Feature 211--kitpaint

 

Rocky Lounging

If this isn't a cat, I don't know what is and I entirely loved it. I wonder how long fuzz decided to lay like this for kitpaint?
But isn't this ink work just amazing? That cat looks so fuzzy and I enjoy how the detail on the cat was designed. Aah, I just want to rub that fur so much! Doesn't it seem like there'd be such a perfect feeling under the fingers?

Lottie

Oooh, a pretty little black cat, at least as Kitpaint wrote on her page. This one  looks so very furry, doesn't it? And how did the fuzzball allow for the sketch without demanding the payment in all pets? (I mean, it's very fast to take a photo, but it's quite fun to imagine the kitty sitting there like has to happen for painters.) I really enjoy this piece, excellent work!

Lion Cub in Pen

So I love the shadow under this lion cub. Temporarily, it made me think of grass under it but...wouldn't that just be right anyway? And, like the first cat drawing in this feature, there certainly seems to be a lovely amount of texture on this piece. I wonder how long it took to learn that skill?
Amazing work all around, I love it!

I wish I could control a fineliner like this! Check out kitpaint's gallery to see more of their artwork, well worth it!

Painting Study

 

Study Reference

I posted this last week and I'm still so very thrilled about it! Looking at only the grayscale here, I'm not using enough darker shades...But that's not so much a secret since I think we all know that. XD And I didn't exactly get the S-shape of the river. Both of those will have to be noticed next time I do another one of these.

...and since it was so fun, I'll probably do more! Look for them here on the Thursday posts and the Sketches section of the art page. <3

Feature 190--kitpaint

Pumpkin-Fellow

Ink. This is made in ink for Inktober and oh doesn't it look so pretty! To me, it looks like he's taking a look outside to breathe in the dark and enjoy that moonlight.
But just look at how well kitpaint made those lines! It looks properly night time to me, and I'm really enjoying how the shadow is over the bushes and trees behind the character. Excellent piece!

Lottie

This is apparently a little black kitty that kitpaint drew. I wonder how hard it was to get the kitten's attention before a photo was taken? Granted that's assuming kitpaint needed a photo!
Either way, the angle this was drawn in seems quite nice to me. How hard was it to control the micron pens to make pieces as lovely as this? And can't you just see how furry the kitten in question is?
Love it!

Lion cub in pen

Here is some more of that shading that I'm so in love with. Doesn't kitpaint do a lovely job in making not only such a lovely shadow, but the whole animal come out in 3D? I could just see this little one on his or her way to bother a sibling or one of the parents. Because that is a definite rule with any kind of cat.
I mentioned it once in the Lottie piece too, but isn't it just something with how kitpaint can make such texture with the cub's fur the way they did? Gorgeous!

These were some amazing pieces! To see more, here is the link to kitpaint's deviantart gallery.

Feature 85--mich-spich

Autumn's Glow

The first image brings so much brightness and I adore it for that. It would be very interesting to learn how the leaves were made here, wouldn't it? And those two squirrels look so very cute, climbing around that tree and hiding in its branches.
I also wonder what kind of tree this is. The light comes from its own branches or leaves and it looks so neat, in my opinion. I wonder how much time it took to paint them that way? It's an amazing piece!

Travelling

"Scratchboard (North America and Australia) or scraperboard (Great Britain), is a form of direct engraving where the artist scratches off dark ink to reveal a white or colored layer beneath."--Wikipedia

Had to look that one up but it just makes the whole piece more interesting to me. Mich-Spich had to have taken an age to get this one to work out! The leaves falling from the deer's antlers seem to represent the death of the forest that it used to live in...no wonder it looks like it's so starved.
This is a great piece to just sit and think about.

As the Sun Sets

We went from the bright light in the forest and directly around to the hard truth of life. So let's just end this feature with this gorgeous sunset. Those trees in the background are beautiful in the light that is shed around them; and can I just skip directly to the water in the front? It looks like such a relaxing scene and I'd love to have a chance to set down a tent and make up some very small camping area in this setting.

I can't tell everyone how excited I am to get to share these works. Aren't they all just amazing in the ways they were done? You've got to check out mich-spich's gallery, it's just as full of color and well worked black and white as you've seen here. And the stories just do not end!