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Published: 2011-04-06 18:18:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 2989; Favourites: 221; Downloads: 0
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wanted to do a more realistic digital piece, mostly for portfolio reasons (I'd rather not submit anime-styled work for fear they'll think that's all I can do).I didn't think too hard about the concept, I just wanted to draw a girl and wolves (and skulls are always a plus). It reminds a lot of people of Princess Mononoke--can't say I blame them, but I wasn't inspired by anything in particular. I's just a straightforward combination of motifs I like
Still trying to work on interesting color combos. I can't decide if I'm satisfied with these colors or not, but I'm done with it for now! xD
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Nice styling and like how the upper skull piece draws the eyes to it, before you focus on the wolves eyes, thanks for posting, great drawing
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featured here because this is awesome workΒ carolinesphotos.deviantart.comβ¦
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I love not only the way this picture looks, but the way it feels. The subtle colours and warm shading make it feel hauntingly soft and inviting. Beautiful job!
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Thank you for such a thoughtful comment! Made my day
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Wow! another amazing work! I love your style!
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I love how nobody commented the boobieee XD But then i saw the "BOOB" comment XD
Aye, really nice work.. looks splendid. Like the composition.
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haha yeah, most people don't notice the boob at first, though I guess that's good?
Thank you!
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I don't knooow... The wolf brilliance and general awesome pic aside..that's one damn good boob :3
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hahaha well.. thank you? xD
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Wow, this is digital? o0o Wouldn't have guessed - the painting style looks really traditionally done, it's awesome! Also the concept is really nice, and I love the composition and the colors 
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Haha thank you! I downloaded the brushes from here: [link]
I don't usually mess with special brushes but these are pretty fun, I recommend them!
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Wow, nice!
Thanks for the link, I might actually try them out too sometime
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you should! 
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wow i love this! instant jealousy if talant! lol
no way did you do this digitally?! how the....well its still amazing!!
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Not so much talent as hard work and lotsa practice, haha!
But thank you
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Ooooh I really like the watercolor/painterly feel if this! 8) I admit I thought of Mononoke right away due to the white wolves; I think if they were brown, black or dark gray, I don't think so many folks would think of that right off the bat. :U
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maybe, except I uploaded a black and white version to FB and someone compared it to PM right away
(also, thank you!
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Awesome skuuuuullllll.
I absolutely love the softness and the shading effects you've gotten here. I think if the wolves hadn't been white, no one would've thought of Princess Mononoke, though.
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Thank you!
Actually, I uploaded the black and white WIP to facebook and someone asked if it was Princess Mononoke inspired 
On the other hand, I think they look better white than they would any other color (well, technically they're a pale cyan but it looks white!), so I wasn't going to avoid a strong composition just 'cause it looks a bit similar to something else
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Really like the shading and textures, good job.
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Really cool!
And I'm not gonna lie, Princess Mononoke was the first thing I thought of when I saw it
At first glance, it looks like it was done traditionally with pencils or pastels or something
The colours seem fine to me, very natural
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yeah, it is pretty similar, especially once I colored the wolves white! But there are certainly worse things it could be compared to, so I'm not getting too hung up on it!
I downloaded this really fun brush that gives that effect
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It should be taken as a compliment, if anything
Cool! You definately should
I still don't understand how people can draw digitally, it just doesn't work for me
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It does take some getting used to! But to be honest, once you familiarize yourself with the program, it's pretty similar to traditional art!
Like my process for this was just like how I'd paint something--big, broad strokes to get the basic shapes then gradually refining for texture and detail.
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That it does
I wanted to get a tablet, but after seeing the Cintiq, I just can't bring myself to get anything else. I'll have to go without food for a long time if I wanted to save up enough to get one though...
I guess it doesn't throw you off, having to watch the screen while drawing on a tablet?
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At first it definitely does! It took me about a year to fully adjust to mine (but I didn't use it very often, so I'm sure you can adjust faster if you practice with it more than I did).
But now I'm just as fast on the computer as I am by hand.
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I guess I'll have to give it another try!
Right now I'm about as skilled with a mouse as a moderately talented 8 year old
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Haha yeah mouses are tough! You CAN do good art with them, but it is very tedious and time consuming.
Actually the reason it took me so long to adjust to my tablet is I was so used to the mouse! The tablet was good for sketching and texture/repetitive strokes, but for fine detail I'd use the mouse since I had better control.
Now I use my tablet exclusively though
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Sounds good, I'm still gonna wait till I can afford the Cintiq to get into digital art. Maybe if I could get family to pitch in as a kind of birthday present at some point...
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good luck! Cintiqs are really expensive @_@ (especilly when Bamboo Funs are around $100)
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lol yeah, but I intend to get one eventually, so I don't want to buy a different tablet before I end up getting one
but yeah, $2000 is a lot of money, especially for a university student. But I will have one! ...one day
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