Wow. The background is amazing, I love the way you did the clouds and how their shadow casts on the ground. (I like how you showed the foreground to the side so we could focuse on the BG and environment more ^_^). Awesome job on the coloring. I really like Antarri's expression and pose. Great job!

Thank you!! Thank you for allllllllll of your comments, you always have a kind word for me up your sleeve and its words like those that make me feel special and my art appreciated! Thank you again .

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"The best we can do is teach ourselves to appreciate our own work more..after all..if we can please ourselves, we have pleased our most harshest of critics" ~BALAA

Beautiful beautiful landscape going on behind her!

OMF THE BACKGROUND

Your very welcome. I really love your artwork, ^_^ Your one of my favorite artists, so thank you for putting all your effort into letting me see them,

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Lmao, like everyone else said, THAT BACKGROUND ROCKS! Just as much as the cloud/shadow thing looks great, it's the perspective that REALLY catches the eye as the shadows and the clouds that cast them slowly merge to an offscreen vanishing point, which I think kinda brings the viewer into the picture. It looks very much like you're standing on the rock with Antarri looking over the Savannah.

Really though, there's so much talent in that background with the bright colors, the shadows on the clouds themselves and how it looks like they're masses suspended in the air rather than elementary puffs of white that people commonly see in art. And then there's the faded mountains, which you've made blurry and blue-ish, which is another aspect that really shows their distance, and isn't something a lot of artists of "this kind of subject" would do. I'm always fascinated how in all your pictures you're able to incorporate the background into the picture so well, and make it look so real and important to the overall feel of the picture, especially when the image is just basically a portrait. You just seem to make your portraits into something completely more, which is why I love looking at your art; most artists don't care about the background once they've finished their subject. Gah, but it's stuff like this that constantly amazes me.

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And right now your ego is probably through the roof. I just needed to get that out. It's why I love having you on my WatchList.

WOW! I am just ...speechless! Your words are so truly kind that I do not even know how to begin to return the favor! Simply thank you with all my heart! Such words always inspire me to continue on with my artwork even in the darkest of hours. Thank you again!

With honest sincerity,
~Balaa/Ana

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"The best we can do is teach ourselves to appreciate our own work more..after all..if we can please ourselves, we have pleased our most harshest of critics" ~BALAA

ohhh she's beautiful! wonderful scenery too balaa! i love the lioness's pose and expression!! ya! ^_^