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#26

Felistorm (Nov 27, 2013)

Suffering from artists block

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#25 Herb Collector

Felistorm (Nov 25, 2013)

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Felistorm (Nov 24, 2013)

Safety save

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#23

Felistorm (Nov 24, 2013)

Safety save

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curiosity

thinbear (Nov 23, 2013)

ref used: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TjlUbs2yALg/UQWah1sg6eI/AAAAAAAAADU/jtABF5-_Q4E/s1600/animals-pictures-cat-eyes-macro-photography+%282%29.jpg
may "debug" tomorrow

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davincipoppalag (Nov 23, 2013)

nice job on that eye

thinbear (Nov 23, 2013)
drawn in 32 min

fixing the fur

elly (Nov 23, 2013)

Very nice painterly style! Nice use of color too! Ironically enough, I used the same ref and did a drawing of this as well some time ago...here's the link if you care to see :)
http://www.ratemydrawings.com/drawings/photorealism/415490.html

thinbear (edited Nov 24, 2013)

I think yours is better than mine! Such as the cheek, I can definitely recognize the outline and relief easier

Here's what I think: (could be wrong as most of my experience/tutorial are from internet)
I used to paint animal by drawing their fur, one by one, slow yet I thought it was "accurate".
Later I figured out using photo as reference is better than real object as the focal point is fixed. The unfocused area should be blurred or using a softer brush. (In a real object painting, your eyes auto focus wherever your stare at, I made this mistake for a long time)
Later when I see Roytjes' amazing art on 2draw, I learn that using "rough" "in-completed" brush stroke to represent the non-focused area/unimportant part (instead of blurring it), elevate the feeling of the whole picture to another level. It is very different from the realism painting I have been practicing.

It is hard for me to jump to his style, could be I am missing some basic lessons and lack of sufficient practice. (I tried several before and they turns out giving a very sloppy with weird color tones >_<) I think I can somewhat manipulate in "pixel level" well, but not "brush stroke" level yet.

In this drawing I intend not to "jump too far", experiencing somewhere between his style and realism where I am more comforted with.

About the color, someone taught me I can break down the color for lighten and shaded part; taken a green leave as example, the sun lit area can be colored with lime yellow or even yellow on the edge; the shaded part can be darken with blue or black. I sometimes even shift the color tone for fun, but not always success.

It is hard to express abstract things in second language, hope you understand. :)

High Point

davincipoppalag (Nov 23, 2013)

Killin time on Saturday

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dorothyblueeyes (Nov 25, 2013)

VERY NICE anyhow!! trees are pretty hard to do; I think you mean a pine?yeah, the conifers are hard to paint or draw; they are so complex. I have some very tall ones on my place, and I'm worried about the lack of RAIN HERE, in Oregon, cuz the state is drying up We don't get enuff rain,snow, for farming-water now. this state always looked like your picture, GREEN! and now we act like California, DRIED UP. World climate change is here, and I hate it

nice picture, thanks for that!! I'm asking Santa for RAIN, this year, so your picture stays green.

davincipoppalag (Nov 26, 2013)

thanks Dot

madscientist111 (Dec 13, 2013)

This is stunning! Love the colors too!

davincipoppalag (Dec 13, 2013)

thanks Mad..

#22 the hatchery

Felistorm (Nov 23, 2013)

safety save

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#21

Felistorm (Nov 21, 2013)

So mad....those lines didn't pop up til I hit save and then it was too late. ....otherwise this creature is sort of an evolutionized idea of a bird...losing it's need for wings developing (well de-evolving?) into more like a dinosaur counterpart. Living in the mountainous area of it's planet (yeah decided it was to be extra-terrestrial ) it is now sentient.

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Teapot (Nov 21, 2013)

Wow, this is great. Very dynamic with the angles and the perspective. Any chance the lines are on a separate layer? Hope so.

Felistorm (Nov 22, 2013)

Thanks!! :)
Maybe. I was thinking I could maybe go in and play with this one and see what I could do to take them out. I've decided Lascaux is jealous of any music player I run LOL It starts doing weird stuff. :P Then again my comp has been griping at me about memory.