Nice.
^\/^

Very nice.

Wooooooooowww!!! Very very well done! I thought it was some kind of photo from the thumbnail!!
Awesome perspective and shading!!! Very good!!

Someone needs to trim his nails. Nicely done!

Yay for Jackals! :3

The detail is absolutely amazing. Your talent is simply awe inspiring. :)

Amazing work as always... x333

cool

Damn at a glance from the thumbnail of this pic, the background looks like someone just took a picture of a bar. Nicely done Kacey

Now this is what I like here.

Very sharp style you've got. :)

Your work is stunning.... I love the amount of detail you can put into an image....
You must use very tiny brushes.

You draw so pretteh. :O

wonderful work. The tiger-barkeeper looks great too ;)

Awesomely well made...such detail....

Your sense of lighting is always gorgeous <3

Holy balls that's nice, look at the reflections on the bar top. Nice work.

I'm more interested in that bartender really.

I love the subtle reflections in the surface of the polished wood bar, its little details like this that set you apart from other artists.

Wow Love it

Nothing like relaxing at the bar after a hard day at the office. Excellent work.

Oh wow! This art piece is excellent! Love the detail!

He's a handsome fellow.

Amazing work!! :D It looks so good!

the lighting / shading on the clthing seems perfect. i was a bit confused when i saw the thumbnail, as the suit looked so real; i wondered is it was a photo of somone costume.

Thank you =D. What I did with the lighting of the characters in this one was to paint the characters first in shades of grey, so as to make sure the lighting was uniform and drastic enough before adding the colors. Sometimes when I work right into colors, the lighting can get a bit confused because of all I have to worry about with making the colors match - but this way I had a lighting guide to work from.

kick ass ^^

oh the tiger in the background is sexy! Wonderful work!

The character in the foreground is delightfully handsome as expected, but what really makes this for me is the sheer amount of work you put into everything else! The other characters, the bar... It's ALL beautiful.

You do incredible work Kacey, please don't ever change! :P

awesome pic

Amazing work as always

What makes this truly stand out for me is that it's just a piece of everyday REAL life turned Furry. The hyper-unrealistic fantasies of situations and other things within Furry can be great, but it really ties it back to our human connection with animals in the first place to see scenes like this within the fandom. Thanks for sharing this!

Impressive detail. He sure looks happy with either himself or how the day went, or possibly both!

Classy bars are kick ass, although overly expensive.

Sweet!
Looks great!

Did someone say "suit up"? Because they totally should have.

Oh, hello there handsome. What are you doin here? tee hee...

oh wow, thats definately got some POP to it

I love the atmosphere you captured here- I could imagine Niles or Frasier coming here to have sherry- very realistic setting =D

wow the high end detail right down to the lights reflection this is stunning

Very nicely done!

Damn, you're good... O_o

You never cease to astound and impress, Kacey! It must have been very difficult working with so many simultaneous light sources... O.O

Considering that this is all done in traditional medium, that instantly stands out as a testament to your ability. The anatomy, as always, is dead on; impressive use of foreshortening (right arm of the bartender looks difficult to accurately imagine, especially for me). Shading and highlights are phenomenal; you even took the time to accurately paint each light into the reflection of all the wine glasses and bottles in the background. Reflections off the polished bar top are such a nice touch; adds a lot to the overall atmosphere. Brilliant!

It's so inspiring to see your work! Always a pleasure to see your latest talents take shape into artistic beauty of this magnitude. :3

Excellent work and detail.
Well done.

I absolutely love this piece! ^^

NICE!

Exactly how long have you been doing this anyway? (art i mean)

As far back as I can remember... My mother, grandmother and sister were all artists so it was the kind of climate I grew up in... But I started considering it to be my future career around when I was 13

hmmmm.....so how long are we talking here?

Its been 15 years since I was 13 ^.^

lol long time then. XD
much longer than me.

That does look like a classy joint. Wish there were a place like that around here. Esp. with a cute bartender.

I like how you use the inking to differentiate the foreground from the background. I will have to try that.

love the detail especially the reflective bar damn that must have taken some time to perfect :) and what a drink to drink whiskey on the rocks cheers

OMG, I should be placed behind this bar, I'm a bartender :P

holy shit O.O i thought it would be a photo as i see the thumbnail.. but then... i'm totally speechless!!!

Awesome! :D I really like the background in this one. Very lifelike, and reminds me of a real place that I saw once. Beautifully drawn, just like always! ^.^
Now that I think of it, a lot of your pictures seem to take place in a bar, or at least involving a bottle or something... Have you worked in a bar before?

Never worked in a bar, no... but Noriko has, and she's given me an appreciation for mixed drinks. I don't drink very often, though, these days - because it interferes with my art and my capacity to remember things if I do.

I understand that :)
I don't drink at all. Still a bit too young, y'know... Anyways, keep up the great work! ^.^

mixed drinks are the best ^^ I like the toxic looking ones, blue, green... And I just love the stripe drinks, when you have 5-6 layers of different liqueur ^^ But I don't drink much though ;)

Very Nice!

Fantastic job on the setting and the interpositon of the characters! Feels comfy!

Nice! The reflections on the bar caught my eye right away. This is quite the realistic piece!

Great work, as always Kacey I always look forward to seeing a new piece from ya

=^_^=
-Fox

How long did it take you to finish this? :O

In total it took about five days of work...

Thank god.. I worried for a bit that you were inhuman <:3

Haha no ^.^ I just work really hard..

This piece oozes charm while simultaneously making me think "liquor ad".

Love the setting!

The detail put into this is really amazing. Plus, I always loved the name "Victor".

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I feel like a horrible artist now this is just so god-damned good

The original media for this arrived recently and I must say, the tiny details are even more impressive when you can see the paint and brush strokes. It must have required so much patience to paint all those little reflections: The bartender's in the shaker and empty martini glass, the lights in all those wine glasses, and everyone's reflection in the surface of the bar.

I got a lot more out of this than I originally asked for, and I am very pleased with the results.

Yay! I'm really happy that you like it ^.^. The originals always look a bit better than the scans..

Thanks very much for letting me know that it arrived, and even more that you are happy with it ^.^

I just caught someone using this as his Twitter icon, saying he found it on VCL? Is my ownership of the character indicated there?

Thats weird - its not even posted on VCL. At least - I haven't posted it there @.@. I did just post it on DA recently, catching up on my art postings there since I fell behind, but I do list the character ownership there as well (Though I didn't know if you have a DA account so I didnt link back to any page and just wrote LordVictor as the owner) Link to the DA listing: http://kaceym.deviantart.com/art/Victor-147401931

I don't have a DA account so just mentioning it is good enough.

The guy was probably just lying because he was embarrassed I caught him.

Thanks Kacey <3

You're welcome ^.^

And yeah, that sounds about right...

very attractive. this one makes me think of my husband. The background characters look really good too. I really like your backgrounds they always commit to the characters. It looks like you had trouble with the bartender.