I'm not used to make animals portraits, and i don't make enough videogame fanarts !
So the Okami contest was the perfect occasion to correct those lacks

I used this stock photo (
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for reference. You can see the comparative in my wip myspace gallery (
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Hope you like it !
Little update :_Some sharpening, texturing and darkening !
_To all people who said me "ho i can't enter the contest now".. lol, i can assure you i'm not sure to win at all^^
Love it, you're just awesome!
you have some very lovely art by the way
Your an excellent artist~! The head just seems so real O: Wish I can draw animals like that sometime ^^~ I also love how you did her reflector~