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Ursula Vernon

"Afternoon Shadows" by Ursula Vernon

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A small but ferocious mouse warrior, hanging out next to a curb surrounded by weeds, urban wildlife at its cutest. I took a lot of photos of weeds for this painting. You ever want to weird out the neighbors, lie on your belly behind a dumpster in the alley, trying to get a good detail shot of something that any normal human being would douse with herbicide. Hours of fun. The actual painting, done in Painter and Photoshop, was also hours of fun--about thirty of 'em, to be precise. Finally, credit must go to the lovely artwork of Amara Telgemeier here--while I'd done complicated lighting, detailed realism, and flattish shading with heavy outlines before, (Kachina Frog, for example) I'd never thought to combine all three until I saw some of her gorgeous paintings and said, 'Damn. Yeah. That's the stuff.' So, my hat is off in that direction.


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30 May 2009:-) Susie leslie french
OMG! hes so cute!
12 Jun 2009:-) Douglas Hagler
Lush and beautiful - one of the best pieces I’ve seen on this site so far. Very well done.
27 Jun 2009:-) Migle Mazurkeviciute
That’s so cool!
28 Jun 200945 Anon.
You can see in his eyes that his an true warrior. Great art work!
3 Aug 2009:-) Judy Lynn Jackson
I love your detail and realism in the vegetation.

18 Aug 2009:-) Springmoss of Redwall
I love it! it makes me think of Prince Gonff the Mouse theif in Redwall! 1
20 Aug 200945 Anon.
Wow this is incredible your completely amazing..
26 Aug 200945 Drakey
Mouse is cute. You thinking about Redwall Abbey?
10 Sep 2009:-) Nathan Joseph Smith
It’s so cute! But yet it looks like it would rip my eyes out at the same time.....
6 Nov 2009:-) Adam Godfrey
The detail is truly amazing! Is it possible to paint better than real life?! I did’nt think so till now.....3
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About 'Afternoon Shadows':
 • Status: OK
 • Created by: :-) Ursula Vernon
 • Copyright: ©Ursula Vernon. All rights reserved!

 • Keywords: Mouse, Art, Weeds, Plants, Spear, Light, Lighting, Shadows
 • Categories: Anthropomorphic (Furries), Landscape, Nature, Panoramic, Photo-/model based compositions, or photorealism, Warrior, Fighter, Mercenary, Knights, Paladins
 • Techniques: Computer-coloured Picture
 • Inspirations: Other Artist
 • Views: 25484
 • Resolution: 700x560


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