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SolinaBright — Shepherding, Its In Our Blood
Published: 2014-01-10 04:32:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 3204; Favourites: 132; Downloads: 17
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A Future picture forHerdengebrauchshund Trial . I actually had a lot of fun drawing this!
Maybe i should a simpler way of fur detailing... soon to discover. 
What do you guys think? I was playing around with the filters and all, and this blur is just way too fun. Now this drawing has a bit of an action feel to this. 
Comments are greatly appreciated!
Trial:Herdengebrauchshund Trial Dogs:
Nava of Green Frost &
Trym vom Nordblick BH Trial Event: Wide Graze
Trym and Nava are patrolling back and forth, keeping the boundary of the pasture secure. Both dogs are attentive, and changing sides (when needed) at the front of the flock. No voice or hand signals are needed, due to the fact that the duo has total control. Both of them enjoy the cool snow spraying of their paws as they canter and trot back and forth. Everything's going smoothly, especially when the Shepherds use their instincts that have been passed down from generation to generation( Breedly speaking). Trym vom Nordblick BH (C)
Nava of Green Frost (C)
References for dog's poses are personal photos.
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Comments: 43
I'm sorry. I take trades at the moment. Perhaps sometime in the future. ♥
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This is really pretty! Looks like my two dogs Max and Hunter XD
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Your work really does inspire me, I love the style you use and everything just looks so good. ♥
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I just love this one too!!! Gorgeous texture and fur, and still lovely movement and expression.
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Aww! I can totally feel the love 
blur filters. 
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You're most welcome!
And it looks awesome! (:
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Many people appear to have commented on the particularly unusual background of this picture, but I'll throw my two cents into the lot as well.
Even with the blurring, there is still a significant amount of detail contained within the background. Rather than blobs that are supposed to be blurred trees, you have, particularly on the right hand side of the image, trees that are blurred. You can tell what they are, despite the blurring. The paw-prints in the snow are also a lovely touch. Which brings me to the highlight of the picture, the highly detailed pictures of the dogs. The amount of fur detail is incredible, from the fuzz on the back of the legs to the way the tufts of hair flow about on the neck to the stray hairs on the ears. It speaks volumes about the effort, work, and care put into this piece.
You even bring to life the frosty atmosphere of the place imaged with the condensation from the dogs breathing in the cold air.
I would say that in my own, uncultured, opinion that this is a superb piece of work.
How much time did you put into this piece?
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Well i do appreciate the fact that even though people have already commented
on the background, you continue to do so and in full detail. your two cents are
something i always look forward to!
To be honest, i had quite difficult time with the background. Due to the fact that i
had detailed background painted, but i also was playing around with a few filters
on my drawing program and once i saw the effect i loved the out come. I loved
the blurry and non blurry, so i saved a version of each.
Thank you kindly for noticing the paw prints! I'm glad they give a good touch.
And overall thank you for the absolutely fantastic comment! Your own and awesomely
uncultured opinion totally makes my day, especially when you let me know of the
details i put in my work. Its a real joy. ^^
To be honest.. I'm not too sure of how long this piece took me... I had a difficult time
trying to finish it, i got kinda tired of drawing each individual hair, so it took me a few
days. Perhaps an hour or two each day. 
i finally finished ha ha. About 5-6 hours i guess, would you say that was a long time or short?
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That does seem to be the cool thing about digital drawings, you CAN have both versions.
It's quite a pleasure to explore the effort that you put into your drawings; exploring the details is quite fun. Its amazing how deep they can go.
5-6 hours is a long time, to me at least, to spend working on something. But it looks like it was time well spent, and hopefully made you happy as well.
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This is just AMAZING 
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Thank you very much deary! I did every stroke of the fur individually. It was a while..
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Beautiful! Nava and Trym look amazing and so does the background as well! Lovely piece!
I hope to get some time to finish Nava's BH title soon!
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So glad you like it! 
Can't wait to see her BH trial.
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It looks absolutely incredible! Very realistic, and I love the way that blur gives it a bit of motion.
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Aw thank you ever so much!
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Awesome! I love the fur details, and that snow is incredible, keep it up, yo!
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I will do my best indeed!
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Incredible! You're amazing when it comes to canince anatomy and realism, I must congratulate you! Speacially for the background effect, may I ask how you do it?
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Aww thank you so much deary! Thats so nice of you!
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this looks amazing! wouldnt change a thing about it!
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The movement in this picture is wonderful! Did you just add blur to the whole picture? I think I shall try it it certianly does add movement! Neat trick 
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I added blur to the background, i felt like i added too much detail to the dogs to give them any blur. XD
It is pretty fun and slightly relaxing messing with the filters and seeing the effects they give. totally
reccomend.
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Thats awesome I hope you enjoy playing with your drawings
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This looks lovely! I especially like the background, but everything about it is pretty much awesome c:
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yay! I'm glad that background looks good! Thank you for your kind words!
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Your art has improved so much over the years! I'm really and honestly deeply impressed. Very nice action in this one and the dogs look very natural
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THIS IS AWESOME, Sols! I'm really loving how you're getting the fur done and on top of that, I love the pose and the blurred background! It really makes it look like they're running right at you! Oh yeah, shepherding is definitely in their blood
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Thank you kindly Skyler. I'm very glad that the blurred background works!
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