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Published: 2019-09-11 21:43:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 1882; Favourites: 97; Downloads: 8
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GIMP 2. Warmup painting.
Has been a few rough weeks, but hopefully going to have some full scale paintings to show soon.
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Thank you <3 It's certainly not a well known animal outside of its home range. Think Eskilstuna used to have one, but that's about it.
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Yep, never seen one in real life.
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Great job with the fur textures, a bit surprised tbh to see a painting of this creature since they're not very well known.
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We had one at a zoo in Sweden in the early 2000nds. Think she'd been recovered from smugglers or something, because there never was any programme.
They even ran commercials on TV when the exhibit opened. We have no viverrids in Sweden, so there wasn't really any easy way to explain what a binturong was.
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i absolutely love binturongs! <3 ever since I learnt such a creature exists like 5 years ago
amazing how well you pulled the different colored hairs in the fur, and its different lengths and textures. perfect rendering! 
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Why, thank you <3
Find it quite amazing not only that these creatures exist, but that they aren't even that uncommon. We don't have any of them up North besides the genet in France, but down around the equator viverrids are everywhere, even a majority. Think in Africa they are kind of like how mustelids are in Europe.
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Thank you <3 It took about two hours - longer than I usually take warming up, but I got interrupted and spread it out over two sessions.
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They certainly are amazing animals. Viverrids in general are - they just aren't particularly known in the West since we only have the genet in Spain and France.
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Yeah I never heard of them before. They seem interesting though!
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They are starting to pop up in zoos in Europe. Might be worth a look if you're curious.
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It is just perfect! Did you use a model for this?
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Thank you! And not in this case. I couldn't find any good references from the angle I wanted, so the fur is referenced while the rest is improvised.
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Gotcha! Well, this said you really worked well on it, despite the improvised part. Keep on
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Thank you. I prefer to be careful overestimating, but daresay that in the past two years I have gradually gotten much better at approximating shapes than I was before. It helps being in skilled company.
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Ohh, I guess it's not like overstimating but like noticing you have improved... and it's quite positive actually! It's always a good source of motivation to go on I guess...
And yes, I guess seeing other elaborated artworks may inspire you and make you want to try new techniques, going further than what you have done before... that's part of an artist' experience I guess.
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Top drawer on this one. My father did some research and peer reviewing for the Nationalnyckeln anthology and if you ever come by any copy of the series I highly recommend a purchase, or at least a glance at the illustraions there; I'm sure you'd find some great inspiration there for further work with paintings such as this one.
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That looks amazing! A shame the project seems to have stalled, but it feels great to know the spirit of traditional illustrated encyclopaedias endures. Part of it may be nostalgia, but still find Bonnier's Lexicon an indispensable resource.
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The fur looks amazing. The painting technique is next level. I can tell what fur is soft and what is short and bristly or coarse
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Thank you. There is still much to learn, but do feel that compared to just a year ago I have grown more confident with building up textures. Not long ago this would have taken several hours - maybe split over several days - of going back and forth, testing results pixel by pixel. Today, the texturing took about half an hour for a still better result.
Musashi was right: Take your time, he used to say. There will be plenty of it as you improve.
If you are curious, these are some of the methods for fur texturing I have found useful. No such thing as "magical photoshop brushes", but for artists fighting indecisiveness (such as myself) tools to get the flow and direction of the groundwork down quickly are immensely helpful to stay off stalling.
... and of course, in this case it also helps how the binturong has almost abnormally consistent facial fur all the way from nose to ears. Every reference I could find seems to show it as akin to old woofer covering. As if them bearcats were not fascinating enough as they are.
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That guide looks really helpful.
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It is indeed. Like it especially for the philosophical aspects, not just the technical instructions.
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Yes. I like it when a tutorial doesn't just tell me how to do a thing but the principles behind it. Makes for better future applicability
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Fabulous indeed. It is an animal it is difficult not to be fascinated by. Apparently even people in its native region find it remarkable that such a creature actually exists and is fairly common.
I can picture in children's stories in the region, the gruff lady binturong might fill the same role as the old badger in Europe. But that is just a guess - unfortunately know little about Indonesia beyond Pencak Silat.
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Then you should watch the Lion Guard episode, Little Old Ginterbong.Β Β Β
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YES!!!!!!!Β I actually saw that animal on The Lion Guard yesterday. You almost never hear about those animals. I NEVER KNEW YOU WOULD PAINT THIS THANKS SO MUCH!!!Β
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Thank you, glad to hear you enjoy her. I was at a loss for what to paint initially, but when I saw this...
... I knew I just had to give the binturong a shot. Had a thing for the critters for years, but never got around to painting one.
They aren't exactly well known, apparently not even in their native countries - I guess somewhat like how the panda was not a popular animal in China until modern times. Actually a lot of this picture is guesswork, because I couldn't find any good profile or 3/4 references. That is how little known the binturong is.
Regardless what else comes of it, The Lion Guard has made a memorable mark: Nobody else has a binturong villain. It is quite possible nobody will again.
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Thank you, sister <3
She's my first, but probably won't be my last.
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Why, thank you. I love working with tiny pixel-level details, and the binturong has such uniform facial fur it was an absolute treat to paint. The texture is brushed, but there are no long strokes in the fine details: Everything is dotted in freehand.
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You have only yourself to thank, but you are most welcome.Β Keep 'em coming!
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Aw... You're making me blush.
Even though it didn't take long to make, learned a few specific things about composition there. So going to be useful in the future.
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