[Art] Katt's Forest - WIP shots.

[moonvoice]

I did a ton of work on this last night,
about three or four hours solid.
And consequently made some really good headway,
and am now over halfway through inking this.
Thankfully, I think the most difficult parts are over with;
and everything else should flow much more smoothly from here on in.


Katt's Forest - WIP






The ink details are starting to get really busy now; but as this piece is going to be coloured, I'm not too bothered about that at all. The inking creates texture, and then I can add the appropriate amounts of light and shade during the colouring process. But this is why there isn't a ton of contrast at this point.

Comments

[white_rabbit]

Amazing, absolutely breath-taking job!! :) I just love how this is all coming together. I definitely see how it's flowing together and how the rest will come a lot more easily. YAY!

[moonvoice]

Yay for it coming together! It's always a relief to get to this point in any picture, and I think I may meet my September deadline for completion!

[ariestess]

Wow! That is incredible. Are those wallabies in the background there?

[moonvoice]

Yup! Rock wallabies; which are amongst the prettiest wallabies. :)

[ariestess]

Yay! I thought their conformation leaned toward wallabies instead of 'roos.

[shatterpath]

Oh... my... gosh...

The completed and colored version of this may just be deadly.

[moonvoice]

I hope so! :D

[lupagreenwolf]

Wait. Who's hiding in the tree to the left?

[moonvoice]

Hee! He was the earliest creature I put in! The full list of creatures to find are:

x 2 Totoros
x 2 Lantern Beetles
x 1 Ladybug
x 1 Mushroom Frog
x 1 Rabbit
x 1 Snake
x 1 Owl
x 2 Rock Wallabies
x 1 Leaf-Stag
x 1 Cat-Possum-Thing

[ariestess]

Cat-Possum-Thing

*giggles* I LOVE this description.

[sandpiper912]

That is truly beautiful.

[moonvoice]

Thank you very much. :)

[tangledaxon]

Wow, this is just phenomenal... I'm floored.

[moonvoice]

*bounce* YAY! :D

[wrenstarling]

I am so utterly in love with that leaf-stag that I can hardly stand it!

[moonvoice]

Hee, thank you! :D

[nkyinkyin]

there are no words for how much i love watching your progress on this piece. it's really quite stunning already.

[moonvoice]

Thank you so much! :D

[silverjackal]

This is taking shape in the most remarkable manner. I can't decide what I like best! The cat peering through the ferns is elegant, I'm completely charmed by the lantern beetles, I really like the snake, and now the wallabies. :)

[moonvoice]

I'm so happy with how it's coming together, and now I can't stop thinking about colouring it; even though that's still a way off!

[tulikettu]

oh sweet jeebus, this is fan-fucking-tastic! the frogs have mushrooms!!! and the tree has Totoro! and the beetles have lanterns and the antlers are BLOOMING!!! and oh, damn, this is awesome!

[moonvoice]

Hee, thank you! :D

[ladymondegreen]

That's lovely. I'm so glad you're creating it.

[shistavanenjedi]

It reminds me of those really detailed scenes of extinct animals from the same geological time period you find in books on prehistoric animals.

[jensurvivor]

OMFG