I love the light and shadow on the snow, and the rough trees on the left are such a cool contrast. Really neat piece.

It just needs more grunge and bling letters!

Well, sure, they make everything classy and marketable!
http://bigblurdesign.com/indasnow.jpg

OH MY GOD UPDATING SUBMISSION FILE NOW.

agh! That is really beautiful! Very nice and wintery. Cold yet cozy. It will make a great wall paper as I progress into winter...

Thanks! I kinda felt like doing something with super-rough (ie, lazy) linework that I could just scrawl out at top speed and throw some color on to make it look like the rough linework fit. I blocked out the scene roughly first, but then I think the pencil work itself took about 3 minutes and 15 seconds <3

Well, seems like for you they can be. The mix of thick and thin lien here works really well. For as speedy as this is, it looks pretty deliberate.

I have a ton of respect for graphic artists who can maintain the free, quick energy of sketched lines while creating balanced, refined compositions. As a generally poor inker, I tend to choke every bit of life out of my linework when I go about cleaning it up. Doing it quickly-but-correctly requires a lot of practice and a lot of confidence -- I don't have much of the latter at all, so I figured I'd use this as a chance to get more of the former ^_^ Thanks for the comment!

so i pretty much love you for this.
flat graphic style critters in snow.
yeah.
<3

Aww, yay <3

I liked the idea that even animal people who wear clothes and play instruments and work in the city still live off in the woods someplace ^_^ And yeah, I'd been doing a lot of painty stuff recently, so I figured I'd do something a little more graphic/iconic than representational for a change.

D'you have spooky fun at the con? Do good business? I'm always stoked to see more from you <3

Is that real media???



Naaawwwww, of course not.

Well, the lines are, yeah. 3-minute pencils slapped down on paper, then scanned. The color's all digital, tough. 'Course.

Er, that should be "though," not "tough." And the texture on the color flats is from some spray painting I did last week, so that's real media, too....kinda?

you photoshop wizard you

Haha, dude, this is like the lowest-tech image ever ^_^

It's like the paintbrush, four layers, and a mask or two <3

right

dude, digging those brush-esque lines.

flat, graphic design-ey things are great - especially when done right. it's easier to incorporate text into the images, and the "style" of the image is often neutral enough to appeal to a broader audience than others :3a

eh I don't even know what I'm saying anymore. but I loooove multicolored strips on clothing.

Totally re: the broader audience thing. I think it takes on a kind of editorial quality -- this could be used as a general piece about commuting, where the woods and the city are just metaphors. It's a little vague about the statement it's making (because I didn't really intend it as commentary on commuting, haha), but it's definitely got a lot more crossover appeal than, say, the naked rabbit dude and the lotus. With that, the first logical question becomes, "Okay, why is he a rabbit?" You just don't get that with graphic stuff like this.

And I totally thought of adding text to this, but couldn't come up with anything to really add, so OH WELL!

Also, stripes are rad!

haha well, not just subject matter but like.

If it was a really photorealistic image, or say a painterly image. People become more occupied with image and then they start questioning what they're seeing. You could have a rabbit guy in stylish clothes standing in some mall or whatnot in a flat, graphic-designey look and people will go "oh okay that's just personas and it's cartooney to make it look more appealing and interesting". Once you make the dude look like an actual rabbit-person people go "what, why is he a rabbit? what is this?"

or that might be what you were saying anyways.

Pretty much totally exactly what I was talking about <3 I think there's just more of a context for visual metaphor in flat, graphic work than in realistically rendered painterly work, too. There's the body of cartoon animation in the Warner Brother/Disney mold, plus all the wacky advertising mascot characters, etc. to draw context from in the design arena. The painterly tradition is all human figure stuff, so animal-men seem out of context. The fact that you're changing the subject matter becomes important, and begs the question of why you're turning the people into animals. With graphic stuff, the question never really arises to begin with.

man, this could be a neat poster. wait, it IS a neat poster.
I really like the colors and the composition

did you watched this on my journal ?
music posters, link courtesy of my design teacher
http://wellmedicated.com/inspiratio.....re-to-inspire/

Those are totally sweet! Haha, and they're totally a cross-section of the music I listen to <3

I agree with the one commenter who says the list is missing stuff by Aesthetic Apparatus -- they're a Twin Cities duo that does awesome screenprinted poster work! If you haven't seen their stuff, definitely check it out ^_^

Oh dude, sweet link.

Totally bookmarking that

Musicians are odd, but sexy.
=3 I can't play my guitar for crap.

Haha, I can't play my guitar for a daaaamn, man. I feel you there ^_^

I like how you made use of the perspective and colors to really draw the viewer into the image. Also, I like his scarf >w>

Huzzah for wandering minstrels!

Scarves are pretty much the best thing.

Yes, and his Scarf Power is approaching that of the Doctor's, but it's still got a ways to go.

DEF.
This picture is gorgeous, it provokes hermeneutic thought as to what's going on in the image. I love it 8D

I tried to pair the more editorial style with more referential than representative imagery, hence the mini-skyscraper, etc. There's definitely room there to expand or contract your interpretation to anything from "a commentary on commuting in general" to just "some folks are going to work here." Make of it what you will ^_^

Awesomeness :)

Or laziness <3 Hehe, I'm pretty sure it's one or the other ^_^

I like how the horizontal shadows add depth perspective.

Also: poky snout, yay!

I figured the shadows would help create the space while also being a visual parallel to the stripes in his scarf. And yeah, he's like a coyote/wild dog or something -- he's hell of angular ^_^

pretty :o

Yay <3

Also! Irian's comment above has a link to gig posters for a bunch of bands that I listen to, so if you're curious as to what's on my playlist, those are some examples ^_^

ohh man awesome! So may of my faves on there.
Of Montreal and AIH being at the top. but I LOVE all those bands listed.

great piece

Aw, thanks, dude! Just futzin' around here <3

Very 1970s textbook-ish. Love it!

Definitely retro ^_^

<3 !!!

Is this real medium? You're a wizard regardless.
Man i love that scarf.

It's pencil linework I did in a jiffy and scanned in, then threw down color flats in Photoshop and overlaid a mask based on a spraypaint spray, so it's about as real-media as digital can get <3

And yay for scarves.

EVERYTHING YOU DO IS SO AWESOME FUCK

I'LL TRY HARDER

I must know you photoshop brush settings >.>
I can never seem to get colours to sit right in Photoshop. That's probably why I prefer painter.

I'm liking the angular, sketchy look of this one. Different from your usual Kamui!

The brush I always use for everything has the following settings:

Spacing: 2%
Other Dynamics > Opacity Jitter: 0% set to Pen Pressure
Smoothing: checked
And the shape of it is just this kind of rough, mostly opaque wedge

In cases like this one with flat colors, I just hammer on the pressure, but when I paint normally, all my blending happens by just varying the pressure in my stroke.

And yeah, something different! Every so often, a little departure is fun ^_^

Thanks, that helps a ton. :)

Good good!

Your characters are always so WELL DRESSED
Argh
Be my fashion designer please

I like clothes <3

It's like I'm some kinda homo or something. Crazy, I know.

I like the way you draw furry faces.. anthropomorphized with subtlety rather than I guess.. toonyness, but far from expressionless. You seem to have great respect for the anatomy\texture\silhouette of their animal heads which I think is nifty.

Thanks! I like to draw animal people because I like to draw animals and people -- it sounds obvious, but it still holds true. Animals have really nifty forms and expressions of their own, so I usually try to change as little as necessary to get my point across.

I also love toony stuff, don't get me wrong, it's just never been something that came easily to me ^_^

あ、これ好きです。形の歪みがきもちいいぜ！画面手前のうさぎさんのフトマユとか、画面奥の青い人とか細かい形まで神経使ってる感じは流石kamuiさんだな～と<3

それにしてもkamuiさんがこういう絵も描けるとは思ってなかった。普段の絵を知ってるとすごく新鮮で楽しいです。

どっちかというとあまり神経使わないで描こうとしたのがこの絵だね。

しつこく追うほど逃げられるみたいに絵を綺麗に且つ細かく描こうとするたびにスケッチだった頃の何かを失うっていう現象を考えてたら、こういった荒くグラフィックっぽいものが描きたくなった<3

こっちも新鮮味が欲しかったかな～　^_^

Very simple. I love it.

Simple is nice sometimes ^_^

is there a story behind the picture? or just random awesomeness?

I was looking at some graphic artists and wanted to do something flat and simple ^_^ The idea of commuting from the forest is just kind of a random thought of the moment <3

It looks Japanese! Well, not the scene really, but it resembles a wood block print with the flat colors.
And don't say it's just cuz you were lazy because it looks awesome!

I could see it as a screenprint, too!

And lazy and pretty don't have to be mutually exclusive <3

Very nice!! :O

buh, reply fail <3

Something a little different, anyway <3

oh god....I luv it! those colors are wonderful <3

Thanks! That neon green is definitely not in my usual color palette, but with flat color stuff like this, you can afford to be a bit more bold because you don't have to worry about blending crazy color combinations together ^_^

indeed :)

Well, thanks! Maybe next time I go to make a poster run, I'll do something in a flat graphic style instead of my usual painterly stuff ^_^

That bunny in the background could almost be me! ;]

Very crisp and angular. I like it.

Thanks, dude!

And that bunny's supposed to be a little girl <3

But yay for scarves anyway?

hey now this is pretty awesome~

but i'm pretty hooked on flat colors

Thanks! Yeah, flat colors are fun, man.

This is beautiful! Please do more!!

Thanks! And I likely will ^_^

I absolutely love this, it is one of the best pictures ever.

Haha, thanks ^_^

different from your gorgeous rendering but omg it's still love <3

Definitely something a little different, but it was a fun break ^_^ Glad folks liked it, and I'm sure there'll be more flat graphic stuff in the future, too.

sweeeet <3

omg

Woo <3

From what I can tell... Anything you do is "really nice." ^__^

Haha, so long as you're willing to ignore all the scrapped ideas that get painted over along the way ^_^

Oh very, very nifty. This would look very good in a wall-poster- reminds me of walking around Chicago in the winter (where I currently live)

Nice! Yeah, I kind of miss living up north. My part of the west coast doesn't tend to see much in the way of snow >_<

love me that scarf

Hehe, complete with malformed fingery fringe ^_^ A little splash of nice, bright color is always nice to see in the winter, though <3

meh gives the scarf character
it wants to play in the snow c:

I love the Japanese print look :O

Thanks! Yeah, I've been looking at a couple of Japanese print illustrators recently, and it makes me want to do crazy flat stuff ^_^

Well, I love it. It's good to see furry artists reach out beyond the known realm of "furry" to bring other ideas and stylistic choices into their work! :3

Oh, totally. There are a lot of talented folks doing furry stuff, but just looking at the numbers, we're a pretty small pond ^_^ Gotta keep a broad mind and take in inspiration from as many sources as you can find!

Reminds me of my stay in Canada ~o~

Nice ^_^

That looks like a woodblock print.
Is it or just simulation-via-photoshop-or-something?

Also, it's pretty awesome. Refreshingly different than lots fo your other stuff.

It's like a 3-minute pencil sketch throwdown that I scanned in and slapped some photoshop color flats onto, then overlayed a little white spray paint spray on top of that ^_^

And yeah, something a little different is fun every now and again <3

Lovely.

No, you <3

So are you the king of badass artwork or what

Pshaw, sir! I say again, pshaw!

Thanks, though