Chenita

<sub>Digital Painting of a Chenita, a Cougar at Jungle Cat World
Painted from scratch in Photoshop CS4, over about 60 layers, using a reference photo (with permission) from Dave, aka !NatureByDesign
About 30 hours of work, give or take.

Dedicated to Dave, and my wonderful friend Jen, aka =bubblywums, two of my biggest inspirations!

Please note that if you but don't comment, I probably won't get a chance to say thank you... so thanks in advance!</sub>

Here it is! My most recent painting, based on one of Dave's wonderful photographs... I really wanted to continue playing with my fur painting techniques, especially longer fur, so I went with Chenita in full-winter-coat-beauty. I learned a LOT, which is always a good thing. Also played around with focus, in an attempt to get that blurry-distance look.
Overall I'm very pleased with it, although I know it isn't perfect, and I still have lots to learn, and practice lol...

Actually had the opportunity to meet this lovely cat in person, one of the most awesome experiences of my life! She was fascinated by my shirt, and kept chewing on it, I was covered in drool, and it was awesome

_{WIPs and Detailed Views are available if anyone is interested enough to ask}