50 hours, and still not complete? How many hours are left?

The arms are bugging me. I'm dreading having to reposition them. XC They were an after thought and afterthoughts often don't work out.

I can see the need for adjustment, and knowing how much work it can take going into one, I would be dreading it too.

They look ... fine ... to me? o.o

Maybe I'm just being nuts then. XD

Being nuts isn't bad. Some of the brightest minds in the world are certifiably nuts.

Indeed. I'm perfectly macaroni past e=mc^2 in the morning with a cat in the hat to the wild, wild Westminster abbey. To paraphrase Will Smith, getting jiggy and mayonnaise go very well together. However, I disagree with his method as the full monte can only be jacksawed with marmite paste eaten under the shadow of an inverted leopard print snuggie.

Bacon.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA! *runs off naked*

In other words, if you were in a room with a milkshake.

A big room.


And you had a straw, there it is, there's the straw.


And your straw reached...allllllll the way across the room...into his milkshake.

NO NO NO! That's all BACKWARDS! And you were so close too. *headshake* Listen, my little grasshopper, it is the MILKSHAKE that is at fault here! Can't you see!? Everyone says "innocent until proven guilty" but that wasn't really intended for milkshakes, only blond, rich, white humans and bacon. But that's beside the point which is exactly the point! Haven't you ever heard the song "My Milkshake Brings all the Boys to the Yard?" That's no coincidence! The truth is out there! Listen to the song! Listen to the song while submerged in a vat of lukewarm organic heavy cream and you'll see what I mean... bean.... glean... LEAN! OH GOD I'M INFECTED! GODDAMNED MILKSHAKES! FUCK YOU MILKSHAKES!

BBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!

AH HAH! So the milkshakes are living shenanigans that likewise manifest as prison jugs and prolapsed, fanged navels that engorge themselves with blood as a threat display, turning multiple shades of color thanks to genes they inherited from blueblooded bastard child of several backwater orphans that ate one too many colors of play dough.


And Bacon. IT'S BACON (strips)!

Exactly. Now you're learning. :)

Yes, master. *bows*

That was amazing.

Stupendous!

I see no issues with it myself.

Think it's pretty cool how you blended the sky in.

Some artists don't know when to stop until they find something else to start.

Whaddya mean it's not done?? What could you possibly add to this piece to make it complete?

Completed or not, damn good job on it. Well done.

Arms, I dunno if I like the way they are positioned. *dread*

I personally think the arms look amazing n-n ,but maybe it's because my eyes are glued onto those beautiful eyes and the shiney in his hand xD.

What's wrong with 'em?

They look forced to me. I mean, a guy could take that position with his arms but it would be.... stiff, no? You disagree?

I'm not sure what you mean by stiff, but I just tried the position and I didn't have to force myself or anything. I just went *pose* and that was it.

So I don't know. They look fine to me.

Personally, I think the arms actually look nice. The way the palms are really look striking, as if even that little bit of green stuff was a super powerful force. I think it adds character.

Lovely and a bit "uncanny valley" (think that's a compliment regarding a humanoid dog :D )

Absolutely gorgeous! Those eyes, the fur detail...the lovely border of leaves...he's gorgeous! I just love his face. I don't know what else to say but beautiful and gorgeous. <3

I dunno, the arms look good to me and I really love the position of his hands. But I definitely understand that feeling of just working on and staring at a piece for a long time and then just finding something you don't like. ^^;

If it makes you feel better, this looks absolutely amazing and beautiful~ X3 <33333

And I love the commentary wars between you and Satan ;3c I lol'd

after a lot of thought and a couple of speed anatomy sketches, I think the arm positioning is actually quite nice, and it's the 'crop' of the image that gives the illusion that it might be a bit off. Really not off at all, as far as I can tell, and you have to really look hard to get the idea that they might be a bit off in the first place.

just my two cents XD I think it's stunning.

Funny you say that because when I extended the canvas, I realized that was a big part of the problem. XD Thanks for the thoughts.

Glad I could provide a bit of insight ^__^

Done or not, I still find it very enchanting.
How do you manage to work with such dark paintings? I mean, it could be my monitor, but to me the surrounding area is pretty much black. ^^' Even though I suspect it is...well more than black.
Hope you won't kill me but I lightened it up a bit in photoshop just to see how it actually looks. (Educational purpose?) ^^' Only now do I know he's wearing a green...err loinclothish thing, among other little details. Really fascinating!

It might be your monitor or it might be mine. On my monitor the loincloth looks bright green.

Bright green you say? Hmm, about time to get a new one then.

Thank you.
And merry christmas.

Maybe not quite bright green, but it's definitely visibly green. And my monitor is brand new. :( WTF. XC

Oh, I meant it's time to throw out -my- monitor and buy a new one. It's quite old and isn't really top notch anymore. But if yours is brand new, and you haven't tinkered much with it's settings, then the way it displays your images is how they should be viewed. ^^'

"and you haven't tinkered much with it's settings, then the way it displays your images is how they should be viewed." I'm not so sure because I just looked at the image on my iPad and it looks super dark. A friend just said the same thing. :( RRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

You sure the brightness on the Ipad wasn't turned down? I think the Iphone has a similar screen and I have the brightness turned to just below 50%. I maxed it and wow, I can see! The image is still dark but background details and loincloth are visible at least.
I must admit that I've thought a lot about if this phenomenon is a serious one in the digital art world. Since everyone has different screens and settings, is anyone actually seeing what the artist is seeing? Even tiny differences are important, but it's more likely that people really don't care too much :/
Hope I didn't make the RRRAAAAAAGGGGEEEEE worse. 8I

:P You didn't.

"I must admit that I've thought a lot about if this phenomenon is a serious one in the digital art world." It is but there's only so much that can be done about it. :\ It's inevitable that people are going to see different things on their individual screens.

Here, I made some adjustments. Better?

Oh, and make sure you hit refresh.

Much better! But now I'm thinking, after reading your journal, what the image will look like if I also calibrate my monitor? (also a stupid H one) xD Too light maybe?

Thing is, I've tested it on my ipad and on another computer; looks better this way to me.

i think it looks fine for the action he's doing. :3 If he weren't holding that nice shiny between his fingers then I might question it, but no...it's great the way it is. :D

I don't know what I'm more in love with, your work or your commentary.

Wow. Satan sure has a one track mind, huh?

^ Win =3

This is damn pretty.

I swoon a little whenever someone draws something and I was properly able to identify the breed/species.

I thought "he looks like a basenji" and then lo and behold he IS a basenji, hats off to you :)

You can definitely see the massive amount of time that has gone into this piece. This looks amazing, even if you're south enamored with it after spending so much time staring at it.

this is exquisite! marvelous! amazing!

That just looks amazing. I can't really describe how beautiful that picture looks. There is no way I'd let anyone or anything harm someone that beautiful, if it was real of course.

Stunningly beautiful...a true masterpeice

Crop it tight to just the head?

Scott

Personally, I liked it better without the hands.

I think it's that you put so much detail into everything else, but the hands just look.. so unfinished. Idk.

just because your palms have fur on them......

What you really mean is "there's no fur on the palms" and I'm sorry but realistically, there wouldn't be.

furry palms.... I think your satan and I just had a mutual perverted thought.

No, that's not what I mean. I rather like your style in the hands, but with such detail in the fur, the hands just don't look real. They seem too smooth, too soft, just not a hand texture. I think if you work the texture on the hand some, this would be a perfect image.

But over all I really like this! His face is just absolutely stunning! I stared a good deal of time at his eye detail.

Would it help if I told you there is a great light of intellect reflected in this Creature's eyes?

^__^ Oh? I'm glad you think so.

It looks fantastic, hon. I love the glow of the eyes and the posing, and gah the colors! Sooo deep and vibrant.

I think the arms are placed just fine, actually. Might just be the way the image is cut. If someone said that before me, forgive me.

Well, I don't know about that, I'm sure I've stared at my wife for well over 50 hours by now and I haven't started hating her.

XD lol.

WOW the detail on this is stunning! It's like I can see every hair of fur! And those eyes... they look like my boyfriend's eyes, he has those very same colors. It's just so vibrant! I think my favorite part about this, though, would have to be the hands. Just amazing detail all around <3

I think you're right. It would be better without the arms or with them repositioned. There is just something jarring about them.
Overall, a fantastic piece though. I love the way the stars show through him in particular.

Those eyes.

*Stares*

I like them too much...

*Stares with Kitty hairs on them* Ouchies...

I'm with Satan. "What, no titties?"

Wow, I really like the effect of the eyes

Amazing as always, I love the realistic look with an eye to detail. BTW thanks for the stress buster your conversations were os so important this morning. This one really helped break the drama of dealing with family over the extended holiday break.

Aww, Satan lied. I can't see his big balls at all.

Satan: Hello, Father of Lies! DUH! ...aw. Ok. Well if you insist... *FLASH*

oh my... my monitor broke down and now that I got this old box monitor thingy it does look all black now D: GAAH I cant watch the full prettyness of your art anymore *CRIES*

though, you should not worry about this, I'm sure nobody has these crappy box monitor thingies anymore anyway xD

Stunning!

No titties, but I do see some male nipples!

Really, this is very beautiful work. Believe in yourself and in your ability to finish it without going crazy in the process!

I absolutely LOVE how you make the eyes look deeply into the viewers' eyes. THAT'S SO AWESOME!!!!!

gorgeous picture, I love the eyes.

i love this picture.. and jeebus i love your self conversations with Satan. <333

Satan was right, I think you could have gotten away with giving this gentleman a buxom bust.

mesmerizing, the muted colours then the glowing aqua really draw your eye to the important elements. absolutely gorgeous <3

The eyes really sweem to draw a person in.

The titties seem to go along with the pic in regards the color and such.

I'm surprised your...friend...didn't say anything about his loincloth.

Your art is so beautiful and mezmerizing.. I could just stare and stare for hours.

Nice!

Try it yourself and find out. :P

Dude if it were that simple I would have done it. *slap* To fix it would require work that I'm not being paid for and don't have the time to do at the moment.

as I said, sorry, I should have kept my mouth shut!

XD Relax! My goodness! You act like I'm going to bite your head off. :p Here, have some Quaalude and calm down. Not mad, not even a little bit.

Yes, digital is a lot easier to deal with than traditional (I know this seeing as how I spent the majority of my life as a traditional artist) but it's not magic. XD Fixing those arms means probably having to rework all the anatomy in that entire area. :P

This has to be the best art I have seen in years. You are a true artist. I love this so much. Those eyes seem so alive. It's as if it's looking into my soul. O_o

:O WOW! That is a very kind complement! I appreciate it. Thank you very much. :D

You're VERY welcomed.

I vote no titties.

Also this is f-ing beautiful.

Satan: :O No titties! BLASPHEMER! That's almost as bad as saying no bacon! I condemn you yo HHHEEELLLLL!!! Or an eternity at Chuck-E-Cheeses, whichever.

Nothing is as bad as saying no bacon. Nothing.

BTW, I do really enjoy the Satan conversation thing also. I used to do something similar but with just unnamed characters, and I never really did anything with the dialog that came from it.

This

Iss pretty amazing <3

Roflmao at the conversation and love the picture, very well done!

Can't... Look away... So... Engaging... o-o (<-- bound by manners to look at someone when looked in the eye)

That came out amazingly well... you are a very gifted artist

Thanks. ^___^

im going to just stop everything and call my boss to quit mu job i must stare at this by far the best ive seen on here so far (sadly thats been since november so this means little)

He looks like the Dark elf from Baldurs gate 2 Dark allince XD

gynoids commit atrocity anonymously

(i'm going to keep this crusade simple, by starting off with a simple acknowledge of when i'd found waldo — such as, here.

{you weren't even trying to hide derp though, were ya bobbie-j?

})

This was so long ago, I don't even recall where I put him. XD

here, derpy.frog is not terribly difficult to find — i managed to re-discover him again just now on my "normal" screen, at 125% zoom, within seconds

to reïterate: the primary focus of my current campaign is to catch the frog, and tell you when i have; though of course, when the mood strikes me (and time permits it), i may leave some additional commentary too

and i do have some, platinum_one; i do have some "additional," for ye