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Published: 2010-11-17 01:04:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1931; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 18
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Description I loves this picture <3

Another picture for =ChrissieChan 's Artists Versus Artists contest C:

The theme was the proverb "Bad weeds grow tall"

So almost immediately I thought of the Grass type Pokemon moves: vine whip, constrict, leech seed, etc. along with the other kinds of grass Pokemon stuff.

Then I thought deeper about the meaning of the proverb, and I thought of how the bad guys always seem to sneak up on the heroes when they least expect it, like a weed that you didn't see but in a few short days suddenly spring out taller than ever.

So I basically mixed these things together, made some random characters and ta-da~

(I have a hard time explaining what the picture means, because its so much more than that I just cant figure out how to put it into words 8C )

Expect to see these cats again someday ;D
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KT-245 [2010-11-17 03:37:51 +0000 UTC]

EVIL CAT USED CONSTRICT! IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE!

CAN'T ESCAPE!

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Purrlstar In reply to KT-245 [2010-11-17 03:42:48 +0000 UTC]

xDDD exactly~ 83

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joek09 [2010-11-17 02:54:09 +0000 UTC]

Oooo, very awesome, I love how you worked in the concept, the coloring on the evil cat that looks like mud splatters is done pretty awesomely, and I love how the green of the weeds/vines is reflected in the good cat's tail and bits of the shadow on their arm. The weeds coming out from the evil one's back looks pretty great as well, you get a pretty good tube feeling from the vines, though I think they could be a bit smoother...? Some of them look like they have a serrated edge. :3 The good cat just looks terrified, and you really portray the emotion very well... I just want to give them a hug. :3I think the glow in their eyes ads to it as well, and the fact that the pupils are so small. Even the background is interesting, how the trees sort of mimic the weeds/vines from the evil cat; interesting indeed.

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Purrlstar In reply to joek09 [2010-11-17 02:57:57 +0000 UTC]

Yes!~ I love how you notice all the stuff I put into my pictures secretly wondering if anyone will pick up on it >W< :gomp:

I think the way I shaded the vines is what made that happen, I've been working on this picture for a while and I probably could have waited afew minutes and gone back to fix all the stuff I'm noticing now (like the little parts of color outside the lines near the good cat chest fur)

I try really hard to show emotion in my cats expressions, because I dont want to give them eyebrows ;D

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joek09 In reply to Purrlstar [2010-11-17 03:06:48 +0000 UTC]

D'aw, no problem at all, I love finding things like that!

Yeah, it could be, and for some of the vines, like the one below the bad cat's extended paw, right below it, the bottom line looks not so smooth like I think it should be. Could just be me, but that's where it stuck out the most to me. And it's good that your noticing some things like that as well, and now you can make it even more awesome next time!

You did an amazing job at it too, and it is pretty difficult without eyebrows; they convey so much emotion without most people realizing it. But you pulled it off really well with these ones... I still want to just the good cat. :3

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Purrlstar In reply to joek09 [2010-11-17 03:12:39 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I think I see what you mean *stares at the vine* but it might be the light rays that I put on there too, it messed with some of my shading on the vines :c

Thanks!~

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joek09 In reply to Purrlstar [2010-11-17 03:14:58 +0000 UTC]

D'aww If anything for reference just go outside and look at some of the plant stems there, and draw those... then just extend and widen them slowly and you can have your vines. :3

Aww, no problem at all!

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Wolfy-Artist [2010-11-17 01:06:39 +0000 UTC]

OMG IT'S PLANT-PURRL IN DISGUISE ;O;



But seriously
That plant cat
Yea, it pwns.

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Purrlstar In reply to Wolfy-Artist [2010-11-17 01:11:52 +0000 UTC]

Oh Noes!



Why thankya
verymuch so~

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