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Published: 2007-05-18 23:49:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 1378; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 25
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Am I getting better yet or what? xDThis idea (winged cats) has been following me since I was a child and I first saw "Thorgal - Child Of The Stars" by Rosinski & Van Hamme. I just had to do this one day!
99. New Lifesize: 24x32 cm
medium: Pilot gelpen (black) on fabriano paper coloured with W&N watercolour.
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This shading style was my speciality when I was in highschool, I was always doing things like that, just less detailed and less complicated. One day in juniorhigh I was thrown out of teachers room after arguing with my art class bitch-teacher. She was accusing me of bringing her drawings that were not mine. I was then examined and I had to draw in front of her and few other teachers gathered as a commision. I'm still laughing when I remember the look on her face 
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Lolies, you showed her
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Okay, I know this has been sitting in my devWatch for a while, but I wanted to actually have time to look at it. The kitties are so cute, I couldn't see the hatching one from the thumb, but I love him! Fantastic pencil/pen texturing. Is the colour an ink or digital wash?
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The background color? Oh no, it's watercolor. I just covered the paper with water and paint just after finishng the base sketch. I wouldn't even know how to do it digitally, I'm so lame when it comes to photoshop tricks xD I can only use simple tools, burn edges, make frames etc. Nothing more. Sharpening, of course, is a must. I used a simple gelpen to draw this.
Thank you for your comment 
Thanks again!
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I've just seen the picture and think it's lovely
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I've just seen the picture and think it's lovely
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Thank you! I must draw more then ^^ and more cats
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Εwietne! ciekawy pomysΕ ΕΌeby koty fryggi wykluwaΕy siΔ z jaj ^^
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Koty wykluwajace sie z jaj to jeszcze... ale nie wyobrazam sobie ogromnego niezadowolenia kocicy, ktora mialaby te jajka znosic niczym jakas podrzedna, wiejska kwoka
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You've improved a lot; this was a nice surprise to see, since your pieces are usually lighter (watercolor).
This time, the mood and tones are very bold, and the lighter parts practically shine; great shadow placement here, especially on the fur and rocks. The light washes of watercolor let those shines become even more glazed.
I really like the concept as well; it's got a depth (with the background) and a mysterious mood, I hadn't really thought of "New Life" like this before.
One thing that is a bit odd are the placement of the wings. The way we view it, those wings are technically the "underside", when the cat rears up. From a side position, the wings should be in perspective. The wings are very beautiful though, so textured and feathery.
This is one of my favorite pieces from you.
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Yeah, I was never good at that part either ^^' (perspective and anatomy issues). This was my firs gelpen drawing since very long time, but I used to make tones of them every week earlier. Perhaps I should take my works less seriously, and do some random perspective and animal/human anatomy sketches, just for practice. It's really hard, you know? Cause I don't even know where to start. I don't have photos, models, not even this small wooden doll to practice with. Perhaps it'd be a good idea to take some courses or even better - begin art studies. This would really help me, but I'm afraid I'd loose all my joy comming from painting, and that it'd become some kind of stupid, boring routine. I'd hate that for sure
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You're pretty good at perspective and anatomy, actually. Better than a majority of people, and the minor errors are hardly noticed unless someone like me, with a harsh hawk's eye, scrutinizes.
It's good to doodle and practice on scratch paper, I practice drawing little ball-and-joint people for poses, angles, etc. I don't have photos or the little mannequin guy either, so I usually have to wing it.
Art studies aren't quite as boring as they seem, I know I learned a lot from my private art class, and my teacher is so awesome.
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The problem is I don't have money for private courses. Everything extra I could spend on my art, I have to invest in media, because, since I was 11 I noticed, that the more cash you put in your paints and brushes, the longer they live and (obvious!) the better they look. Finally, after all those years I've chosen to paint with Winsor&Newton Cotman watercolors. Almost the most expensive ones here in Poland! Almost... cause there are W&N Artist's watercolors in internet stores, nowhere to be found in regular art shops, and they are the most expensive of all. I still have my first W&N watercolor cubes, which I've bought when I was like... 16? 17? So they really pay of. But that's all. I can't buy myself anything extra in this matter, cause since then I live on my own. It's a miracle that I was able to finish my studdies. Now I have to move do another city, find a job... until then - no money for art. And when I find a job - no TIME for art. So it goes... 
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Bardzo Εadnie
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Indeed 
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Hehe, znaczy, ΕΌe jeszcze pamiΔtam.
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Taka wizje ciezko jest zapomniec
Chociaz kotki Freyi byly takie... bardziej syjamskie, smukle, z kocio skosnymi oczami. Skrzydla mialy inne. Ale chodzilo mi tu glownie o oddanie samej idei. Chociaz nie wyobrazam sobie tego w rzeczywistosci. Moj kot i bez skrzydel fruwa po scianach.
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Ptaki skazane by byΕy na wymarcie chyba
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beautiful detail! very realistic
adorable. I love the little one!
:claps:!
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I just thank mother nature cats don't have wings
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haha, yeah, you're probably right about that! But it still makes a very nice picture
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Lovely sweetie I love all the detail in the wings and the little one well ....is Cute ok
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Thank you for visiting and for your comment
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Your welcome hun
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Ok, this comment may be a bit stupid, but what I love most in this picture is how these cats actually look like real cats.
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Not stupid! Not at all!
I used photos of Nenneko of course ^^ But imagine the disaster of cats having wings...
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Are you kidding? It'd be a horror if cats have wings! I know, I live alone with my cat, and he's one crazy-ass bastard
Thanks for visiting!
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Super. Do tego ta kicia...meisterwerk.
Nawet szybko ci idzie...
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Tez jestem zaskoczona, ludziom zazwyczaj te listy ciagna sie jak flaki, za przeproszeniem, z olejem. A u mnie z dnia na dzien pomysl goni pomysl. Tylko tego czasu tak niewiele... W tym tygodniu raczej nic nie nabazgram, w piatek mam absolutorium >.<
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Thank you! It's an honour to have you here
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Wonderful as always! And omg that baby kitty is just way too cute!!
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You're telling me? I'm just dying to have kittens some day @...@
Thank you for comment
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Very cool
Liked the idea ^^
very good work ^^
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Thank you
Oh by the way, I saw your new 10-sketches-journal. I WANT MY CAT!!
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I posted it O.o
you didn't saw? X3
[link]
X3
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oooops, must have missed it somehow ^^' sorry ^^'''
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No problems, it happens ^^
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Fortunately, cats don't fly. It would be a catastrophe.
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Majac na wzgledzie dzisiejsze doswiadczenia z nennkiem zaczynam sie cieszyc, ze koty nie lataja, z zupelnie innego powodu 
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Glad to hear that
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Gah! You're gonna be done in a month or two at this rate! X_X; I'm still not even done with two or three of mine! Damn artblock.
Sodamncute.X3
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