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Here are a few pages of concepts for an illustration job I have been working on. Its for a school logo using the cougar mascot.I posted all the images I have done, even the poorly roughed in ones so you can see my thinking. I like seeing the quick studies b/c it allows us to see inside the artist's thought process
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Despite how awesome cats are, most people can't seem to capture their look very well. You definitely can. These are way cool
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Awesome drawing, captures the motion really well, ha!
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Out of the three pages that I saw, this one is probably my favorite. 
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thanx...yeah and as usual client picked one I wasnt crazy about..
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I'm really digging the dynamic poses. They look so powerful!
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i usually go for that ...dynamic..thanx a bunch
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5 looks absolutely wonderful. Did you use references to sketch any of these, not that it's important since I can tell you are a cougar expert extraordinaire.
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alwys gather ref..always...or else you end up drawing based on your imagination and everything looks the same
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You guys too? I have 1,000 hats at home. Some I even wore when I taught kids animation drawing! I have 3 characters I created from some of the hats I created. I even dressed up fo them for halloween!
Check out my pictures of my hats...
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Have you met Andre from the Cartoon Andre 3000? This picture is a fav so I had to ask this question on something I though was a fav.
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worked closely w/him then hung out w/him in ATL for the premiere, real down to earth guy...we both have a love for hats
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you just keep blowing me away. I seriously have never seen sketches before that could pass off as completed works.
I probably sound like a broken record, but really....amazingggg
I love the snarling sketch...reminds me of my cat and her bad attitude XD ahah
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really like the emotion the cat shows^^ simply awesome!!
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I love especially the quick doodle on top left. beautiful, catches the movement.
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All three pages of these are lovely! Very dynamic poses in some, and all of them have the feel of a cougar in them. Wonderful facial expressions!
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Impressive! Yeah, reminded me immediately of my old school mascot.
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These are all excellent. The anatomy is so perfect too.
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These are some of your strongest work, and they are just the ruffs. Amazing mahn!!!
The finished images are going to be insane.
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These out of your head or referenced from life/video?
Really sweet either way. Gotta ask, do you find yourself watching for a really long time before you make line 1 on the page, or observe as you go and build on what you initially saw? I know the two aren't mutually exclusive, but in my experience (mostly drawing people) they don't hang around long enough to careful observe THEN draw.
The head on number 1 has really interesting shapes, and I love the thickness to the tail.
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dude I totally love these... perfect poses!
you being an expert when it comes to animals, could you give any hint or idea of what separates cats from other big cats?? when I try to do a cat face it tends to look like some kind of lynx or cougar, lol... no clue about that
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This page is definitely my favorite of the three. You really have the body language "down."
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I like seeing the quick studies b/c it allows us to see inside the artist's thought process Same here, it's awesome to take a look...as well as find something that can be applied to one's knowledge of drawing.
I really like this set David, showing both the bulk and gesture of your sketches.
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So cool, I love them. Their expression is amazing!
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i love seeing your animals , really , its the best thing for a student to see
and although i dont comment often i just wanna say thanks for putting your art up on deviantart and on your blog - they are perfect examples of where i want to be in howevermanyyears and sustain me untill i can get my hands on a copy of your book !
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School Mascot eh? I was was commissioned to do that sort of thing a while back, only with a panther.
If I hadn't weighed the thing down with cross hatching and had any sort of computer skills at the time, I'd have probably had something a fraction as good as what you're shaping up here.
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Dude, that face on 5 is awesome. Really beautiful stuff
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