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meiken — Puppy Love
Published: 2007-05-17 23:06:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 1961; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 0
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Oil on 16x20" Canvas, self-portrait and dog.This was my final project for Painting I, and I thought it was rather appropriate. A friend of mine from the same class was doing a series of her cat and I promised her I'd paint my dog so she wouldn't feel like the only pet-obsessed student, which she's not
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This is beautiful. especially the dog's fur and the facial expressions of both are great!
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amazing work! i love the dog and the brush strokes, they bring the painting alive i find. and i must add amazing skin tone!!
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very nice, i love the attention paid to the texture of the dog's fur, very nice
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OMG! MY MOUTH IS SHAPED LIKE AN "O"!!!! <-I'm serious about that
This is AMAZING!
The dog looks so cute and this picture looks like it came from a camera!
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I really like how the hair turned out, on the dog as well as the girl. I feel like the nose isn't wide enough and the angle is slightly strange, but the colors are great.
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Actually, the girl in the picture is me and it looks quite like me in my younger years. A lot of people have said that my face doesn't look right, but even after three or four years since completing this piece, I still think it looks like me. Maybe I just look odd.
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Well I guess then, it's your nose's fault.(: But I think it most looks like this, because the edge of the dog continues the line of the nose and makes it look kind of lond and sharp in continuation.
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Brilliant picture, I like the depth in it and the look on the dogs face you've captured is marvelous, it doesn't look totally comfortable with the situationXD fantastic work, very real feel to it!
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Very good with the colors! I love dogs like that; he looks like a distinguished gentleman 
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oh so very cute 
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Awesome use of texture to really bring out his fur, what a nice pose
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The way you painted your dog is amazing, I would just be careful about different textures because the brush strokes on the face are very similar to the ones on the dog's fur.
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Oh, how sweet - is that a Shi Tsu, or a Cavalier? I need to brush up on my dog breeds.
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Thank you so much! He's a Shih Tzu. 
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of my - that's just phenominal. I'm extremelly jealous.
you have an amazing skill
the detail and proportions are stunning!
Well done!
(Tehe; aren't we ALL pet obsessed?? I know I am 
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The puppy is just so wonderfully done, and the face is superb. But what is most striking is the green eye and the feelings you captured within it, really gives this piece a spirit of its own
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I honestly thought this was photo from the thumb! Adorable dog 
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Hey.. you just submited this on storm-artists didn't you? It's on the frontpage right now
It's a realy good painting. I just feel like the area of the girls(you?) forhead is a little too yellow. Not realy important, just something I noticed.
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I completely agree with you. I was studying under an artist that stressed warm foreheads and cool jawlines in portraits. It's something that I've since then scrapped because I don't think it works for me, but I do see what you're talking about.
And yes I did.
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Realy.. Did he/she give any reasons as to why it should be like that?
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That the forehead appears warmer than the jawline. It's about how the light hits the subject and the amount of blood that shows through the skin in those areas versus how thick the skin is. It really worked for her portraits, but it just seems too exaggerated in mine.
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Huh.. Pretty logical answer
I bet with enough experimentation and practise you'll be able to make it work just as good as she does.
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Eh, it's not so much that. I don't think I want to follow her style specifically. I want to develop my own. But thank you!
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I can understand that
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Very lovely overall. The painting turned out quite nicely considering the medium used here. The brush strokes look very good, especially those that make up the realistic looking dog. The euphoric facial expression is definitely pleasant to look at.
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Magnificent work! Oil is tedious! But the results are always good.
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Beautiful painting. The brush-strokes you used on the dog make it look so realistic. Good job with colors and shading/shadowing/highlights. Some parts are a tiny bit out of proportion. Otherwise, nicely done.
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That's a very good painting, plus te dog is so sweet!
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very nice ^^ at first glance i thought it was a photo
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That's very well done - when i saw the face in the avatar i thought it was a photo (also are you sure that's a dog and not an ewok?)
Marty
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Thank you! All of my friends have dubbed my dog the ewok of the family. I can't tell you the number of times I've been told that, but I love hearing it every time
Thank you again!
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I can never get fur right, and respect those who can.
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pretty
very well painted especially the dog's eyes and your smile.
it describes ur title well too.
all i can say is that i do feel the warmth of cuddles.
good work.
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Really heartwarming, and very well painted - it must look lovely up on the wall.
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adorable doggy! Oil paint is such an awesome medium once you learn it
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