Theres a forums post about it

HEYYYYYYYYYYYYY <33333 great drawing hunni bun! i've been gone for four months cos my pc went bung. just lettin u know i'm back and leavin ya a comment. luff ya loads!

what is it?? its just all white....

That's some mean lookin' glare she has , Joy.

great texture on the corset. She's definitely been workin too hard with those eyes so dark. Effective.

Uh, ma'am... Something's peeking...
:P

Weird.. I've been trying to put myself in that state because it's a on the transition from being awake to being awake in a dream. Lucid Dreaming. I'd like to experience it, but sounds a bit weird/scary.

OMG This completely freaked me out only because I recognized that wolf-like thing from my own nightmares. I have a rather interesting background with it. Not just that but the state you were in describes mine perfectly almost minus the urge to kill anyone. Mine (and I cannot believe I am writing this) Mom had nightmares about it chasing me before i was born. Then I started having them. I would be so terrified to go to sleep that I would almost avoid it and then I would sometimes try to wake up and end up in something between asleep and awake. I would be aware of my surroundings and yet be caught in my dream. I would be struggling to open my eyes but couldn't and would have to scream for my mom to come shake me. I would also have dreams where I was fighting the creature. I never became it though. I did on the other hand have shapeshifting dreams where I would become a cougar ...thus my artist signature. I would wake up with grass in my bed and wonder if I sleptwalked. What is the name of the sleep disorder? I've not had these since I was 18 but still have some very vivid dreams. I would like to find out more about it. This is fascinating. I had just thought I should draw mine. I'd not checked in in awhile and wanted to draw something and I scrolled down and saw this. I am so glad you decided to go ahead and post it. I forgot to add I did have the urge to "hunt" when I dreamed that I shapeshifted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia

Amazing portrait.

Great colors in the skin! Also, the shading is done in a way that it definitely works...I have a hard time with that. This is fab, Opium!

Thanks Aswell, Nyuusen, HunterKiller and laurael :) you guys are so sweet! :D

Sooo cute! I like your style...alot! Great feathers and I love that beak!

awwwww... this is so cute! great job! :)

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
*splat*
Great job xD

hehe thanks fleeting :)

this is fantastic, I thought i had already commented on it. The spikes are so sharp and shiny and that hair/brush thingy is awesome!

Hahah, that's adorable XD
Great job on the spikes!

That's a very creative concept! I love the texture of the wings.

Thanks sweet, mikron and comd :)

Incredible shading and like the addition of color to part of it. The wings are just amazing!! I had to blow them up and look more closely they are so cool! I like the original concept too. :) If I might share a tip, I don't do a lot of figure drawing for my own work so I almost always use a ref of some sort to get the proportions and initial positioning right. Then I change change, change to make it mine, but it starts from a solid realistic base. That saves time struggling to get it right and if you do a lot of draws eventually they will all be right without the ref, but that takes lots of work and study. I know, I need that myself!

Do those have bodyguards? I ask because you know it's bad to have unprotected socks. Pretty eyes you made here Joy.

well,l the ties keep asking for the bodyguard job, but I think the socks are more scared of them. They are leaning towards letting a couple bandanas do the job. Thanks poppa :)

Nice one hun *applauds*

it's absolutely wonderful!

Ah so this is what you were working on when I was talking to you on msn! Great draw hun I love it. It's absolutely stunning. *applauds*

aww that is excellent, opa! I love the legs... I had a little toy of one of these when I was lil and I had a lil stuffed animal, too,,, actually it's still on my desk, hehh...

hehe thanks poppa :) that's exactly what he does when I give him a papertowel to play with or he gets my sunglasses. and he goes "WHOOOOO!!!" he gets very excited very easily!

lmfao that's hilarious! XD I can only imagine
My friend also has a hawkshead parrot, and he follows us around her house by foot ( why he doesn't just fly, I don't now). If we walk too slow, he catches up and pinches our ankles.
Awesome coloring, by the way!

hehe aren't they the best?? I think they're tied now with catalinas for my favorite parrots! oooh....picture idea.....