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FamiliarOddlings — For WithBlood, with Love
Published: 2008-09-20 04:02:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 1760; Favourites: 57; Downloads: 38
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For =ShePaintsWithBlood because she is awesome! She is so kind, intelligent, and talented it's just darn shocking. This is actually my second attempt at a gift art for her; the first was a months-long digital painting that unfortunately destroyed itself. A moment of silence please, for the lost painting. Thank you. As my journal revealed, I went through a period of misery over this, but I was determined to give =ShePaintsWithBlood a gift. So after wallowing for a while, I started this yesterday. And finished it today! I surprise myself sometimes. I hardly had a plan for this (very rare for me); my only guidance was the feeling of =ShePaintsWithBlood --just anything that reminded me of her.I hope you like it, !
If you can think of a cool title, please tell it to me! 
Pencil, 9x12 in.
References: The flower is a pretty good likeness for a dried specimen my brother gave to me recently. It's a very dark purple and its stem is a pale gold, very beautiful. My cat, Tiger, was a reference for the cat but I took a lot of artistic liberties with him.
I looked at a few clock towers just to get the feel right.[Displayed in with my permission.]
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Comments: 29
Gorgeous, I really like that gentle expression on the cat's face.
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Thank you! I'm glad you like the expression! I love that almost sleepy wise look they can sometimes get.
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oh wow this is so good...all of that detail...
wow...
how long did this take u?
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Thank you very much! It actually didn't take me that long, surprisingly. I think it was only about two days.
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Thank you very much!
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This is amazing. That cat is gorgeous! This should be your next DD. It's just... WOW!
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Heehee, that would be so cool!!!
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Thank you very much!
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Thank you very much!
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you're very welcome
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Holy cows in heaven! This is...oh my gosh...it actually makes me all shivery and almost teary eyed. Oh my gosh...I am not even sure where to start this is just so....incredible. I will start with the whiskers, because they really catch my eye.
They are so very beautiful and thick and realistic. I love how you have done the fur, so wavy and soft and also real looking and then there are those long tendrils coming off that make the creature ever so magical. I love those antlers too. The long eyebrows make the feline look so wise and mysterious and I love the expression it carries as it watches the flower. I am completely in love with the markings on the ears as well. The clock tower is the best and it makes me feel like I am falling through the ground into another world. I love the moon and the amazing patterns on it. The flower is so cool looking, I cannot draw flowers at all so I am highly impressed by yours, and I love its fuzzy stem ^n.n^ The blowing detailed petals are beautiful too.
The gears were the perfect touch, at first glance they almost look as if they are growing too which definitely makes me want to draw gear flowers. I love how you have done the background so surreal. The layout of this is really strange and unique, not something many would think of which is why it is all the more attractive to me. This has to be one of my favourite pieces I have ever seen. I cannot even begin to express how much I love it. Thank you sooooo much, this means so much to me. Gosh. I love it so much I wish I could hang it on my wall and be inspired by it everyday.
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I'm so, so, SO happy you like it! 
The whiskers were especially difficult, trying to keep them the white of the paper. The fur made my eyes hurt, haha, I'm so glad it doesn't just look like a bunch of scribbles, which is what my tired eyes started to see. The antlers and magical tendrils were in homage to your wonderful creatures.
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I bet, whiskers like that are so cool to be but scary to draw so I hardly have (I do not think I ever finished a piece involving whiskers like that +laughs+) Aww, thank you so much. Well I love the moon, I think it is terribly exciting.
Oh yes...I am so weak on flowers...but I shall practice, and maybe make gear flowers too.
I would love either the original or a print, anyway I could have it on my wall. I am definitely willing to buy it from you.
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You would! 
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Okay, very cool. Thank you. I noted you with my shipping address just now actually ^n.n^
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This is stunning and very beautiful; I'm sure will love it.
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Thank you!
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Um, well, it turns out I wasn't using a current version of Painter so I upgraded. I'm still wary of it, but I'm gonna try it out. And I got a new backup system going, so there shouldn't be any major disasters anymore, no matter how lame Painter is. We'll see. If it starts being stupid again, I'll come crying to you.
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Good luck with this version. Let me know how it works out for you.
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