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from National Audubon Society(North American Birds) front cover pic
I don't know what to do the background, that is always a major prob for me... I'd like to make some hint of foliage, blurred .... but damned if I know the best technique for that...and I should've done it in the beginning!

31 comments – latest 4:

laurael (Apr 16, 2004)

I love your boidie. The butt crack, on the other hand, well, let's just say...I now can't get it out of my mind...lol.

Gigandas (Apr 16, 2004)

It's finished XD.I really like the bird's features^^.Something about the wings makes it look incomplete though.....it could be that there's too much of a solid area on its wings and it clashes with the detailed texture of its body.But the body itself is really well done.The night sky goes well with it too.Another awesome piece :)...

craptastic_spaztic (Apr 16, 2004)

WOW! Much impressed. Big thumbs up.

Aubrey (Apr 23, 2004)

Very cute Lori, you draw birds really well.

Public Boards/Beginner

Sunset above the clouds

gloworm043 (Apr 14, 2004)

Inspired by a photo I recently saw...

9 comments – latest 4:

emmamommalag (Apr 15, 2004)

This is great.. the sun reflecting on the clouds, the details on the trees, the colors.. all of it! I love it.

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Apr 15, 2004)

I have seen something much like this while flying in an airplane... that's what it looks like to me. I love it!!! You did an awesome job.

Pantera (Apr 15, 2004)

oi *falls off chair* this is beutiful I love it, I love the colours of the sky, and oh the tiny trees so nice, great job :)

gloworm043 (Apr 16, 2004)

Thanx all, for you complimenting remarks...they are greatly appreciated! I'm learning from all of you..the real artists on this site!!! :)

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Texas Tornado

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Apr 13, 2004)

Tornado near White Deer, Texas *Yeeehaw and head for the ditch*

22 comments – latest 4:

8MM (Feb 20, 2006)

Would be nice to see a few cows in the nado :)

xxPretty_Princessxx (Jun 17, 2006)

I used to live in Texas
D:
dang foo that'sa good picture

Wraith (Aug 15, 2007)

I love looking at Tornados! TWISTER was one of my favorite movies. Nature is awesome, as long as your not directly in its path. :)

Late comment but this picture is Nice! Look at the way the grass and everything else looks highlighted. :D

davincipoppalag (Mar 6, 2019)

Run for the storm cellar!

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skyline

foxman8245 (Mar 4, 2004)

Try to finish this tomarrow.

13 comments – latest 4:

Wez (Apr 13, 2004)

nice bg nice and foggy kool :)

foxman8245 (Apr 14, 2004)
drawn in 14 min

ok..... every time I try to finish this... it locks up or I cant get the tools to work such as, I'll draw a line.. and the line doesn't appear for a few seconds. It's really pissin me off so unless someone can tell me how to correct this, I wouldn't mind if it got deleted. I don't know if it would have something to do with the memory (it's up to 173kb)?

RavioloiTheDancingClown (Apr 18, 2004)

sexy perspective

joox (Nov 25, 2007)

it looks like germany.

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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.

14 comments – latest 4:

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|

Scatter

Aubrey (Apr 6, 2004)

Well this was hard saving.. partly because I use Aol and it booted me off an unGodly number of times so anytime I got a part looking halfway decent I just saved so I wouldn't lose it again. Anyhooo hope you all enjoy the picture even though it's really nothing like the amazing things I've seen here. You all are great :)

27 comments – latest 4:

mooki (Jun 16, 2007)

so ... beautiful

Suntan (Apr 15, 2009)

Holy cow, so amazing.

Miss_DJ (Apr 15, 2009)

oh Aubrey, where are you now? Your talent is so beautiful.

davincipoppalag (Jul 2, 2017)

yea.. would love to have Aubsey back too

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Grave

Knockoff (Apr 10, 2004)

Your grave, Of course!

6 comments – latest 4:

davincipoppalag (Apr 13, 2004)

Good eerie feel on this.. I love the highlights on the cross in the foreground.. very nice!

amuy (Apr 16, 2004)

a bit scary. reminds me of pet cemetary..*shudder* anyway the eerie gate rocks.. yay for cemetary gates ;)

laurael (Apr 25, 2004)

How did I miss this one KO? I like the way ya did around the moon, yeah, and the highlights are nice too...the cross in the foreground 'is' very cool...

Knockoff (May 8, 2004)

Thankies for teh comments. :)

Drake the Sea Dragon

DinoFlorist (Apr 12, 2004)

In a world of boxfish, bears, and sea dragons, you had better be on their side. Cause if you're not, you're on snakeys side, and nobody even knows what he IS!

3 comments – latest 3:

davincipoppalag (Apr 12, 2004)

I love your characters.

laurael (Apr 16, 2004)

I like your art style Dino...now, how do you get them to look like this again?

fleeting_memory (Apr 17, 2004)

ah I see the admeral has a friend

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...)

7 comments – latest 4:

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