Staff Pick :: Maine Coon Cat illustration - 100% photoshop

[sasrdu]

My significant other gave me the Photoshop & Wacom tablet dvd for my birthday last November (from this site). I got 1/2 thru it and started drawing this using everything I learned from the dvd. It is a illustration for Maine Coon Rescue. I do volunteer work for them. I created it on a mac using photoshop cs and a wacom tablet. It is in my opinion, a huge improvement over work I've done in the past. It took me a ton of hours to do using 3 pixel and 6 pixel brushes and the smudge tool. I honestly don't know how it will look on a pc - so crossing my fingers. The final size was 6 inches by 7 inches at 300 ppi. Comments and suggestions appreciated. Now I think I'm ready to watch the rest of the dvd!



[Edited on 1/3/2006 by sasrdu]

[Edited on 1/3/2006 by kiwicolin]

[Edited on 1/3/2006 by kiwicolin]

[cfire]

Absolutely beautiful work!

[kiwicolin]

That is gorgeous!
Totally love this piece. I am giving it a staff pick

[w@rtistic]

damn if you told me it was a photo manip i would believe that.
the realism is amazing

[Kinetica]

Originally posted by w@rtistic
damn if you told me it was a photo manip i would believe that.
the realism is amazing

ditto. wonderful piece.

[PNeal]

Congratulations on the Staff Pic (they don't come easy).
Cute and cuddly (and I'm a dog person).
Great brush work.

[Leelah]

Wow. What did you use? Did you start with a photo of a cat and just alter it? Or was that from scratch?

[interstellar]

nuff said

[forbes]

Very impressive.

[dima_isit]

OMFG!!!, exuce my language.

This is absolutely FANTASTICO!!!!!!!!

Great work, omg soo reall looking, must have taken you ages to go arond it.

Simply one of the best artwork i have seen to be done digitaly.

Great work. Dont know what to say, my mouth still open wide.

Keep it up, wanna see more.

Amazing.