The texture on this is great. And most of your weeks feel like real media to me. Looks a lot less digital than plenty of other artists anyways [myself included].

And again, monochromatic is <3.

Now I just need to find a way to get them out of the computer still looking like real media ^_^

You could try doing some basic color...then print the image and apply real media to that. Won't work very good if you're using a laser printer...the coating/layer of toner tends to botch anything but paint.

In my experience anyways. >.>

Yeah, that's totally a fun thing to play around with. It's funny how worthless I am with coloring when I'm not plugged into my computer, though -- haha, I'm totally on painting life support ^_^

I can...use a pencil. That's about it ^_^ Still, it's something to practice at!

Pff, I hear ya on that one. I do fine with ink and pencils...but paint just completely eludes me. >.<

I do decent with watercolor...but usually that's all luck and very little skill involved. And I don't recommend watercolor on a print anyways. If you get a little marker though or try using some pencil to get a more textured look, you never know, you might just end up with something cool.

fantastic.

wonderful colors, gorgeous tones, everything!

it's awesome =)

Very nice. I especially like the small detail of the spectacles looking hard and smooth while surrounded by all that fur.

You make things look really pretty. <3

oh wow- I really like that. Very awesome style

=o

That avatar makes me laugh every time, dude. That Nutri-Grain commercial is hilarious.

(And I'm remembering to add the line specifically about the commercial so that when you decide to change your avatar to like a symbol of your dearest religious beliefs, I'm not suddenly a horrible person, haha ^_^)

"HEY! You're hot and I feel great - lets get married" "Allright, but I want lots of kids!" "Me too - fivehundred of them - UUUUUFFFF!" "Yeeeah... babies EVERYWHERE!"

Hah, join the club. I just had to use this. I mostly hate commercials, but that Nutri-Grain commercial is damn comedy gold! good that it makes you laugh :9

(And no worries, I go 50/50 with my avatars. Other half is funny stuff like this and other half is me failing to draw avatar of my cat. No need to be afraid of laughing to odd religious beliefs :D )

This is great!!! Keep going with this new style, it's engaging and interesting!

Thanks! It's also a lot more practical for me, because I'm really slow and meticulous with linework, so doing stuff with finished lines takes me hours and hours. If I just jump into painting and play around with that, I can do a lot more a lot faster. I think all of the newer stuff I've posted so far has all just been single session, sit-down-and-do-it stuff, which is nice when you're busy with other things in life ^_^

Damn, that is absolutely fantastic =)

Omg I think I'm in love. This picture inspires me so much, I Loev you for posting it! I love this painting. Ive been wanting to take up painting but I dont know where to start. I love this so much. Ima check out more of your stuff.

Go for it! There's a hojillion places for info and tips on painting in Photoshop (or whatever you choose to use), but I can heartily recommend checking out the forums at places like www.conceptart.org for some great tutorials on things like brushes and texture and color theory and figure drawing and perspective and...

No matter what medium you choose, a lot of it will probably be applicable, so you might take a peek! The site's also chock full of amazing concept art from some industry pros that's awesome material for inspiration ^_^

Wow how very kind of you to take time and give advice. All I can say is...Youre awesome!!

No problem ^_^ It's an art community, after all.

I feel kinda bad that I don't reply to everybody who says something, because I totally appreciate all the feedback, but I don't want to clog up the page with a bunch of "Thanks!" notes. If folks have specific questions or comments, though, I'm totally happy to answer what I can ^_^

Katana is equivalent to awesome.

You're absolutely wonderful X3
I love the watery feel of your backgrounds. I feel like I'm drowning in art.

so bossssss you bastard

kangaroo love <3

I wouldn't want to piss him off.
And you should cross those boundaries more often.
This is totally made of win.
^_^

Haha, I try a lot of wacky new stuff out, so the boundaries wind up getting a lot of abuse ^_^ Thanks.

With you on my watch list, it's like finding a little chunk of Jesus in my submission box every day. Seriously rocker punk work, it's incredible.

People actually tell me I look like JC a lot. I guess it's the hair/facial scruff?

Hehe, anyway, thanks for watching ^_^

I love the limited palate!

Fewer colors for me usually means fewer moving parts, and less chance of me screwing some color relation up ^_^

Pretty good i must say.

I like his outfit a lot. And that chin hair. <3

Hehe, big ol' sailor pants <3

This is a rather late comment, but this picture is really cool. The design of the character and the coloring are awesome.

Thanks, dude! It was juuust as I was starting out with painting without linework, and trying out texture, etc., so there were a lot of things I was trying to figure out as I went, but I do feel like I learned a bunch from doing it.

Wow, I just love the feel of lightness in it!

Awsome!

Nice action pose!