you have done well i really like how you created this piece its so eye caching i bet as you continue you certainly will surprise alot of people.

Yeah, it really looks a little different now! But still great!

Very interesting! The yellow tinge of the lighting actually makes it feel like a sunset picture :o Very nice touch to an already magnificent picture.

It's like it turned into a night scene.

I was about to say the same thing, very dramatic change.

Not a big fan of yellow lights, but Damn, the indoor pic really does bring out more depth throughout the entire painting. Can see even more detail, and looks even better than the outdoor, except for the curse of the yellow lights. *Looks at the light in his apartment, barks*

I don't like yellow lights either =P But thank you - yeah, I thought posting both pics would be relevant.

It definitely was, my compliments to you again.

It looks like it's in the evening this time.

It seems to me like one of the photos you took is around noon, and one of them is the dusk / night time photo. :D

Whats funny, is that I only took them about ten minutes apart, if that. The difference in brightness between indoors and outdoors is just incredible.

Where I live there are alot of parking lots with yellow lights instead of white lights. So the yellow light does add to the "nighttime" feeling.

whoa that's trippy

Gives it a touch of old time photography look, I like it.

Absolutely amazing. This photo looks like the piece is older (and looks more like evening). Funny how lighting works.

Oh, and I totally thought I was looking at a photograph when I saw this in my submission list lolz

wow the painting really changes with different lighting, did you expect this would happen and paint it in a certain way on purpose?

I did expect that it would happen - because I've painted a large predominantly dark painting before - and brighter lights brought out the brighter colors... "California Dreamin" is the one I mean - with the golden gate bridge - my parents have the original at their house and they have it under track lighting with a dimmer switch - and its really interesting to see how the painting changes appearance as the lights dim or brighten.

I think all my big paintings so far have looked very different under different lightings - but its most prevalent with the darker night-scene ones.

While I work on my paintings, I have a halogen lamp for a lightsource, so its rather bright

150 HOURS?! HOLY SHIZZLE YOU'Z DEDICATED.

its sucha beautiful painting ;3 is it hanging in the pub now?

Thank you =D No, its going to someone in San Diego - but that would be neat!

The pub owners really need to see this. They'd prolly order a print of it, if they did! :P

Gads, I can't get over how amazing that background looks. o.o

Fantastic ^.^

GREAT picture

WOW!
Just by moving it indoors to artificial lighting changed the whole mood of the painting.
Now it looks like a early evening scene.
Interesting effect.
Still breath taking though.

My gosh, some parts look like they were air brushed on like the lights. How on earth did you pull that off with oils? O.o That is just astounding. If you say you did a technique I have been theorizing for a while now with oils, that may very well give me the idea of how to do a groundbreaking traditionally made macro(phile) painting.

I have no regrets in saying your are the best anthro artist but this makes me want to say you are the best traditional artist I can communicate with. This is just awesome.

I am only familiar with the Bob Ross painting style where all the painting is done in one shot. I am not familiar with doing oils otherwise, so I have to ask. How many days/weeks/months did this take you of painting for a while then letting it dry and move on?

And if I may ask one last question. How did you do the straight edges so well? They look too perfect for them to be done just by brush alone. The curved edge leaves me to believe some sort of tape was used.

Again, you skills and your use of them along with your dedication is phenomenal. Keep up the excellent work!

So detailed and interesting.