*Speechless*

^^; <333

I really love the wings ^^

Thanks! I felt like I got lucky with them. I left them until very last, sorta dreading how much of a pain they can be, but then they just... happened, pretty painlessly o_O Maybe I've finally got the hang of how to paint them? I can hope XD

You give yourself little credit. They are wonderful! The fact that you felt that way and it happened near perfectly shows how great you are without realizing it.

I just have always found wings to be a huge pain, so it was weird it went so smoothly this time, especially after I've been doing so much work in another style the past few months o_O Thank you, though :) <3

soo cool.. all the details...

Thank you very much <3

This is awesome

Thank you kindly! Glad you think so :)

Some day I shall commission you :3

<3

Wow :O lovely and damn beautiful!

Thank you very much <3

i think i have to commission you someday soon for a special character of mine for something like this one here :D

That sounds exciting :) although I wouldn't hold your breath. I'm not actually able to accept any more commissions right now :( - this was just one of the ones still on my waitlist.

well then some day not-soon ^^

Haha, okay ;) Just curious, what character would you have me do? ((Or is it a secret :O))

Well i had thought about this character here. A Perython, basing about the mythical creature the Peryton.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8988283/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9614807/

Cool :3 Looks like he'd be fun!

depends mostly on the artist and his view of fun :P

Haha, true :b My biggest concern is that he's fairly stylized in appearance, which doesn't always translate well into my style.

fairly stylized in appearance?

He's sorta cartoony. I've had people try to get me to do their anime characters realistically, and very often it ends up looking a bit odd.

Like...
http://www.toxel.com/wp-content/upl.....untooned03.jpg
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs48/f/2.....ataleoneRJ.jpg
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media.....0clcwavjpg.jpg

These are all stylized characters rendered "realistically" or otherwise applied to real life people. Because the source material was so stylized, to literally translate it to realism makes it look bizarre. These are extreme examples, but hopefully they convey what I mean about the difficulty in translating stylized art/proportions to realism.

So the problem I've had in the past is that people really like the stylized look of their character, but want the realism I offer, and sometimes depending on the flexibility of the client, it doesn't always work out.

Another example, this frog character: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15487857/
This frog character painted realistically: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15829928/
Notice how in a lot of ways, they don't look like the same character because the realistic one is "too realistic" that it had to take away the iconic cartoony shape of the character's body? This is sort of what I mean.

I'd like to think I'm reasonably skilled at finding a middle ground, but sometimes, depending on the client's preferences, it just doesn't turn out ideally. Just saying that would be my only concern doing that character!

Ah okay i get your point. yeah in that case, he would look strange. some characters are just not everyones artists style i guess. but appart the head/face i guess it would have looked awesome :D

I've done a few "(semi)-realistic stylized" pieces, though - sometimes it's a bit weird, but it can work depending on what you like!

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11804713/
http://jocarra.deviantart.com/art/C.....NIIC-389305091
http://jocarra.deviantart.com/art/I.....cter-366480597
http://jocarra.deviantart.com/art/C.....mril-146615144

dude! someday when i hit the lottery, i will commission a piece like this :P

*chuckles* Thank you kindly <3

Y'know, I'm not even sure what I'd do if I won the lottery :b o_O Probably be lame and put it in a high-interest savings account :V

<3 :)

wow, gorgeous!

Thanks a lot :)

That is certainly handsome ovo. Very nice work.

Heh, yes, I gotta admit ;P He was a pleasure to paint :3 Thank you!

Beautiful gryphon. With clawed wings like prehistoric birds?

Thank you very much, he's a lovely specimen, I gotta admit :b Yeah, all the gryphon races from vangarthia's world have the thumb claws on their wings, I think!

Oh gods.... even more detailed than I thought! O_o I... I... have no idea how you have the patience to do that!

*chuckles* I don't either :V

Haha... well, we all certainly benefit from your mystery patience. XD

Hahah, especially my husband :V ((Take that as you will, admittedly there are a lot of ways that could be taken XD))

Bwuhaha! Nope... nope... not even gonna mentally go there. XD

I particularly like the scale pattern and hilighting on his hands. The fuzzy bits are also really lovely. He probably gets attack-snuggled frequently...

Thank you very much! Hand details are also always a bit annoying, but I'm pretty happy with how they turned out :) Haha, yes! He looks super cuddly :b His tail especially >_>

Those feathers are amazing. And the scales have 3D quality. I love the detail

Thank you very much <3

Both the feathers and the scales are amazing... Well, in fact, all of the drawing is amazing. You really are a great artist.

Thank you very much <3