Great piccie.. the details are all purry.. his hindpaws too. For some reason, I'm more fascinated by the hindpaws than the big wet nose this time.
I don't know how or why, but I'm sure it's your fault ;)

That's a good thing BTW.

yay for thong bulges +<3

He's a tripple C! (Cute, cuddly, and chirpy)
I love the look on his face. :)

Read the story...
I can't look at this picture without feeling sad =S

thats is awesome man!

Ill totaly hafta check it out sometime soon

Ive always loved how you draw hands <3

He's all chubby, but still hawt =3

I don't mean to criticize or anything, but I honestly did not care for the story. The ending is cliche and predictable, and I didn't really feel the message that was supposed to be portrayed. It seems to get lost in the nature of the ending. I also kind of felt like the writer took his/her time in the beginning of the story, then rushed in the end. The level of detail seems to slowly diminish as it goes on, as well as the the careful wording. Overall, tho, the word choice and sentence structure, level of detail is all pretty good. *shrugs* Awesome pic tho, as always.

I can see where jjmrpg is coming from to some degree, but i have to say a few things in response to it (sorry if i'm taking up space, Keto... i really wish there were a way to preview potentially overlong comments), as someone with a completely different perspective... :P

I completely did not see the ending as predictable - the endings i thought of while reading it (and i'll call spoilers here on this so folks who don't want to know what does not happen can avoid knowing) were either that they'd end up breaking off the relationship one way or the other, or that the main character would reconcile what he saw from the "crack in the wall" in some way and go on despite being somehow deceived... Regardless of whether the idea on the whole was at all trite, i think the concept was artfully illustrated.

As for the detail changes, i thought it had to do with the change in emphasis from environment/situation to emotions/definition of the relationship and then finally to the climax of the story ((calling Spoilers again here)and in this case i think the lower detail reflects that the main character is focused on himself more than his surroundings - and i'm not sure whether i'd be noticing any specific details of anything i was looking at if i were just stepping into such a gruesome and fear-/regret-inspiring scene). We start off by getting a pretty thorough (dis?)taste of one guy's occupation, follow through with some of the more positive aspects, and end with action.

As for the picture - I absolutely love the face. I can't say i wouldn't be ensnared by the spell of the scene described in the story if he were the one on stage. x3

I see what u mean. The change of emphasis from one thing to another. Makes sense.

Criticism is always welcome, and as the author of the story, I'll be the first to say that its not perfect. I thought I'd offer some insight as to why things are the way you observed them:

The ending. Cliche? Well, so much as the idea of tragedy (the Greek sense) is cliche, yes. Predictable? Absolutely! My goal as an author is never to trick the reader into believing anything but the reality of the situation. There are tons of hints at the ending, laced throughout the story, and I wouldn't change that.

Recently, movies and comic books have given people the idea that the "surprise ending" should be just that: out of the blue and unpredictable. But that's always achieved by lying to the reader or viewer throughout the story and then revealing the lies at the end. That's cheating, in my perspective. A reader should trust their narrator, or if they shouldn't, that mistrust should be developed early on so that they are expecting to be lied to.

The level of detail is difficult to address. In a short story, there's always a struggle between content and meaning. Maybe I failed to provide the substance that would give the ending meaning, for you. Maybe the characters stopped feeling real? Just looking for more specifics. :)

Well, not dissing on it persay. I mean, I am naturally a little biased about it to begin with cause I really don't care much for things pertaining to violence or death. And hey, if being straight forward was your goal, then I guess I can't really say there was anything wrong with it. I don't necessarily think the ending is bad, I guess my biggest gripe is, like I said, these thesis just doesn't seem very clear to me. There are so many different feelings and emotions jam packed into it that by the end, I am not really sure what to believe. The main character seems to constantly change his stand point. I think the other thing is the ending was so abrupt that I didn't see a transition from mid story to end. It was kinda like BOOM! Maybe for impact reasons? I wish I could be more specific, but I am having a hard time putting my finger on it. I think it's kinda like you said. The content surrounding the end part seems to overpower your thesis.

nices :D and had cute feet :D

i think that

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*Goes off to read the story.*

Again, grat work Keto. <3

so cute

yay fanart! that was definitely a well written story.

your anatomy here is really well done! i <3 canines ;3

I can't help but wonder where that pole is though...

Very sexy fellow :)

Pudge! Woot!

hehe tehe poetry ofr you its coool an the drawing sexy =p, me i can teach me please X3

This looks really nice :)

Once more I love the facial expression, and yes, I know I say that a lot. 's just that those are a main factor for an image's mood :P
Oh, and the crotch's lovely too, of course :D

Who knew paunches could look good? I could win over girls at my school by working out and cutting out all the sugar or eating junk food and not getting up for anything. Same thing.