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I haven't felt much inspiration to paint anything lately, and I kinda had the blahs and felt sad, so I was browsing photos of polar bears because that always cheers me up. They do so many cute, funny things and I end up laughing instead of feeling sad. I ran across this and wanted to paint it because of the pretty lighting. I love polar bears the bestest. I want one of my own but it's too hot here and it would just eat me anyway.

20 comments – latest 4:

marcello (Mar 22, 2006)

great pets!

xiau (Mar 22, 2006)

Omg, bahaha

Why is she so scared of polar bears?

ginny_91 (Mar 27, 2006)

Wow you are one of the best artist ever. I cannot believe this is a painting and on the computer. I'm not a bear lover but in this picture I think I sunddenly like them now!^^

Artiste (Apr 3, 2006)

My favorite thing about this is the way you painted the shadow on the face of the bear in the back. The transluscent quality shows such depth.
The colors are so sensitive, and palpable... (I love the way that orange next to pale lavendar happens so distinctly in nature)

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Opium (Feb 23, 2006)

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Opium (Mar 22, 2006)

you guys are so sweet :) thank you so much!

Renuar (Mar 22, 2006)

stands out nicely, sharp and crisp.
well done opium.

Opium (Mar 23, 2006)

thank you Renuar :)

~GSP~ (Apr 1, 2006)

awsome lol they are so cute! what are the chewing on lol?

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One small step for man...

suzie (Apr 1, 2006)

Own photo used for idea.

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woah_pockster (Apr 1, 2006)

ooo I'm very much liking this :DD I'm so glad people are wandering away from their usuals
<33

davincipoppalag (Apr 1, 2006)

I love this suzie! Great job on the visor!

Roytje (Apr 1, 2006)

The visor looks like a room of M.C. Escher! Great drawing.

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tja

Roytje (Mar 23, 2006)

Something very, very different :)

11 comments – latest 4:

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Mar 27, 2006)

Now this... is art. I totally like it.

Roytje (Mar 28, 2006)

Thanks for the nice comments! :)

suzie (Apr 1, 2006)

Such a wonderful drawing to look at and to see advance..you have such talent for capturing the eye..Beautiful :D

kristine (Apr 1, 2006)

This is just so original and fabulous. You are quickly becoming a favorite to me.

alea jacta est

zep (Mar 23, 2006)

lsee

21 comments – latest 4:

comd (Mar 25, 2006)

This is absolutely brilliant. I thought it was already genius at v2, but it went up yet another notch.

fleeting_memory (Mar 26, 2006)

This is weird-cool shading though

huirimeir (Mar 26, 2006)

wow amigo cada vez mas master ahh!!! salut

D-Yoop (Apr 1, 2006)

makes me think of the sfinx!

Onderwater

Roytje (Nov 24, 2005)

My first pic here. Hope you'll like it. :)

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Roytje (Nov 25, 2005)

Thank you all :)

FLYING_SQUIRREL (Nov 28, 2005)

If you stare at it at 25% it looks really cool.

safescene (Mar 31, 2006)

Can't believe I missed this. Really great feel, and funfunnn.

Roytje (Aug 11, 2006)
drawn in 5 min

It was already finished, but I wasn't happy with it.

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Airhead

TheCrimsonKing (Mar 23, 2006)

Yeap, for 3 hours and 40 minutes I stared at a picture of myself on the toilet.

Thank you for viewing.

10 comments – latest 4:

HunterKiller_ (Mar 23, 2006)

At first glance i saw his face melting into the painting and i marveled. Then i looked down and loled. =]

Opium (Mar 24, 2006)

very cool concept! I like it :)

Renuar (Mar 24, 2006)

the toilet mind state. good piece.

woah_pockster (Mar 28, 2006)

you're amazing, will you marry me?
<3

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Back Study

terracotta (Mar 17, 2006)

Wanted to play with using a different tool than usual. This is all done with the pen tool on one setting (except for a plain fill BG and some airbrush to shade the stool). Trying for a pencil sketch look.

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nobody (edited Mar 22, 2006)

axil, i specifically said, that i was not making a comment toward you, your marriage, or your cartoon. in fact, i mentioned abuse only in the instance that the advance was unwelcome. to accuse me of insulting her culture seems harsh, but i'll take it. wasn't intended as such. zack, i agree. my comment was a general reaction to the statement, despite the fact i knew it wasn't intended in that way.

i apologize for any harm done by my only semi-related thought.

Axil62 (Mar 22, 2006)

Oh ok, well that's fine then. :)

Gigandas (edited Mar 24, 2006)

"I like how the right side looks like she has a man back with a big dent in it! Like her man back side was in a big bar fight one night because this one guy took all the pretzels and one thing lead to another and ole' half man back thought she should get up and do something about it but then the other guy had a friend who usually doesn't come to that bar, no he usually goes to the 4 U lounge, but he went there this time and when ole' half man back stood up he knew he had to have his buddy's back... his buddy was a man so his whole back was a man back, not like this lady's back, but anyway, so he saw ole' half man back get up to do something about something an he slammed her upper right shoulder area with an extra 4 inch lead pipe he happened to be carrying around, not his good one that he had in his coat pocket for something else, but his extra one. So that's what I like about this picture when I look at it."

I'd just like to ask Zack one last question here. Is this what you call, 'formal criticism'? Of course, you could be referring to criticism given to terracotta by people besides Axil. But I'm pretty sure terracotta's posts were in response to Axil. Although, I haven't had 50 yrs of experience myself, I've never heard of giving criticism in 'tell-a-funny-story' form in any of my classes. And I can assure you, if that were the case, I wouldn't waste my money or time on such an unprofessional school.

Zack (Mar 24, 2006)

No. What I was agreeing with Axil about was the issue of sexual abuse re: his cartoon. His critique was informal and absurd. I do not consider the issue of the picture being finished relevant to an analysis of the motivation behind any critique, formal or informal, since critiques on finished pictures are just as legitimate as critiques on works-in-progress.

The absurdity of Axil's comment speaks for itself, and to imply that he was being meanspirited for pointing out flaws in a finished picture demonstrates to me a lack of understanding of the nature of artistic critique in a learning environment. That is to say, Axil may have been meanspirited in his comment (I can't tell), but that has nothing to do with the fact that he was criticizing a finished picture.