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Hopeiu — Golden Age of Cacti
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Published: 2017-07-17 15:36:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 667; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 3
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Madixyl , Golden Age of Cacti. Created with a Wacom Bamboo CTH-670 Tablet in Clip Studio Paint Pro; Originally 2334 x 3087 px. ©2017 | KathrinaKitty , Original Character Kathrina ©Gift for . ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Feeling inspired and decided to take a break from studying – so here, uploading a single piece of finished art for the first time since a long, long while, which feels so good I'm almost exploding inside of me! <3 This is basically Katharina's new fursona according to an unfinished reference sheet which I had the privilege to see.
During the earlier stages I had drawn a lineart, but as I was unhappy with how it looked like, I decided to go for a looser, semi-painterly style instead... It took really long, but she deserves every pixel for all of the amazing friend that she is. 
Hope you like it, Dani and that I got your design correctly!I'm extremely inexperienced in drawing felines and would appreciate any constructive (and preferably harsh) critique on feline anatomy, as well as on the technique, use of colors and composition of any kind, as I'm looking to improve my artistic skills every moment. :3
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The fur and the shading are so so good! I really love this style as well, stands out well < 3
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Ahw, I apologize for the longest time it's taken to reply, but thank you so much for the nice comment!
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This looks beautiful! I love the painting style and those accessoires
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Thanks a lot! I was unsure about how the accessories would turn out – glad you like them! :3 I truly appreciate it.
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Lith, this is beautiful! I love the fur texture especially! And those accessories look so good too *v*
I'm not much of an expert on feline anatomy myself, despite living with cats my whole life, but I think it looks pretty good anatomy wise!
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Thanks so much for the feedback! ;u; I'm happy to hear both the fur texture and accessories look good!
And ah it makes me glad whenever people tell they live with animals.
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Of course!
I think I would go crazy without an animal companion, just because I love them so dearly!
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MADI YOU DIDN'T
YIU DIDNZ
YOU
IM
MADI
THE TITLE
PERFECT
ALL HAIL THE CACTI
BUT MADI
M A D I
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY OMG ;;;
YOU LOVELY LITTLE CACTI BUTT
I LOVE IT SO MUCH YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW OMG ;;;;
I LOVE HOW YOU COLORED IT AND THE SHADING IS JUST AMAZING <333
AND THAT EYE <3333 ;;
THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG I LOVE YOU CACTI LORD
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YOU SAW IT COMING
YES, HAIL ALL CACTI.
IT IS ALL FINE, I'M DELIGHTED THAT YOU LOVE IT THIS MUCH, AND SEEING YOUR REACTION ALMOST CRACKS ME UP-
YOU'RE VERY WELCOME, FLUFFBUTT. ♡
LOVE AND LIGHT TO THE CACTI QUEEN OF ALL DIMENSIONS.
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This looks so cool!
And anatomy wise, it's pretty accurate (coming from someone who has lived with cats her entire life) the only critique I have is the hind paws look at little awkward, but it's not that noticeable and could probably be fixed easily.
But having said that, everything else just looks fantastic!
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Thank you for thinking so! Nice to hear you've been living with cats for life, they are quite the precious creatures. ^^
And you've got a good point, I'll definitely pay more attention to hind paws next time drawing cats then. 
What is your opinion about the character's accessories – do they get along well with the rest of the artwork, you think?
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I'm making a comic about the life of one of those cats, it's here ( lifeofziggy.thecomicseries.com… ) if you wanna read it although there's not much to read because I've only done one page so far but everything in it happened.
No problem.
I like them, they look good and go well with the cat.
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Oh gosh, I ADORE YOUR COMIC STYLE.
It's been a personal dream of mine since childhood to create a comic and it makes me even happier to see that my friends are making them too. *_*
I would definitely like to read your stories, but I'm likely to forget if they're not uploaded on deviantArt or unless you remind me.
Thanks a lot for the feedback!
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That good to hear, I want the drawings to be as accurate to what he looked like as possible.
It's been a dream of mine as well.
I can always tell you when a new page comes out if you want me too.
No problem, I'm always happy to help!
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I totally understand.
Well, now you have the possibility to make your dream come true!
And that would be awesome, please do so.
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Have you considered posting your comic on Tapas? I would recommend you to! tapas.io/comics
You can post your comic pages there and anyone who follows the comic will get notified on their phone (or on the website) whenever a new page is out. :3
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I haven't heard of that, I'll check it out!
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Sounds good, please let me know if you'll go for it!
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Ziggy is now up! tapas.io/series/The-Strange-Li…
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Awesome! Subscribed to your comic right now!
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cool! page 2 is actually nearly finished, I just need to colour the background XD
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Oh, sounds great! Take your time with it to make it the best it can be!
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Cool! I tried taking a look now but it won't load whatsoever due to slow Internet. ;~; I'll check again in the evening eagerly! :3
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Forgot to let you know that I looked at it. ^-^ I really enjoy your comic style! Do you use a tablet to draw with?
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Thanks, I'm trying to keep it sort of realistic but cartoony at the same time
I think it's a Wacom Bamboo, but I'm not too sure XD
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Sounds like one way to do it for sure. *-* Perhaps your style will develop even more in time. ~
Oh,so you do use a tablet! That's cool. ^-^
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It probably will. XD
Yep, I have a tablet because if I didn't my digital art would look like this ----> Nessie: My Fish (Although I may have to redraw those Nessie ones, it would definitely show how much I've improved over the years)
I seriously cannot draw with just the mouse XD
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(:
Aww! The tablet for sure is a useful tool...
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It is, I'm glad I have mine.
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