Quiet slow steps on lush foliage, eyes wide and focused to take in the light of the prey, a feathered meal in waiting... A tale well known by anyone who knows cats. This saber-toothed feline takes advantage of a preening bird who feels a little too safe in the treetops of this primordial forest. Pay attention bird, your doom is just a few feet away!
This one is for Spottacus, of his saber-toothed cat, Toofs. Played with some fun new brushes on this one, and exactly zero texture/photographic elements this time!
27 hours in Photoshop CS6 with an Intuos 3 tablet
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PSYCHO KITTY EYES :D
The work you did on this was just awesome to see, all that gorgeous environment detail, and different from your usual types of greenery with all those heavy branches and moss! Gorgeous lighting work as well, the slightly out-of-focus bird with its pretty & lit feathers adds a very nice touch to the color and lighting balance I think :3
Also it looks like that bird is looking at the viewer with a "I'm gonna getchu" look, while the cat has a "I'M GOING TO MURDER YOU LITTLE FEATHERY THING :D" look to him xD