I find it difficult to articulate how wonderful this image is. I particularly love cave art too.

Aw, thank you! ^^ I love cave art as well.

oh wow

This is just gorgeous Eski.
I can't get over how traditional your digital paintings look.
Seriously, sometimes I confuse them for oils on Board.

Thank you, I consider that a great compliment! =D

You are most welcome.
Keep up the awesome work!

this is simply stunning ♥

wow just wow

You always come up with wonderful artwork to produce

Thank you so much!

Wow beautiful :)

wow this is just wow.... I love this pics so much.

This is SO Beautiful ;^; I WISH I had your skills. GOSH! Do you have any tutorials on how you do fur or like backgrounds? I'm still learning ;c;

The best tutorial for fur that I know if on CoyoteMange's DA page.

http://coyotemange.deviantart.com/a.....rt-1-213293289
http://coyotemange.deviantart.com/a.....rt-2-217035127

As for environment tutorials, it's hard to say because environmental art covers such a vast range of "things" to paint. Trees, rocks, water, atmosphere, thousands of objects and textures encompass "backgrounds". The best way I think to learn is do to landscape studies, from photographs you enjoy and from life. Landscape painting outside can be really rewarding! Like anything, you sort of suck at it at first before you get a grasp on how to piece together a good environment painting. It gets easier and easier to create fictional environments. It also depends on your medium! I know a lot of concept artists have sped up videos of their environment art that is really useful to see. I think watching how other artists do it is super helpful. Watching Noah Bradley's work has helped me a LOT for my backgrounds. =3

Oh gosh This is so Amazing I will look over these! Thank you so much! I always liked looking at photos for backgrounds but Now and days you gotta watch what you draw, I heard alot of people are getting shit for being too close to referencing. This is Wonderful though thank you so much! <3 You inspire me!!

Using close reference or exact copying for practice only (and not publishing it anywhere, including online) is totally ethical and actually encouraged! Proper referencing for art you intent to put online is definitely more complex of an issue. As long as it's ok to use (free stock photography or your own) then direct referencing actually isn't unethical. Here's some good examples and thoughts on how to reference - http://christopherburdett.blogspot......reference.html You can also use multiple sources to know how a thing looks, but not directly copy any one part of any one of those references. It's not crime to look up a few photos of a cheetah to see how their spots lay out. But it's not ok to draw directly from one of those photos. Hope that makes sense!

Yes it does make sense. I really appreciate it. I've have tried to reference but it doesn't really come out the way I want it to because i'm always trying to draw something extreme like fantasy for something super simple. So I don't reference anymore.;; I really want to learn to draw/paint backgrounds. It was always my dream to be a fantastic artist, it's hard starting out though because your always super jealous of other peoples talent but it always encourages you to push forward. Thank you, you are really nice. Even to just comment back is really awesome of you. Not alot of artists give feedback to their watchers questions/comments. I will take all the advise you have given to me and try harder! Thank you again! You really have made my day! I must draw a gift art for you, when I am better artist. I want to show you how much change I've gone through. ;;

Thank you. u v u~

The amount of detail you put into your pieces is mind blowing O.o

Wow, this is just gorgeous!!! I just love it!!!

So beautiful.....

Ooh, you finished it! It's beautiful. I can't get over the lighting. Very accurate for firelight.

Thank you! =D

I agree. Amazing. You have such talent :)

AHHH i'm so glad to see it finished! I had to collapse before the stream ended the other day haha

oh my god though, i'm just

I can't handle this, it's so good xD I love your grasp on lighting, especially how you handle multiple sources! I love the stylization of the fire too, and I'm a sucker for starry skies >_>

Thank you so much! =D I'm glad you could stop by though, it's really nice to have artists all hanging out and chatting about art and whatnot in one place. =3

Aaaah man, Eski, this turned out so stunningly well! As expected, it's so much prettier and more vibrant out of the livestream channel-- and god, those details. Seriously, the meticulous rendering of EVERYThING is so admirable and intense; it's definitely among your most impressive works I've seen to date. It was so incredibly fun watching this develop, too, which makes it even more delightful to see!

Woo, thank you so much! And thank you for your help and feedback too, and your presence in the stream is awesome and make the chat so fun!

Wow, that's REALLY cool! I love the story that it shows, from hunting to signing about it around a campfire!

I absolutely love this <3

Thank you so much! ^^

Amazing job Eskie! I love seeing this couple drawn in your style, and that starry sky is beautiful. I wonder why you posted a smaller version to FA?

I didn't actually, FA resizes things for you. To fix it you just have to reupload the file after the submission is complete, which I didn't do until you reminded me! XD

So much detail in all your pieces <3

Amazing piece.
Peter Gabriel should be mentioned.

+1 for Peter Gabriel.

Even though this is an incredibly amazing piece (really, you really know how to work those lights!), I can't help to feel that the fire really looks like I can grab it and hold it in my palm. But fire is also the hardest element (in my opinion) to work with.

Yep, it's very stylized fire alright! It's certainly not meant to look like real fire. =3

That is just wonderful! ♥

Gorgeous night sky and the firelight on their fur is finely done! The fluid-like fire is terrific also! Hee hee, they killed something and ate it so they're happy!

This is going to sound strange, but I can feel the heat of the fire as I look at this piece. It's so beautiful and full of life and color. <3 One of my new faves by you!

Aw man, thank you so much!

Oh my God, this is just so breathtaking!

It's such an amazing picture, and it features two of my favourite characters as well!

I can't but stare in awe, and be amazed by your talent, Wolf-nymph!

Very very nicely done. I like the scenery you depicted there.

This is very compelling. The mixture of native painting with your semi-realistic look works perfectly.
Gives me a clearer idea in fact of the type of illustration I want for my story.

Looks wonderful! I enjoyed watching you create this. : -)

Thank you so much!

That is awesome. =)

We absolutely love how it came out. Thanks again, Eski! Looks awesome!

Thank you so very much, it's wonderful to work with you! =D

Thanks so much for this and for everything, Eski! We love the work you do and you seem to surpass yourself each time you do a piece for us. :) Can't wait to have this printed out and hanging on our wall.

Thank you so very much, I love to work with you guys too! You have the coolest ideas and characters, and are great art directors. =3

Wow, this turned out to be excellent! Great concept, super readable and exciting!

And again I have been blown away by your art.
Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us, it's amazing.

Again another gorgeous piece! I love the shading. The 'dancing flames' is amazing, and, I actually turned on some native american flute music. (I love that stuff!)

Im honestly lost for words hun.. too amazing.

How awesome would it be to see this happen...
Looks so awesome
That red in the fire, so intense... is beautiful *O*

Wonder how the music his is playing sounds like.

Thank you! Probably the music is very up beat and thrilling!

Ah-stounding.

dear fucking god, this is beautiful. it wont do much good to heap more praise on this, as everyone else that has commented has pretty much summed up everything.

i do feel that the fire isnt quite right. hard to place, but id say the color pallette isnt completely accurate. especially at the base where the wood burns, and the fire would be hottest. perhaps the wood is too unobstructed.

IDK. but in any case, it really doesnt detract from this image. this piece, like most of your work, is still fantastic.

Thank you! The fire is most definitely very stylized, that is quite purposeful. =)

Phenomenal piece!

Beautiful!

dat lighting....FFFFFF :T this is amazing. I love the entire thing. the characters, the setting, the fire, the sky, hrrrngh everything. down to every little last piece of grass.

Aw, thank you so much! =D

Wow! This picture is awesome, I especially love how the story of their song is playing out in the fire. The only thing that would make this piece better would be an accompanying  foxamoore song.

Ah, I found some great music that goes with it while working! I love when music goes with art, the pairing really enhances the experience overall. =)

I love most how you're able to render different textures. The fur, the fire, the grass, they all look pretty different. This is a thing I struggle with way a lot.

Thank you so much! Your work is so damn stellar though, I have to say.

Gorgeous! This is such an amazing piece. I love your lighting and the cave art in the flames :3

This is possibly one of the most inspiring pieces I've ever seen. You're an amazing artist.

a tale to be told...

Wow the fire came out super awesome