Amazing!

I love the pose, and the markings, and the coloring and shading!!

OMFG.. this is GORGEOUS!!!!! no wonder u were so excited u were babbling ... this is AMAZING!!!

Oh wow, this came out great. Great job with the background, especially with the shrine. Very, very nice work. You seem to be getting the hang of this digital art thing pretty quick.

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I'm not tense. Just terribly, terribly alert.

Oooooohhhh!! This is awesome!! The pose is amazing, it's believable even though it is very flexible. Beautiful colors too. I'm loving your digital work

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i love how flexible these guys are. so many options for awesome poses. thanks! i think im getting the hang of this digital thing

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"If you walk with the grace of a warrior and the confidence of a king, those you don't impress, you will intimidate."

~DragonForms-club
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yeah slinky rabbit thingys!!!

oh wow, this came out amazing Inu. the colors are fantastic and the markings are just wonderful. this is so freak'n awesome. cheers man.

and yes I think the shrine in the back is sweet too. like the colors on the banners. pretty colors! :3


....ok, because it has to be said, "Oh...the colors."

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Life is what you make of it, make the most of your time.

Kuss' mich. Kuss' mich als wäre es das letzte Mal. [Casablanca]

An Eeeerda! Aww GOSH I saw this and just gushed. As y'all should know I'm a huge sucker for the Erda race, so this is a big ol' instafave from me.

But wow, you are extremely talented with digital, I do say, and clearly you have a good grasp of the details done by hand. Why, you have a handle on both hand-drawn stuff AND texturing, and I truly admire that. _{^{More like "envious of". Haha!}}

Mindless asspats aside, this is a very gorgeous picture. The colors are bright and alive and jump out at the viewer. They give the piece an energetic feel, which is balanced out with the stationary pose. You pulled that off nicely! Hmmm... the only critique I could offer you on this one would be working on keeping lines clean with the folds, namely the curtains in the background. A steady hand would cure this easily, for every here and there it looks like your hand might have jumped or something.
-flashes thumbs up-

But back to the subject, doing a dance as an Erda must take a lot of muscle work. Imagine having to lift your whole lower body like that; determination, dedication, and practice, it probably takes a ton of those things. What are their dances like, if you don't mind me asking? Is it slow-and-meticulous like T'ai Chi in dance form, or more rhythmic like bellydancing? From the looks of this picture it could be either!

Very great piece overall though, I truly loved this one, and it was enjoyable to get to see an Erda again. Marvelous, marvelous work!

i admit i did finish this with you in mind. and once again, your comments make my day.

im glad the colors worked well. for awhile i was afraid it was a little too much. heh, thats one of the problems with doing erda; they have different opinions of what colors go together than we do, and tend to like very bright colors.

i think their dances are a little bit of both. i know theres a lot of movement, but i think it varies how fast or slow it is. i do know that it usually does involve some sort of gymnastics, but temple dancers like this one take that to a whole different level. these people are trained their whole lives for these dances, so theyre in incredible shape. all erda are strong, but just like not all humans can do a hand-stand, not all erda can do this. at least not easily.

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"If you walk with the grace of a warrior and the confidence of a king, those you don't impress, you will intimidate."

~DragonForms-club
Commissions or trades?

Aah very interesting indeed, thanks for answering my question! That's very neat how they dance as a form of worship...there are a lot of societies here on Earth that do that, but I've never seen it used in a fictional race. Nice! So is dance their MAIN form of worship? I'm sure they have many other means of worshiping the gods, but dance sounds like their biggest one.
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Hey you're very welcome though! Always eager to post a nice comment, that I am.