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*FireflyStudios and I have a new RP, City of Lights! Set in New York City, it's an epic ongoing battle between light and dark forces. We need more members right now, so I'm shamelessly doing my bit of advertising here. We do quality control and we are an intermediate-advanced level RP, but if you're interested at all, please come check us out! -> [link]EDIT: CoL has been closed due to inactivity.
This is my cat character, Aedan, Senior of the Cats of Light, projecting his soul-spirit (the design of which I will probably be refining and changing), the form in which he enters the spirit world. I'm really pleased with how he came out, I'd been wanting to do real-media and I like drawing Aedan. I'll have to draw some of my other characters eventually too, yayfun.
(prismacolor pencils on recycled paper.)
Soul spirits and related concepts © J. Burns/*FireflyStudios
Aedan © Shelley L./*swiftwhippet
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Amazing job! Keep up the stunning work!
(Totally my cat xD)
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I love the colors~
The cat looks so adorable!
I love it~
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...What does this have to do with my picture?
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Lovely work, beautiful concept...
Overall, fantastic!
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No problem, it's only true. Beautiful - and I love cats!
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this is amazing! what did you use to color it?
when will the site allow others to join?
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I used Prismacolor pencils. Thank you!
The site's closed now, I'm afraid. :\ We were extremely inactive and decided it would be best to close it as a result.
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np and i see well if it re opens give me a shout
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that looks awesome! I love it how there's the connection between thw cat and the tiger...such an awesome idea.
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Thanks! It was *FireflyStudios ' concept.
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Wow, what fantastic colours you've used here!
I love this piece, what sort of pencils do you use out of interest?
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Thanks!
I used my Karisma pencils for this one. From what I've heard, there's not that much difference between them and Prismas.
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I love this! What an adorable kitty, and his tiger soul turned out really well.
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Oh man, I love the idea behind the picture, and the title adds to it too! The imagery is just so powerful - this looks like a scene from an animation where the main character is about to unleash their secret power! XD I can just imagine little Aedan opening his mouth and letting out a huge roar. And as always, your anatomy looks spot on. Eeee.
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<33 Thank you so much Janice. Your comments always mean a lot to me, I'm glad that you thought it was powerful because I really did want that sense of a huge force coming through.
"I can just imagine little Aedan opening his mouth and letting out a huge roar."
(That SO made me think of that one scene in The Lion King, by the way. xD)
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Ahh! XD That is SO my cat!! A big fat orange kitty outside... TIGER within!!
Hehe sorry 
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That's funny. Aedan's not 'fat', though, he's just large and fluffy. He's a stray so he can't really afford to be fat. xD
Thank you, I'm glad you like!
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All cats believe they are tigers.
Very cool design, and I really dig the bright, vibrant colours. The poses are just beautiful... and the concept behind the characters makes me wish that I RP'ed. 
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Thank you so very much Moonsong! You'll definitely be seeing more of all of my characters on this site - dogs, cats, and rats alike. I love Firefly's original concept and it's a lot of fun to conceptualise and write about, so I'm all inspired for arts.
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Can you tell I'm behind on responding to deviations? 
I love this one's setup; I especially love the look of the cat. You did a great job with texture, I wish I had your talent of texturing fur! And even though the background is a little scribbly, I think it gives it a rough 'n tumble look, which I think adds to the picture's personality. Great stuff
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*pats*
Thanks so much! I didn't really do anything special with the fur, not besides making the stripes more fuzzy. Fur does grow in a specific way, so maybe it would help doing the shading taking that direction into account? And yes, that's what I was going for too. Thanks so much, lovey!
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Wahh! I love the colors and the way you colored it. It's so... bold and smooth.
And the power in the picture is really something.
One of the great things about you Swift is that you can draw anything. Canines, felines, rodents, etc whereas there are some people who just the same thing over and over again. (I'm a part of those 'some people' -_-;; )
lol, the world runs on advertising so...
Shamefully, I haven't RPed in 2 years and my writing skills aren't that snazzy either but good luck!
-gaspp- Your new icon is so adorable! 
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Aww, thanks sweets. <3 That's great that you can sense the power, I wanted to make him look powerful! Aedan has a strong soul, that's why his soul spirit is so huge.
I'm sure you could draw other things if you put your mind to it. I love your sense of style and the crazy concepts you come up with for pictures - even if you are drawing 'the same thing over and over' like you say, you manage to make it visually interesting and different every time you upload, just by how you play with various ways of presenting the image.
Thanks muchly!
made it for me. <3 her arts are awesome!
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You always say the greatest things. Dx
That's true. Anyone can draw something if they put their to it.
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Very interesting! I'd like to join but no tiem yes. XD I really enjoy how his soul spirit matches his oranged, striped design; and the tiger looks really cool. ^^ I like Aeden's pose as well.
I love how you used orange's complementary colour... interestingly, when I saw that, I thought about a night sky, the tiger a light in the darkness? Heh heh. XD Literature exam's in a week so Imma talk wierd. C:
Overall nice! ^^ Recycled paper looks so fun to draw onnn~ I must go and find some. C:
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Understandably! Well, if you are at all interested, at least keep us in mind for when you do have time. xD
Thanks so much. <3 I used the blue and orange without thinking about it but now people have been mentioning that they complement, so that's kind of cool. 
LIT EXAM OH NOES. do the best you can, it was because of SC that I now ace literature exams over here. xD
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I shalt. X3 I got best in my class last year. >w>
I brag too much. XD
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I saw this in my deviant updates but didn't have time to go look at it 'til now. ...This roleplay that you speak of, it has my attention. *G* At work so I unfortunately can't go wander over there right now, but I will soon! I run a NYC-based RPG too! And god knows I did enough research for it... I ought to put that to some productive use. XD
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Fwee, it'd be totally awesome to see you over there and possibly roleplay with you!! And yes I do go to college in NYC so I had a lot of fun helping with organising the boards and doing my own research.
(You've gotta link me to this NYC-set RP of yours, by the way, I am interested already. This city and I have a love hate relationship, but right now it's not winter yet and classes haven't exploded work onto me so there's still more love than hate. xD)
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Dam! This picture is so love I could roll in it's firey hotness! Absolutely amazing work, your pencil stuff is so vibrant and more-ish.
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<33 thank you so much lovey. What's 'more-ish'?
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It's like...addictive, lol. It's like some good food, you get a taste and think that it's quite more-ish, it makes you want more!
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Aww! xD Well thank you!
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Eeeek I wanna join! No, bad, I must break my addiction to joining proboards when I have to much to do already. Grr I'm talking to myself again.
Hehe, you see the drama you put me through? He's so cool!
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*smacks* Go get back on MG first, you!
Glad you like him! Hope life's been treating you well, Sepia hun!
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Heep! Thank you and you too. Haha and yeah I really do need to get back on!
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