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Published: 2016-01-02 14:18:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 514; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 0
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Here's a portrait of my cat, painted just before the New Year.She's just on the verge of being chubby, which makes her extra cuddly and adorable.
This is the first time I have attempted a painting like this, I quess I like it? I don't know. Might try it again at some point in the future.
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Amazing portrait c:
I kinda wanna boop that tiny nose
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Oh I know you do. I boop it all the time (in real life though, it's be weird otherwise)
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xDD my dog hates me because I'm constantly booping his nosey 
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Your cat is so cute!!!
Such a pretty painting!! 
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I know, she's adorable
Thank you so much! You're just too nice
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I thought it was a photo at first! Stunning portrait!
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thanks hun 
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Go you for diving in and painting from real life. I love doing sketches of my cats (though I haven't posted one in forever). I love pet portraits.
The eyes are very luminous and beautiful on your kitty - really nice job there and on the rest of the muzzle and nose. Great use of details and soft shading.
Since you asked for critique on this one, hmm, I get a sense that you might have approached this picture differently than your usual workflow. Looking through your gallery at the pieces you (probably) did from imagination, I think you draw the outline, and then add details in as they make sense. Here, I get the sense you were using a reference and trying to add in the details in the reference. The result of this is that some parts are more detailed (those gorgeous eyes, the nose), than others (the soft paws and chest). The picture has small brush strokes for the fur, but since there's no way to draw in every single hair follicle in a fur coat without going crazy, it seems that some places just got some scribbles to create the illusion of fur while on overlay(?). I found it works to vary the brush size more (not just big/soft and small/hard), but the full range, so that you're drawing the pattern of the fur instead of trying to create the illusion of every single piece of hair. For example, the chest doesn't actually have single pieces of fur drawn in, but it still looks like fluffy fur. 
Anyway, hope this helps, and I hope you keep drawing. This one is such a lovely piece - you definitely need to do more!
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Thank you so much for the in-depth critique! I really appreciate the time and effort you put into it and I will definitely try to improve based on your words.
I can definitely see how the bigger fur would leave a better impact- in fact, it crossed my mind as I was finishing the painting, but I just kind of let it go in the end? Especially since once I started, I'd probably keep redoing it to no end lol.
So again, thank you so so much!
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Yeah, there's definitely a point where you have to take a step back and say, Okay, this picture is done. It's not perfect, but it's done. It's the only thing that keeps us from going crazy
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This is lovely, you did a really good job! I love the look in her eye especially, and the little hook of her nose
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