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Long overdue trade with ~LobaNorth, been working on this one for a couple of days here. Since it's been sooooo long since she gave me her half (a bunch of feathers), I wanted to really give my all for this. Painted in acrylic on illustration board.

[edit] Opening this up to critiques! Yeah, I did work hard on this, but since I rarely do these large acrylic paintings with full backgrounds I would like any advice anyone has. =)

Copyright to Katie Hofgard

Critiques


:iconkakuraazukiemiarra:
While the background is wonderfully illustrated, I feel that the wolf's stance seems more than a little shortened. Even with the perspective being as it is the right foreleg looks cropped more than it should be, and all in all the limbs look far to stubby. The fur is nicely shaded, but while the moonlight gives a good highlight it lacks the contrasting shadow that would be given by the subtle light source. The crescent moon would not be able to give off the full light that a full moon would, and your piece reflects more of a full moon effect than a partial one.

I suggest in future pieces a more extreme play of light and shadow. Pay attention to the light source, since it alters the focus of the piece. However, despite these things I find the work well portrayed and the concept excellent in it's simplicity.
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:iconspiritedfox:
Love the night sky and the details on the fur! You did an excellent job! Keep up the great work!

P.S. I love the eyes of the wolf too! Their really stunning! :)
:iconbloodhowl:
Lovely ^_^

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:iconneo53:
I don't comment about much, but I just want to say this has really caught my eye! This is truly a beautiful piece, Loba sure should love it.

Keep up the excellent work, Katie.

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:iconwolfpackofahundred:
Epic! Well done! :)

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:icontarukai:
Ah, that's so cool! I love the lighting effect from the moonlight.

So neat.
:iconlordofwind:
great work!!! <3 love it :D

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:iconfoxwolftoasty:
Amazing... :wow:

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:iconhowlinmad06:
I like it. I love the details with the fur and the depth in the background. I just cant seem to get my acrylic works to turn out this good.

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:iconshockwaveecho:
I wanna rub his belleh^^
:iconkibasoulkeeper:
This is lovely, you did an excelent job, the detail is just :wow:

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