Oh my goodness, this is just perfectly lovely. The quality of your work is so high- I can feel the weight of the character existing in their surroundings so well

I've been putting a little more practice into "painting" my figures lately. And blending them into their surroundings. So I'm real happy to hear this is how it's looking :)

Amazing piece! You should be proud of this!

Oh my gods... the details are so gorgeous! I love all those little pendents on her, each with different inscriptions. Very serious pose, lovely lighting and really nice pose of the hand too (and hands are always so hard). I do of course love that the one bit of bright light in the room is shining on her pink soles, which are such a bright, stark contrast to all the darker tones of her body, outfit and the room itself. And kudos too on such a great job on five-toed type feet! They're the trickiest to get right, and you nailed it. <3

I mean, I always have to think about whether mustelids get 4 toes or the more realistic 5, and usually a simplified design wins out, more for cuteness and readability's sake than anything else. Thought I'd try something else with this girl, and I was kinda happy with the results.

Extremely pretty!

FEET

Excellent work as usual

Tho I noticed in some of the newer characters you have been moving away from them being naked such as the Wolf medic and this Skunk shaman, is this a new trend in your work?

I love working out sort of "clothing agnostic" designs, which isn't necessarily super new for me. So in the case of the wolf medic, what she wears is more for practical or esthetic purposes, not modesty. Clothing can be fun to work into these designs when it's not exactly a requirement.

Always nice to see lovely skunks, and this piece looks marvelous.

Really nice piece here, I love the outfit too!

The outfit was such a treat to design. It almost makes me want to clothe these characters more... almost.

"Honeeeey! A new piece by Kalahari just dropped!"

That looks amazing!

Absolutely beautiful as always Kalahari!

Man your art always looks both interesting conceptually and appealing visually. A treat every time.

Makes me so happy to know it hits in both areas. I'm always aiming for that!

That's so awesome, as only you could do :3

Thrilled to see you draw a skunk! Hope to see more of her!

pretty skunk lady

I aspire to paint like you do 🤙🤙

What kind of shaman she is? Curandero? Siberian? American? African? I mean the inspiration/refs.

The design draws from a couple realworld inspirations, but they're so buried in the mix that they wouldn't even be recognizable at this point.

impossible they are so clean.

*Omimous flute plays. The shaman doesn't turn to you or cease their spell.*

"I've been expecting you, traveller..."

very beautiful

This is so gorgeous. Thanks for sharing it.

You are the king of plantigrade design!

I'm liking this.

I LOVE shamanic imagery and concepts. This looks really cool <3

most excellent Kal... as always...

Vix

Wow! Everything about this is so captivating, but I really love how you did that left hand <3<3<3

So happy to hear it! The hand gave me a ton of grief, but that just makes me want to work on it even more hehe.

Dang!
This is so amazing!
Loved the designs of everything in here! ^^

Awesome work as always, mate. =)

Meant to comment on this one sooner, as I think it's one of my all time favorite pieces from you yet! o:
The footpaw highlights, the textures, and especially those super intricate outfit medallions are all expertly done, and are serious goals. ;;

I do want to ask so many questions about the lore, the dress and its purposes, where this all originates.... but this reminds me of old oil paintings in how a subject was mostly painted lit, but even the immediate surroundings were left dim. It makes it feel historic, like an account of this figure.
...and gosh, the lovely bright parts, nosetip, the active thinking hand, and... naturally sculpted, beautiful feet. *quiet appreciation* <3 :>

i'm in love with the color composition here, a really lovely scene ^-^

I keep coming back to this one. I love the design of the outfit, the pose, the darkness accented by her brighter parts. Wonderful 💕

So happy to hear it... It makes me glad I revisited the old concept sketch

Not a foot guy, but those are some well drawn feet.

Cool work!

pretty looking skunk

That's so pretty! The fur and fabric look so great

skunk detected