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Published: 2014-04-04 06:36:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1427; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 0
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So long as you pick yourself up again~

Been spending most of my time working on this one. This is Nyota, my snow leopard~ Whenever I get my own pc, I would like to try my hand at coloring this one~

As always, comments, critiques, and the like are both appreciated and welcome~

Just because I have yet to make a true reference, Here's a few specs:
Name:  Nyota
Age: Looks around 30-ish
Inverted snow-leopard[charcoal/black w/black markings], with silver highlights, and Amethyst colored eyes. Hair is variable, and tail is rather long-ish~

Info:
Tayuu, Friend, Lover, Confidant, Sister, Teacher, Hustler, Madame, Nyota holds no surname, and runs a... Bordello of sorts~
For Reference.

LEARNING!
The title of Tayuu was the highest class that a courtesan could ever achieve. The Tayuu of the early days were exceptional women, who outshone all their counterparts with both their beauty and their talent. Tayuu were offered the luxury of rejecting the advances of any suitors that they wished not to take, along with being appointed two young child attendants, Kamuro. These young Kamuro were often treated as younger sisters by the Tayuu, who would take pity on their plight, and would go to great pains to educate them in the customs and ways of the floating world.
-couresy of:  answers.yahoo.com/question/...…


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Comments: 63

safyia110 In reply to ??? [2014-08-19 05:16:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you~  ^^  yes, I will have to take another look at this one and fix it~  I'm building my skills a bit first, though~ 

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WhIppIng-b0y In reply to safyia110 [2014-08-19 11:47:29 +0000 UTC]

Ah, okay then

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Soulhaienala [2014-07-19 03:06:53 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful ^_^

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safyia110 In reply to Soulhaienala [2014-07-19 06:14:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  If you have any suggestions/critiques, I would greatly appreciate them~  ^^

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Soulhaienala In reply to safyia110 [2014-07-19 06:15:22 +0000 UTC]

^^ I could ^^

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Kodimarto [2014-07-13 03:11:36 +0000 UTC]

VERY BEAUTIFUL!!!

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safyia110 In reply to Kodimarto [2014-07-15 04:02:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Kodimarto In reply to safyia110 [2014-07-15 11:08:01 +0000 UTC]

Anytime.

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CandyMountainClimber [2014-06-29 20:39:38 +0000 UTC]

So cool! I love the detail!  

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safyia110 In reply to CandyMountainClimber [2014-07-01 17:41:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Tenemyre [2014-06-29 19:39:06 +0000 UTC]

really nice ! the pose are so difficulte to draw O.o
It's perfect with those beautiful details !

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safyia110 In reply to Tenemyre [2014-07-01 17:41:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Gold-Crown [2014-06-28 19:15:54 +0000 UTC]

The pose is just lovely! 
The detail on this piece is just a treat to the eyes <3

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safyia110 In reply to Gold-Crown [2014-06-29 13:11:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  I really appreciate your kind words of encouragement~

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Gold-Crown In reply to safyia110 [2014-06-29 14:40:26 +0000 UTC]

Anytime, dearest <3

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Jenny42 [2014-06-28 18:28:26 +0000 UTC]

really awesome pose!!

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safyia110 In reply to Jenny42 [2014-06-29 13:10:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! 

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chaosqueen122 [2014-06-23 19:29:20 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is very beautiful all the details

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safyia110 In reply to chaosqueen122 [2014-06-28 15:40:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much; I worked on it FOREVER!

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chaosqueen122 In reply to safyia110 [2014-07-06 11:26:09 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome
Isn't there a saying about good work taking long?

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safyia110 In reply to chaosqueen122 [2014-07-08 05:44:50 +0000 UTC]

heeheehee... thank you~

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chaosqueen122 In reply to safyia110 [2014-07-08 09:32:57 +0000 UTC]

you are very welcome

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chryssv [2014-06-01 17:42:23 +0000 UTC]

This is my favourite... I really love the pose and all those details...You really should color it!  

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safyia110 In reply to chryssv [2014-06-08 07:55:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  I really do plan to, one day~

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chryssv In reply to safyia110 [2014-06-10 15:20:53 +0000 UTC]

^^

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Feraligatr66 [2014-05-25 16:37:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow, fantastic!

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safyia110 In reply to Feraligatr66 [2014-05-26 07:38:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! 

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Gneiss-chert [2014-05-25 12:46:13 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful sketch work!
I love all the details! Anatomy is beautiful and the fur on the tail is so lovely!

I hope you get to color this one day too!

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safyia110 In reply to Gneiss-chert [2014-05-26 07:41:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  That was the first time I really, REALLY tried to add detailing... It's a lot of work!  I just wish I was more... consistent with my skills, but I know that will come with ample practice~  Thank you again; I really do appreciate your kind words of encouragement~  ^^

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Gneiss-chert In reply to safyia110 [2014-05-26 10:43:30 +0000 UTC]

Yes detailing is, and yours looks so lovely.  I have a funky sketching process! XD I never have nice flowing sketches like this.  It is a gift.

I clean everything up in digital.

Yes practice! I have a little timeline of character development to show the difference a year makes.  Even the people I have been watching since october have improved a lot at this point in time.

You're very welcome!! ^.^

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safyia110 In reply to Gneiss-chert [2014-06-01 15:53:26 +0000 UTC]

I make copies of all of my art to look at, and I can see definite improvement, but I still have a loooooooong, LONG way to go~  Good thing it's a labor of love, lol~  ^^

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Gneiss-chert In reply to safyia110 [2014-06-01 23:46:38 +0000 UTC]

Yes that is true!!!

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missingmom [2014-05-12 09:50:16 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful detail work!

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safyia110 In reply to missingmom [2014-05-12 09:53:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Took forever, but I want to one day color it and add a background.... one day...

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E1L0n3wy [2014-04-25 15:28:52 +0000 UTC]

Yowza!! 8D What an AMAZING and Dynamic Pose!!!  

This is Lovely ^^ and I like her pretty leggings?...Leg covers? whatever those are X'D...

EEE >w< Her tail is sooo fluffy

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safyia110 In reply to E1L0n3wy [2014-04-26 09:57:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  They're just modified stockings, but they took forever to do~  There's an artist on furaffinity named 'Bagheera' that uses stockings of that sort in quite a few of his pieces.

Thank you!  I'm truly glad that you like her~  ^^ 

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LorienInksong [2014-04-25 07:46:14 +0000 UTC]

Lovely stockings.

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safyia110 In reply to LorienInksong [2014-04-25 08:22:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  It took forever to come up with a design, and almost as long to draw it, lol~

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LorienInksong In reply to safyia110 [2014-04-25 08:35:52 +0000 UTC]

Ahaha I know how that feels.  

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Lord-of-All-Monsters [2014-04-19 09:46:27 +0000 UTC]

She is so sexy! <3

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Purraculous [2014-04-12 06:20:30 +0000 UTC]

The pose in this artwork is very unique and full of motion, and the anatomy is wonderful I like how her tail is curled around her leg, and it looks nice and fluffy as well. The leopard markings are well drawn, and the way you drew them from little strokes is great since it gives the appearance of fur. Nice detail on the outfit! The drawing looks very pale to me but that's probably just the fault of my terrible monitor. As well as the advice already given by the previous commenter, another thing you could try to make the anatomy look even better is to define the kneecap by adding some sort of line to the knee area.

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safyia110 In reply to Purraculous [2014-04-12 08:04:02 +0000 UTC]

thank you for your kind words~  Yeah, that pose was... crazy.  If you look at my other work Kwyet Nightfire; there's a link to the original pose; Mr. Lisner's work inspired me to draw that~

Thanks, that was my first attempt at detailing, so I took a lot of time with it; but I wasn't successful with the shading in the knee area where you mentioned~  Every time I tried to shade it; it looked bad, so I left it alone~  I have been looking at a bunch of tutorials to give me a better grasp on shading and such; maybe I'll can fix it soon~  As soon as I get a new pc of my own, I will most likely have access to a better scanner... maybe.  Depends of funds, lol~ 

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Bronzewinged [2014-04-05 21:43:33 +0000 UTC]

Did you draw this one or the one with Kwyet first?

I can sense the motion in this one.
The anatomy and the pose is better linked in this image (compared to Kwyet) for some reason.
The next step in anatomy would possibly be to make her breasts follow the laws of gravity. 
I really like her tail and clothing.  

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safyia110 In reply to Bronzewinged [2014-04-06 01:21:45 +0000 UTC]

I drew the one with Kwyet before this one, and the one in "an impossible pose" before Kwyet.  It's been a progression, and I thank you for your compliments, and critiques; I really appreciate them~  Yeah, it took lots of thought, and a mild attempt at contortion on my part to figure out what I was doing wrong there, and honestly, it's still not perfect.  I plan on coming back to this piece at some point, when I have just a bit more experience~  Yeah, I agree about the physics-defying breasts.  Breasts are actually kind of hard for me to draw, and I do most of my drawing at work, where I cannot.. really.. just draw breasts over and over.  I will work on it, though.  As for the clothes, there is an artist on FurAffinity named Bagheera, whom I follow, and his clothing style is what inspired her attire~


Thank you again for all the suggestions!

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ShackledMuse [2014-04-05 05:49:19 +0000 UTC]

I can definitely get the sense of falling here, the motion is very well executed.  The lines are also drawn very well, especially the hands and legs, which I find in my personal experience to be hard to master. The only thing I thinks needs improving on is maybe darkening the shadows and highlights? To give it more depth and prominence. 

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safyia110 In reply to ShackledMuse [2014-04-05 08:30:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for the feedback!  I am not very confidant in my highlighting abilities, so the few that I did I put in very faintly so I could erase if needed, lol. I shall continue to practice~  ^^

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ShackledMuse In reply to safyia110 [2014-04-07 04:32:01 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! Yeah practice makes perfect (I myself usually skimp when it comes to drawing hands and feet. lol)

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safyia110 In reply to ShackledMuse [2014-04-07 10:00:00 +0000 UTC]

You and me both, lol.  But this pose shows both hands, and I really, really wanted to do this drawing.  I erased and redrew SO MANY times!

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ShackledMuse In reply to safyia110 [2014-04-07 11:14:18 +0000 UTC]

And it shows, there's nothing wrong with the pose

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safyia110 In reply to ShackledMuse [2014-04-07 13:06:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  ^^  Your art is superb, also.  I haven't read the poetry yet, but I love the digital art; I hope to be as good when I get a pc again, and can practice~

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