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Published: 2004-02-13 20:47:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 2807; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 461
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Well.. a part of it, at least.
For my Super Wonderful girlfriend of Doom and Cookies on our first Valentines day.
Love ya Beautiful.. Happy Valentines day!! 
This took me 33 hours or so, had i not merged as i went along where possible, it wouldve been approaching 700 layers deep, and the filesize fluctuated between 400MB and 100MB at various stages.. in short.. most intensive photoshop piece i've done to date... and i think one of my best works, for that.
Special thanks to for her water refference pictures, which helped me figure out how in the world i was going to do this river! Also to for providing me with a rock texture i used in here. Along with the other people who took the time to look at this picture in various stages of completetion and offer encouragement/comment/critique, as twas a biggish project, and i'm pretty proud of the result!
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...Why is it that all the crap art gets all the favs/comments, and the truely beautiful stuff like this gets nothing? *sigh*
I totally adore this though. The background, characters, style, everything. Beautiful job! <3
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Thanks a lot, pal. ^^ I think that the favs and comments system at DA does tend to encourage a bit of a bias, where it's 'who' is posting, as opposed to 'what' is posted sometimes. But not all the time! I'm grateful for the Faves and comments i get - Including yours.
Thanks again! ^^
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Amazing work this is, Noo! You've definately outdone yourself! The amount of detail is incredible, 33 hours of work definately payed off there! 
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^^ Thankyou! I'm glad ya like it so well. 
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Thanking you muchly, kind sor!!
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Dang, that looks so cool....I wish I had the will to work as hard as you do @_@
Great job, nontheless!
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Awe...well, my will came from a very personal source, obviously... love is teh great motivator. 
Thanks for the compliment and comments!
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*bows* I'm glad ya think so!
Thanks for the comment ^^
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Wish i could huggle them... you take colors so cool...
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Thanks carrie.
Thanks again!
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sorry i've been away for awile but i'm back lol and comenting on stuff one again..lol realy nice i love how the water turned out
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Hey, welcome back then, Dude.
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That's VERY VER Y VEYR AMAZINGLY awesome!!! how u can do something like that is beond me!! 
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Woohoo! A cookie AND a favorite?? You really ARE too kind.
Thanks a ton!!
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This is mind-blowing. The detail and time and effort put into this is astounding. The bg looks fantastic and you two look very cute. The river is amazing, I love the water texture/effect.
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*bows* I aim to please!!
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Holy crap! 
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Thanks again! ^^ have an egg!
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Yey!! 
Have a
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aww they're so cute!! it's nice to see a guy stray away from the normal flowers and candy type gift for v-day. very nicely done
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^^ Nothing wrong with flowers n candy.. but i DO like to give soemthing a little more personal. Means so much more.. especially when its soemthing that you work on for a long time, etc.
Thanks very much for the comment and the compliment.
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Wow, that I must say is a truely amazing piece to look at. Very well done on the jungle, awesome water and yes, that fur is sooo detailed!! Your animal anatomy is exceptional! (Don't touch me, I'm on a 'big-word roll') I really love the way you've managed to get the couple of pieces of wood at the waterline lookin so good with the grass.
Things to improve water for next time:
Look at trying some refraction... you know when you look at your feet in the water and they're at either the wrong angle or they look big or just distorted..
Reflection vs. Refraction : going off into the background, past a certain angle, you can't see whats below the water, it should just reflect things like the sky and tree line. but up close it should look just like you've got it, where you can see whats just below the surface
Waterline : see what happens if you add a very small hint of a 'side of the river' before the grass starts, some deep earth tones interweaved behind the last bits of grass, might give it a bit more of 'here is the edge' feel
Awesome job though, theres some little things to work on...
The characters are stunning, especially the eyes!
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^^ Woah, thanks for the uber-detailed comment, there Alex.
Actually, i DID play with reflections, and a water line with this one.. i jsut couldnt get them looking quiiiite right, and in the end, i thought better of having them in there. Like i said, i'm new to the water thing, and i'll get better as i go.. ^^ Cheers for the help!! I'll find it useful, i'm sure.
I was actually gonna show this to you n Aims yesterday when you showed up, but inbetween dinner, jelly-lollies in my baked beans, and you vilating my shoulder in a catlike manner.. i didnt get round to it!!
Thanks again dude.
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No probs, you know, after we rushed off yesterday I found out the lady I went to see finished work at 4pm anyway 
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Buggerbeans. 
...or not, as the case may be.
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Day-Yum! That's a great pic! I'm really envious of your textures and patience! I just don't have patience for detail or realism! I'm horribly horribly impressed! *sinks into a mire of self-loathing*
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^^ You know, if you wanted to learn how i did most of this, i'd be more'n happy to teach you.. i've taught a couple of others how i do this kinda thing recently, so..
Thanks a lot for the comment, i'm glad you like the picture so much!!
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*snuggleluffkiss* Baby this is without a doubt, the most awesome piece you've ever created. I'm still thrilled to bits over the detail, blending and hard work you've put into this gift. *kisses* Thank you again n' a million times again in addition to all the things I've said when you'd given this to me. I love you *kiss* You've made this V-day as special as it could be.
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I love you too, sweetheart... 
Every single minute, every single layer, every single pixel was worth it when i saw you smile as you recieved it. Happy valentines day, sweetheart. 
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Woah..
Indescribable work! *touches fingers to lips* magnifico!
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Thanks for the fave!! ^^
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Dude, you showed me this when it was in pre-production. I was awed then purely by the insane detail in the fur. Now you have to go and do this masterpiece.
Bravo, Sir Newman. You've surpassed all!
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Ahh, you are too kind, Sir Potto.. but i thank ye anyhow!
Cheers man.
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Omfg. O_O
The entire image is amazing, the characters, the background, everything. I love how the water and fur came out. :3 Absolutely stunning.
Happy V-day!
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hehe!! Thankyou! ^.^ I'm glad you like how it looks. Cheers for the comment.
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i love how the whole thing looks
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*bows* Thank a bunch.
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no problem at all
an happy
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-squeal-
It's so adorable, it rules. I love the fur, it makes me want to smother them in hugs...33 hours is a long time
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