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Lazy Makalu Painting

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Digital Painting of Makalu one of the two Snow Leopard cubs at the Buffalo Zoo
Painted in Photoshop CS5, using one of my own photos as reference.
About 14 hours of work.

Dedicated to =WildByDesign, for sharing his love of Snow Leopard Cubs with me, and to =bubblywums, and =all4athena for being such awesome friends! :glomp:

Please note that I don't have time to say "thank you" for every favourite, but I appreciate them all nonetheless! Thank you all for your support!!!


My most recent digital painting! Took a LOT longer than I planned, but I'm pretty happy with the results. I think I might come back to it at some point, and add something (what? I don't really know lol... maybe more detail?), but I'm pleased enough with it for now.
I swear, these cubs are the best babies EVER! They are so cute, and so fun to watch... and they'll even come over to visit me at the window! This little guy seems to be a little bit less of a trouble maker than his brother Ketu... Makalu is usually the one getting pounced on, but he can hold his own :XD:

I'm back at school, and super busy, but I hope to be able to keep working on art in my free time (what little of it there may be) :)


:spotlight-left: More Snow Leopard Cubs :spotlight-right:

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3000x2400px 2.71 MB
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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Impact

Another beautiful snow leopard piece, Aelia! <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/> I really like the fur detail in the face. The eyes are especially well done. Looking at the paw fur, it looks a little more rushed and loose compared to the fur alone the shoulders and the face. I think the paws look less realistic in comparison to the face perhaps? I'm just nit-picking here!
Back to the face, which I think it perfect. I really like the whiskers and the long thin hairs coming from the eyebrows, and those ears are to die for! I think the best part of the whole piece is the muzzle/mouth/nose area. It looks like a real snow leopard muzzle, 100%. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)"/>

<img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/h…" width="38" height="15" alt=":hug:" title="Hug"/>