Wow, this is the most awesome art piece I've seen today! I am just amazed at how unbelievably realistic this is! I thought it was a photograph at first! I love how it's a depiction of something just common. It makes you appreciate the miracles of everyday living. It looks more like they're kissing.

You seem to have gotten everything right with the kind of fur this otter has. It's an otter, right? The lack of color only further illustrates how fantastic the lines are. The aura surrounding them is also wonderful. It shows you how wonderful simple things are. I can't tell what kind of water they're in.

It really IS fantastic

Made in a naturalistic style, yet it also has these wonderful elements of stylization, on the otter's fur especially, but also in the water, that give it a real striking distinction. Could you please explain your technique a little? I'm curious, was it made with white pencil on black paper? If so, did you create a "rough drawing" first?

This work stands head and shoulders above everything else that you've submitted. "Cardinal in the Brush" comes closest (it is also quite good, although not as interesting), but the other ones almost seem like they were done by someone else entirely.

Night life!

This is a good example of shading and texture. The otter has that fish in the palm of it's hands/Paws. Makes me appreciate the beauty of nature!

Awesome and deep.

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