That goes under Child Abuse not Big Jerk :O. *hugs the tied up dog and his amazing eye o.o

Yeah, but for back in Victorian times, it was just considered discipline. :( Hell, constant lashing with a belt or cane was considered okay... which Tommy had to deal with a lot. :/ More so at school than at home, though. X3 He's such a trouble maker.

Now all i need is a time Machine to SAVE HIM!!

I know, right? :( Poor little pup.

He's okay though. :D This abuse ends up benefiting him later on in life. :) Still, most of his childhood was filled with smiles and laughter.

Very nice details and colouring. Expression is something priceless.

The situation sounds similar to what my own Luke goes through as a child. Seems even through modern or historical settings, my poor jackal-wolf gets a lot of punishment.

Awww, poor Luke. :(

Thanks for the compliment!

I love how you made it look like an old photo. I might have to try similar sometime...

And as for Luke, yea... It's a sad bit of a story, but I shouldn't overshadow your piece here. X3 *blushes*

Most excellent picture here.

TEN LASHINGS!

NO TWENTY!

ok.

awwww *protect the doggie growling at his owner*

Thanks hun :)

Gah... stop drawing such emotional stuff *sniffs* hard to look at the poor guy.

In all seriousness, amazing work with the coloring and shading, it especially makes the backgrounds feel very real.

Now don't mind me... I am going to look at something a little more happy >.>

Woo! I'm glad it's hard to look at him. :) I did my job.

lol Thanks hun :)

Poor Tommy, all he wants to do is be with a friend.

It's like looking at an old photograph, has that old world charm. Great job!

Yeah, Tommy's dad HATES Marie. He thinks she's a little slut (she's freakin' 8... ). Marie's mom doesn't like Tommy either, though. She thinks he's only after one thing. XD He's 8... Stupid adults. Honestly, Marie's mom, Antoinette, just doesn't like Tommy because she doesn't like Tommy's dad, so she takes it out on him. Beh.

Yayy! :D Old photos are fun to make!

Hey look its how I'm feeling emotionally right now. The emotion is perfect, really and the rendering is gorgeous,,well done

Haha I'm not feeliking like the child abuse thing, sorry I ddint read all the artist comments =P just saw the pic *needs to read more*

Well, I'm glad you're not feeling abused at least! *hugs*

xD *hugs back* bf troubles *pff* x3

Aww :(

This is so sweet. Excellent work on everything...pose, colours, atmosphere...even with your wrist bandaged. Beautiful! ;)

Poor Puppy :( ,looks for a knife to cut him loose, then looks for his father to give "that jerk" a beating he deserves...


PS +fave

oh hes so sad I just wanna hug him

why must the good suffer so

They are usually good because they have suffered.

3:
*cuts the rope and takes him home with me and pampers him* <3

Yeah his eyes are the power piece for this. They really send home the message of sorrow and hurt.

There was one dude on dA who said the eyes don't look sad at all. XD I can see it kind of, though. They could be sadder, but I did my best. X3

To me he has the stunned/numb kind of sadness. Like when something hurts so bad you just kinda go empty. You could have the eyelids a bit more angled to make that sad face look but that sorta stuff people actually gotta study. The face does some really interesting stuff to make expressions. There are SO many muscles at work! I think you did a good job and the feeling comes off right. =)

Actually, Tommy is at the age where he starts going numb to all of this stuff. :) Survival kicks in and he just learns to deal with it the best he can.

Thanks hun!

Yup! Exactly. That's exactly the look I see in him. =3

I need to show next that, all in all, he's still a pretty happy kid. He has some sadness, of course, but how to properly treat children was just then being talked about in that period of time. Hell, some parents would send their 8 year old's to work hard days in workhouses and not give a crap if the kid was okay or not. The kid was just a little adult and striking a child wasn't a big deal. :/ Thanks to Queen Victoria for going "Okay... yeah... no. Enough. I'm raising the level of the age of children where they have to stay in school until 12," and she made it easier for kids to go to school.

Now the wealthier kids (middle and upper-class), such as Tommy, they had it pretty good, but the parents could still be super strict. Tommy's dad, at least for that day in age, wasn't a bad guy at all (even though everyone else even agreed that he was *too* strict on his kids). He worked his butt off every single day, whether he wanted to or not, so he could make sure his family ate *very* well, had a nice home, good status in society and that his kids got a full education until the age of 15 with the option of attending the University afterwards. His dad just needs to find a better way to discipline Tommy and stop tying him up in the backyard, which honestly is the most gentle approach he can take. His father his no problem actually whacking one of his kids.

All in all, Tommy was one lucky kid. :D

I see, sounds like the well meaning father who just wants to make sure his son is "tough" and "smart" so he can succeed in life, so he decided to use the good ol' time tested "tough love". Ahh parents. Gotta love 'em. They put us through hell and back, all in the name of love and providing for our future. XD

Oh yeah XD Still, it's not right what his father did. Even some of the other parents that know Tommy's father think he goes a bit too far, but they usually just shrug it off.

Yeah, that sounds about right. Most people shrug it off. =\ Well I'm quietly following this story and the images. I'm interested in seeing where you take it next. =)

Thanks hun :D

I can't wait to get more of their past done so I can actually start the story, but ya gotta know about their past before you can see their future. :3

Wow, the expression... it looks so lovely! Aww....

AWWWWW...

wow this coloring really makes the picture here, wow.

poor puppy

Aw, my heart bleeds for him. When you look
at those eyes, it looks like he's about to
burst into floods of tears.

is this from a movie? i noticed the miyazaki tag

Awwwwwwww!