Yay for comments on older pictures.
Just looking around in your gallery (once again) and see this one.
To the pic - I really love the mood, the calmness in his face; make him looking so relaxed.
The nice symmetry underlines this point.

my god, you are amazing

I'm happy that you said that... but why?

I find your comments to be very beautifully written, and like I've said before, how friendly you are. (:

*Nose poke* He looks so friendly How I wish creatures like this existed in real life. I envy your coloring sir, the textures make your paintings looks so stylized and attractive. Did you pioneer this method? If not may I know what technique you are using? (I do not mean this in an insulting manner, I'm just curious)

I did not pioneer this method. In fact, it's the opposite, the way I paint has been around for a loooooong time. I just try to paint in the traditional oil painting technique similar to what old masters do, which has more focus on shapes rather than line work (as opposed to comic book and traditional animation work where you do pencil drawing, ink/line work, then fill in color). The use of texture is there to simulate the more traditional feel of the technique and make it feel raw.

Are you using custom made brushes or did you download a pre-existing pack? What software do you use?

I use photoshop (cs4). The brushes I used were my own custom brushes and some from a pack I found online. Making your own brush is really easy, and not sure which pack it was (was a year or so ago), but there are a ton out there.