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Published: 2011-05-03 02:36:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 8209; Favourites: 432; Downloads: 182
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Another sophomore year final! "Two animals interacting, painted in watercolor"...I kinda failed the interacting part, but I learned a heck of a lot about my new watercolor set. Not sure if it was the board I was using (Crescent cold press) or the paints (Utrecht brand), but they would not lift out when I tried to pick up some of the colors. So um. Will experiment with that this summer.Related content
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Marvelous!
Great composition, lighting, forms.
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I think this turned out amazing. I especially love the subtle blends of cool blues for shading without having it to take much away from the main color and actual form. It stayed very crisp! I'm not sure how one would do that without masking fluid or a really steady and or swift hand.
Awesome job. <3
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I love these expressions, especially the one of the tiger, it's amazing 
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Interesting that it looks like they're on the same team. 'Team'? Hehe. I love the shadows.
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I realized after a few paint layers that they aren't quite...a'hmm...interacting. Looks more like they're going to join forces and take down the Mongols or something. 
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it is taking me so much effort not to favourite everything in your gallery haha hot damn you are amazing!! i love how clean and interesting (both visually & conceptually) this is
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Absolutely gorgeous; great poses, color palette, and style . Your color transitions/washes are so smooth! Which I find to be very much enviable.
I am thinking that it is the crescent board that kept your pigment from lifting off. I'd only tried the hot press version myself, and that positively hated me using watercolor on it!
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Oh jeez, hotpress. I could never get a feel for that stuff no matter what media I tried with it- blechh!
Thank you so much for all the compliments! Now I'm all inspired to do more straight watercoloring; it usually falls victim to my rabid mixed media tendencies. This is probably the only just watercolor thing in my entire gallery.
Gotta catch back up with your art! I kinda fell off of the e-art scene for a while there
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Mixed media is an awesome thing (you get the best of all mediums!), but since I myself have the same tendencies, I know what you mean when you talk about trying for something that is a single medium. (For me, I think it may have been close to a year since my last attempt.) SO. I hear you there.
You did disappear for a bit... and I recognized your work, which is why I really wanted to leave a comment! I also wanted to say that I seriously envy your creativity, especially in regards to characters and their designs. It's like a breath of fresh air. 
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They look ready to tag-team someone straight to hell!
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You get the best comment award! :'D
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MAN what a cool, clean technique! It better occur to me to paint in shapes next time I try watercolor.
This just looks super good. Are the gradients just you going over it in a different color? Annnnd is that salt in the background I see
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Loving that tiger. You've got a talent for this kind of thing; I can't paint with watercolors to save my life. xD
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Watercolours are by far my favourite medium to work with and admire. You've done a fantastic job here. I love the blending of the colours on the two figures and the linelessness of it all. It's reminiscent of papercuttings, which are also lots of fun!
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Ah, thank you so much, Isiriu! I was quite inspired by this artist while composing this image, which really shows in the flattened shapes. c:
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asdfghjkl so awesome! I love it with wtercolors when everything looks like a perfectly shaped color patch. Tha boar is great! Take step by step photos next time you paint something like this please! Or give me some tips, watercolor is such a simple yet powerful medium! *__*
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Eee, I certainly will once I get more comfy with the paints!
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I want you to know that I love this. The shaping on the tiger and boar is beautiful. The water colors are also lovely. Teach me your ways...;-; I love the result that water colors give, but have like, no idea how to use them.
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If I wasn't leaving on the last Friday of school, I'd say we should have a watercolor party over the weekend, but alas. :c
Thank you so much, though, Di!
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That tiger looks so pissed. I would not want to be that boar.
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