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blayrd — Cat and mouse
Published: 2009-01-27 05:56:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 7306; Favourites: 322; Downloads: 219
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The idea's probably been overdone, but hey, still fun. This's my first foray into a proper traditional piece in over two years, dedicated to the friend who got me a nice set of colored pencils for my birthday last year (yes, it's taken me this long to use 'em).A little still life is good for the soul! Yes, that's the mouse I'm using now, and my table is that odd shade of green, thanks to my color sense at age six. Alas, I do not own the small furry feline of uncertain origin. It was apparently impossible to find reference of a cat, much less a kitten, in the angle I wanted - so it's pretty much imaginary. Pfeh.
Download for a slightly larger version! I could probably do with a better scanner, colors are a bit off, but this way I can pretend that any lack of detail is entirely the scanner's fault and not mine. Sort of.
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Comments: 59
OMG !!!!!! this is the most beautiful draw i've ever seen
O_o
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Frame the scanner. Just frame the scanner.
Amazing picture, and I love the angle.
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The scanner has been framed and will shortly be hung.
Thanks (: I actually squinted at the mouse on my desk at an awkward angle while trying to imagine a cat on it, ahah.
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original humor 
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Heh thanks! It's just a lot of short strokes and lots of layering starting with the lightest colors and building over it o:
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OF all things. Just brilliant. I love this. Overdone? This is a fantastic concept and great shading.
I wanna pet that kitty.
I wanted to post a comment before I said this because linked this picture from her journal about her views of art. Amazing job!
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Thanks a lot! Hooray for fuzzy imaginary kitties. I must say, though, Eonity's a dude x)
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Oh, sorry. 
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Haha lol xD I wuv it! x3
Cat is so cute <3 and mouse, too
wonderful 
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That is so awesome!
The kitten's pose is great!
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It is very adorable. It looks just like my old cat.
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Hehe, how cute!
I think you did a good job with it. The eyes of the cat are gorgeous!
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Aww, that's cute, and very well detailed. It's great o.O
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Epic Battle! 
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Indeedy! Hmm I'm sure there're lots of great fur tutorials floating around dA, and better examples to boot - this was pretty much a test piece. It's just quick lines in the direction of fur growth starting from the lightest shade to the darkest. I've no clue how to render realistic short fur in colored pencils actually, I should go tutorial-scouting meself o:
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I never saw one for pencil before 
But it's kinda hard to me understand when you only say it here, it's like " you get it or you want to me to draw it? "
draw it please 8D
So that means you're going to make a tutorial?
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Pff what is this arm-twisting I see? xD I'd definitely wait 'til I figured out what I was doing first before making a tutorial, so you'll have to wait for that >>;
I can't find some of the good tutorials I recall stumbling upon a few years back but this page has a bunch of fairly good realistic tutorials for colored pencil: [link] There should be more outside of dA if you scout around!
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Lol that's okay
Omg thank you soo much! 
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