Racing the fireflies (fixed)

Spyrre's picture

Finally I ended up to actually really try drawing with my tablet... a lot of swearing ensued, but managed to draw this. =)
Yeah I cheated with the backround, that´s obviously only a screenshot, but I frustated myself enough with the deer already. ^^;

EDIT: Tried fix the face a bit, I hope the perspective works a bit better now.
At least her head looks less fat.
quadraptor's picture

Wow this is magical! I love

Wow this is magical! I love this artwork, it makes me wish we had fireflies here and brings a lot of nostalgia of vacations where we stayed in a cabin that had fireflies all around at night.
eyestrain's picture

Beautiful. She fits into the

Beautiful. She fits into the image seamlessly. There is such a feeling of wonder in her expression.

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J!n's picture

Gorgeous work on the fur,

Gorgeous work on the fur, light and shadows. I especially like the ears and tail. This piece really appears magical, ugh. I want to see fireflies for real someday.
Spyrre's picture

Quad, thank you. <3 I don´t

Quad, thank you. <3 I don´t even remember if I have ever really seen fireflies, they must look awesome in person... They won´t probably live around here... or I´m not sure if there even is fireflies in Finland? =/

Eyestrain, Thank you so much. <3 This is a first time I have attempted something like this, so I´m very happy you think that she fits in... was a bit worried of that. Also the face gave me lot of problems. ^^;

Saosin, Thank you! <3 I´m glad, the fur and almost everything was done mostly scribbling,
as I can´t do a straight line to save my life even with tablet, hehe.
Me too, but I don´t know if there even is fireflies in Finland... good thing that we can admire them in TEF, atleast. <3
Iaurdagnire's picture

Why are you so

Why are you so talenteeeeeeed. This is heart-warming and reminds me of summer.

Her face always makes me think of the moomin cartoons for some reason, maybe it's the nose XD that's a good thing in my book though and adds to the fantasy; I can see her moving and being in a cartoon like that. Babblebabble.
Anyway, I really like how you've done the pelt, and those four spots... I see what you did there! Very clever <3

I wish fireflies were lit up all the time in real life like they are in the forest. Would make catching them easier.

Oh, i love this picture so

Oh, i love this picture so much!
Your style is just amazing ♥
Spyrre's picture

Dag, Agh you´re flattering

Dag, Agh you´re flattering me.. <3 I´m even a bit proud of the athmosphere in this, I usually just draw boring posing deer... thank you. <3
Haha, I can see it too, it probably is the nose... I don´t know how I always manage to draw faces look like that. There´s just something in the shape of human face that I can´t get a hang of... though being a bit cartoony isn´t that bad, I hope. ^^;
Heh, yeah I cheated a bit with those spots, well noticed, hehe.
Finding real fireflies would be awesome... I doubt that I could keep my hands off of them either. They blink their lights at each other when they have a breeding-season if I recall correctly?

3linmaya, Awh, thank you so much! <3
Iaurdagnire's picture

I really like how you do

I really like how you do faces! I personally find it weird to have tef deer with overly-human faces, I think you've got them pretty perfect (:

Heehee yeah they do. You can literally only see them when they blink, then they disappear and you see them blink again like 10 feet in the other direction lol. It hurts when you don't notice them fly past your face in the dark... and they blink... scare and blind you at the same time. I only get to see them during the summer when I'm in America. Here we have glow-worms though, which are similar.
dol-konijn's picture

well all that frustration

well all that frustration paid off, it looks wonderful! you have a great sense of texture :3
Spyrre's picture

Dag, Awh, really? <3 Me too

Dag, Awh, really? <3 Me too actually... I like that TEF-deer don´t have really too "human" faces, more like human-like features so that´s like I try to draw them. Tried to fix the perspective of her face a bit, something in it was bugging me, hope it´s better now.
Haha that sounds so fun... I´d be chasing them all the time, probably... with a camera or without. ^^;
I saw a one glowing beetle(?) once somewhere, don´t really know what it was, it was cool little creature. Though it didn´t like it when I went to see it and put it´s light out... darn.

dol-konijn, Thank you. =) Yeah, I guess I managed to get a hang of this thing now...
Hope it´ll frustate me a little less next time. ^^;