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Published: 2017-03-14 00:12:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 19841; Favourites: 685; Downloads: 171
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Another full background drawing!
First of all, this drawing is not related to my fantasy setting. They may be cats, but this time they have nothing to deal with my fantasy feline race, they are just two regular anthro cheetahs. Thought I'd mention it in order to avoid confusion.
Anyways, this couple of cheetah hunters is trying to look for a prey, and they certainly look quite skilled at that. Their weapons and clothes are based on Central African ones, and I had a lot of fun searching for references.Β The sword the male has is a weapon called shotel, a sickle sword, and the scabbard is made from an oryx horn (yes, they really did that).
For those who don't know, cheetahs with the fur pattern like the female's one are called "king cheetahs", and it happens because of a recessive mutation.
About the drawing, I'm not very satisfied with it. I messed up in a lot of areas, and the paper was not the best either, absorbing the colors in a crappy way. I also blame the lack of inspiration.
In any case, hope you like it! Any suggestion, comment and critique is most welcome!
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like a lot... I know these king cheetah coloring. Also fine background.
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Thank you! 
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WOAH! SO AWESOME!!! Looks really amazing! Fantastic use of clothes, great background and really really great scene!!!
WOW!!!
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Thank you so much, I'm really happy you like it!
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My good sir, if this is your idea of messing up, then I want to be like you!
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hahah well, thank you a lot!
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Great artwork! Is it digitally painted?Β
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Thank you!
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You may not feel it's your best work, but this is still a nice piece! The poses are quite good, and the clothing/weapons as always are excellent. Also, I love the "king cheetah" pattern you've put on the female.
In the interest of critique, this piece is pretty heavy on midtones and darks; there really aren't many highlights, which definitely affects the overall contrast of the piece, and I think may be part of what could be contributing to your dissatisfaction with it on the whole. While I don't know enough about working with watercolors (or your techniques) to suggest much about how to fix that, it seems logical to me that the paper was likely a major factor in how the colors ended up turning out.
Other watercolor artists that I keep tabs on seem to have some success with contrast by starting their pieces with a bunch of really light washes, and then slowly adding layers of increasingly saturated color from there. I don't know if you're familiar with Jenny Dolfen's work (she's on DA as Gold-Seven, though she doesn't post as much here anymore), but in the event you're not I'd recommend taking a peek at her work and her blog. 
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Thank you a lot, I'm glad you like it anyways!
The lighting was intentional, even if it didn't turn out as well as I hoped.Β I usually go for a much greater contrast between light and shadow, but I thought a softer light would better fit a "normal daylight situation".Β The problem is how the coloring in general turned out, I messed up in putting down the colors and the paper was not of the best quality either (happens sometimes).
That is pretty much what I do as well, even if normally I use more concentrated colors.Β I think they work better for a more "comic book-like" style.
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haha I'm actually pretty slow! XD This drawing took me around 15 hours.
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Thank you a lot!
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Is the female named Cheetah Rivera?
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Dang, that made me laugh. XDΒ Nice pun
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Great detail in all the grass and the fur. Those spots must have taken a while! XD Hope they catch something good!Β
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Thank you so much!
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The red garments (presumably colored with ocher) bring-to-mind the Maasai people.
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They were my main inspiration for this, glad it was noticeable!
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Well... Maybe I am blind on that but in your art I don't see big difrence betwen yor cats race and normal Anthro... 
*And now I see Enorah's two handed sword flying right in my head
*SPLASH*
;_______;
...Anyway despite these "difrences" - picture look so ffntastic as always ^///^ , and I must say it again - one more time it give me of course in first moment shock on few seconds - but Today is my next Victora, when in one moment I feel after this 3 sec shock just great pride
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haha, there's not a lot of difference! Here I've been more accurate in portraying a real animal, while usually I draw spots, ear and nose shapes and so on randomly. Also, this time they don't have retractable claws!
I'm really happy you're feeling satisfied with your work, that is how it's supposed to be!
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Hello:
Β I guess you have no need to be too perfectionist , the drawing looks amazing
Β I like the clothing style, it surely matches them specially if you wanted to represent a more Real-world-like version 
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haha maybe! XD Still could be better.
Glad you like them, I always try to make clothes quite realistic.
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Β Nuuu, you'll just be overdoing things and to never post anything, I know from personal experience
Β You do a good job, unlike me .
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Female (standing) and male (crouching)
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Figured. They're gorgeous either way.
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