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he loves it. he couldnt post w/o joining the site tho. he enlarged it as much as he could and is printing us a good copy in his photo printer. it is truly excellent Stac. like the others, i dont know how you do it *hugs* and Marcello is just mad cause it wasnt a laptop...he was WRONG.... rolls my eyes

thug (Apr 15, 2004)

for the record I think it's great!

Kasha (Apr 15, 2004)

ohh god! she is so cute! Great Job Icats.

mooseflower (Apr 17, 2004)

excellent! this is just so adorable... has anyone told you that you're really, really good at realism? *peeks up at other comments* 0_o Oh.

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Portrait of Lori (A Request)

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Apr 12, 2004)

I have no idea why she asked me to do this, with all of the wonderful "portrait" artists here like Gigandas, Icats, well, pretty much everybody can do ppl better than me. I'll do my best.

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fleeting_memory (Apr 17, 2004)

This is gorgeous as always-I love your hair Lori-Gigandas-go ahead and draw your self portrait-I've given up ^^;;;;;;;;;

staci (Apr 17, 2004)

yes i forgot to say how very 'lovely' she/this is as well : )

Doodlibop (Apr 23, 2004)

Heyyyy! She looks like Linda Shelton from 3abn!
Check it out!

Xodiak (edited May 4, 2004)

Wow, sexy looks!!! Fantastic artwork! <:D~~
|XOD|

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Hendri

Kasha (Apr 12, 2004)

yay! I learned about Hendri De Toulouse-Lautrec in Art History today. :) haha, when I saw this image I instanly feel in love with the sickly colors and the careless strokes that the lovely impressionist use. I don't think I can exactly capture the truthful artistic qualities of the actual painting but the colors and lighting effect looked really fun to do :D

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davincipoppalag (Apr 12, 2004)

Toulouse-Lautrec was a dwarfish mishappen man. He felt outcast and started frequenting prostitutes. That led him to the Paris cabaret scene and most of his work was done in those places. I love his work. It is full of color and action. There was a great movie about him starring Jose Ferrer back in the 60's I believe. THis captures that flavor quite nicely. What was that saying? Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder? lol

Pandora (Apr 13, 2004)

I think you captured this beautifully. I wonder why he made the eyes so hollow looking. Did he not see anything in them?

Knockoff (Apr 13, 2004)

Really nice kasha! I love the colors also.
Also you did a great job with shading n stuff.

concannon (Apr 13, 2004)

Oh, I love Toulouse! Great job.

His full name: Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec Monfa.

Oh yes.

A Long Way to Heaven

dixielandcutie (Apr 2, 2004)

Cowboys and Angels,
Leather and Lace;
Salt of the Earth meets heavenly grace.
Cowboys and Angels,
Tested and tried;
It's a long way to heaven, and one hell of a ride.
-Garth Brooks
(thanks dba for the inspiration...)

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Gigandas (Apr 5, 2004)

Hehe, looking good so far^^.The woman looks really well done with the structure, but the man looks like it still needs to be touched up some.Like davinci said, the eyes could be relaxed or in other words, not football-shaped.Actually, it's closer to a rounded rhombus shape and what you could do is pull the eyelid further over his iris and a bit over the pupil maybe.The lips could also use a division alone the center region because the bottom lip is just a bit too large compared to the top lip.Those ideas might do him some good^^.But hey, knowing you dixie, I'm sure you'll do a great job when it's all finished^^.Like I said though, looking good for being in process^^.

dixielandcutie (Apr 12, 2004)
drawn in 1 hour 29 min

okay, i'm outta space, so i guess i'm gonna callit a day on this one...imagine a pretty bg ;p

Gigandas (Apr 12, 2004)

Looks like you got some time to work on it some more^^.This is looking better.His face seems more relaxed so that's definitely good^^.Hmm, maybe all it's missing now are the pupils.If you want, you could also define the eyelid more too.But this softness you got going on is nice, so you might not want to be defining stuff too much.Hey, it still looks great though^^.Very relaxing to look at.

dixielandcutie (Apr 12, 2004)

lol, okay, completely forgot about the eyes...pffft...maybe i should ask for more space and fix that stuff...*sigh* we'll see how much it bugs me in the next couple hours, hehe...thanks gig

Little White Tiger

BlackLaertes (Apr 11, 2004)

He wants to be saved from extinction. Save the tigers!

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Gigandas (Apr 12, 2004)

Heh, this is cute.But if they're gonna be extinct, shouldn't the tiger be looking sad?Just wondering^^;.But nice pic though^^.

BlackLaertes (Apr 12, 2004)

Gigandas: I suppose I was trying to portray the sweet innocence of the young tiger...how beautiful and cute they are, and thus, we must save them ^^;;

DisasterrificItalianClowns (Jun 8, 2004)

kiku kiku kiku u now we lov u but its kind of funny and cute

Wolfwings-winged-wolf-of-earth (edited Jul 24, 2008)

here in texas we have 2 white tigers at the zoo. its sad that people dont understand what theyre doing to these poor animals. theyre only doing what nature is meant to do. survive. btw, i luv the art!

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The Weapon Chaos

Gigandas (Apr 11, 2004)

Sapphire Weapon-FF7...

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davincipoppalag (Jul 17, 2005)

Giggy is the best at this..

Wraith (Jun 28, 2007)

Well, I agree that it looks like batman, from a distance. But obviosly it ain't. Awsome draw Gigandas! Your art really amazes me!

shell (Apr 2, 2010)

kick ass

davincipoppalag (Jun 24, 2018)

Neil did good stuff

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procrastination

tappie_chan (Apr 11, 2004)

out of procrastination, a Japanese gothic-glam rock star is born (albeit a rather tame, sorta nerdy one).

p.s. are they called gothic-glam rockers, or do they just fall under the j-pop catagory? oh well...

edit: its not quite finished. i wanna add more definition in the face and do a few more things, but when i try to revise it the bar in the little loading box will get right to the end and freeze. apparently i can't work on it. i'll keep trying for a few days, then i'll just set it to finished. blah...

edit 2: well, it won't let me finish, so i am setting to finished now.

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bumpinthenight (May 26, 2004)

very nice.... The sparseness of the majority of the picture coupled with the cool shades of the hair really works well... :)

lxveisblind (Jun 24, 2004)

Wow...this is really amazing. I especially like the shine of the hair and lips (random, I know, but still...) My only word of advice is the hairline/eyebrow look a little pixely (if you know what I'm even talking about) But overall this is a really fantastic picture.

evil_cloud (Oct 13, 2004)

Its an odd drawing (that doesnt mean its bad ^-^)

You know better what you were thinking about, but in any case its a good job

mukumuku (Dec 23, 2004)

i think this looks great, i love the watercolor look, it really suits this picture

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tufted titmouse

LovelyLori (Apr 12, 2004)

BG wore me out, small breaktime...
I always thought these were the cutest little guys at the feeder, when they're all puffed up tryin' to keep warm.... :) love 'em all...

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Gigandas (Apr 12, 2004)

Wow, looks really nice to me.The bg finally brought out the bird instead of sucking him into it :).I like the texture of the feathers and god I can't say it enough, but your birds are just awesome XD.Dunno what that white spot on its wing is, but that's the only thing that's kinda bugging me><.Everything else, well, leave it the way it is^^.What can I say, another great piece :).

LovelyLori (Apr 12, 2004)
drawn in 35 sec

thanks Giggy :D, just blended the white spot a bit for ya ;)

Gigandas (Apr 12, 2004)

There, that's better^^.It was just catching my eye cause it was a bright spot sitting right in the middle of the picture^^;.Nice correction :).

davincipoppalag (Apr 13, 2004)

OOOh nice tit! lol

mountain bluebird

LovelyLori (Apr 12, 2004)

mountain bluebird

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LovelyLori (Apr 12, 2004)

good question... but, I do kinda agree, that it's not totally worthy of advanced...

Gigandas (Apr 12, 2004)

How the heck does my stuff like my last one stay on advanced compared to this???I don't get it^^;.....Marcello should move my stuff down too if that's the case...

LovelyLori (Apr 12, 2004)

he pretends not to like me, but I know he does ;) lol

Wraith (Apr 16, 2004)

Very nice! I am not really a bird lover, I like squirrels better because I think I was a squirrel in my former life. But this one drawing is amazing! Great job LovelyLori. :D