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ArtistMaz — RIP Zak
Published: 2006-04-03 13:08:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 1136; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 121
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A digital painting in memory of one of my grandfathers guard dogs. This is Zak, he had to be put to sleep at the age of 14 due to the loss of use in his back legs. I miss this ol' guy
Art (c) Maz Bourne.
EDIT: Done in photoshop 7.0 and CS2 9.0
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Comments: 43
Its beautiful! Hes so handsom...i bet he was a great dog. He looks alot like my dog...almost like he could be his father.
Amazing work
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Aw man, you oughta do more of these. It's really beautiful
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thankyou ^^ i made a print of this, had it framed and gave it to my grandfather for his birthday ^^ he loved it =3
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I'm sure, it's gorgeous and a truely wonderful digital painting. Your traditional skills really shine through. Have you considered buying a pack of Prismacolor pencils and working on black paper? You can acheive somewhat the same effect.
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hmm I might give that a go actually... I'd need to get more pencils and some black paper though lol. (what are prismas like to use? I used to use karismas till i lost half of the colours)
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Well, you know cheapy Crayolas, right? Crayolas are too hard to work with because they don't blend properly and the 'lead' is too tough. Primas are 10 times softer; they're just short of oil pastels they're so soft. This makes them ultra fine for blending with as you can layer color over color, the 'lead' lays itself on so thick you can get a relatively pure color (compared to Crayolas) even after laying down several layers of color. But mostly it's their blend-ability that makes them so great.
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sounds like karisma pencils lolz, I'll probably go hunting for some if i get the chance ^^
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Great art... And really neauty dog... I understand that yuo miss him...
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Dogs are beautiful creatures. you portray them VERY well!!
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this is pretty~ I love the texture of the fur ^^ And sorry about the dog, Hope you will get over
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O_O this looks so realistic, awsome job and sorry to hear about the dog, i hope you feel better
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Aw that's so sad. 
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Just gorgus work with the texture of the hair. Poor thing.
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What a beautiful rendering of a good dog.
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I know what you are going through. My german Sheaperd died of hip problems and kidney failure. And he died 2 days before christmas. I miss you Duke
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I know what it's like to lose animals. 
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He is beautiful and the pic is gprgeous and amazing!
Poor Zak
what breed was he? he is gorgeous
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he was an Alsation/German Shepherd (sp?) whichever of those you prefer to use and thankyou ^^
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That is an mazing picture Maz! Very, very realistic!
I feel sorry for the poor dog....even though I never even heard of this dog 'till today. XD
*faves*
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thankyou muchly ^^ theres a photo of him and some of his descendants somewhere in my gallery lolz
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aaaww bless I know how you feel, my dog has heart faliure and may not even last the summer, and she's my best friend so I can totally relate. Great pic though.
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Aww, thats beautiful.
The same happened to Jadey...
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nicely handled. it looks like a traditional peice! well done
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aww sad story of him
but this is awesome work i luv all those details on his fur!
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Awww poor doggie
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thanks ^^ gah I wanna hug him 1 more time
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Maybe over the easter holidays you can go and visit the dogs? No harm in that
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true... I'll have to find out what times the dogs are patrolling the yard or when the gates open... Tho I'm weary of the big black fuzzy ex police dog... You gotta be careful rounf him coz he's a lil unpredictable...
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An unpredictable guard dog? And why is this?
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He was thrown out of the police force because of it... He's fine with men, but he can be a lil wierd towards females, in the sense of he can snap for no reason... But it's not that often he does... I usually hide behind Zak's son Rocky XD
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