That fox amuses me greatly :D

Nothing better than that!

No, foxie, don't do it!

Awesome. =3

Ooo, a bit of Guinness sounds good right now!

Looks too light to be Guinness. I'm thinking Kilkenny ;3

But seriously, love the pic!

That's exactly what I thought =P

SUDS!!!

The fox seems to have already been into at least one pint before, by that expression.

Not Thingsday?

No, that's far too ambiguous.

Oh yes - that is so me....

V.

Hah! That's delightful... He looks so enthusiastic!

Priceless expression :3

Beer + Fox == win

now that's one happy guy..

very adorable.

Tipsy Fennec Extra Superior Porter. 6.4% ABV.

I'm thirsty now.

I'll see your ABV and raise you a .1% BAC!

Thats some amazing detail. Whats the rules for colored pencils again? If you don't mind me asking.

I'm afraid I don't understand? What do you mean by rules?

I'm sorry, I heard there was an order you were supposed to go, like light to dark, or vise versa :V

Oh! I see what you mean. I would call that technique rather than hard rules. I tend to use soft darks, like Dark Brown or Black Grape, to etch in the shadowy details like the crevasses in the fur or the reflection in the glass, then use lighter colors, then use darker colors, then liquefy the pencils and paint with them using Turpenoid, then go in and layer more colors. I go about it very haphazardly.

Now, I wouldn't use a dark color in those super white areas, of course. Does this make sense or help?

greatly! That helps a lot. I have another question if you don't mind. I have prismacolor, & wanted to try out the liquifying method you said, do I need specific pencils, or will standard prismacolors do?

This whole piece is Prismacolor pencil, Art Stix, Verithin, and Marker. :3

Great, thanks again

What do you mean by "liquefy the pencils"? I have never heard of this before, but it sounds fun! And.. "paint with them using Turpenoid" doesn't make sense to me, either. What does that entail? XD;

Turpenoid is odorless turpentine and is normally used for oil painting and cleaning brushes. It also breaks down the wax in colored pencils so you can push the pigments around with a brush, tissue, fingers whatever. Imagine a watercolor painting and you wet down a brush and smoosh it around. Same kind of thing. I recommend trying it out!

The wax binder also breaks down with prismacolor markers and rubber cement thinner. The markers are...eh. Not nearly s effective and it gums up the tips. I have never tried rubber cement thinner.

Wow, thank you so much! I'm DEFINITELY going to have to try that. I'll look for some odorless turpentine ASAP! Yay!

You do amazing things with it. I couldn't wrap my mind around how you managed to get this piece to look that way. I guessed acrylic painting when I first saw it. Marvelous!

Oh, I have however tried something like that with the prismacolor markers. I definitely agree.. Totally gummed up the tips. x.x

In any case, thank you again! *hugs!*

I find it very respectable of you to share your techniques. Very honorable and friendly ^^ most artists your calibur would have just ignored them, or sent them to get a commission. Cheers!

Stoutfox

Wow! I can't wait to get to the thing so I can see this thing!

Thing you there!

Yesh yesh!! With many things in the room with the things!!

lulz, it's literal :D this is win, and i approve =| +fav

Stone Russian Imperial StoutFox! <3

See you soonish!

hehe very cute ^^

That is so cute.

Beautiful. I love his expression XD

WOO!!!! "My goodness, my Guiness?" I would SO buy commercial rights to this if I owned a pub!

BEERS!

YO QUIRO drunkelata

Did that come from the Stone brewery? It did, didn't it? Lucky fennecs.

Oh my, that should SO be up on the wall of our local micro-brew! Absolutely adorable!

So Adorable! Awesome!

Something I must look at buying.

The look on his face is just priceless.

He looks a little surprised at the size of the drink, or is that a grin on his face?

Either way, I think someone in some Arabian bar is going to find their drink a gulp short when they come back and a passed out fennec on the bar table. I couldn't see their little bodies taking much more alcohol than maybe a human sized gulp. But that is just me, I'd feel sick myself thinking of a fennec drinking a full pint of strong beer.

I think you did pretty good on the pint sized foxy. I've always found it a bit hard to get the ears and face to look right myself.

Oh, I'm glad you done 'er up and coloured 'er! Especially with those wicked gleaming pupils (and I'm definitely seeing a beer-glass in the right one).

Now I can happily speculate on what might happen when she gets more than her own snout-and-neck length down the glass...

The first cold pint, hard to swallow,
The second, tepid, quickly down,
The first cold pint, hard to swallow,
The second tepid quickly down, the next ones bottoms up (Kermess)

Now we know what resembles a fox drinking Guinness. :D
Beautiful drawing!

the smallest ones wants the hugest glasses *g* like me

that is so cute go foxxy have a drinky :P

Hehe, I couldn't help but hum the beer song. Its adorable!

It looks a little stimulated by the alcohol.

Mmm Guinnes >=3~~~~~~

Freakin' cute! I really love how textured you make your colored pencil work appear! So much like paint itself, but better! <3 I love this.

gosh, he just can't wait to dig in

I would totally get a print of this.

Absolutely adorable :O

murrrr so cute, i saw even the non colored version ^-^

Oh! Nice. Love out it turned out! What a mischievous little fox.

You guys are getting the original sketch, if you want it!

awesome image! the drawing is brilliant... he is quite the cutie! and I love the colours and compostion

love it

I'm visioning the fox dunking his whole head into the foam . lol

Pints! They come in pints!? I'm going to get me one. Thank you Peter Jackson.

"A glass of Marmite topped with shaving foam makes a convincing pint of stout, and has the advantage of tasting nicer."

*OOOHH--FOAMY!*

This is so full of win...

Heh, fennecy greatness ^_^

the colors are so rich and gorgeous, and I love his expression!

If I had to pick one thing I loved about your pieces, and it couldn't be the attentive and through lineart, or the amazing colors that simply blow my mind, I'd have to say the originality that eminates from your art is one of the best things I love about your work. Great job on this =D

Thank you for your kind words!

awesome the work with the pencils!

Do want as print. Badly. :O

The warm colors, texture, and playfulness is amazingly well done!

What esanhusky said: this is perfect for a pub.

Well, I only have 3 right now, large 11 by 14's. I will have them for sale at FC for $45 but if they don't move, do you want me to contact you?

Nothing like a pint of porter to make the day go that much better!

little rascal's got my beer!

I've missed your nearly rembrandtish backgrounds :D

Cute fox with such a nice fur-texture - and the size comparison is adorable ^.^ - they really should buy that from you for ad-prints.


And - *cough* are you going to give ArtSpot-lessons anytime soon?

what a great pic! his expression is priceless!
keep up the good works!

This is chock full of fantastic.

...with a cunning hint of ginger... }:=)

http://www.everards.co.uk/files/dow.....0fox%20rgb.bmp

amazing art... filled with much cuteness ^^

This is so adorable that it single-handedly makes me want to like stouts.
Also, your fur technique is amazing! This is awesome on so many different levels.

I -really- wanted to buy this at FC, but couldn't afford it with school bills coming up :(

So cute!

I can't believe I missed you at FC, I was hoping to say hello again! No more LJ?

Not for a while. :3

D'oh.. I missed that.. I only noticed when XianJaguar referenced you and I noticed that LJ crossed it out. Oh well.. next con!

Looks like a Guinness. Hmm.... beer.

I tend to feel inspired when I look at this particular one. =)

I was wondering who did this piece of art. Couldn't find it after that first time I ran across it. The proportions on the fox are great; his eyes and ears to body. The size comparison to the beer is a nice touch. Gives a clear idea as to how big the little guy is. Well done.

WANT BEER

Oh gosh that's cute. I really like the whimsy.

Couldn't agree with 'em more ^___^

Very cute. love the expression

Fennecs are adorable and guiness is good, that makes this pic awesome.

Also, if you don't mind me asking a question.

I want to try drawing fur texture. I know I will need a lot of practise to make it look nice, but practise is always good.

Now I'd like to know, is drawing good fur texture a natural talent or intuition, or are there some strict rules to follow. Maybe both?

Also, do you know a good technique or style to start practising fur texture? If I am shoved in the right direction I can probably find my own way.

I thank you for your time!

PS: You really draw adorable fennecs... ^^

Wonderful picture. Funny idea and excellently drawn. Could really hang it on a wall.

Kitsume can do magic tricks? - A fennec can make vanish his own weight in beer.

Absolutely lovely~ i love the concept and the art.

I can't believe one can be this good with coloured pencils.. ahh!

YES CHUG CHUG CHUG!!!!!!

That better be some Guinness in that pint, or ye ain't drinkin dark!

Good play-on-words.
None of the namby pamby pubs 'round here sell pints.

OMG soooooo cute!

<3

is that Old Speckled Hen there drinking? get it AH... im that lame yes :3

CuteNESS

Now the real question... Is the fox small or the beer big?

nice

Nice. I can relate to this, lol.

That's really cute. And I love yer icon.

fennec <3

Is can haz drinkz tiem?

*laplaplaplap*

Clever cute concept. And very pretty

If he drinks that he'll be done he probably wouldn't be able to finish it

Hey, foxes love their Guinness. :3

Gonna be a happy fox

I'm pretty sure he'd die from alcohol poisoning

OH MY GOD that is so cute.

Cute :D

Absolutely adorable! Thats got to be "Root Beer" XD

Damn it! The beer, its not Guinness! Why is it not Guinness!!

Older brother saw pic and demanded that he have guinness ^^ (in background) "Let there be GUINNESS!!!"

Awesome pic ^^

Reminds me of my boyfriend!

guinness is awesome and so is the pic :P

lol speckled hen ^_^
theres an add on a tv channel about a fox trying to find a speckled hen (beer)
and this soo reminds me of it, fantastic!
lovely pencil work, and a pleasure to look at x

doo iiitttt.... Muahahaha Lol!

LOL That's really cute! The fox, he like, "OMG Beer!!" XD

Reminds me of myself... to be honest...

Ah, I miss you beer.

Me too

the fox is old enough to drink i hope!

Bier her, bier her...

I saw this so many months ago and I loved it.... but I could never find it again... Yay clicking through random peoples profiles to find awesome art ^^

Damn your is much better! http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1819632/ lol

love the expression!

Aha, I get it XD; It'd be really cute if he got foam on his whiskers :D

*.* Do want!

hehe aww how cute^^ also thats my species of foxie hehe a Fennec:)

Awesome

weird...i NEVER posted that i loved this piece when i first set eyes on it O_O

silly me

God i want this print


so awesome

*dies*

I bought this and got it framed at FC :

So cute! X3