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I saw there's a contest for artist improvement going on over at Canipulate! Most of my art is feline-centric so I don't think I'll try to enter properly, but I thought it was a marvelous idea to compare some old work to the new. I never really got into the fantasy wolf roleplaying scene (not that I haven't admired the art for it for years), but if I had a character, this is what I'd imagine it would look like.

Original deviation HERE

So where have I improved...one thing that immediately sticks out is color. I always would have a hard time trying to make the subject of a manip blend properly into the background, and my method of, er, "blending" involved a lot of washing out. That image is basically 100% blue, with no variation...yawn. Boldness is another thing - two years ago I would have never tried to put wings on anything, and I've always been able to admire artists who do it so easily. I went for something more adventurous with this manipulation, so even if there are a few problem areas, at least it looks more fun. Fur painting has also improved, somewhat. I've been learning to paint it with more detail, so, again, definitely room for improvement but much better than what is was.

wolf from lakela
background from esveekapeiyu=
Image size
1280x1014px 1.18 MB
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