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Published: 2012-02-11 06:14:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 16660; Favourites: 774; Downloads: 222
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this was fun, not doing insects for once....picture revised and updated
Thanks heaps for the kind feedback, wow, being compared to JGurney? That's enormously flattering, - (note to everyone who's not seen the Dinotopia books, CHECK 'EM OUT!, and be sure to de-fluff your eyeballs after they've rolled around the floor)
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Interesting, JG was what came to mind for me as well...nice to see someone else knows the greatest illustrator of our time...
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Thanks, here's his FB page for his latest (including a whole series of new tyrannosaurs)
www.facebook.com/james.gurney.β¦
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Wow.Thank you for replying..yeah,guess I should check out his FB-as well as GurneyJourney, now that I finally have a www connection.
Hey,by the way,I loved Salsa. I'm not entirely sure if I got the story, so that's just another reason for me to read it from time to time-apart from the incredible paintings. Actually you're somewhere in the same 'realm' as JG for me with that piece.
Reminds me of showing it to a friend of mine,n8schattengewaechs , he and his brother are old friends of mine and just recently, they started to breed mantids again.
n8schattengewaechs was also the one who borrowed me his Intuos Pro just to tell me a few weeks later that if he'd ever need it, he'd buy a new one and this one (in front of me as writing this) was now mine.
Check his page if you're curious, I think there should be some interesting/useful photos of the animals for ya.
Thanks again for the reply!
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You're very welcome, the story was meant to be an enigma, I guess it worked
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So there is a certain plot, a certain meaning we can't see at first glimpse?
Cause I love such things like crazy. Would be even cooler if helped understanding to know this or that about insects. Not that I was very educated in that, but as mentioned I got my experts..
Btw., dunno if I mentioned it, but by your field of expertise and as well the fountain of different creatures you unleash, combinded with the rather simple or at least not so mathematically strict forms and shapes they can take again combined with all the colours and patterns and all those possibilities-chooch that was a long sentence-so,by all those factors, your work's extremely inspiring and fueling that certain "what am I doing, I want to-I need to PAINT!"-feeling.
So, uh, it's..really really great.
Can't wait finding the time to use my brandnew intarrwebs and scan what's new.
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What an amazing piece, it really tells a whole story of it's own!
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Thanks, v.nice compliment
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Great piece of work!
Thanks for sharing....
Featured in Daily Inspirations at hangaroundtheweb.com/2014/05/dβ¦
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Hi, your beautiful work is featured as part of our Weekly Feature at fav.me/d7eyht0 Β
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you just brought me years backwards with this piece and Its just amazing how much it made me think of Dinotopia and the old picture books and this piece just fits so well I could have turned the page and saw this. just fantastic and thank you for the nostalgia ride. I seriously appreciated this. Β
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Thanks, you're v.welcome, Dinotopia's quite timeless, I'm always surprised some people haven't heard of it.
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Yes it is a bit of a shame Ill be sure to spread the word about it!
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Looks like a sort of griffin who's part ibis or something instead of part eagle.
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That thing is being SOLD??? IN A TOWN SQUARE? THAT'S COMPLETELY UNSAFE!
This is an amazing piece of art, you're very very talented. I congratulate you.Β Β
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Thanks, - well, i thought if its wearing the hood then it will be sedate, maybe it'll kick off when it hears how cheap its being sold for.
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Yeah, that's probably what would happen... He freaks out when he realizes he's only being sold for $250.
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then goes on a wild stampede
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and destroys the whole town.... Thus, proving my point that that is totally unsafe! XD
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subject matter is reminiscent of gurney! liking this
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Thanks, Gurney has def. been an inspiration
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I love it!
I like how detailed people are and that the creature have this "hat" on head so it wouldn't be aggresive or frightened
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Love the helmet design! Also beautiful pastel shades on the wings and feathers! 
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Thanks E-West, it's always a challenge to suggest background details without getting bogged down in actually painting them, so mono-directional brush strokes definitely help.
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I can see its keeping a very beautiful direction of gravity on the buildings, as if they are heavy. Nice work!
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I'll see if we have some out back
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Damn. That is an extremely detailed and interesting creature, I must say!
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Good works like this deserve the praise!
I also think that is the first time I've ever been referred to by just my numbers. XD
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i felt sad painting it
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Where can I buy one of these hummingbird griffens?
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Bitchin! *bids 24 cents*
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How you paint the shadows so accurately? How you determine how the shape of the shadow will be?
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reference helps a lot, just to gauge the right shadow/sun strength combos, - firstly I use an extra layer, so I can paint and erase where it suits best, and just using a keen eye to figure out where the light is likely to fall and what shapes it would cast, drawing mental lines and guesstimating where the shadows are,
as long as you're applying a feel to add to the overall emotion and atmosphere, thats still paramount
also the shadows have to be soft at the edges, and use bounce/ambient light
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