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Pet Portrait: Murphy by Aliehs Slade

Pet Portrait: Murphy

Aliehs Slade

I was so worried about adding color to the blanket, but after brainstorming with a new pyro buddy and reinforcement from my pyro idol, I gave it a go.....and used chalk pastels to color the orange boo blankie!!! I am really happy with it!! I ended up going back over Murphy and darkening him some more to get a closer black cat vibe, he was just looking too brown for me and after applying a couple coats of spray varnish I think he still looks a little too brown but what can ya do? He's still cute =D

This is a wood burning.
Color was added using orange chalk pastels, blended into the wood with my finger and then erasing some of it with a kneaded eraser.

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    AWW so cute. Just wondering, did you consider adding green (or whatever color his eyes are) to this?

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      I had!! Green is correct =D But I really didn't wanna overkill it, I know it was just a small area but just didn't wanna chance it. He has TONS of texture on him, you can actually pet this little cutie =D

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        I understand, but for me the whole thing looks so realistic that the blank eyes stand out more than I like personally.