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Very dynamic and atmospheric. Wonderful and beautiful. Wolverine really like.
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I Like your style of drawing what program did you use o.o ?
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Thanks! I use Photoshop CS2.
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That why it is epic..
I have gimp and that program is realy suck lol.
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Wow, impeccable technique!
Would you mind elaborating a little on your process? Specifically, what size brushes do you use and generally on what levels of opacity? I suck at digital painting, but I'd be veeeery eager to learn!
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Thanks a lot! My process isn't much of one - I usually make a rough sketch with fat lines, splodge a load of base colours under it, then flatten it all or make a new layer on top to paint over everything in detail. Here are some examples: [link] [link] [link]
Brushwise I don't use anything fancy, just a hard round brush with Opacity and Flow set to pen pressure. I leave the other Opacity settings alone, and usually work with medium-sized brushes (20 to 40 pixels on approx. a 1500 wide canvas, or the equivalent) rather than anything too big or too fine.
Hope this helps! Best of luck.
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Thanks! 
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oh my... this looks to be either a wolverine or a cute hyena [no spots... might just be a wolverine?] ... god I love it! Eat little one, EAT!
I love the suggestion of movement... and of course, it's beautifully rendered.
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Is this a poocheyna fighting a pidgey? please say yes
also: as an artist, I absolutely take what I like from others and run with it. As a human, I try to eat food that other people say is delicious and don't get sick from. You know, monkey see monkey do, for the better, I like green architecture so I design it, influence is a silly way to hate on someone, etc, don't worry about the kids around here. Not, of course, that you were attempting to do that - it's an unconscious thing that honestly results in the most absurd arguments.
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It's a wolverine nomming on some kind of goose, but I like your version better! And yes, that's true. Once it gets into your mind that something works or looks good, it's really hard to shake off or ignore in practice. Thanks for the comment!
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I mean, why would you want to shake it off? I love learning from others (their way of rendering thoughts)
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i read some of the comments XD im amazed people got so worked up about it, the coloring style doesn't resemble any other style ive seen so far , not even kalamu, yours is way more raw than heΒ΄s/herΒ΄s , its almost like a speed painting but way more organized and polished, i dont think you should worry about looking like some one else, your style is original and interesting to look at keep it up!
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Ahh, I'll try, I hope so! Thank you!
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Om nom indeed. Ah, all the layering of form is so gorgeous here ;^;. So much to look at in such a little space, AND IT IS SO KEENLY DESIGNED TO BOOT. Love how graphic the red is mixed with the darker palette and the shear expression of the beasty having his snack. Yuuuum <3.
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I absolutely dig the colors so damn much!
Prettyprettypretty ;;
+gore, yay!
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bwaaa this is so gorgeous beb ;3;! i love the colours and the style of this, crosshatch shading is delish ;v; the little bits of red in the blood, eye and paws is great too T3T
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you might want to watch it there, this style is looking very influenced by kalamu. not in the composition or the way you handle form, but in your painting technique here and the texture overlay.
I'm not trying to bash this piece of course, i just thought i should mention it so you would be aware of it too.
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i'm replying to this just to be replying
i sorta do see the kalamu in what you pointed out in your rewrite, but then sorta not really, so i don't think it's enough to garner a mention, which at first came off a little heavy handed. and you agree later in this thread - the revision's more "oh, okay i see what you're saying" than the first but gets overshadowed by a bunch of sensational diction from people jumping on the defensive, so i guess i'm replying.
i will NOT regret this in the morning
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Oh you will
you will and you know it C8
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IT IS THE FOLLOWING DAY
I REGRET NOTHING
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it wouldnt surprise me if kalamu herself eventually replied in this thread.
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I wouldn't be surprised though if she wouldn't side with your opinion.
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whether she does or doesnt agree doesnt really invalidate my opinion that it reminds me of her work :T
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I thought you're better than this.
+what everyone said, plus the fact that Starfinder has been doing crosshatching and texture overlay since forever, too. It's not limited to one artist alone.
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Thought I was better than what exactly? What did I do wrong for suggesting the style of the piece reminds me of Kalamu's?
I'm surprised by the number of people who felt the need to point out that crosshatching and texture overlays are not exclusive to Kalamu's art because that's granted. Anyone who's been on the internet has seen numerous other examples of it. This one just really stuck out to me as reminding me of Kalamu's particular art style, the way the colors are handled, specifically how the crosshatching is being done, all of this plus the texture overlay working together.
I'm not suggesting Marisa is trying to rip off Kalamu's technique or style at all.
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I can't speak for the mass, but generally artists don't like to hear "hey this looks like this and this"?
Even if it might remind you of something certain, letting the artist know most likely will result them into feeling less original.
I guess your comment wasn't ill willed, but it felt so force feeded anyway? Maybe I am just missinterpreting it though.
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"you might want to watch it there, this style is looking very influenced by kalamu."
... is a lot different than "this reminds me of kalamu".
it's not asspatting Mari to tell /you/ that you're assumptions might be wrong.
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wasn't calling it asspatting.
and yes, looking back on that statement it does read like i was implying more culpability than i intended.
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It doesn't only read like that, I am sure at that moment you meant what you wrote.
Why should Marisa watch where she is taking her art?
Even if it was looking like Kalamu's art.
I don't think you have a right to tell her what to do with it, and you were suggesting her where to go with it
Art is such a vivid thing, and artists do pcik up inspiration from one another all the time, sometimes even unconcious, and it happens all the time.
And there's abolsutely nothing wrong with it.
I mean in medi eval times they did all draw very much the same. Ans nobody gave a rat's ass, actually, it was the prefered style back there.
Also Marisa is a very experimential artist, she's trying so much different things, since you seem to follow her work you should know that?
I mean one look at her gallery is enough to tell that she's variying coloration style and everything.
So just saying.
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I wasnt suggesting a direction for her to go with it, i just brought up the fact that the direction she chose for this piece really reminded me of kalamu's art (actually that was my first reaction to it "wow this looks really kalamu influenced" whether it was or wasnt i have no way of knowing).
That "you might want to watch it" is being read far more admonishingly than i intended it. What caused me to say it in the first place is if Marisa continued to use this style i'm sure it would continue to remind me of Kalamu's. I'm sure that's something no artist would want, you know, to have a viewer's first reaction be "oh this reminds me of that" over and over so i thought i would at least mention it. whether she chooses to do anything with my observation or not is entirely up to her.
your statement about artist constantly being influenced by one another strikes me as being completely unnecessary. I realize that (really it's a "duh" for most artists)and agree no there is nothing wrong with it, but that statement is usually thrown around in situations like these where someone is reacting to a strong similarity they perceive and people feel like they need to go on the defensive.
what about all the imperceptibly small influences that happen all the time? are they something separate? it seems these larger, more perceptible similarities make up a disproportionate number of the defenses that statement is used for.
your second point about medieval times and historical canons that were used by societies (egyptians,early greeks, any number of others) is completely irrelevant.
you forget that art then had a completely different purpose and context than here and now. Art wasnt about the individual or personal expression then, but expressing ideas to the community about battles, religion, etc that were clear to understand.
That really is not the case in this piece, or this time period for that matter.
Thought you should know.
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oh
my christ.
blah blah she's not copying kalamu and she's not making this art for you sssso sorry on behalf of Marisa, I guess, if her art continues to remind you of kalamu's art, when that was never her intention or ~*SECRET DESIRE*~, it's a style she does /all the time/ and uses similar techniques in her traditional art, she clearly learned them on her own-- if people use a similar colourscheme or whatever then who cares. who. cares. there are so many other retarded things going on, on the internet, that I'm nothing less than positive you could've a) found a better way of expression your... concern?! for Marisa and her artistic career, I mean shit even a NOTE would have been fine so maybe the two of you could have discussed this in private? and b) found something way more deserving of said concern, on someone else's gallery where they're doing way more harm (?!) by having their art look a little bit like someone else's
but you know
that's just me
and everyone knows I ride "namoi"'s glory wave
:J
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"Namoi"
*Gigglesnort.*
Good times, good times.
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Oh gawd nnng
I'm not even going to start picking your comment apart.
It would become too long and I think there are enough garbage-comments on her deviation, so I'm certainly not going to contribute anymore.
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hmmmm punctuation fail
well, still. you understand.
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wether you were suggesting mari is a ripoff or not,
your comment was rude and extremely uneccessary. i don't know if you can see that (or intended it) but i'm sure as hell everyone else can.
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Ugh, it wasn't my intention or even in my mind at the time, but thanks.
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I think this style is pretty consistent to what Mari's been doing for most of her artistic career actually, going years back on her old account. I dunno. Kalamu's art is pretty rad but the hatchy painting style isn't anything new and everyone uses texture overlay
but that's just me
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Kalamu's way of doing things is not anything new. With all due respect to Kalamu herself, many artists have used this way of doing things this way.
It is kind of you to want to try and protect a fellow artist but please avoid making comments like this.
Texture overlay as well is not new. I myself use it.
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Kalamu influence is definitely NOT a bad thing. :]
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I'm hungry now. >:C
I love the brightness of the blood against all those dark colours. Is lovely.
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