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Chenita Painting

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Digital Painting of Chenita, a Cougar at Jungle Cat World
Painted from scratch in Photoshop CS4, using one of my own photos as reference.
About 9 hours of work.

Please note that if you :+fav: but don't comment, I probably won't get a chance to say thank you... so thanks in advance!


I had a lot of fun painting this! I usually don't paint an entire animal, favouring portraits... but after painting Spirit the tiger, I wanted some more practice. I'm actually very pleased with the way that it turned out! I don't think her face is quite right... it looks like a cougar, but not like Chenita... or at least, I don't think it does. But the painting is finished nonetheless.

As for the background, I actually bothered to do one! Yay! :XD:
I came to enjoy painting the stone, but HATED every minute of painting the plants. I need some more practice with that. I do like the clouds though... so overall, I'm thrilled! :D

:spotlight-left: WIP Series can be Viewed Here: [link] :spotlight-right:


:spotlight-left: Other Big Cat Paintings :spotlight-right:


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3000x2400px 2.21 MB
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:star::star::star::star: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star: Technique
:star::star::star::star-half::star-empty: Impact

To begin, this is a beauitful piece. My favorite part has to be the face. The fur lays so easily, and the facial expression is very soft and natural. The tongue sticking out is also a cute little touch, yet still realistic. The pose is very natural (though the back leg closest to us looks like it is forward a bit too much, like it's a little too long.) You have a very good sense of anatomy and color blending. I also really like the clouds. They are soft and very realistic looking. The birds are also simple, yet they look very natual and fit nicely with the picture. The texture on the rock is also very realistic and doesn't look out of place like I've seen in some pictures (including my own xD).

Some things that I think could be fixed: the fur on the body looks a bit too long and not as defined as on the face. Howeve, still very natural and beautiful. The chest fur looks a bit wet. I think that the rock could be a bit sharper and less soft looking, to make it look even more realistic, and fit better with the puma. I also think that the tree in the back looks a little bit cartoony compared to the realistic feel of the rest of the picture. Maybe try adding more sharpness to the leaves and branches. Something that I would add to the branches are some lines of colors a bit darker than the color of the branch to make it look a bit more like bark.

Other than that I think that you have done a wonderful job on this picture. You are an amazing artist and your effort clearly shows in your works like this one <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/>