Gorgeous!

Wow!!! Almost as good as your art!!!

HAH. More like maybe my art is almost as good as hers. Not even. Maybe in 5 years it will be XD

Dont be modest XD Your art is just as good or better in my eyes :3 and you dont use 3d modeling. yours is straight stylus to pad skill

What's wrong with using 3D? :\

It is a great skillset but I believe that she does just as good without using it

So do I. Unless I identify which pieces of my art were created using Zbrush and Photoshop or just plain Photoshop, no one seems to notice. And oddly, the few people who do notice tend to prefer my straight up Photoshop work. Furthermore, the model I painted this on was sculpted paintstakingly in Zbrush "pen to stylus" as you say. It's not like I'm painting over someone else's 3D model or a Poser model. I sculpted that then I had to pose it and light it. If you doubt how much effort goes into it, ask Naira. She watched me working on it. I just don't understand why using different tools makes my art less "worthy."

Lastly, for future reference, I wouldn't go around publicly telling other artists that they are better than another artist, especially when those two artists happen to be close friends. That is something you should save for PMs. That way there is less chance to cause a controversy. Just a suggestion.

Of course you're entitled to you opinion. I'm merely making a suggestion that you shouldn't negatively compare artists this way in public because it is considered rude, at least to me. I dunno, maybe others would disagree. Nevertheless, you could have said it privately or expressed your opinion in a way that doesn't refer to my artwork as "less than."

Quite frankly, I'm more worried that someone will see your comment and whiteknight up big-ass a flamewar. (To anyone reading this, please don't.) I care about Naira and I don't want her to have to go through that. I don't want to go through that either. I've been through it before- it is not fun.

As to me being a nice person.... Are you really concluding that I'm not a nice person based on this one single interaction?

I am quite sure I could be wrong and am hiding that comment... Sorry =>.<= long day... Real long day. I actually hope to commission you sometime...

I'm not trying to hassle you, really. You seem like a nice person and very sweet. And for the record, I'm not butthurt that you like her art better than mine. Sometimes I do too. :P What bugs me is that people seem to think 3D art has less value or that it's easier than 2D or that it takes less effort. This is not the case at all. But anyway, I'm sure you don't want to listen to me prattling on about the pros and cons of combining 2D and 3D art. X3 Besides, I've got to go take my fat arse on my nightly jog. Toots.

Lol at least you can jog XD military messed me up so bad I cannot do that without major pain in my ankles =>.<= as for 3d that is a whole different level of art. And you utilize it to the fullest. I never regret the day I added you to my "to commission" list =^.~= <3

O__O The military!? Yikes. I'm sorry to hear that. I won't pry for details if you don't feel comfortable sharing but all the same, I am curious. Also, thanks for the complements. :3

Nothing serious, just too many hikes with 150 lbs of gear in the rocky desert mountains... ate all the cartillage in my ankles away. nearly bone on bone down there now. and recently just had 3 pins put in my shoulder because of a training accident. i wont go into detail with that one ill just say it involved a Humvee (HMMWV), about 5 seconds of air time, and a sudden stop with lots of forward momentum while in full gear (me minus the vehicle)

I always joke, "flying through the air was fun til i hit the ground)

Wow. O__O; Yikes. Sorry to hear that. Although that bit at the end was chuckle-worthy. XD

well it indeed was a bit of fun XD

I am recovered from that (less the damn pins in there XD


ill note XD we are clogging her submission LOL

I can't tell the difference between the pictures she does with 3D and the ones she does without. She is just as good without the 3D, she just find it makes the process faster sometimes and enjoys it.

=^.^=

also yeah I did watch her do the 3D model, I'd actually say it takes more skill because you need to have an extensive knowledge of anatomy to make an accurate 3D model and to pose it correctly. She didn't use any references, either.

I can easily just take a photo of myself or my boyfriend or find a reference for a pose/correct anatomy to draw from that ONE angle. She had to make the body accurate in the first place and then model it correctly (meaning she had to fix the anatomy any time she wanted to pose an arm or leg) so she also had to know how the muscles/skin would change shape depending on the way the limb/body was moved.

I appreciate that you may enjoy my work better than hers, but that's just an opinion. It doesn't mean mine is better than hers or hers is better than mine. So yeah perhaps please private message or word it differently as artists in general really don't like being compared to each other >.>

I personally put silverone up on a very tall pedestal. I really idolise her and her work, I think she's amazing as both an artist and a person. her skills with anatomy, lighting, posing, composition, colour theory and attention to detail and realism continue to amaze me with everything she does. She paints humans and fantasy creatures equally as amazing as anthros. She inspired me to get where I am today. You can pretty much thank her for why you enjoy my art so much, because 2-3 years ago my art was pretty crap in comparison to what it is now.

But despite my love and idolisation of her, I'm not going to publicly compare her to any other artist. Especially not specifically. I'm not trying to have a stab at you, I'm just hoping you understand why she may have been upset by that comment. If I did a painting for someone and they uploaded it and got a comment saying "oh that's a nice pic but I think you're a way better artist than Naira!" I'd be like "oh ok ._." and it would hurt a bit.

But I thank you for your continuing support of my work ^^

Awwww :( I honestly didnt mean to offend anyone... Never want conflict and I believe Silver and I have patched it up <3

Yes I didn't think it was malicious, I know you're a nice person ^^ I just wanted to ensure you understood why your comment MAY upset some artists, and also just to anyone else who might read the set of comments as well. It was an innocent mistake and i'm not mad at you, and I did see you and silver having a good chat after resolving it ^^

I'm just making sure you/anyone else reading this understands how important an artists work is to them and honestly sometimes small comments like that can really crush an artist's spirit. Some people don't think of that when they comment with the intent of praising an artist they like. Artists really are their own worst critic, so they can sometimes be very easily upset over a tiny comment by just one person, even if that person had absolutely no intent of upsetting anyone at all.

I get a lot of comments comparing me to Rukis and I really don't like it. I mean yes I admire Rukis's work, I think she's an amazing artist and I do personally see her work as being better than mine, but while it might be flattering to have people say my art is "as good as" or "reminds them of" her work, it makes me worry that I'm accidentally copying her style somehow or like I don't have a unique style if so many people think of Rukis when they see my work. So while people probably think they're complimenting me when they say that, it can have an opposite effect without them realizing it XD

<3 óÓÒò =^.^= óÓÒò <3

^^

OwO lucky you.

It's magnificent!
I love how sharp and luminous she makes her backgrounds.

So darn cool. :D

My jealousy, you have it *makes it rain jealousy upon you*

That's beautiful!

she did a wonderful job!

you are lucky indeed c:

gorgeous!

Stars at twilight night magic in mystical forest, how wonderful a sight. I do like her form and the fur texture in her however done looks great, all the night time cool colors, stars, and butterflies like peacock colors and swallowtail shape. The one last feature beyond beauty is that the artist put herself in the image a frog with its tongue hanging out.

Just breathtaking... I have no words...

Wow now this takes reaaaaal talent to draw

lucky girl! :D This' pretty ^^

unreall work! dead set thats briliant!

Gawd, you look wonderful! I'd kill to have a pic of me by Bobbie!!! You even got the frog. (She hardly needs to sign her name with the frog there. =p)

Very beautiful in character and artwork!

once again great art work by you :3 very pretty

By me?

Oh it's by your friend my bad all in all nice work :3

haha yes :p It is a very beautiful piece of work and I am lucky to have received it ^^

indeed you are sweet heart you are very nice and cool hugs :3 i give hugs to those that are nice and kind

One of the most beautiful realistic anthro arts, so incredibly beautiful