whoa! those are all very detailed :o

Thanks! ^_^

Great pic, I love this! Go Finnish predators! Luckily haven't met any of those in wild, and animals tend to avoid people, but if they happen to meet human face to face... I think it's the human who loses. They say that mother bear with cubs is the most dangerous one. If she smells human, she will warn by growling. "I have cubs, don't come here."

Vai oli referenssimateriaali kiven alla? En kyllä ihmettele, ainakin ilves ja ahma on semmoisia elikoita, jotka eivät oikein suostu kuvattavaksi, ainakaan luonnossa. Harva kanta ja taipumus välttää ihmisiä ja ihmisasutusta viimeiseen asti. Susista ja karhuista nyt ainakin luulisi löytyvän reilusti luontokuvia, ei välttämättä suomessa otettuja kuvia, mutta muualla. Ja kyllä Google Pics löytää, kunhan käyttää oikeita hakusanoja. Itse olen huomannut, että englanniksi ei kannata etsiä mitään, ei sieltä tule kuin jotain sarjakuvahahmoja ja muuta sälää.

I must fav this. It isn't anything like the pictures I normally fav, but this has like my four favorite animals in the same picture. And all of those live in Finland. Great picture, I have to say, I like it a lot. Detailed, realistic, aside the scale of course... Yeah, great work. Keep it up!

Thanks for the long comment! The reason why my reference material for the wolverine was somewhat scarce was because I had to make do without an internet, as I wasn't around the computer when I drew this. I do have couple of wolverine pictures saved on the computer from when I did that trade with Vixyy, but didn't get the chance to use them. But I'm definitely into Finnish predators now and am toying with the idea of drawing more pictures of some of them, mainly the wolverine and the lynx. We'll see how my inspiration works.

When I was at school, my teacher told us this story about a man who happened upon an angry bear. The bear swiped him one and the skin on his forehead sort of detached and flopped over his face. But amazingly enough he survived. I had no delusions about the cuddliness of bears after that...

Ah, of course. I forget that Internet isn't actually always available... so we start to take things for granted. I have practically always a computer with Internet connection available, whether I'm home, in school, or with my friends... there's always a computer with 'net somewhere nearby...

...mutta sellaista se on kun ollaan teekkarien kanssa tekemisissä. Ja kyllä vain, ei se nallekarhu niin söpö ole kun se tulee polulla marjametsässä vastaan. Pistää poskeen marjat ja marjastajat. Tai jos ei muuten niin kyllä siinä ihmisillä kiiru tulee, kun on kuulemma tuo karhu ulkomuodostaan huolimatta aika sprintteri.

You're very welcome for the long comment!

We have a weird internet connection that only works on one computer at the time, and given that Lutien uses it to work, I rarely get time on the computer. Hence I'm never on MSN etc. But I agree, we do tend to take it for granted these days. Funny how that happens.

I think bears are faster than humans, aren't they. Definitely wouldn't want to come across one...

wonderful work C... really really...

V.

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I love it!

Thanks!

Ooooh, I love the bear, the fur looks amazing! :D

Thanks very much! ^_^

Heheh. The only Finnish predators I saw in Helsinki were the ones charging 13eur for a basket of chips and some chicken nuggets at the Zoo restaurant!

Lovely work, m'dear!

Oh yes, the ferocious types, you better steer clear of them! And thanks darling! ^_^

Funny, I didn't know where Wolverines were mainly from apparently they're rare in the USA, but when I was 8 the cabin we lived in had one living near by that my dog tried to get at. I got a pretty good luck at that one.

I think the bear looks pretty good :). Cool idea as well.

Thanks! Wolverines are rare in Finland too, very poorly known species, as they were quite reclusive animals. Awesome that one was living so close to you! ^_^

You've done a wonderful job with the bear! It's hard to believe it's your first time drawing a bear 'cos it's so good! I love the other animals too. Thanks for mentioning that They aren't meant to be comparable sizes. I understand now. I saw first up that the squiggles were snow but thanks for telling anyway. Great job!

Thanks very much! I'm glad you like the animals! ^_^

Another beautiful piece! Nicely detailed.

Thanks very much! And thanks for faving it too! ^_^

Grand stuff.

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You got it.