Wow, it's looking really good.

Thanks a bunch!

Oh sweet jesus

But now you've moved the benchmark, you can look forward to having to repeat this level of effort for every future future work too =)

I know, I am terrified of this fact too. *Sits in a corner and twitches*

id get bored and give up or just start getting really slopy thus is why i dont color

Haha don't worry, Ive been struggling to keep motivated. Its one of the reasons I post WIP's, so I know people want to see the end product XD Its a good motivator.

if you are already popular =] but yah GJ

Wow, that fur texturing is fantastic! Jeeze, i'm excited too, and it's not even my art!

Thank you! That's really encouraging especially coming from you! X3

I'm still wondering how you are able to achieve this effect of fluff. constant use of smudge tool perhaps or maybe lotsa shade and shine and all that in excessive use <..<

I actually barely touched smudge tool for this (I only used it briefly to blend some of the balk shading I did before I started the fur) :D I simply used a small pixel brush, and sat there and drew every individual hair using a few different tones of each colour layer by layer XD Its very tedious.

Iiii dont think I can bring my lazy ass to do that. though this would be awesome to learn to do, my kind of style wouldn't allow for it. I'm looking for ways to draw similar to  tsampikos or Jay Axer :3

Looking so very nice, so very nice indeed. Have you drawn each strand of fur separately or did you trick it with the smudge tool or overlay layers?

Also, I feel compelled to suggest you pay equally amount of attention to the background, especially how light/dark it'll be. As it stands now, it's a little hard to make out where the character stops and the background starts, since it's all overall on the darker side of the spectrum and there are no outlines. Maybe consider a little backlighting? But I'm sure you have it well in hand. :)

Looking forward to seeing this finished.

Heya. Each strand of fur was drawn individually ^^, as for the BG don't worry that will be fully detailed with props and the illusion of a wall. This is actually a cropped down version of the full image I am working on which can be seen here - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2010812/ There will also be more attention to overall lighting and light source once I have the full image planned out. This is a really new experience for me, so I am no doubt doing things in a very strange order as to how some would do it XD But hopefully it will work out in the end!

Thanks for the critique, its very welcome :D

Great! Careful not to burn out drawing all those fur strands. :D

This is turning out to be extremely wonderful, Dirty.

Thanks :D

God damn it that is beautiful .__________.;

haha thankyouuuu <3

*rubs paws and cackles*
You're beginning to feel the lure of the Insanely Detailed Artwork Disorder, don't 'cha?

*Bela Lugosi voice* "Join us... don't be afraid!"

Seriously, I've always found it strangely addictive and in the end very satisfying to go as far as I can in terms of details. Even though it means my output is negligible...

Haha I definitely am. I have only dabbled in it in a really tiny shot before for a dev art ID years ago (http://dirtyfox-frostdragon.deviant.....kin4U-43950423) , but nothing like this XD
It is addictive, though ill admit I keep falling prey to loosing interest now and then XD

How many hours of drawing individual furs are you up to now?

I...I actually don't know XD
Ive been at this on and off all day though.

Loving how this is coming out :) the fur detail is very nice :D

I wanna know how to draw fur. :D

wow :O
that's absolutely awesome!
keep it up :D

That's Photoshop? That is utterly amazing. Can I give up now?

Naw... gotta try harder so as to not fall further behind. Amazing work. Much Wow.

Holy shit the details o.o

wow amazing fur

so god damn beautiful, I adore that pose and the perspective

Oh murr, Toki. <:3 Can't wait to see it finished! :D

Oh, the detail and the texture! Can't wait to see this in full O_O

(Whiskers and cute neckscruff FTW)

Oh god this is coming along gorgeously! T_T

Teach me your ways! I wanna know what technique you used besides endless amounts of patience and pain tolerance lol. I don't tend to do detailed digital work either because damn, ow. And time consuming and I'm all about immediate gratification! *thumbs up* X3

But seriously woman, this is WOW. I cannot wait to see the end product! The level of detail you're pumping into this is AWESOME.

Wow thats amazing ... without my glasses i though the little icon thing was a sculpture irl because the shading is done so well!

Looks absolutly gorgeous! the fur details is amazing. Cant wait to see it finished =)