I like how calm this feels. I usually don't associate bright green with calmness, but it works here. I also like how you can't see most of the character on the left, but you can still feel their presence. Nice job.

I was tempted to fill the big open space with some kind of minor detail, but I think it helps keep it calm to have that quiet space as ballast to the figures.

I can't put into words why i like this, but i do for some reason.

This is one of those pictures i can stare at for ages and examine each part.

Nice

Well, thanks ^_^

Really cool, quiet piece. I love the sideburns on the rabbit and I generally hate head-hair on furs. Neat use of an odd color, too. The only thing that catches my eye at all is the sharpness of that shadow. The rest of the image looks like it's done in markers. The shadow looks vectory to me. No need to put this in scraps. It's a done deal, and a nice one at that.

Yeah, I agree that that edge floats. I worked to soften it a bit, but maybe I'll go back and do another pass...

I love when digital doesn't look digital. <3

Makes for a nice alternative, anyway. I'm all for digital that looks digital, too, but I think I'd be sad if I could only have one or the other. Digital is great for offering that choice ^_^

Yeah.... and before we know it, every last store will be belching out Crimmus music. Oh well, the art makes it better :3

Ugh, I know. I'm such a Grinch in that department -- with a couple major exceptions, Christmas music just kinda irritates me...

Yeah, same hear. Well, except for instrumental or orchestral stuff. Then it's just pretty. But all those happy Celine Dion Merry WHINEMASS tracks or that upbeat Frank Sinatra crap drives me insane. No offense against the old man, but.... DAMN... after the 50th loop you kinda begin to loose it. And then you get into battles with the clerks as you attempt to assert your dominance with little more than various pieces of womens' undergarments.

Besides, where's all the Thanksgiving music?

december came by super fast, yeah :(

Digging the hair :3

Yeah, man, what the hell?

And thanks <3 Total afterthought as I was sketching, but it stuck.

So if we had Red October, and now Green December, what was November?

Nice work on this ^.-.^ Love the style.

"Short," I would say.

But thanks! I like it pretty well for how quick it was.

Ohhhhh Texture. I was like "wow that really looks like marker!"

but it's because you cheated!

great emo pic!

I did cheat.

I am a cheater.

Haha, and is this emo? I can't even tell anymore. Thanks either way, tho ^_^

emo is short for emotinal, no? ;3

Fair enough ^_^

I love this. I love your paintings too but I'd love to see you post more quicker drawings and sketches.

Thanks, lady. I'm sure there will be more quickies up before long -- painting is fun, but sometimes it can be tough to carve out a 6-7 hour block to really paint, and we've all seen how bad I am at coming back to something if I break partway through it...

Oh really? That's so funny. I have the opposite problem. Literally... My mind is really short-attention-span so I have to leave something alone and come back to it or else I end up overworking it and it sucks. XD

But yeah, moar plz ktnxbai ^^

Haha, well I won't say I don't overwork my stuff, but if I don't do it all in one sitting, chances are decent it won't get worked at all...

December has come around far too fast...Where has this year gone?
Yet another year of the same crap christmas music, while everyone goes and empties the cash from their wallets over presents that'll be forgotton in under a year. :/
On a sidenote, lovely picture! Look at those fabulous sideburns :3~

Eh, as much as I'll join in ragging on christmas carols, I do think there's something to be said for traditional celebration. The christmas holiday and its religious connotations aside, I think it's kind of nice that we're driven for one day out of the year to take stock and to think of others, even if it's just in the form of an ultimately forgettable gift. Holidays help punctuate the year in our memories, and they offer a good excuse to do something a little bit special. The specific holiday per se is secondary, but I'm glad for that excuse.

<3 !!!
you never cease to inspire (:

Good thing it's mutual, man.

Gaaaah peach and quiet is the BOMB. YEAAAAAAH!!
Gotta love his squiggly caterpillar sideburns~<3
Is there any place I can find some Ono Natsume comics online? I tried looking but sort of failed.

Haha, yeah, the chops were just a quick one-stroke "does this look at all reasonable?" kind of thing that I wound up liking ^_^

And as far as places to find Ono Natsume stuff online, if you just meant something to look at you could try the official site, or this IKKI comics special Ono Natsume page. Enjoy navigating a unique blend of Italian and Japanese text <3

If you meant to order comics, you can always go through www.amazon.co.jp ^_^

Very subtle hints at objects in the background.

Yeah, I tried to keep everything but the character(s) pared down to a minimum.

Inky, yo.

I like his sideburns.

Haha, yeah, it looks just like markers would if I knew how the hell to use markers.

Yeah dude, inks and markers, we share a mutual hate. Whether they are digital or real, I'm a lot more comfortable going from doodle to painting.

wow awesome atmo

Thanks, dude ^_^ Like I say, heavily drawing from this Japanese illustrator chick, so I pass any credit along to her <3

wow, awesome as always =O

Aw, thanks, dude ^_^

I love it, the compositio is great.
and I read first "figures just kind to be there" (as in kind of being there) and that was good too.

Thanks! I was heavily influenced as far as composition/style goes ^_^

man I wish i was as good as you :[

Pff, whatever, man.

OH by the way, this is beautiful! :]

Hehe, thanks ^_^

superman loves you

My dad looks like Christopher Reeve (minus the wheelchair).

Woa...PERFECT choice for the background. Subtle, but perfect.

Yeah, I tried adding some hand-done text, but I didn't have anything interesting to say. I added numbers in a grid for use as a December calendar, and it just looked wonky. I wound up going with naked ^_^

ohman, i really love how this looks.
and feels,
great mood

Yeah, for as simple as they are, this lady's comics just drip with mood. I think that's why I'm so taken with them.

オノナツメいいよね～

キャラクターのけだるそうな感じが世界観に奥行きを与えているような気がするよ<3

スタイルは凄く簡素なのに、ほんと奥行きがあるね。

似たものにあまり目を惹かれないけど、何でかすごくツボです。

とか言って、いつまでも他のアーティストのスタイルに惹かれまくってて、いつまでも自分のを築かない今日この頃の自分でした（汗）

I didn't favorite this? I will then, because I really like this picture. It's calm, but with a potential energy like something could happen soon.

Yeah, I could see that ^_^

reminds me of my seti rabbit a bit I love it u always do such geat work

Thanks, dude ^_^ Glad you like it.

It's green and there is a hip rabbit, what is there NOT to like

Haha, thanks, man ^_^

I get what you mean. Guarnido who did Blacksad said he liked using them to control a readers pace. Those small pauses give you time, even if one doesnt realize it, to appreciate the mood and whats going on.

I like that color green. And I cat help but exclaim it, but... BUNNY SIDEBURNZ :O

Totally -- he architectures some wonderfully open spaces, while also cramming a hump-ton of detail into it, so you get the feeling of a break, while also getting a bunch of stuff to keep your eyes busy. I love going through his color studies and sketches. The sheer amount of work that goes into those books is nuts.

Indeed. Seeing as I cant read my first and third issues, I spend more time really just looking at how he sets them all up. He probably does 3 times the work for each comic, but the end result is just wonderfull. But as for the quiet panels and busy environments, and my overall favorite scene would def be from the first comic when hes wandering the foggy movie-set and Varan(snake dude) comes from the haze ans flicks out that knife. That and all that followed was all done relatively wordless, and it kicked so much ass how well it flowed.

yeah...it's december and still can't believe it!
awesome job as always!

Haha, and now December is like half over >_< What the hell, man?

Thanks, tho ^_^