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Flynn-the-cat — Sunrise Cat
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Published: 2008-05-30 22:39:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 3994; Favourites: 133; Downloads: 0
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Look who painted a non-fantasy scene!This is a gift for my granny, of her cat - that died a couple of years ago. The cat is referenced from a (bad) photograph that I took, the background is out of my head.
ArtRage 2.5 and tablet...
Problems: horison of sea is slanting a little, nearest grass should be in shadow more... anything else?
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Can you help me with a picture? I wanted to make one of Phoenixlight (orange she-cat with white on her paws, ears, tail, and some of her snout, and yellow eyes), while she was sitting in the forest looking up at a blue moon (litterally blue) with some blue rays shining down on her. I can't do it. Can you help me with that? I'd be very thankful? I love your pictures, by the way. So realistic....
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this is SO beautiful. i fucking love the way u paint animals. its just so fucking gorgeous. im jealous
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This is beautiful! I really love the water!
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Thank you ^_^ It was my first experiment with painting water like that.
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Such a lovely kitty, too bad that he died
Ah well great work 
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I don't see any problems with this picture! It is wonderful! Instant fav.
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Hey, nice use of color!
Try to have a definitive source of light. It will help to give your piece a sense of depth and roundness. Also, with that definitive source of light, never forget a cast shadow. It's what gives an object relation to another object (i.e. cat on grass)
Keep it up man! And don't forget to always use reference. It'll help you get used to the way things really look, and in turn, help you when you really need to "make stuff up."
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Thank you for the comment ^_^
Ah yesss, the lighting. That was a mix of problems - the references of the cat were a pain, it had this very soft dark fur that didn't reflect anything, only the white areas did. SO that was true to the originals, but doesn't look right. I was also aiming for one of those bright mornings with a lot of light. I was also trying to constrain myself to a 'nice' painting/gift.
But I would do it very differently now, and thank you VERY much for actually mentioning the problems.
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I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother's cat. But the lighting and rendering to this looks so soft and peaceful. It's awesome that you did this with a tablet, I'm hopeless with mine and actually any form of art, haha.
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It was an old and happy cat, at least. Thank you very much - well, it takes practice, a lot of it, this is a hundred times better than last year's work, and 3 months on (uhh, sorry for the late reply
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I think that's the way it is with a lot of work--we do it, we see what we could have done differently, we remember it for some other time. But I thought this was very well done. Even when they're older, it can be hard to let go, y'know? A lot of the appeal in this was, for me, emotional.
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As long as one learns from everything one paints ^_^... yes, I do that, usually. And thank you.
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This piece is stunning; the cat looks like my aunt's cat who also sadly passed away about three years ago.
I'm at a loss for words for the water and sky. The rocks were rendered nicely. They look so realistic.
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Ah, thanks very much ^_^ And it's a shame when we lose pets...
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Thank you so much for adding fav.
This is a nice meditating piece, I love your treatment of the watercolory background, maybe you can bring some of the wonderful colors onto the fur of this cat, and maybe the black and white isn't too obvious but have some subtle color variation, and I'm positive that it will make the foreground even more vivid looking.
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Thanks!
Hmmm, you may be right there. The problem is the cat's fur was so black that it just absorbed all the light, but I could do more with the white bits. Or stop trying to be true to the original...
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Oh wow, I actually missed this in my comments. Thank you SO much.
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cute little kitty...i really like the choices for the colors...nice work
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Thank you, I appreciate that
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awwww thats so sweet of you ^^ i love cats.
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Awww..sorry to hear about the cat
This painting is very nice.. I like the BKG alot
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He had a long and psychotic life, at least. Thanks
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How lovely!
That cat looks *exactly* like mine!
Must fav!
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Really?
And thank you!
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I like cats... That's really quite a nice scene. Awesome job!
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE IT! not really jk not really jk
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