Wow, really great detail on the shading/lighting! ^v^
Plus that facial expression is suiting xD

wow so cute I just want hug him and give lots petting of his fu great job on it

wow, this look very cute and cool

silly puddy tat~!

HE SO FLUFFEH!!!

Awwwwww so fluffy and cute we need a picture together one day

And this ia pretty cool if you don't know about it and just do it.

And you're hiding your own signature in every picture you make. It's pretty sweet

thank you! <3 and im hiding my signature? i dont sign my pics, unless you mean my style is recognizable?

That's exactly what I ment ^^.

Another mistake. Legal and otherwise. Figure out a signature, or a mark that you can incorporate without making it a sandwich sign that draws more attention than the picture, and start using it. It may be your artwork, and your style, but it's easier to convince a judge in court when you sue the hell out of someone for stealing your artwork that it's your authentic work if it has some sort of signature which can be authenticated across several various examples of your artwork.
Trust me, there are people in the world who could copy your style of artwork so closely that even you would have to look twice to see which is a picture you have done.
Art forgers live on the skill, and closer to home, its also part of how a room full of animators, each with a personal art style of their very own learn how to stick to a set of model sheets. (No matter how much the model sheets might suck.)

owww he looks so cute :)

Come here and let me cuddle you!

You need to do something about the "Shanti found that old bottle of shoe polish" quality of the colour. It looks to me like it was done with another one of those "wonderful" computer art programs. I like your art. Really I do. But do yourself a favour first of all. First, put down the computer, and pick up something really BLACK. Like a Charcoal pencil, Second, go ahead and get your fingertips dirty (It will wash off, I promise) and practice shading.
That's right, TOUCH the artwork. It won't bite, I promise you that, too.

Look at the way nature does black, particularly in fur, and even in hair. It has sheen, and sensuality. Anyone who is owned by a cat, especially a black one, will know what I mean. Look for and watch undertones and shimmers of purple, blue, and even traces of red, depending on the lighting and the (hopefully he said) motion of the figure.

Yes, it is a load of work. Yes, it is a king sized Hassle. But it will give your art more of what it already has. That "jump off the paper, and into real life" quality.

You can do better, and Shanti deserves better.

i thought i kept the sheen fairly minimal but like i said, i have very little experience in shading. black cats do have a sheen and i kept it milder than the photos i was referencing... i held out on traditional for a long time but even i gotta say, there's nothing wrong with doing art on a computer anymore. i've done studies of shading on figures in charcoal. i do need to learn more, yes, but i don't think charcoal is going to solve my problems... i need to get experience and learn and this was an attempt in that direction.

my plushiiishie!!! mine mine mine!!!