Truly amazing work!

Fantastic! Art with a punch to it!:))

Thank you for your kind comments. I'm glad you like it but I really don't think it belongs in the showcase. It's just my rendering of a movie poster.

This is looking so pretty, L&C. I'm really liking the softer lines defining her eyes.

thanks teapot

Ow, I hadn't your comment Shults. I only read Teapots comment.

Your use of colour is so bold and works great with this style. I like the composition a lot, too.

ahhh..I can see the colors much better now that I'm on my mac =) I really like the first version too!! These type of draws you do always remind me of tapestry =)

Thanks everyone! I like this one, too!

eeeEEEeeeva

Brilliant XD

eevvveeee duh from wall-e k??cute

This is kinda eerie and spooky looking....I like it!! :)

Very creative .. cool weirdness

Thanks everyone for the comments appreciate it looking foward to keep um coming..

This is great! Nice & slimey =)

things that make you go 'eww'....nicely drawn!

Just wanted to say I like this picture so much that I came to visit it several times. snails can be really cool :)

I can't fathom why this isn't in the showcase. I love looking at all the colours in the grill and the rust. The theme from Bonnie and Clyde plays in my head every time I see this picture.

I think alot more pictures should get into the showcase. And more people should have the authority to put them in, that way it covers a wider spectrum of different opinions.

Yep, there are more than a few that I thought would have been picked, this being one of them.

When we lived in Ottawa our house was in the take off path of a hot air balloon company. They were constantly flying right over our rooftop...you could hear the roar of the burners. It was so cool. This is lovely. Your colours really give the sense of sunlight glowing through the fabrics.

this is beautiful

Beautiful balloon.......I love the brilliant colors....:)

YUMMY!!!! This would look so good hanging in my house....it makes me think of some of those fantastic designs Bakst did for the Ballet Russe.

thank you doggonecutsy and teapot! I'm flattered!! ♥♥♥

Its really pretty

I am glad you like it. They republished the east of the sun and west of the moon about two(?) years ago in a really nice hardcover edition. :) I was so glad when i saw because while I had a book of his illustrations I really wanted to be able to read the stories that went along with all of his illustrations.

Very attractive style, those soothing colors are great.

It would be a great contest, draw from your favorite artist. In his or her style.

when i compare your piece with the original, the first thing that pops to my eyes is that the original looks like it was made with watercolors, while yours looks too smooth, there's hardly any texture.. i liked the texture you had going in the fifth version.
if you wanted to have texture like in the original painting, an easy (and quick!) way to do it, would be with a scatter brush (choose a high scatter count and you can maybe crank up the spacing too) on a separate layer. that way you can easily erase the eventual wayward dots from unwanted areas, and you can also play around with the blend mode and opacity (make it subtle)

..hmm, another thing that i noticed was that the original was much more sharper (darker and thinner lines).. i suck at line art so i'll not gonna try to give you any advice on that. You would only get worse if i tried to teach you line art :P