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Mahogi β Into the Sun
Published: 2013-04-28 17:05:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 744; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 3
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He was not a common leopard. Spots, that marked his body, originated from the Sun itself, giving him a unique look. Spots, looking like a little pools of warmth.The only problem, that the Sun decided to claim, that once was hers. Forming into butterflies the spots started lifting up and flapping away. Trying to catch them won't help!
The background is simplified for a reason, giving just a base understanding about the territory. Hopefully the leopard's left arm looks like trying to catch the butterflies, and not just hung in a derpy way
Water-colours on A4 paper!
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I love this one! Lots of good detail and color!
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Thank you! Awww one of my favourite old watercolors ;v;
I just wish I didn't ruin the background haha. And I wonder is it even visible what is happening? As the spots from the leopard body should be detaching, turning into butterflies and flying away xD
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Ruin the background!? The background is gorgeous! :3 I love how the edge of the trees meets the winding road to the sunset, and then you have that horizon line curving back to the tree branch the leopard is on. It leads to really strong direction in how your eye moves across the piece!
The butterflies emerging from the leopard is subtle right now but could be intensified if you either give the leopard some butterfly-shaped spots, or draw more butterflies overlapping the edge of the leopard, so you can see that the butterflies are definitely coming from the leopard and not the surrounding trees. Another trick could be to draw less spots on the parts of the leopard where there are butterflies instead, and then have more spots where the butterflies aren't. Just some suggestions if you plan on revisiting the butterfly leopard idea! ^w^ It's always fun to redraw old pieces and see the improvement!
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There are the leopard's spots on the trees, but it's not visible that super well to make it clear Dx
Ye butterfly shaped spots might have helped.
This is a good idea actually, to keep this picture in mind for a future redraw
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this is very much a masterful piece of art, excellently done on this Mahogi ^^
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AWW this means a lot to me, thank you so much C:
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You're very welcome my friend
do keep it up btw :3
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This is really nice. You have an interesting art style.Β The leopard's fur is almost the same colour as the tree's bark, though. It makes the leopard harder to define.
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Yeah, its scanned a bit stupidly so some contrast has been lost. But yeah, colours are a bit too similar :S and mistakes everywhere >.>
But I am happy that you like it
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With school heavier than ever, I can barely fit in a visit to DA, let alone a submit
Beautiful backgrounds you create, and wonderful characters
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I love lk too man awesome way to take it all!
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Oh I feel you 
THANK YOU for your comment! I kinda feel that background was derpy but I do love the leopard VERY much :> was a pain to colour in water-colour as I had to paint and repaint his face multiple times as the colour looked yucky. THANK you VERY much again C:
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Woah, I won't even ask how long it took to draw this. o__O
Gorgeous, very beautiful with the details you put in and those butterflies are so pretty~.
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It took quite a few evenings after the work. Tried to put as much detail as possible ^^
Ahh, the butterflies... Bodyparts of the leopard D:
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Whoa, really? Interesting - what makes it look asian? Was not aiming for that, but awesome
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