holy fuck

This... is just perfect <3

You gonna be there?

fucking seconded xD

Effing thirded :P

mother effin fourtheded

Late to the party, but fugging fifth-ed!

The small image actually looked like a 3D render.

thats because its a matte painting! so its normal :P

You're quite eager to correct things here, eh? ;D

lol not really. im just excited that im not the only person in the fandom that knows what a matte painting is XD

You're cute. :D
Yes, matte painting is fascinating. I would love to see one by you! :O

school is nearly done XD, perhaps I will do one.
We had to do a few for our classes, since its a popular job for movie artists. We made a few set extentions. Its actually quite hard because you need to know lighting really well for it to look real :B

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

lol, no worries. *gives you a cup of tea* Thanks for the compliment. ^^

You're very welcome!

Thanks for the rea. <:3

Most people dont know what matte paintings are, so maybe im not so obvious :P

I didn't, so thanks for widening my mental horizon

Ich finds genial, wie realistisch du malen kannst.

Absolutely amazing!

this makes me want to go, hahaha

Man, I wish I could make it to califur. Would be fun poke da artists ect there ^^

looks awesome

Very well done as always! :D
I think the Lynx could have been leaning just a bit farther forward though. It looks a bit like he's going back to sit :P

i love post apocalyptic pictures! but no one ever makes and! and this one is really good! i say you should draw more like this *cough* *cough*

Awesome work

Freaken awesome

This is gorgeous, you did a fantastic job on the gritty-feeling atmosphere.

fan-bloody-tastic!

hell yeah, awsome

OH MY GOD THIS IS FANTASTIC
You are truly one of my inspirational artists... *hugs*
Epically amazing my dear! Keep it up!

Utterly brilliant. I love what you did with the signs :]

...wow

Wow. Quite the wonderful piece of work.

and I say again, everything you draw is god sent.
so many conventions in the summer @_@ didnt know califur existed

absolutely stunning....
just wow

The level of detail in your backgrounds is just holy sh- worthy. So much textuuurree.

I absolutely love it! The post-apocalyptic feel to it is keyed perfectly! Totally and completely brilliant. Really evokes a great mood :) Well done ^_^

Oh thank you very much! This image idea immediately settled in my mind when I heard the words "Califur" and "postapocalypstic". It's one of the rare images that quickly pop up as ideas and that I can't deviate anymore. :D
Glad you like it. ^^

It just meshed together so perfectly ^^. Maybe Ill be able to go and check it out at the con! Who knows @_@ lol.
Always love your work.

I wonder how long it took you to draw all of that debris.

Wow... amazing indeed

Wicked awesome. :3

WOW DETAIL!!!

Ohhhh the textures and lighting!
This is amazing, your backgrounds and settings are so inspiring, thank you for sharing this. :)

Amazing work!

I love this! Great work.. :D

love the bobcat ear tufts.
and the lighting on this is brilliant

I´m soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sad I will miss it being a European with a very small wallet, I love post apocalyptic stuff, hope one of the Euro cons will have one some year.


also bonus point for having a lynx (or bobcat) ;3

Well same here. I wish I could attend Califur. Unfortunately My wallet is very little too and Califur is outside Europe. ;D

How unfortunate. However, this piece is excellent for the con.

This is AWESOME. I adore post-apocalyptic themes.

Nice to see some more post-apocalyptic art from you. :3
Looks realy nice, like always.

Yay! First thing I notice, is the Lynx =^.^= Not enough Lynx art in the fandom =^.^= I hope it gets conbook cover for the Lynx in it... But other than that little moment of squee on my part, its a well composed piece, has a very palpable feel to it. Its hard to get that much dark coloration to work well, and yet you bring out a lot of detail to it. Kudos =^.^=

It seems so realistic.

what can I say that nobody as not already said...nothing...this is an excellent piece of work :) Great job!

Your work is like sex for the eyes.

Damn that's spiffy. Makes me want to do a quick radiation check.

The moment I saw this I thought: "reinstall fallout3 now" :D

speechless i am

Very good representation of certain parts of Los Angeles :P

And also... you're such a great artist!

The con's in Orange County, so it ALMOST works. =];-3

OC is LA as far as I'm concerned.... This is one giant freakin city that never ends! lol

NOW I know why I watched you. <3 <3 <3 <3

Wow this is amazing.. i love it ^^

And what you did with the signs is awsome too.. btw.. that point of reunion sign in the center... gotta love those furrys there... just... perfect ^^

At a glance it does look like a rendered image ^^ you certantly do outstanding pics ^^

Thanks for sharing ^^

Pretty damn amazing x3

This is pretty awesome. I like how the string of lights connects from Califur to the number 7. Great attention to detail.

However, I have the urge to yell "IT'S A TRAP!!"

Holy shit! This is absolutely amazing!!!!
Im glad Im working on my post apocalyptic additions to my dragon :)

Stunning picture

Oh my god, this is just beautiful! I am so horrified that they chose post-apoc for this year's theme, because there's no way I can get up there, and I doubt they'll ever use it again now they've done it once! Gah, I love post-apoc so much! XD

Brilliant picture, anyhow. Love everything about it. (Also, totally listening to Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" while looking at this. Didn't choose it, it came on at random. It felt appropriate)

yay matte paintings :D, good job blending all the elements into your illustration style <3 Matte paintings dont get enough love in this fandom. :B

It might be because I mostly painted instead of matted. 8D
I still don't dare myself into the "proper" matte painting, maybe because I'm too addicted to scribble and I don't want it to become too realistic because in this end I don't aim for realism. Thanks a lot.

yeah, i prefer a more illustrative approach honestly. I dont like most matte paintings cuz im not a fan of anything close to photomanip. Painting things is the best <3

*nods* I'm still quite fascinated what matte painters can do with resources/photos. I think matte painting nevertheless requires a lot of feeling and knowledge about how light and perspective works because in the end you fidle about it quite a lot. The background took me about 22 hours to paint. x3

haha, thats funny. Thats what I replied to your other comment XD
Good work :B <3

Yeah I just saw that. :D Two mind sthink alike. x)
But I think we also see it more the technical way. It can result crazy environements but requires also a lot of patience and a good library of images. 8D

totally <3

This is absolutely amazing, :D

that's awesome stuff AF^^ this is the kind thing i was trying to get my bud to do for a themed badge, but he's trying to go for a rusted street sign look @_@

great

Well, thanks a lot for sharing. It's amazing. =)

It's only a little destroyed, it'll probably buff right out.

Beautiful!

the lighting on the building is intense

epicness.

I immediately thought of Tenpenny Tower. :)

This is amazing :U

Great job C:

Beautiful speedpaint!
Instant love

Oh damn... O.o

This is fantastic, love it. I've been a huge fallout fan since the first game came out.

That detail is amazing, I love the bg and fg!

Freaking amazing, Alector. :3

omg wow! did you really do the background? it is so real looking. its amazing!

4 out of 5 stars!... I'd of given you 5 but that poor car D: ...

hahaha yes, that's quite a needle in the eye and heart. x3

god bless CG textures :D

*nodsnods* <3

the building look like it was done in 3D, for such an effect i congratulate you couse thats VERY hard to do. IMPRESSIVE!

I'm just one of the many commenters here that has to say awsome work. Art like this is one of the few reasons I enjoy looking at FA.

Just an Idea, This next year many Furry COns are doing an end of the world theme, you might be able to sell some pieces youve already done to a con or do some new ones.. this piece for example is perfect for the fallout / Beyond Thunder dome Theme for furry fiesta

...reads the description.. Never mind *facepaws*

Splendidly neat. Now where is that red button that says fave... ah yes there it is *smashes it*

Some reason the thought never passed me to use textures if I ever do digital painting. Now that I think about it I wonder just how foolish I was. Thanks for kicking my head back to the side of sanity ;)

AWESOME!

There is not a fave button big enough.

This is thee's first art i be pleasured to observe.
Thou earn watch for just this.

way cool....

V.

Das ist das coolste Bild, das wohl je in einem con Buch sein wird D: (was natürlich nicht heißt, dass andere Bilder in con Büchern blöd wären :3)

If anything would fit better as a comment, than that this pic just reminds me of your inspirations, i don't know what to say then. The textures are well chosen and create exactly the same impressions, i get, when i wander the Capital Wasteland.
Great thing and a real win for the conbook!

Sehr geil

Sieht bisschen aus wies Ringbergholtel^^

This piece is wonderful, I am so glad I asked if you would do one for the conbook for us. It's an honor to have it in the Califur conbook this year.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be in your conbook. It was a lot of fun and I'm glad you enjoy it! :)

I know this was done forever ago, but I'm curious if you still had the high rez file for this! if so, I'd love to pay you to be able to print 1 of it. Califur is dead and gone now, but I think that makes this piece even cooler. I'd love to put it up in my house.

I saw only the upper half of the pic after loading, but that was enough to make "Fallout New Vegas" flash into my mind XD Looks really cool and this matte painting system seems rather interesting.
Do I see right that the license plate reads "KOOL" ? XD

This is exactly where I got my inspiration from! 8D
The plate says "KOOL" but the first two letters are also supposed to say "K.O.". Hehehehe. You have a good eye for detail. ;D

You have a good hand for making them ;3

The first thing I thought when I saw this was “fallout?”
Lol. Ive never played but ive watched people play.

Damn son

750.th

You always hit the best numbers. :D

OMG coloring skillz galore. This is amazing. I could stare at it all day.

Furry conventions will be held even after the civilized world ends.

holy shiiiiiiit

this is incredible! Great work. see you there!

I won't be there. :(
It's too far away from Europe. But my spirit will be with all of you. x)

buhhh
word.
Well, enjoy yourself over there.

The detail is so amazing that the back ground looks like you can actually walk around in that region. The broken road and broken down building...its just amazing! =^_^=

Fallout 3 and soforth fucking sucked ass compaired to the original Fallout and Fallout 2...excellent craftsmanship though, but if you really want a taste of the wastes, check out the originals.

Yeah I really like it! 10/10

oh and Fall Out FTW

Hey, that's just a drawing over a photograph of Fallholy hell that's a painting!

Well done, well done.

The poster above the entrance looking like Cake from Portal

Breath taking in its destroyed state. Id say it might be an improvement and with less pretentious hotel staff. :)

lol? xD

Bin gerade leider voll end produktiv.
Aber .. Geniale idee x3
Ich mag es, s hat was.
Und: lol x3

Quite badass.

A couple "modifications?" Looks like the con's held in Newark.

No Califur is held in Irvine California.

Fallout 3 and NV are so much fun.

Wow that looks amazing, I hope they take it <3

this is absolutely epic! so awesome, almost looks real :O aaahh. fffff. i'm SO EXCITED TO GO to Califur<3

Pure... amazing. Ugh. I love your attention to detail. I wish I had the patience!

That would make confees unaffordable... XD

Gorgeous. Anything post-apocalyptic makes me happy. (:

Fukkin' sweeeeet.

absolutely beautiful. I love postapocalyptic stuff too :3

This...
Wonderful job! x3

Just stay away from the Nightkin Convention. They're CRAYZEE and have a penchant for surprise rape.

Also, beautiful painting, shadows and atmosphere.

I always have to be ready to have my brain exploded from the awesomeness of your art XD WONDERFUL work on this. I adore apocalypse themed artwork and it fits so perfectly for today |3

Thats Amazing! Awesome work =3

I am a bit confused by the "CHANGE NO COMMISSION" part of it. Can you explain what that means in the context of this?

Anyway, I love this picture and I wish they would have framed it and hung it up in the hotel lobby for all to see but I doubt that would happen.

This is spectacular! YOu've done a wonderful job with the hotel in the background.

Amazing job. Fallout 3/NV were some of my favorite games :)

the fun thing about this....the hotel looks like the con hotel actually does ^^

Holy fuck...

You are really amazing!

This is so well done, as I'm sure everyone above me has stated. Your a genius. Makes me realize how awesome Matte paintings are. Wish I could paint at all. Fallout was one of my favorite series, for the content that is, didnt much care for bethsda's engines. Too blocky for me, dispite 200 + hours of gameplay. Always loved post apocalyptic seettings, Im actually on a hunt for a very specific type book that followees a group of maurauders after a a cataclysmic event, and that may even glorify survival of the fittest. PX lol all of this is pointless, good work,

Jeez, this whole things is awe inspiring. Love me some post apocalyptic scenes.

Strongly reminds me of Fallout: New Vegas.
Love it.

It kind of reminds me of that game Homefront and the characters
Depicted are from the resistance :3

Now, THIS is GAMMA WORLD.