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Published: 2014-08-31 19:02:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 774; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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This is for the monthly contest held by , this time the theme was pandas. I'm hoping I'll get ArtRage 4.
And also for my friend, who requested a panda... and because I'm a evil jerk I drew red panda, even though she meant a normal one. That's what you get for not being specific.
I'm probably going to do a panda speedpaint anyway, so that she won't be mad at me for rest of eternity. 
This took so long. ;__; If I had to guess, I'd say at least ten hours, but it might've been fifteen or twenty...
It's late, so I'm not going to say much. Might add something later.
Ah, damn, why do I always forget whiskers?
*adds whiskers* NOW is it complete?And Vishapi , I hate you for getting me to play WoW. That game is so addicting and I wasted precious hours on it instead of drawing this...
Ref pic: images7.alphacoders.com/353/35β¦ (I don't know who the original photographer is, if you finds him/her, could you be so kind as to link him/her to me?
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Hi!
This piece really stuck out to me in your gallery, it's def one of my top faves! 
I really like the short spiky fur and the glassiness of the eyes!Wow, I can really tell you spent a long time on it... Really gorgeous work!
The only things I have to say in terms of criticism are,
(1) the panda is sitting on some sort of metal contraption, right??? It reminds me of like, playground equipment... But anyway, the line of metal should be muuuuch sharper, I feel like. Even if it's grainy or uneven paint, the edge should at least be totally straight!
(2) the perfect circles in the background on top of the flowers don't work as well, in my opinion (I sometimes do the same thing, with making perfect circles as "nature-y backgrounds" 
(3) Your mileage may vary (I kind of like it how it is) but I think some people might be sticklers about the flatter, blocky patches of shadow in the fur (for example, in the tail). Personally the way you've done it probably took FOREVER so it might take a ridiculous amount of time to go more realistic than that?! XD But I feel like technically there might be more colors visible in each block of shadow, in the strands of fur.Β
Overall this is so lovely!
So you getΒ dviouslecunning Β and your keyword shall be... "unexpected"
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Thanks for the feedback!
Lol, I feel all of these are stuff that I might've done better if I'd had more time/wasn't so fed up with the drawing.
1) It's a.... Branch. (images7.alphacoders.com/353/35β¦ ) Looks more like metal really. But since this one of the first realistic animal drawings I've done digitally (well, I did like one before this and this was the last one), I really don't have experience on fur painting techniques. Which meant it took hours upon hours to get just the fur done. And usually if one thing takes ages to do, I'm too lazy in the end to do anything else properly.
2) Same as the last one. I'm plain lazy.
3) My hand was actually hurting from all the fur.
So yeah. All is because I'm lazy as hell. 
Hehe, sorry for the long reply, I just have a compulsive need to explain myself.
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ooooh! I thought it was metal because of the grey color (I clicked on the ref image in the description but it wasn't the same one as this one you just sent, so I didn't see!) ^^ I think if you had used some more browns in the shading it would have been more obviously a branch! but I can DEFinitely understand getting too lazy at the end after spending a lot of time on something else xDΒ
this is really really really good if you're a beginner in digital art!! I could never, with that fur! XD well done!
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Thank you!
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haha, I know what you mean!
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Hahaha.
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It looks very well done. Ya fur is kind of a hard to get thru. Wut is the program that u r using? I use a Photoshop and I was able to download some Fur Brush packs. And I alter the settings a lil. Or I try using a Triple Dot brush to help me get some fur/ hair strand details.Β
I haven't done fur much but I do paint hair and it takes me about 2hrs to paint hair. Brush packs may help for fur tho. Just a small suggestion to help paint it faster. 
But this is very very wonderful work. Very detailed. Love this pic
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I guess I could try that, thanks for the advice!
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Thank you! That's the part that was the slowest to draw... So that's why it took so long.
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Oh, but that's one of the things that make it so good - you put a lot of effort in it so the result is amazing!
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But it took so long... D: And my hand died multiple times. If I'm going to start drawing more drawings like this, I'm going to have to think of a faster way of drawing fur.
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O. O
Sorry... I am ashamed to recommend it to you, but you'll be fine, there is a timer on the clock, so you can plan how long you are playing!
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Heh, doesn't matter.
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What we enjoy in life is either unhealthy or immoral. To paraphrase Churchill. I prefer it to be unhealthy.
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This looks so good, i like red pandas they are so cute
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Thank you! Yes, they are.
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Thank you!
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I bet so. I think you should do more of those.
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Yes, definitely, but for now I'll stick to chibis and traditional art... This took so much time I'm just going to take a small break.
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That is fine. I'm not expecting you to do it right away. I just hope you will do more of them. That is all.
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