horny after that. That's probably tmi, but everyone might as well get used to it. I'm open and silly that way. Shameless, too, I guess.

Keeping a TO DO list in every journal now:

FOR MYSELF:
~Huun... stuff :P

COMMISSIONS:
~1 digital sketch
~2 digital icons
~Water color painting
~7 badges
~15 more sketchbook pages

HOMEWORK
~Short essay (2D design)
~Make up project (2D design)
~Econlab
~Music exam next Wednesday (study sheets)