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

This is so cool....I really like it....I liked the tutorial also.....:)

Great tips indeed. Thanks! :D

thanks guys :D ..but the second tutorial it will be better than this, first i just gotta figure out if the techniques will work in chibi painter and is there any workarounds.. oh yeah, and i gotta plan it out beforehand. in this piece i was just winging it ;)

I think i've performed miricles to make it look pretty, afterall it is an asshole.

ugleh

there should be little beady eyes looking out from the darkness.

I tend to use dodge and burn in about every draw I do somewhere or another...can we say obsession?? lol! I do overuse them and I'm trying to tone it down a bit...I'm only in my 2nd step of the 12 step program for dodge and burn addicts =) LOL! Thx for the comments =)

I just want to hold it in my hands, it's so cute! I really love the details of the feathers. I think your use of dodge and burn is effective for this as a whole :)

Lovely little bird! He looks nice and healthy!:))

Nils Holgersoooooon, one of my childhood faves!

very cute draw!! :)

yay Nils Holgersson

Fascinating.

I knew you would be fascinated by my story......"lolzz"!! :P

dang. looks real.

It's fun :D. How's are you and your tablet getting along?

I think it's great fun... haven't used it tons, but will more and more I'm sure

cool draw.....I like it....:)

Maybe I'll try that, fc. thank you, again. :)

really cool I like it

thank you.

thanks :)
heh, i was having trouble with painting the head. it never looked right (the actor has this really strange looking face!)..
..so in the end i just gave up trying to make him look like the actor :(

...but it does look like David Suchet. I spotted it from the thumb! I can't stand Agatha Christie's writing but for some reason the Brits are always able to make her work seem much more interesting and well written in their dramatizations of it. Joan Hicks made Miss Marple into a great character the same as Suchet has done with Poirot. Peter Ustinov and Albert Finney were also really good Poirots, IMHO.