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Trimming the Tree

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Trimming the Tree - by Kacey

Submission information:
     Posted: 4 years ago
     Category: traditional
     Theme: all
     Species: Unspecific/any
     Gender: Multiple characters
     Favorites: 249
     Comments: 81
     Views: 1739

Image Specifications:
     Resolution: 1000x817

Molly and her sister Krinele get into the holiday spirit, decorating a tree, as their pet Levis inspects one of the ornaments.

Characters are copyright Databank

Acrylic paints on 14"x17" illustration board.

User comments

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

A cute family with bushy tails getting ready for the holidays ^.^ very nice

This must mean that Christmas is coming soon >.< didn't even start shopping

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

once again you do a beautiful job with your art. And everything that's ever been said about how great your art is, works just the same here as always :3

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

thats just amazing, the tails are perfect the fur is wonderful, and you really get a good fun warm homely feel too it, i love how the ornaments are being held in her tail thats a very nice touch ^^ well done kacey

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Adorable. ^^ Reminds me of setting up the tree with my sister (and our cats xD) every year!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

All warm and happy. Almost makes me ready for it. Halloween is my holiday, but Christmas is totally my wife's. We're already prepping for mass decoration.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

nice job!!!!! really like what oyu did with the tails!!!!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Bahahaha! Tails everywhere!!

I love the lighting as well.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

A wonderful picture~ Now I have to find wall space.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

I'm so glad you like it =D!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

I love how you do the lighting on each tail that helps bring out their beauty.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Thank you =D!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

So not only are you working on that amazingly detailed chinese dragon picture, but you're doing work on the side too! how do you do it girl?
It must suck to have to put that big a whole in your jeans in order to wear them. How do they get their tails through those wholes though?
Hhmmmm.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Well, I haven't made any progress on the Chinese piece, but I'm going to go back to working on it tomorrow. Need to get crackin'! =)

As far as their pants go - I'm sure they'd have a strap that fastens over the base of their tails - so they don't need to thread all those long tails through a hole ^.^

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Lovely art, the little kitty is great. Cats do love Christmas trees.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

It's almost Christmas!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

that's pretty cool, nifty tails to help with the work!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Wonderful work, just stunning... I love the lighting and your colour choices. Everything is so rich and colourful. About how many hours do you think you put into this painting? Anyway, well done!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Hmm... it took 4 days of work to color - which would be about 32 hours... the sketch itself probably took 3 or 4 hours..

Thank you =D

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Careful with those tails around the stove hun!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

It almost seems like their tails would be an inconvenience to them :3

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Wow, that looks very cool.

This is why I draw my Furrs pants with a strap and button on the back, as well as front.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

dammit, i love how your colors looks! they're super perfect! =D
thats a wonderful and really fluffy pic, great job! *faves*

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

You've created such a warm and cozy scene ! I love the texture on the tails and all the small details (the cat, the cookies, the shadon of the tree on the wall, the ribbons) it really brings the piece together. Wonderful work, nice use of colour. Absolutely stunning.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

furry tails everywhere!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Tails... so many tails...

Wonderful picture!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Holy cow it's a sea of tails o.O

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Lovely scene. :)

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

They should just keep all their shed hair from summer and build a tree for free.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Wow, just wow! The kitty looks really happy with his ornament ^^

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

My goodness, those are quite the luxurious tails. :)

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

With tails like those, who needs garland? ;)

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Very nice Kacey

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

I never realized how much kitsunetails could look like garland...

... or appropriate places for cats to climb up in. o_o;

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

I would have called this "Christmas Tails"

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Holy cow that's a lot of tail! One of them should just stand by the tree and look pretty and wrap her tails around it. :)

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

so pretty! *gets in the festive mood*

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Just keep your tails away from the fireplace. Fur is very flammable.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

They could use those tails as carpets.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Holy Tails! What species are they?

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

They are called Dreamspinners

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

That is quite a big bundle of tails those two have, kind of distracts me a slight from the overall work, but otherwise this piece looks beautiful, a good show with Traditional media.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

I love your use of lighting in this. I need to practice more with light myself.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Very nice and awesome! X3 So full of the holiday spirit. :3

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Now thats cute^^

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

I love all your work, but Christmas stuff evokes a warmth from inside. I can feel the fire's warmth and smell the tree! I just wanna climb in there and help out!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

You know what I think is my favorite part about your work??

So much amazing detail... so little porn

(not that there's anything wrong w/ porn, but, it's nice to see that people still know what not porn related art is)

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

It's a small wonder they don't trip over a tail there ^^

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Hot cast-iron stove.... Does anyone have some chesnuts to pop on it.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Fantasic! I can smell the tree and the cookies!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

long tails are looong

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Very sweet work on the characters & objects, even the shadows are highly worth appraisal.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

I wish I knew how you controlled your acrylics so well. It seems that you do a washy type paint job instead of opaque? Am I right?

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

I use fluid acrylics, which are naturally a lot more ... well, fluid - than tubed acrylics... I mix them with a little water, and paint with a watercolor brush. To get the fine details, I use no water, just the fluid acrylic, for a more opaque consitency, and finer lines.

So yep, I make big washes and then I add layer upon layer until its how I like it =)

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

That is so cool. :O *feels inspired*

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

that is really pretty

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Thank you =D! (and its good to see my icons in use ^.^ :happy:)

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Hehe how could I not. It's so pretty

hehehe.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

did you use any warming filters in photoshop to get that one solid theme of warm colors?

I use to have one of those type of wood burning stoves, they work great once they get going, very nice.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Nope - aside from piecing together of scans, adjusting levels and cleaning off the dust on the scans, its all traditional.

Basically, though, to get a uniform lighting scheme, I work from back to front - coloring the things furthest in the background first - which creates an atmosphere of color that the foreground objects and characters can more easily fit into. I also do the larger shapes first, before the small details. This helps, too.

So, basically, the way that I painted the walls was based on the location of the wood stove - and that color scheme is what dominated the rest of the image. (except for the windows which let in a little bit of cool light.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

the art is great, are they nine tails foxes?

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Nope, they are Dreamspinners - they each have five tails =). The species is created by Databank, also the creator of the characters.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

I see, those tails really come in handy, you can pick up five things with those. Now the only problem left is how to avoid tripping

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

And the christmas season for furry art is off to a great start :3

Great work on the tree, especially! Love the warm lighting.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

As always, the sheer quality and detail impress the hell out of me!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Good freakin' God, stop being so damned good!!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

It's like, you focused on the whole art piece with the same level of detail.

... is that possible?

Awesome. I love how I find myself looking at the supposedly boring wall the most.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

I like the cheery, peaceful and warm feel this picture gives. Also, floofy tails. Always good. ^_^

Awesome art as always!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

holy tails!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

You really have a splendid grasp of color! The familiar warmth really lends an air of credibility to the otherwise exotic scene.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Oh, very pretty! :) Love the pet playing with an ornament.

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

How neat! :D
Lovely job with the colors! This almost looks so real! Great job!!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

=^.^=

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

You make outstanding holiday scenes. So, have you ever thought of producing furry Christmas cards? I'll bet they'd sell quite nicely on non-furrys places like e-Bay. (Of course, it would be nice if you sold a few sets on FurBid too...)

Beast Wishes,
Norse Horse

(Really Quick-n-Dirty Christmas Card Feasibility Study) Posted: 4 years ago

110 lb glossy card stock is available at about $55 for 200 sheets. (I think this is thick enough to make a good Christmas card – I’m not really in a position at this moment to run out to an office supply store and finger the stock in person.) That is enough stock for 400 8 ½ x 5 ½ cards; at about 14 cents each:
http://www.paperworks.com/Merchant2.....FUaPOAod_TfyuA

A-9 size (8 ¾ x 5 ¾ ) holiday-style envelopes are available at about $40 for 250, which is about 16 cents each.
http://www.paperworks.com/Merchant2....._Code=XMAS-ENV

If you already have a good quality color laser printer, it should cost about 12 to 20 cents per page to print (cost of ink alone, not counting wear and tear on the printer itself).

Total cost per card (with envelope) should be less than 50 cents. If you sell a pack of 20 for $25 (a price comparable to what I’ve seen in the stores) the profit would be $15 per pack. Is that enough to make it worthwhile to you? Its a bit late to do it this year, but maybe for next year...?

Beast Wishes,
Norse Horse

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Those are some...seriousoyl HUUUUUUGE tails!!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

Your backgrounds are simply stunning. You know that, don't you?

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

epic tailage FTW!!

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

that poor house. All those huge huge tails. o.o

( No Subject ) Posted: 4 years ago

the cookies look sad... cause Santa is coming to town!, lol.

( No Subject ) Posted: a year ago

Gorgeous!

( No Subject ) Posted: 5 months ago

How do they find anything under all the tails!? O..o

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