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Arty Flowers

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Comment from Holly02


This is really wonderful! I love the leopard print contrast with the beautiful poppy flowers. The colors are such a great compliment to eachother and the highlights and shadowing you have created are beautiful! It has a very fiesty feel to it for me, I really love it!

 Comment Written 10-Jul-2009


reply by the author on 10-Jul-2009
    There you go. "Fiesty!" I like that, Holly. :) Thank you so much for the super review!!
Comment from tortogle


This is truly a very beautiful and creative digital art. The contrast of the colors of the poppies against the backgrounds is excellent, as is all the very natural looking shading. Superb job.

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 Comment Written 10-Jul-2009


reply by the author on 10-Jul-2009
    Thank you so much for the wonderful review and extra special rating, Tortogle! I really appreciate it :)
Comment from TimeSnatcher


Thiis is a stunning piece of art. I love the colors and the background looks like a giraffe to me. Very cool!
I also like the dark shading on the right which makes for a lovely comgposition.
The flowers are lovely as well. Good luck in the composition!

 Comment Written 10-Jul-2009


reply by the author on 10-Jul-2009
    Thank you for the beautiful review, TS! :)
Comment from Snapdecisions


This is just a pure pleasure to see , initial impact here is great , and it is testament of your all round Technical Abilitys , Well Done , Superb Image ! , Thanks for sharing , Shawn , Trev

 Comment Written 10-Jul-2009


reply by the author on 10-Jul-2009
    Thank you so much, Trev! :)
Comment from focaldot


I like the background with touch of leopard skin, very nice composition and how you use lighting, very beautifully done and really enjoyed this composition. Well done and all the best.

 Comment Written 10-Jul-2009


reply by the author on 10-Jul-2009
    Thank you ever so much, Surmed!! :)
Comment from sandysartstudio


aaaaaaabsolutely beautiful poppies. You have done a fantastic digital painting. The poppies stand out against the yellow pattern background. The poppies are just the right red and are loose. You have achived terrific lights and darks on the poppies. The depth of the dark brown really pushes the background back and gives space behind the poppies. Thanking you for sharing a wonderful piece and I wish I had a 6 to give to you.

 Comment Written 10-Jul-2009


reply by the author on 10-Jul-2009
    Thank you so much for the wonderful review, Sandy! And thank you for the thought on the 6 :) I really appreciate it.
Comment from Angelheart The First


I sure don't know how this got past me because it wasn't in my messages.This is simply
gorgeous Shawn and I love
how you presented it.The look
of a leopard really gives this
quite a stunning look and your
poppies look so real.The colors
are beautifully bold and the
lighting is perfection.Is that a
new signature?
Good Luck in the contest!!
Angelheart :)

 Comment Written 10-Jul-2009


reply by the author on 10-Jul-2009
    You may not have gotten it because I had it disabled yesterday. Thank you ever so much for the great review, Angel! :) And thanks for the good luck wish.
reply by Angelheart The First on 13-Jul-2009
    Oh,okay.It is a beauty. :)
Comment from frelanzartist


Beautiful work...love the effect it has. I like the softness, the dark and light, the shading on the flowers...well done on this :-)

Dawn

 Comment Written 10-Jul-2009


reply by the author on 10-Jul-2009
    Thank you so much for the wonderful review, Dawn :)
Comment from flame


this is really creative, it does look like a leopard, its really funky and different, i loike how the pattern fades into black, thasnks for posting... Flame

 Comment Written 10-Jul-2009


reply by the author on 10-Jul-2009
    Thank you so much for the excellent review on this, Flame! :)
Comment from coffeebell


Wow, I'm so impressed. This is just beautiful. I tried this and I obviously need more practice. Love his composition and your choice of animal like design behind the poppies. Great work...Coffee

 Comment Written 10-Jul-2009


reply by the author on 10-Jul-2009
    Thank you for the great review, Coffee. What program were you practicing with? I'm assuming you mean that you were trying digital painting. A lot of it is just getting used to your program and seeing what it can do. :)
reply by coffeebell on 10-Jul-2009
    I've downloaded the trial versions of Twisted Brush and Bryce 5.5. They are a lot of fun. I'm sure I'll get the hang of it with practice. Thanks for the encouragement!...Coffee