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aw, thank you so much! Yeah, I see what you mean about the negative space. I was thinking of putting some vines winding around that part of the tree, but I will give your idea a go as well. I definitely think it needs something happening there.

Looking at it again, the tail as it is now does aid her vertically-tense pose to some degree. It would be a shame to lose that.

It's weird with tails, because we don't have them. For human figures, one can normally just strike a pose and check what feels natural for an arm or leg, or tilt of the head... but it's hard to guess what would feel natural to be doing with an anatomical feature we don't have!

This is prob last wip as will not have any time tomorrow to add to it.  not as finished as I'd like but ho hum..

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coming to this rather late due to being away. Not sure ill get to finish but...heres wip1.

And Wip2. Deliberately aiming for a slightly more Sketchy quality, a little bit because of the time left to complete, a little bit because i just like a more sketchy style...

Jumping in this quite late... I had a brainwave last night and started sketching at 1 am...



The "cat hat" approach feels better for me than the "humanoid cat", so I'm going to try that direction. I want to stay loose and painterly, if I can...

This was wip 2:

And here is where I am now:



Fixed some anatomy issues... still a bit of work to do....

Who suggested this topic to you Banj ? And thanks for mentioning me back there Harlequin...Touching that somebody still remembers me...

I don´t really have the time for this right now, but I can´t keep my fingers off THIS topic, though I doubt I will make it to the actual challenge.

I see absolutely wonderful things from everybody in this thread - Amazing !

Still, a little something from me.  Just in case I actually manage to finish in time. ( Would love to have shrunken head somewhere there, and a hint of a backdrop would be nice too...)

 

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WIP3.

Ok, kinda racing through this one a bit. Softened the face and jaw line to make it bit more feminine, applied some texturing to add to the more immediate sketchy quality im aiming for, and tweaked the overall colour scheme slightly. Might rework hands a bit, dont really like the extended finger on lower gripping hand.

This is my first time doing one of the MYFX weekly Challenges, so I hope I am posting this correctly.

 

 

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A small update....

Hoping to work on this tonight! 

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raimo:

Who suggested this topic to you Banj ? And thanks for mentioning me back there Harlequin...Touching that somebody still remembers me...

I don´t really have the time for this right now, but I can´t keep my fingers off THIS topic, though I doubt I will make it to the actual challenge.

I see absolutely wonderful things from everybody in this thread - Amazing !

Still, a little something from me.  Just in case I actually manage to finish in time. ( Would love to have shrunken head somewhere there, and a hint of a backdrop would be nice too...)

 

Good to see you raimo, tis been way too long  

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Wow!... I really hope that all of you will get your finals in on time. This will be such an awesome line-up.

@ adventuregoat: I really like this, love the mood. Just her legs seem to be at a slightly off angle... maybe a bit more downwards?

@ Obstfelder: Great improvement on the pose... was pretty good to start with, though. I actually think it's the flatness of the ground that takes away from the dynamic a little. If you tried breaking it up a little.

@ Dave Brasgalla: Can't wait to see where you'll take this... looks awesome so far! 

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@ Dave Brasgalla: Can't wait to see where you'll take this... looks awesome so far! 

Thanks for the kind words, but that's pretty much it except for minor fixes... :D

WIP 4

added some details/weapons. Tried playing with the tail position but it didn't feel right, so i will have a couple of vines hanging from the tree in foreground instead.

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