I love the limited laundry on the line. :"D Interesting bit of crow there, too. At least the top one reads like crow and the bottom dove. You can really make those limited palettes sing, dood!

Hehe, they only own one tank top and one jock between them -- I guess they trade off ^_^ I'd intended the birds to be generic songbird-y sorts of things, but it does read a little ominous there after all the fiddling around with the colors...

This one started out as creme and blue (kinda like all my other stuff 9_9...). It went through a yellowy-green phase briefly, then came out super-red (also not particularly surprising ^_^).

sweet :o

This is totally me trying to have your art baby, dude.

And I like how we had an edifying discussion about the merits of using reference, and then I proceed to totally BS my way through another pair of figures 9_9 I'll learn eventually...

But yeah, thanks for being totally inspiring.

haha I'm not telling you to use references for EVERYTHING, it's only when you're not completely certain about how something should look and/or want to see if there's anything you missed :>

I really like the torso of the guy on the left though :o

Thanks ^_^ I like that his ears are going every which way <3

gorgeous, i love the warm colours and composition

Thanks! Like I say, my colors are more the result of endgame Photoshop color adjustment wangery than they are premeditated choice, so I feel a little bad taking credit for them ^_^

*raises hand* Guilty as charged on PS wangery.

That you'll finally stop punching all those kittens??

Nobody likes a catpuncher, son.

Eh, I'm a dog person anyway. I'm not going to lose sleep over a little bit of catpunchery <3

The depth of story you’ve put into this, Kamui, fascinates me. That overall sepia tone hints at the style of the Old Masters. Then the hanging laundry, the flying crows and the creeper on the wall just outside of the intimate moment all suggest enough of the world the lovers (?) live in to easily allow the imagination to head off into the fantasy that your picture suggests.

Thanks for the submission and I look forwards with enthusiasm to seeing more of your work when your RL schedule allows.

*a delighted viewer*

Always happy to delight, dude! Thanks for the comment.

I definitely find more and more that I enjoy doing scenes more than I enjoy straight pinup work. It's just fun to think about what sort of world the characters are living in, what's going on around them, when and where the snapshot was taken, etc. I think with this one, I was going for romance amid the everyday. Lavish dinners and red roses are great, but I think making the little moments shared while your underwear's drying on the line romantic is even better ^_^

Glad to hear it's telling a story to folks viewing it as well! And like I say, I have other art lying around on my computer at this point, but until the folks I'm working for decide to make them public, I'm holding off on sharing here ^_^ Hopefully shouldn't be too long now, though.

For the visually oriented, ‘doing a scene more than straight pinup work’ is perhaps the artist’s way of telling stories. The Who’s, the Where’s and hopefully the Why’s of a story.

In real life it’s by our collecting those quiet little moments that a life lived with someone special is best remembered. “Bel Canto” is a beautifully depicted example of such a moment.

*standing applause for the artist*

Dawwwwwwwwwww

The scene's adorable, and the details are convincingly Mediterranean.

Yay for the Mediterranean vibe ^_^ It kind of happened gradually as things went along.

Beauty, achieved.

GET!

Yeah, it's a huge downer of a book. But the new Mag Fields album is good, so I guess it balances out, cosmically ^_^

I was kind of trying for the sort of laconic, sleepy happy expressions that you see in like Botticelli's work, so I'm glad it comes across as soft and warm. Thanks for the comments!

Your art has always impressed me form the first time I saw it. You portray the pictures so well that you can almost see an interesting story behind each of them. Great job on the picture and the all over coloring.

Thanks! It's definitely fun trying to convey a snapshot in a life ^_^

this is so deliciously warm

CHOKING HAZARD: contains small pieces.

(Lies -- you know they're both HUGE!!!!!!)

I agree with Decaf, this is a very warm picture, personally I love of you framed them with the window/wall and the surrounding elements.

The idea of a scene shot down through a window was the first thought I had for this, and rest kind of went from there. The laundry and other tidbits on the wall came after the figures were mostly done ^_^

Awwwww, that's so adorable and gorgeous! And makes me want to visit Italy now *grumbles*

Dude, you should -- it's a pretty place ^_^

very amazing work, I absolutley love it.
I want this to happen to me D:

Well the whole Mediterranean thing could be pricey, but you should be able to hire someone to play guitar on your lap while you do your laundry for a pretty reasonable rate.

Wait, I mean, uhhh...romance is beautiful!

There's so much going in this picture, more than it initially lets on to. It also makes me feel really relaxed.

Thanks ^_^

And sorry I broke FA. Hehe, this is like the third time I've posted something and FA has gone down immediately after...

Too much awesome in one picture brings down the site.

Haha <3

dude wtf
roo playing guitar
rabbit (i think!) sitting listening?
ARE YOU SPYING ON US

brilliantly done as always man, SUPER JEALOUSY WAVES COMIN ATCHA

You're so vain.

I bet you think this pic is about you.


(But yeah, at the point that blob figure A got a guitar, I probably made him a roo because of your sinister influence.)

And the other one's a tiger, not a rabbit! Jeez, man, you're such a jerk!!!

LOL furry vaguenesses for the LOSE

I'm still not talking to you >_<~!

ROO? RABBIT??

MAGNETIC FIELDS??

THAT'S GAY, RIGHT THERE.


And you just keep winning at everything.

YES, SIR.

And thanks, but NOT QUITE.

splendid piece o' work, man.
thoroughly chill.

the sense of motion & life in this is just wonderful.
like... the bird's shadow down in the corner. nice touch :]
little things like that really set the mood of a given work.

thanks for spreadin' the visual awesomeness.
always a pleasure to gaze upon.

Chillness was definitely what I was going for ^_^

And yeah, I really like working in a lot of contrast into my stuff, so I wanted some kind of burst of sound and movement outside to contrast the stillness and quit strumming going on inside, so I figured a couple of birds flapping away would work. After doing one bird, though, I was like SCREW THIS DETAIL and just made the others into shadows to save having to paint in feathers <3

*quiet strumming* that is ^_^

hehh,
chillness accomplished
:D

I friggin' love your painting ^^

Woo~ I have fun with it, anyway ^_^

such lovely colors! now I want raspberries...

OM NOM NOM.

That is very beautiful, you captured a lovely mood in this pic with the composition and sepia.

Thank you ^_^ Like I say, the mood and composition were definitely the first things that formed in my head, and the figures and other details were just kind of what developed around those to get the story across.

I always like this kind of "unity of effect" you have in most of your stuff. Colour, texture, composition, the works. Not enough people think of how a picture holds together beyond its character subject, and often end up with a stark "pinup" look with no supporting subtleties.

Of course, I'm plainly guilty of it, too, though I have a symbol/iconic thing going and do character designs.

Way to go, sirrah!

(Still having trouble getting a response from FurPlanet. Might have to go 3rd party with ordering Work In Process. ;_; )

Yeah, I did pretty much nothing but floating characters on the page for a long time because "omg backgrounds are hard," but now that I've started forcing myself to do them, I'm learning that they aren't as scary as I'd thought, that they really help the image as a whole, and that I'm developing those skills now, so it's like a win-win-win situation. I'll still occasionally do pure figure work if I'm feeling lazy, but anymore I usually find I have some idea for the background that I'm excited to try just the same as I have some idea for the figures. In my head, it's stopped being a matter of having to draw a backdrop for the figures and started to be just painting a scene.

But yeah, if you're doing character designs, you shouldn't be worrying about doing backgrounds ^_^ Unless that background or props directly inform the character, it's kind of beside the point <3

And good luck with the book -- sorry it's giving you trouble >_<

This picture makes me tingle with happy. It is so adorable. It makes me think of the guy I like playing his guitar. Sweet....

If tingling sensation persists, consult a medical professional.
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A friend linked me to this. I must fave it for the roos.

THE ROOS, I SAY.

It has nothing to do with it being starkly gorgeous.

I will try harder next time.

Also, roos.

the book of love is long and boring

this picture is excellent though

No one can lift the damn thing! >_<

And thanks ^_^

Such a nice picture :)

Thanks, dude ^_^

WOW kick ass ^.^
great pic

Woop woop~

Aw that's sweet~
I love the colors and the bird wings in the upper left corner!

Yay ^_^ Yeah, I like painting birds, but I totally wish they were less...complicated?

I'm pretty lazy.

*blown away*

Kaboo~m ^_^

your like my favorite furry artist! Omg I love you soo much

Yay, dude. I'll try to live up to that, haha.

Got some cover illustrations done/in the works that'll be going up once/slightly before the books actually get published. I still don't know whether that'll be a matter of weeks or months or what, but uhhhh, stay tuned <3

Awww. I like this piece alot. Very soft, touching and sweet. ^^ Thanks for sharing! Well done mate! Cheers!

Thanks, dude ^_^

i so love the the duel color tones on this piece and i simply love your painter style.
the composition on this is really beautiful and i agree with Arius on the ephasis on the clever framing
and i love the richness of the colors.
Spectacular piece :D

Thanks ^_^

The two-tone thing is the result of my sketching process, really. When I go to sketch something out, I'll usually throw down a base color, then pick a new color and paint on that, toggling back and forth between the two tones to establish the forms and values. Once those are in, it's basically just a matter of throwing on some texture, tweaking and balancing the colors, and other sort of endgame stuff.

Sometimes a few more colors creep in along the way, but in general, I feel like each color you add is another new moving part that can potentially go wrong and detract from the piece. Keeping the palette simple is a way to make sure I don't get in over my head. There are folks with really amazing senses of color like  oCe and  fabercastel who can get a broad palette to marry well, but I'm just not really there yet in my understanding of color ^_^

Awsome!!

now thats what i call capturing the moment of things!

Woo~

I had just the quiet scene there, but it didn't quite feel snapshot-y enough, so I added in the birds to give it a real freeze frame feel ^_^

A very nice and dynamic scene, the bird and laundry line tops it off for me. :]

Thanks ^_^ It was fun to do something from a different perspective.

The graphics and style on this are, as always, breathtaking and stunning. Hardly ever have I seen porn so elaborate and well drawn. This is what people would call erotic art :)

Thanks! I don't know that I'd ever call this porn -- there's definitely an eroticism there, but it certainly wasn't intended to be that sexually charged. Then again, porn is kind of in the eye of the beholder. If it gets you off, I guess that just means you're really classy, haha ^_^

Seems I was a bit more tired than I thought to mess up my thoughts on this so much. What I meant to say was that among all the porn on this site, this one sticks out as erotic and artistic, not just another piece among hundreds of others.
Never would call this one porn, mind you. :)

Hehe, no worries. And yeah, I figure it's probably safe to leave the hardcore porn drawing to the folks who do it best -- there's no shortage of it in these parts ^_^ In the meantime, I'll keep doing what I do.

This gives me warm fuzzies and makes me want to lounge around decadently in the late afternoon sun in another dudes lap.

4 out of 5 dentists agree that that's pretty much the best time to lounge around decadently in another dude's lap.

dentists do generally tend to be an expert authority on lap lounging. always happy to find myself in alignment with those in oral practice :)

And what a fine practice it is!

Bel Canto is one of my fav. band^^

I guess you'd better be pretty good at the point you're calling yourself Bel Canto!

The atmosphere of this one is epic

Thanks, dude ^_^

your welcome

=^-^=

'm frenchand have done this before
Haha
Really nice angle, almost a photo i'd do love

wow that's a wonderful picture! And plus it's Italian <3

<3

These guys, too!

another gorgeous picture :D I don't usually watch the entire gallery but you have an amazing style! Bravo!

Grazie mille!