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Jianre-M — Cheetah-Fox WIP 2
Published: 2008-02-27 20:44:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 1663; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 57
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I asked, and someone said they'd like to see more of the WIP for this peice, Dunno how quickly I'll work on it, but anyways here ya go!
I'm about halfway finished with the head now....Estimated 6 hours of work so far...
Note: It looks a little funny because I didn't exactly make it perfectly half...
and I cropped to straighten the face, it's angled in the full-picture. Lotsa work to do still....
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Thank you very much! ^_^
no, I don't have a full-body "feral" of my Cheetah-Fox, ... yet... the closest I have is one of the sketches on this: [link] <- page. the little sleeping fox-thing.
I think I have another sketch or two in one of my books, if I find it I'll see if I can't scan it up for ya.
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I didnt notice it was off until I read what you said, lol. Its still beautiful though
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Heheheheheh... XD an artist is his/her own worst critic...
thank you! 
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Lol, yah, true but what makes us better? lol.
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improving what we do wrong of course!
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Lol, true
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That's fine to ask! ^_^ and actually the price would depend on what you would like me to do.
most of my estimate prices are on THIS journal... but if you have any questions feel free to ask me.
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Sweet, well uh, your gonna think i'm a total dork but how much would the cover art be exactly? Like an in color drawing of all the characters standing in cool poses together, lol. I guess its kind of difficult to explain...
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alright, let's break it down then shall we? ^_^
how many characters would be in the cover image that you want? (how many of those would you see at least half of the person? (meaning would there be any just head/bust shots of some?))
and would you want a simple background on the image? or a more complex one?
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Lets see, lol, gotta open up word documents here
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hmmmmm.... you're thinking of this being a cover illustration correct?
well, perhaps I should explain something that might help.
For a "cover" illustration, or an illustration that will be printed in a small format you need to keep in mind the idea of hierarchy. Which characters are the MOST important. and in truth you want to limit yourself to 5 characters at most for ideal Illustrations. many more than that and the image becomes to busy for the viewer to understand what's going on. Hierarchy, the importance, comes into play in the image itself, as an Illustrator I would want to portray the importance of the character by the emphasis I try to bestow them with, (more important characters are larger, or closer, or brighter in color.) what I would WANT to do is give a hint of the relationships between the characters pictured....
think of it similarly to a movie poster, In a poster you almost never see ALL the characters, sometimes you might see just one, like with "Prince Caspian" sometimes you might see a few like "Harry Potter" (where he had Ron and Hermione behind him.) sometimes as many as five, but you want to keep it simple where you can. perhaps the hero, (and his right and left hand friends,) and the villian? maybe the villain's steed or an important monstrous foe....
anyways, I CAN do what you described... but I don't think it'll look very good as the book cover itself.
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Wow, how long has this one been taking you. The texture is amazing!
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For the amount I have finished there.... 6 hours + ... I haven't had the opportunity to work on it any more though...
but thank you! ^_^
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its looking good, i especially like the nose and the black around the eyes..i think working more on the eyes, adding some shine and making them more glossy and sharp will really add to this
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thank you! XD
I haven't really worked much on the eyes yet, but that's good advice, thanks!
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You got the 3D ness to fit really well here. Your detail on the fur is amazing and the nose is really astonishing.
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Thank you so much! 
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Okay, you're welcome. I'm still trying to see art though.
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Noticing the details about proportion, shading, texture, and coloring.
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Noticing the details about proportions, texture, shading, and coloring.
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I'm still a little confused... you said
"I'm still trying to see art though" .. and... .
"Noticing the details about proportions, texture, shading, and coloring."
I don't think I understand what you're getting at...
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I don't think I can actually explain it any further... 
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Okay, here's where I am confused.
you said, "I'm still TRYING to see ART" does that mean it doesn't look like art?
does that mean you can't see the technique I used to create it?
I know Natani is a girl, but I don't think I can remember a specific image... no.
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The second one.
I was trying to provide an example but it looks like I don't need to now.
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Ah, I think I understand now...
Basically I zoomed in alot and did a whole buncha tiny brush strokes...
"hair-by-hair" as the phrase goes...
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With a Wacom... so you could say I used the same technique as you might use with colored pencils... lotsa strokes.
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Okay, like I did with my fox drawing.
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Okay, I'll probably do that when I draw a furry character, I mean a kind of fluffy one.
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I look forward to seeing it! 
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They should be good practice for me too.
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Hm-hmm. 
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Wow it just keeps getting better and better! I really love the fur texture and the eyes seems alive!
Keep it up!
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Thank you so much!
I fully intend to!
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Good! Can't wait for the final result!
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Might be a little while though...
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Choxy there is starting to really come together now
looks kinda like a bobcat
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LOL!! THanks!
a bobcat eh? probably the ears right?
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