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Published: 2005-09-07 15:22:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 2002; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 432
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can't sleep, oc makes good company. I was browsing Anry's work, never knew he was from Russia. His work always inspires me, it just has so much light and atmosphere. So I doodled this. Tis a jag sitting on some ill defined mayan ruins. The basic idea is somewhere far in the future Jaguar sits reflecting on the past in what once was a lush jungle but has now become a barren tundra of sorts. I'd like to tackle painting this one sometime, the idea is very basic but I can picture the colors I'd like to use...that and it would be good practice at more 'free' painting
. anatomy/details very unpolished as it is a quick sketch...ideas for bg/colors other ideas are of course welcome.
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I'd really love to see this as a finished work as I really enjoy Anthro art.
The character design is already wonderful and detailed. Can't see anything that I'd change, nor in the anatomy.
Ideas for the background? Well, I think a mountainside would really compliment the picture's rough and cold feeling even more... Pyramid already looks great, I love ruins and ancient buildings. Maybe adding some strongly pronounced clouds in the sky would also help the picture...
Only thing I could suggest is to "change his location". Right now it looks like he is sitting on a floor of something. I think it'd look nicer if he sat on a small wall or terrace and you'd leave the tail (and eventually his left foot too) hanging down on side (I hope you know what I mean).
Anyways, it's really great work already!
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Actually the idea for the picture was indeed that he would be sitting on a wall overlooking this ancient valley and the wall would be inscribed with mayan runes or what have you. But perhaps you are right in that some part of his body should extend downwards to thoroughly intertwine the char with his background. Thank you kindly for your words and your input. I will be certain to incorporate some of your ideas in the final
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Hmmm.... ideas for bg and color... letΒ΄s see... ItΒ΄s COLD out there, snowy, so it would be nice to keep the whole scene in blues, greys and whites, all wintery colors... In my "vision" of the finished picture (and the idea would be REALLY worth to be taken further!) the only warm colors, some earthy browns, are used on the pyramid and the Jaguar. It would connect them as "survivors" of a distant, "better" past... Think this would suit the concept... Hope I was some help
And now I HAVE TO say this: I am sorry, it is ABSOLUTLY ridiculous, I know, but... It looks as if there was a little beetle sitting on the Jags hand, with him looking at the little fella! XD Once again: IΒ΄m sorry, did not inted to destroy the great atmosphere of this sketch by this silly comment, but I just could not keep my mouth shut...
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ehehehe not silly at all..it does look like a little bug XD was supposed to be a shivering fairy of some sort but umm...O_O I drew too small and lazy XD. Thank you for the comment and suggestions, good suggestions at that!
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its really cool 
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hey neat pose! Nice job with the wind effect
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Oh, wow. That's so beautiful. I love how you drew the hair.
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Oh, wow. That's so beautiful. I love houw you drew the hair.
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Anry is such a wonderful fellow... he did so much great stuff that I moan everytime I see his page because I'm so curious to know where he went off to... I hope nothing bad happened to the guy.
This piece... Damn but it's cool. It has a great feel to it, even for the sketch. I like the idea very much, but I think there will be things to question yourself on later if you decide to finish this one out. Jaguar is fine as he is... I'd like to ask if he's got his leggings stuffed with lichens or what have you. The return of the God seems a very fine fantasy story in the making. Is that a cricket he's got in his hand? Your details are superb even in this stage.
Ah well, as far as the rest of it, you know what tundra looks like I'm sure, or you can get good references. The land might be a bit hillier than one normally thinks of tundra, but the flat ground leading off to the temple (I think it was a massive hill top/ mountain top with a flat surface at the peak) would be a wonderful way to show the strange new world. His look is fantastic. The sketch makes his clothes look ragged, and that's another fine detail point for your back story... it shows an immense passage of time, even for a God.
But hey, I'm sure I've run away with your idea. *s* You keep this up and I'm telling you... I'll have a story written before either of us notice it.
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I love the composition. I think gray tinted colourse would work well. Blue-gray, green-gray... And of course different tints and shades of gray itself. Use a lot of contrast; that makes me think of harshness and the cold of winter.
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Outstanding concept! never tought of the mayan piramids covered in snow o_o
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This would, indeed, make a great painting. 
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yes yes blues and grays and mebbe slight hints of coldish green. Not sure whether to do a daytime or nightime scene...I see a daytime scene as being somehow more cold feeling but the atmospehere would have to be planned out carefully to have the right effect. Thank you for your suggestions!
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Beautifull,the pose,the expression...It's simply perfect!
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hey, whats with the sudden burst of anthro art? Its a completely new side of you and I love it! Your grasp of human anatomy is amazing! Do you plan on coloring any of them? So far this one is my favorite!
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Now guess what piece of music the title reminds me of
It's a truly beautiful concept which I think would do a very nice drawing. The concept is absolutely lovely.
I can't find anything wrong with the anatoym (since I am not very good at human anatoym
And another thing, is the arms of his shirt rolled up? If they are I think you change that and let him have them rolled out, because it seems to be really snowy and cold and I personally would try to hide as much as my skin as possible in such a weather
Perhaps the shirt isn't rolled up at all and the arms aren't really longer than that?
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