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aww..a My Little Pony? tail. I like what you did with the intersecting lines. :)

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I really like the way the eyes stand out . I so want to reach out and touch his soft muzzle. Lovely painting :)

soft and serious!

I want to pet it .... nice kitteh! Beautiful eyes :)

He's a very beautiful, very well manicured, King of the Jungle! ;)

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mmm- I thought I had taken longer than this! Please bump down to studio 1 if you feel this is too fast....

It's nice how the touches of color in the leaves echo the soft rainbow sky .... lovely, Chris!

Yeah its too fast but in respect of the fact that I am amazed you can create something this nice and colourful in 23 minutes. Nice work.

Very lovely old tree. I like the blue lighting on the trun and that beautiful sky.

Beautiful painting, the sky is stunning.

there has been a recent volcano somewhere that has caused stunning sunsets...

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wtg, Ree - Makes me want to go shopping!

Isn't this fun!! No time lately...hope to ve here more after the reunion. Got in over my head! Almost done now. Just keep popping in for a look see....and this was a good one.

This is lovely and made me feel rather nostalgic. We don't get the displays here like we used to and this pic made me feel about 10 again. walking around our city centre and gazing at, what seemed like, huge shopfronts. Nice pic.

I love window shopping- this is a treat!

That red evening gown is hot! But I like the black boots best :) Actually, I'm kind of a mutant ... born without the "shopping gene." Unless it's for books ;)

A lovely origional painting. I like the light reflection on the windows gives depth :)

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awww, that is so serene and lovely, gel. :)

Gorgeous!

W..O..W!! The turquoise sea is wonderful, especially in contrast with that warm sky :)

"Wow"!! What a beautiful picture!!

love the tiny dolphins!

I like the glow this has to it. The sky looks so warm and pretty against the beautiful colored water. It has a peaceful feeling to it for me. I could stare at it for a long time and feel relaxed by doing so.

I feel that too - ^

Nice bold colours. I love lanscapes/seascapes and the colours they produce. I like your sea too. The wonderful thing about the sea is that it seems to change colour so much.

This really evokes such calming feelings...gorgeous work gel! :D

Oh I love everything about this painting .. the eye is drawn in to that wonderful sun. I really like the lighting on the clouds :)

drawn from the Met Office satellite imagery http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/satpics/latest_uk_vis.html

Yep. Looks about right. Grey!
Rain will spread from the west bringing with it some showers. This will be followed by a long spell of drizzle which will eventually clear to bring more rain. Welcome to England, we hope you enjoy your stay.
Good idea CMB and good draw.

But isn't this why England is such "a green and pleasant land?" What a COOL draw, Chris!

you should see the latest pics- Very Threatening! LOL- its come over from america,,, we always seem to get storms here about 3 days after you Meno!

(Edited on September 4, 2008, 11:40 am)

Just one word (and a little smiley)
excellent! :)

Wow! It's perfect - what a great idea, Christine. Oh No! That's your area!

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what a novel idea...I love it!

omg, that's horrible! well, the east coast is in for about 3 (or is it 4 now!, can't keep up!) more Hurricanes so expect another deluge soon! :( Awesome and creative, Chris! Is it cold there, too?

"Wow"!! This is really "awesome"!! I guess the weather in England can be as bad as the weather gets here, in the good "ole" USA"!! "LOL"!!

its chilly right now- had to put the gas fire on ( kept the central heating off cos of the cost!) we are in for a deluge tommorow- the link is updated every hour- weird watching it- as it only shows daylight images so you get a big black gap in the middle of the sequence if you play the vid ( 14 images run into 1)

This is really cool, what a great interesting drawing. Very nice, love the bright outlines.

Oh! I didn't read the title. Yuk. Scary looking. Kind of exciting, but I guess it's the kind of excitment you could live without! Hope this passes quickly -

It won't pass quickly. This is England, we get this a lot. Hehe. Meno is right.It makes us a 'green and pleasant land'. It amazes me to this day how people here always moan about the rain, its not not like we never get any. I ususally say 'if you stopped doing things cos of the weather here then you'd never get anything done at all'.

1pm today- the whole country was covered.. only a few clear spots in scotland and the south west...

3pm today, still the same. I'm giving it 'til thursday morning to clear up then I'm going to put in an official complaint.

we will have to queue up to sign a petition George!

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_weather.html

Oh Boy Christine..this last few days have been horrible here eh?..But this is an excellent rendition of a sad fact..England = Rain..lol

Funny idea and excellent rendering :D i can see its raining in France too : oh yes... :/

Steps up to sign petition.. Great work :)

omg, i would have some serious bad hair days. ;p

When I titled this I just meant Great Big Pink. :) Not that it was great. It didn't even turn out half the way I wanted it to. (Edited on September 4, 2008, 12:11 am)

A gerber no doubt, it is just missing that little lady bug..love the bright pink, got that wow factor. Very pretty.

wellI love the flower and the colour is great too!

Beautiful :) the textures are so well rendered :)

Love all shades of pink ... this hot pink has the POW! factor and looks super great with that bright yellow ... kind of Pop Art Georgia O'Keefe :)

Well done - love the fuzzy center!:)

This could be one of the last blooms of summer but it sure is purty! Nice job on this one!

"Wow"!! What a pretty pink flower!!

Now this is really nice the way it is so enlarged and focused to the center of the flower. The bright pink coloring is a nice pop with the yellowed center. I love the contrast of this. Really like the center, it looks so soft and full of cushion.

Viewed this from my mobile but waited to see it on my 'puter to comment.
What a lovely colour. My sister has a Gerbera (I think thats it) in her VW Beetle (one of those new fake ones).
Nice detail in the centre too.

Very pretty :)

I just fixed it up a bit! ^_^ well g2g to sleep. GOOD NIGHT FG!!

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"G'nite" snape......but, before you go to sleep....I just want to tell you that I think this draw is really "awesome"!! I love it!!! I love the way you drew this.....his "kimono"...or, whatever you call the costume that he is wearing, is really awesome!! OK....now you can go to sleep!! "LOL"!! "Great draw"!!!

Good job Snape. You did a really good job of the folds in the fabrics.

Hey! I had to comment on this! I love the pose of course and I like the soft feel of the clothing. It flows quite nicely. The background color complements the other colors really well. I wonder if you've had a chance to see my version of this picture? I'd love to see you comment on it if you haven't already! Good job!
http://gallery.floatingginkgo.com/displayimage.php?pos=-1120

I dont know this style but good drawing

This is good snape....sorry I don't know Sasuke, probably "after" my time. Looking good!

I'm out of the loop, I'm afraid :P But I like the confident stance and the folds in the fabric :)

Snape I really like the theme of this, like the idea of the eyes in the background. It makes for quite an interesting picture and composition.

If I might add a touch of cc, here, hoping to help and by no means trying to dissect.., I like the crispness of the face on your character, it has clean lines and this helps to make the figure's face to stand out, I think the rest of the figure it could maybe use a touch of the same definition. The edges are a bit blurry and are blending in with the background a tad bit too much and you are losing your figure a bit with the background. Partly because the values of the colors in the background are too similar to the kimono top and the same with your purple sash with the black wrap. The edges just need a bit more definition when the color values are so close to one another.. It is a really good composition, and I think some cleaner lines in the sword as well would help make your figure pop a bit more from the background. Unless, I have it all wrong and the figure was sort of supposed to meld into the background, in which case scrap what I said..=(. I am hoping you don't mind the cc, just a few observations I thought might take into consideration..

good diffuse background!

Nice one Snape :)

Quite an accomplishment, snape! Well done! :)

This is "cool"....I like that you added the eyes in the background!!

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so skillfull! photographic!

Great sky

"WOW"!!! "Holy Cow"!! This is just soooo "awesome"!! I totally LOVE it!!! I love the sky, the fantastic clouds, the trees, the telephone poles, the little house, the grass....and the way it glows.....I think I'm "speechless"!!
What a "fantastic" picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( I want to live in that little house!)

You must have celestial blood in your veins, REE, to be able to paint skies like that! The filtered lighting is wonderful :)

Beautiful sky and lovely lighting. Great work.

Brilliant work Maria! The sky just glows with reflected light! I just finished reading "The Shack" and this would have made a very fitting illustration on the side of heaven!

I love those skies !! :) that is true that they make the land looks like a model landscape :) i love the light you put in the clouds :)

Lovely Ree! I just love your technique, very unique. Keep them coming, please!

This is so lovely Chris. The clouds and the trees are very nice and dramatic. Great job.

Gosh Maria, you always do the most amazing skies! wow, almost like a photograph! You and Xina should hook up and do a show of your skies, lol, a two girl show with amazing clouds and skies...I'd go see it. Nice work, love the brights in contrast to the darks, makes for stunning piece! =D

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This is really cool, I thought about doing one sort of like this but with a computerized hand on the left. I found a reference picture I liked at that CG World website and I saved it for future use. I love your hands, they have an almost animated look to them. Nice work.

I love the sistine chepel! wonderful

"Wow"!! This is really "cool"!! Hands are so hard for me to draw. You did a great job with this!!!

What a great idea, gel-o! The sepia tones are super nice :)

great drawing !!! Michelangel_o is alive ! (YAY ;) )

Haha. Very clever Emi.
Good draw Gel-o, just waiting for the spark.

Very very nice Gel!!!!!

Cool gelo, love the highlighting in the middle of the background, I always thought the original needed a touch of a spark between the fingers, don't you? lol, that's me...zap! Nice interpretation of the master, neat modern look to it!

This is really different and the placement of the fingers is what I find interesting to this drawing. Each one in a different position meeting one another toward the center of the canvas is a nice focal point. Then I really like how that center canvas is lightened. The black frame is classy with these colors.