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Title: Some pet art. Updated.
Post by: Hannah66665 on August 22, 2021, 07:38:38 AM

Long time no post. Real life has been... a lot. My drive to make art comes and goes. Lately though, I've been painting experimental digital cat portraits and I thought I'd share.  ^.^

Oldest to newest -

Baxter for one of my sisters.
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Penny for a friend.
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Irisa, one of our family cats.
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New - two portraits commissioned by my aunt.  The references were old photographs so it was interesting trying to capture their likenesses from them.

Wicket.
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Kody. First time trying to paint a dog like this.
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For anyone interested, I am open for commissions like these for $25 per portrait. Inbox is always open for inquiries.

Title: Re: Some kitty art.
Post by: Beth3346 on August 22, 2021, 08:04:05 AM

so pretty :lovey:

Title: Re: Some kitty art.
Post by: Griffin on August 22, 2021, 08:54:16 AM

Wonderful! I love that they are not overly polished, yet the eyes are so lifelike and full of personality. :lovey:

Title: Re: Some kitty art.
Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on August 22, 2021, 09:13:50 AM

These are so fun! I really love the first one.

Title: Re: Some kitty art.
Post by: Ponybookworm on August 22, 2021, 02:04:12 PM

Adorable moggie art xxx

Title: Re: Some kitty art.
Post by: Heart Of Midnight on August 22, 2021, 05:02:40 PM

Wow! They are so wonderful! Especially that Penny! Its eyes are sure to be just as enchanting in real life! :lovey:
 
I love cats!  :inlove:

Title: Re: Some pet art. Updated.
Post by: Hannah66665 on September 26, 2021, 08:24:40 AM

I've updated the first post with my newest pieces.  ^.^ Thank you for the lovely comments everyone!

Griffin - the eyes are definitely the part I refine the most! Once I get the rough concept down I paint them first then fill in the portrait around them.  :lol:

Figured it'd be okay to share the photos I referenced here.

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Baxter - I don't have the photos I referenced of him on this laptop, but I do have a picture of him I snagged from my sister's facebook. I painted him as a gift to her after he passed away.

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Penny. This is the cat of a client who's come to me for repeat artworks of their characters and cats. I've fallen in love with their cats after drawing them many times and so I decided to paint Penny for her based on this gorgeous photo of her.

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Irisa. One of our family cats.

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Wicket. My aunts cat. This photo is roughly 30 years old from my understanding. My aunt had to find some tortie cat photos on google to help show me the correct colors and fur style.

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Kody for my aunt. Based off another old photograph.

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Title: Re: Some pet art. Updated.
Post by: Ponybookworm on September 26, 2021, 10:01:41 AM

Two more cuties xxx

Title: Re: Some pet art. Updated.
Post by: Beth3346 on September 26, 2021, 10:05:50 AM

i love these :lovey: Kody with the toy reminds me of my dog. She's always carrying a toy around :)

Title: Re: Some pet art. Updated.
Post by: Hannah66665 on September 26, 2021, 10:22:21 PM

Thanks.  :lovey:
My current project is a Shih Tzu for one of my other aunts. It's such a wildly different dog than the samoyed Kody, so getting the fur right is going to be trial and error haha.

Title: Re: Some pet art. Updated.
Post by: Gator on September 27, 2021, 04:13:41 PM

You're tortie looks so great!  I always hate trying to color tortie pictures myself because I can never make it look good.

Title: Re: Some pet art. Updated.
Post by: BlackCurtains on October 09, 2021, 07:01:49 AM

These looks so good. I agree with Gator, great job on the tortie!

Title: Re: Some pet art. Updated.
Post by: Hannah66665 on October 14, 2021, 03:47:58 AM

Quote from: Gator on September 27, 2021, 04:13:41 PM

You're tortie looks so great!  I always hate trying to color tortie pictures myself because I can never make it look good.

Quote from: BlackCurtains on October 09, 2021, 07:01:49 AM

These looks so good. I agree with Gator, great job on the tortie!

Thank you both!  :lol: I'm glad people think the tortie turned out good, I feel like I struggled a lot to get the coloring right. Plus it was such an old and kinda blurry photo for reference. My aunt ended up sending me pictures of torties on google as examples for the right colors and fur length. There were quite a few revisions on it but she was thrilled with the result.