Chat, Tranchefeux (2D)

[I-NetGraFX]

Are you posting photos?

Painting hairs ... really crazy job! Hope you got that paid properly!
No words, just incredible! :drool:


Cheers, Daniel

[AndyH]

Outstanding! Truly incredible detail - especially on the hires pic!

really clean, photo quality painting!
I smell front page.... or is it farts?

"hello, here the realization of a cat for a project of packaging for
fart food"

i suggest you correct that typo sharpish!

[JDex]

I hate to say it, but there is absolutely nothing to crit on this piece. One of the best 2D works I have ever seen. Stunning, simply stunning.

Fart food... :twisted:

[MarkSnoswell]

Wow... quick, you have to enter this for EXPOS'E 3 !!

Is the DOF (Depth of feild) in the render or a post effect? .. it's subtle -- just the right amount.
LOL ... it's a painting, not a render. Hey - nice DOF all the same. I'm the first to admit it fooled me. .. and you should still enter if for EXPOS'E 3.

[Critterslayer]

OMG if I took a picture of my cat it still wouldn't look as real as this

[tel]

myy GOD! it´s real! the nose.... eyes.... it´s perfect! five stars!

congratulations!

[Leonard]

Wow... quick, you have to enter this for EXPOS'E 3 !!

I was thinking exactly the same thing. Definitely enter in for EXPOSE' 3 at http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/bsw/

Really excellent work. I thought it was a photo till I looked closer at the fur strands.

Front paged!

Leonard

[ThomasMahler]

Wow, that looks so real... awesome job, man!

[dcmoutinho]

amazing work, congratulations:applause:

[MoonVisionStudio]

Amazing...

[niki]

OMG ..it looks sooooooo real !!!
amazing

[popol]

incredible !! like leonared and mark says enter in exposé 3!

encore bravo! je regarderai les paquet de croquette pour chat d'un autre oeil maintenant!

:buttrock: :buttrock: :buttrock:

[Sil3]

Amazing work :buttrock:


I envy your patience in painting all those hairs one by one, but the result is simply breathtaking :love:

[Pi3141]

Absolutley stunning.

My hats off to you man, flawless.

[robytom]

Great work!!! I love it very much because the cat is very similar to mine...!:bounce:

[Goul]

Absolutely stunning :bounce:

[ray-f]

i can't say anything because just dropped my jaw and cannot find it!
tremendeus work!

[francescaluce]

maooooooooo..






ciao
francesca

[Niklas Collin]

Just unbelievable.

And while it is an awesome piece of art, it is also so cute! :love:

[ImUrPeTii]

Awsome,no words to critique.

Can u tell us how did u paint the fur?THX.

[olijosman]

you have a lot of patience! fantastic accomplishment, very very realistic:applause:

[Dennik]

Too flawless to be true... I'm simply amazed from the talent of some illustrators like you. :bowdown:
Just don't make her smile. PLEASE. Cats don't smile. They do fart but they never smile. ;)

Edit: Oh, so there is a smile implemented already. Realy subtle though. Good job!

[Sue3d]

Awwww!! What a sweet kitty! Beautiful work.

Uhm.... fart food? :eek: :)

[bash]

Simply amazing!! :eek:

Just how long did you use painting this image?

[Peteleebe]

oh.... amazing!:thumbsup:

[manutara]

:banghead: Any chance to see a WIP of your work?

AMAZING!!! :applause:

[Ecleposs]

stunning work:bounce:

5tars 4 that 1:thumbsup:

[Alice]

Great!
Just one question:
Fart food?

[LiQ]

I hate cats, they are always killing the native wildlife here in Australia. But that is a really awesome pic. Incredibly done. :applause:

[AKAI]

amazing amount of details !! :applause:
j'en ai profite pour faire un tour sur ton site eeettttt il faut dire k'il y a de très très bO morceaux. chapO bas .

[kkm]

posting your wip, how do you make from step to step...

brutality..crazy...


kkm

[Spc]

OMG.
The details are incredible.
Awesome job!!

http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/grin.gif

[Obear]

<PICKS UP CHIN OFF FLOOR>

WOW, hey could you maybe give a little explination of how you achived those hairs??

Hair is somthign that gives me real trouble.

[agreenster]

No question this is top-notch.



I just can stop laughing about fart food. :cry: :applause:
I didn't even know it existed..maybe that's why I'm having so much trouble...

[george0280]

haha,very cool,i have a cat is brown,it is very cute :thumbsup:

[maxrelics]

nice work!

[megabytes2004]

I cant find a word to describe your work. Amazing?superb?excellent?


WOW
WOW
WOW
WOW
WOW
WOW
WOW

[immerzeelpictures]

My dog, Brasa, was barking at the monitor.

Brasa approved!!

[pogonip]

Perfect work who can critique ... probebly one of the best 2D pieces ever .. ! :thumbsup:

[Jezzarts]

Yep he's smilling alright, I would be to if I painted this. Nice job!

[EricCartman]

My girlfriend had to pick up my jaw.

[DaddyMack]

now I hate cats even more...This goes in my torment folder to remind me what I have neither the patience nor skill to achieve...

Congratulations on a brilliant piece

[misu]

The painting is superb ! Bravo !

[Vizualbyte]

your nutz!! omg... hires version is incredible.... i would go blind after the 3000th hairstrand!!! the detail in the eyes are just SICK!@~
Awesome work man

[blizzardart]

i like it . this is cat very lovely, cure .wow:scream: :bounce: :shrug:

[Pinoy McGee]

Meow-za! :thumbsup:

[peach4at]

*speechless* best hand-painted fur ever!

[DougNicola]

Wicked good! I'm going to just stare for awhile...

[cultist]

sooooooo cuuuuuuute
is there a walkpaper version????http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/bouncy.gif

[cbctech]

WOW!! Super job... I am in awe at that amount of work... And all in PS??? You have much more patience than I...

[yangmiemie]

oh,my god ......like photo.
great work!

[xjgd4321]

Wow man this is incredible!
A Masterpiece!

[igami]

Amazing! This is one of the BEST 2D work i've ever seen. It looks better than a real picture.
I can't wait to see more of your other works. :thumbsup: Keep it up!

[Lautreamont]

best 2d fur i have ever seen. congratulations

[Spozzfreund]

WOW! :bowdown: This is perfect! :bounce:

[EricLyman]

Wonderful job, especially on the nose hairs. My only comment is that the cat looks too clean overall, but of course I suppose it's supposed to be a studio photo looking work anyway. By the way, I love the reflection of the fill light in the cats eye. Great job!

[HapZungLam]

oh come one that can't be.... oh wait. i see brush strokes!!! omg.

[Tranchefeux]

Thank you with you all, of your criticisms, which helps me much in my
gaîte of progression for my paintings, I had carried out several cat
and dog for various commands, but on that there, I tried to go further
in returned, and to call into question my techniques usual, I realized
when general, I tried all to detail on visual, and has the end the
trace of a human manufacture this fact of feeling, finally best is
enemy good, and it is the right amount of details which makes that
have little this brings closer reality.
Mark.Snoswell = Ok, I will try to subject my cat for EXPOS' E 3, if it likes I would be honoured with it
Thank you still with all for your messages and good 2d or 3d for
your achievements which are really super.
(Sorry if my English is not very correct.)

[JeremyW]

This is certainly well done, but if the whole point of doing it as an illustration was to make the cat smile, I fear you have failed.

[send2raj]

EXCELLENT:thumbsup: GREAT WORK:bounce: :bounce: I LIKE THE TEXTURES.

[RayenD]

Wow!
Realism isn't my cup of tea, honestly I dislike realism and usually see no point..

But this is amazing.. it's real, but subtle stylized and I can only imagine amunt of work you've put into it.
Bravo!

What the hell is fart food? :)

[kaleith]

It is so simple. How much do they pay you?
No matter what salary you are taking, it is not enough.


You have done a crazy job. :applause:

[Phb]

I can't comment your picture, really, this is .... i don't really Know..
absolute perfect.

[Tigerdog]

Very very nice work, looks fantastic! - have you got pics of ur progress while making this? They would be intersting to see :)

[Sandpiper]

I love it. The reflection in the eye is great. I think I'm seeing a photographer's umbrella in there too....(not sure what the actual name of those things are)

fantastic.

[Por@szek]

Awesome, incredible paint. Frontpage and You have five from.

[konst]

You are awesome painter! The cat is so realistic. It is fantastic. I´cant belive that you draw that.

the fur....it is inposible to describe how good it is...I also realy like the reflection on the eys and the nose.

[rainless]

Oh, that's fantastic.
I love it, amazing.

Maybe the hair on top of the nose is a bit strange, I need to have a look on my own cat later, maybe I'm wrong.

[Frenkie]

(quiet)..... Oh man, it"s unbelievable!! I can't imagine that it's made by a human hand. Could you post some work in's please?

[claudio.rizzi]

I Haven't no words....

GREAT GREAT GREAT !!!

BUT.......

...Could you post the wires ????

[cbctech]

" Software: Painter, Photoshop"

I doubt we will see wires of this... ;-)

Would be neat to see some progress images, if any... :thumbsup:

[celticdog]

"Fart Food" should be very proud of the image you've created for them. Perhaps you could create a new name for their company as well

[arrival]

awesome paint tranchefeux!
looks like as my cat"lala"
http://mitglied.lycos.de/raumzentriert/bilder/lala.jpg

[buzzlightyr]

God Damn.....thats over great, go insure your fingers

[Dr. Ira Kane]

impressive ! i haven't seen such a great work here for some time, sweet !!!

[SpiralFace]

OMG!!! This is posibly the best rendering of a character I've seen in Anything 2D. Amazing job.

[Vash T Stampede]

Fan of cats so no crits here.

awesome work.



that's it!

[vfx]

I'm not gonna do what everyone else has done and praise ur work to death - front page speaks for itself - but I do have one question - Are parts taken from photographs - the nose and eyes look very much like they've been pasted in - The reflection of the photographers light also makes me wonder this. The nose looks like it aint painted - if it is - well congrats - fooled me.

[sllink]

This is insane! 5 days! Well done! If I had 5 days it would have been a stick figure of quadraped something or another. You are my hero!

[Totoro]

WOW!!:buttrock:
This is amazing I thought it was a picture. You must have had a lot of patience to paint all the hairs in such high detail.

[digital-bobert]

Just here to add an ass pat.

Pat pat... good work!

[tobiasth]

Amazing !!! :thumbsup:

[SteveV]

Nice work, excellent work!!! !!! !!!

A+++ For technique and style, and a C for your english ;)

"All your base are belong to us"

[jdsb]

REAL.!!!
:drool:
:drool:
:drool:
:drool:
:drool:
:eek:

[phgroove]

:bounce: awesome :bowdown:


PhGroove


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[erilaz]

The brushwork is incredible. Spectacular. Absolutely spectacular. I would have expected it to at LEAST be 3d with some great fur work, but the fact that it's painted makes it doublely jaw-smacking.

EDIT: Just checked out the rest of your site. Stunning work all over the place. :D

[Saeed]

Amazing work :eek: well done :buttrock:

[jody]

wow...wow...wow....unbelievable!!:eek:
great great great...:cry: :cry:

[Dennik]

I'm getting realy pissed off with the rating in CGtalk lately. Could Leonard program the forum, to allow rating only to those members who posted on the thread? At least then, they can express themselves saying why they don't appreciate what all people find perfect. :shrug:

[gsuhy]

It takes serious patience to stare a cat in the face for 5 days. I counted 4,938,281 brush strokes... whew.... I will definitely check out fart food when it hits the shelves!

[SpaceTik]

I thought it was a digital camera shot its that good.. just saw your website, you have interesting history in the 10000's of hours you must have spent to get to this level..

my hats off to you, congrats dude! :eek:

[andy_maxman]

stunningWork!!!

ps- but wouln't a photograph help?

[zilla]

WOW! so cute, so fluffy, so real, SO MUCH DETAIL! amazing job! :thumbsup: :bounce: :love:

[dmitriy_k]

Unbelievable. The cat looks so real, its just amazing. :thumbsup:

[Gord-MacDonald]

Gosh! Does illustration get any better!!! I am speechless - I guess the cats got my tongue ;-)

Cheers

Gord MacDonald

[Ghiangelo]

that is remarkable. has to be the best use of Painter's Furry Brush i have ever seen. i have done tests using it and have been planning to use it in future, but i had no idea just how far it could go. i'm gonna have to investigate the various directional controls.

great work :)


ghi

[majestic]

Absoultely stunning, i have nothing to else to say.

[???]

NEKO ! amazing hairbrush painting. Soo real. no need to use 3D

[Zardoz]

Holly Miau! :buttrock:

No crits! And i'm not going to say anything about the fart food...i could, but i'm not!

[oxyg3n]

I must say that this looks like a photo. Great job. Keep it up.

[Rass]

Impressive !!! looks my cat!! :D

[Menniss]

Hats off to you sir!! This is amaaaaaaaazing!!

[mejker]

jesus ....

[lisettevdmeij]

Ohh...this is UN-BE-LIE-VE-BLE!!! You must have a sore hand, drawing each and every little hair. Best 2-D image I have ever seen!:applause:

[Multiblue]

Absolutley stunning. Totally fooled me though it was kinda 3d rendered.

[Galo]

Man this looks so nuch like my own cat, the female one, i have 5 of them, one is black and white the others are one family, red/white and honestly even the eye's are right, the pupils and the surrounding wavy patern, it's there in real!

Man,....amazing, im gonna cry....stop me.....anyone...

[teknoz]

Wow, that looks so real good job.
good luck:scream:

[H2]

How long that take you?? The amount of detail on it with all the hairs and everything, good stuff!

[Hamburger]

It's PURRRRRRRFECT! Great job.

[jack_sparrow]

:eek: why are you so AMAZING??!!! This is absolutly breathtaking!!! :drool:

[cermit]

Amazing..a real masterpiece

[Frank Dodd]

An outstanding piece of work, the detail is quite mind boggling. A phenominal piece of work!

[jdsb]

stunningWork!!!

ps- but wouln't a photograph help?
ehm....no :rolleyes: :surprised
great detail once again :p ;)

[Tranchefeux]

hello, thank you still for your many comments, unfortunately I always
does not include/understand all on the direction of your sentences I
am bad in English, (I like cheese who feel bad and Bordeaux Saint
Emillion!!!) I will make a tutoriels as to me it proposed Léonard to
show how I worked this illustration and the "hairs" But you will see
who has there nothing wizard in my technique only a little patience
and of observation are necessary... I use mainly the brush and the
finger and the drop of water a little, the whole on some copies, A
soon and thank you for your encouragements... for cat
(sorry for my English...)
www.tranchefeux.com

[mica-ela]

Ah, comme je n'aime plus le francais!....mais, devant un tel prodige, que dire , vous meritez que je m'exprime en francais. CHAPEAU et mille CHAPEAUX!

C'est tres reussi. BRAVO.

[daviddrbal]

Dont have words for that. It is incredible, and you are outstanding man, how you can do something like that. :eek: :eek: :eek:

[nataz]

Exceptionnel! Bravo! :bounce:
Aurais-tu quelques images du développement?

...english :
have you some pictures showing the whole process?

[agreenster]

I counted 4,938,281 brush strokes

Right. :rolleyes:

It would take you 10 days just to count to 1 million, goofy.

[fsanimate]

Yeah, well, I could do the wiskers!

[send2raj]

Saw your website and your gallery is absolutely awesome:applause:.I think you are fasinated with the "CAT FAMILY":twisted:

[F1Racer]

Just beyond belief. Truly stunning artwork there.
That level of skill is just stratospheric.

Superb and as has already been said....purrrrrrfect.

[xeno]

Holy crap! This has got to be the most realistic fake cat ive ever seen! His fur, its just mad!!
I also like the nose, the texture of it just seems perfect!

Awesome stuff man!

[externe]

Well, if it's Garfield, it's a very bad picture...
If not, great !
:)

[HenningK]

Yeeesh.

:thumbsup:
-hen

[Kramerica]

That is pretty amazing. Looks like it was very maticulous. My only critique would be the sense of lighting. I'm not getting the feeling of a believable light source, therefore, it still looks a little painterly. Still, though, probably one of the most realistic works I have seen.

[pogonip]

I knew this would end up getting 4 stars...f-ing down voters should be banned this is 5 star work ... makes me wanna puke some of the people around here :rolleyes:

[Amilton Diesel]

God damn! There is no words to describe this work. Absolutely perfect, detailed furry animal. Amazing!

[choptider]

tu vois, je t'avais dit de te mettre sur ce forum!
tu déchire tout! tu aurais pu mettre les chiens aussi......
sa impose le respect!

i talled you to come in this forum!
you break everything!!! you could have put the dogs you've done.....
you kick but!

[JAF]

MERCI ; un mini tutorial serait le bienvenu... (même si le talent ne se transmet pas, un petit coup de pouce sur la technique utilisée pourrait encourager à suivre le maître...)

Encore Bravo et bonne continuation. Un travail que je trouve excellent, tout comme le site, que je me permets d'évaluer malgré mon faible niveau.
(J'adore ma chatte, et cette représentation lui fait honneur)

[dafonz]

what can i say, its purr-fect!

[F1Racer]

Hows this for freaky.....

I was searching today for some skidmark images for a car render Im going for an upcoming game....

Who would have thought it would have brought up this.

http://www.mbari.org/staff/salamy/images/Skidmark.JPG


Brothers ? :)

[SimonPickard]

Really nice.
I've always had a dream of one day building a cat in 3D to a really high level and animating it. If I could ever get anywhere near this it would be so cool.

Did you use much ref to draw this? If so what?

Regards,

Simon

[Tranchefeux]

Hello, here I found 5 minutes to make small a tutoriel visual while
waiting for explanations more technical and English!!! ,
Therefore for
this cat the receipt!!!:
1 = to seek the maximum of documentations so
as to observe all what could help me to build this cat which is
virtual with requests to smile, sympathetic cat etc... because cats
does not smile.... Then I made some sketches, which I still do not
have scanner for the moment (have time)... I polished my layout with
luminous table etc..... to arrive at the layout final=2
3=Comme Iwanted to try to go further in painting I reflected how to improve my
techniques (and I found all simply by proportioning the zones detailed
and others charged (with the passage you can see or I work and my
mouth!!!)
for the remainder of images 4 to 10 it is a traditional
setting colors I start by setting up the colors at the brush I use the
fingers, the water drop, for the copies I add some has each time I
refine textures, I all the time call into question my work and does
not hesitate to remake parts which I find average... One of my Master
who was called Jacques Poirier a my known as trick that I kept, to
make as if it were its last painting, I hope that this small tutoriel
fast will like those which wanted to see how. I hope that you managed
to include/understand because I do not speak English.....
Still thank you for all for your comments.

http://eric.tranchefeux.free.fr/img/Tuto-chat-plances.jpg

www.tranchefeux.com

Salut, voilà j'ai trouvé 5 minutes pour faire un petit tutoriel visuels en attendant des explications plus technique et en anglais!!! ,
Donc pour ce chat la recette!!!:
1= chercher le maximum de documentations de manière à observer tous ce qui pourrais m'aider à construire ce chat qui est virtuel avec des demandes de sourire, chat sympa etc... car un chats ne sourie pas....
Ensuite j'ai fait quelques croquis, que j'ai pas scanner encore pour le moment (pas eu le temps)... j'ai peaufiné mon tracé à la table lumineuse etc..... pour arriver au tracé final=2
3=Comme je voulais essayer d'aller plus loin dans la peinture j'ai réfléchie comment améliorer ma techniques (et j'ai trouvé tous simplement en dosant les zones détaillés et d'autres moins chargé ( au passage vous pouvez voir ou je travail et ma gueule!!!)
pour le reste des images 4 à 10 c'est une mise en couleurs classique je commence par mettre en place les couleurs à la brosse j'utilise le doigts, la goutte d'eau, pour les calques j'en rajoute un a chaque fois que j'affine la textures, je remets tout le temps en cause mon travail et n' hésite pas à refaire des parties que je trouve moyen...
Un de mes Maître qui s'appelait Jacques Poirier ma dit un truc que j'ai gardé, faire comme si c'était sa dernières peinture,
j'espères que ce petit tutoriel rapide plairas à ceux qui voulait voir comment.
J'espère que vous arrivé à comprendre car je ne parle pas anglais.....
Encore merci pour tous pour vos commentaires.

http://eric.tranchefeux.free.fr/img/Tuto-chat-plances.jpg

www.tranchefeux.com

[ThePumpkinKing]

That's really incredible. I don't have anything else to say.

[XYZRGB]

Fantastic !
I am curious if this is a 'trace over,' or if it is drawn from scratch.
Your other works are equally impressive.
http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/buttrock.gif

[SinTez]

Amazing! Maniacal detalization!

[flavrsaver]

just amazing!

[XYZRGB]

Fantastic !
I am curious if this is a 'trace over,' or if it is drawn from scratch.
Whuups .You posted your 'tutorial' before I had a chance to respond.

You have some serious talent !

What size tablet are you using ?

[mrman]

I think its great but I was just windering...why not just take a photo?

[Pluk]

Congratulation, you pitures is fabulous :applause:

[mrBullseye]

Absolutely one of the most amazing pieces of 2d work I have ever seen.:drool:
The patience....OHHHHH, The Patience :bounce:

[Friedric P]

Hey, a survivor from the 2D 3DVF WIP!!

Very good work, once again!! :thumbsup: The realism is incredible and you have a very superior technique than myself for the hair(s)!! :scream:

Où c'est que t'as acheté ton bureau? J'arrive pas à en trouver un comme ça, avec un plateau pour 2 écrans...

See you! :)

[Everlost]

holy jebus thats fantastic

wow

very inspiring

[DevienKuroi]

Wow, man.

Thats absolutely fantastic.

Such detail to the fur, and eye's.

I thought that was REAL at first glance, then I thought it was 3D...THEN I realised it was a drawing!

100/10

Thats amazing.

[ChewyPixels]

Stupendous!! Reminds me of a cat I use to own...:cry:

[HuiTian]

wow!it's amazing work! the fur of the cat is ...is...is so fine!

[Cameo]

Fantastic work. Thanks for sharing your steps with us, great to see how you tackled it.

[DanVL]

That's definitely stunning! 5 days you say? Did you take any time to go to sleep or was it non stop? ;)

Quite frankly I don't see how it could look any better. Definitely flawless!

[momotea]

:eek: 我kao～～～也 画的在逼真了～～～佩服死作者了～～！

GOD~~~~~~good cat~i like~

[BlackGas]

Stunning!, nothing else to say really. :)

[mickatt]

very unbelievable !!:eek: :eek:

désolé mais je vois pas quoi critiquer dans ton travail
c'est tout simplement magnifique...
Juste une question qui m'intrigue :
Comment, avec le niveau de détail qu'il y a dans cette illustration et vu que c'est une commande d'un client, pourrais-tu effectuer des modifs importantes (personnellement je ne vois pas quoi modifier mais je ne suis pas le client:shrug: ) ?

merci pour ta réponse et encore bravo

ps:le reste de ton travail dechire bien aussi:bounce:

[Missie]

the time of realization is 5 days format 2500/2500.


Only five days?????

Cool :) :thumbsup:

[phoenix]

very nice work ...

[mawashi]

Yeah well, he probably just took a photograph and blurred it a bit so it looks like a painting. What's so great about that?

Oh don't mind me, I'm just so darned jealous!! It's a slap in the face since I know I don't have the skill (yet!) and most of all, the patience! What can I say? I'm humbled... I'm not worthy... not worthy... :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Blackhorse]

wow, it's amazing!

[eyewoo]

YIKES! That is stunning...

[pink_kitty]

that is the cutest cat i have ever seen, nice detail and wiskers!

[kmest]

wow,wow,that is one of the most realstick 2d images i've ever seen. :applause:
:bowdown:

[Tranchefeux]

hello,
Ouff!!! 2 minutes for you sent crayonné of the beginning...
which missed with small the tutoriel.. cat
I sets out again to work on a new ordering of the chocolate this time.... quickly quickly the deadlines
Yours sincerely
(sorry for my English)

http://eric.tranchefeux.free.fr/img/C01.jpg

[turx]

Absolument merveilleux! :thumbsup:

Il est l'une des meilleures peintures que j'ai jamais vues. Je l'aime tellement.
Désolé pour mon mauvais Français. Puisque j'ai traduit mes mots par un site Web en ligne de traduction. :)

[Orkman]

Oh man I laughed myself to crying on "realisation of fart food." :cry:

Amazing work. No crits! Great brush work.

[Frank Dodd]

I can understand why some people say "It's so photo-realistic, you may as well take a photo" but this image does have elements that would make it very difficult if not impossible to photograph. The great natural pose you may be able to get with a lot of work (although cats are generally not very cooperative) but I think its the expression on the face that stands out the most, that big cat like smile and the soft expression in the eyes would be very difficult to do. If they wanted something very precise this is the only way to do it and I think and it has been very well done indeed.

[BlinCk]

Just amazing, no more words for that! congratulations!

[Bog]

Absolutely awesome. Can't really say much more than that.

[etrosh]

it seams a photo!
beatiful work!

[joy1856]

wow this is freaking good..ur genius man!, i wish i could do sumthing like this. but nah i neve ever can do such thing..too bad.

[SirGong]

more than a photo, it's perfect.

Rarement vu un boulot d'une telle qualité, bravo msieur! :thumbsup:

[SiSco]

Oustanding job, best I've ever seen !! :thumbsup: Just kicked my cat out the door and put up a print of yours...

Any chance for an animation of this kitten (lol) ? :bounce:

[Arturo]

vraiement superbe

[Paul4wood]

Absolutely INCREDIBLE!!!

Beautifully realised.

[karanta]

Outstanding work!

[attune]

technically it's excellent. The overall form.. the individual hairs, for christ's teeth... jeebus. The only thing I can see that bothers me is the lack of any real shadowing. Granted it's a white background, hinting at the fact that there is a ton of ambient lighting. Where is the specular light? The spec on the eyeballs looks funny, as well.

[nyaede]

You, homie, take the cake and everything else. Real-er than any cat I've ever seen.

[CodeFather]

I don't know what to say...After i saw it for first time I didn't speak for a couple of hours,even i show this amazing work to my cat,and she stays breathless just like me!

[APD-Jack]

OHAAAAA,
I mean WOOUUUWW!!
Taht's reeaally greeaat! It has awsome details and great realistic emotion.
Keep good working! :thumbsup:

[WhItE CoFfEe]

It's more realistic than 3d model!

[komatkomik]

AWESOME...

man thats cat LOOKING at Me, WOW she/he is so CUTE....!!:love:

[manithemoneyman]

utterly incredible

one of the best 2D art pieces i have ever seen

[Seraf]

impressionant ton dessin Tranchefeux,
je ne regarderai plus les boite de croquette pour chat comme avant dorenavant XD
quel soucis du detail c'est incroyable...

[lrlucas]

This is a perfect example of the difference between a genius and an ordinary artist.

Superb monsieur! Simplement fantastique.
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[stephen2002]

Awwww....look at the kitty. :D Sorry, couldn't resist.

Excellent piece of painting there. It has a photographic and drawn look to it all at the same time.

Great detail with the reflection of what would be camera flash umbrellas. Very well done.

[Kolsen]

Holy catman:) That's awesome work!

[songhuichen]

Very beautiful CAT，GOOD JOB！

[Spookyboob]

To reiterate-absolute stellar work!

[x_lw429]

:thumbsup: great!

you did a great work!!!
it's fantastic! looks like a true photo.and it make me want to touch it ~
:love: :love: :love:

[Quack!]

The painting is amazing...
I really like the DOF you made, it really adds and make it much more realistic...
Bravo http://cgtalk.com/images/smilies/clap.gif

[Tranchefeux]

Hello, Thank you for your new comments, the making of the Cat is in
the course of translation and I hope that it will interest you.... and
will help you for those which they want to do a Cat.... or any other
animal with hairs....
@+++++

www.tranchefeux.com

[techart]

saw your site dude...awesome work man........so much care for the hair....wow.....saw that in many of your works.....great stuff...and madness I'll say..... :applause:

[robinayles]

This work is simply amazing! It is the most perfect 2D art I've ever seen! I must also say that your English seems to be getting a little better too - far better than the few French phrases that I know. Thank you also for sharing the step-by-step view of how you painted the cat.

Bravo!

[Shady_Lady]

I love fat cat, especially those with tiger-striped.:love:

Wow, nearly 200 replies! I'm glad to see so many cat lovers in Cgtalk!

Cats rule.:scream:

[joelafrite]

Fantastic ! Amazing !
Great work, incredible. Not, incredible, credible cat...
This is a great lesson of cg.
:bowdown:

[Fahrija]

The fur looks great. Great tutorial also.

[tomekb]

http://www.cgnetworks.com/gallerycrits/89651/89651_1095243055_medium.jpg (http://www.cgnetworks.com/gallerycrits/89651/89651_1095243055.jpg)

Title: Chat
Name: Tranchefeux
Country: France
Software: Painter, Photoshop

hello, here the realization of a cat for a project of packaging for
fart food. request of the the most realistic possible customer being
to see photographic, it was necessary that the cat smiles, that it is
the air familialle and a little hard adventurer...! hard! hard!
the time of realization is 5 days format 2500/2500.
when thought you?

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=167148
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=165468
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?p=1422519
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=155825

>> Hi resolution image << (http://eric.tranchefeux.free.fr/img/Chat_HD.jpg)
It's impossible to paint such pecision painting, You must be a cyborg.
Genius ! I'ts the best human work of art I'v been ever seen.
There is no way to paint this more professional.
I'm sure Your hands made You very very rich man :)

[Common Terry]

Beautiful! It's like hyper real. You must be a very patient person.

[sam4grafix]

Oh Mmy Godddd!!!
Thats Simply Awesome

[Deniss]

Does anyone remember a link to a tutorial, on how this cat was painted.
Thanks you..

[Folashade]

I am basically in shock right now it looks so realistic!! How did you?!?! :love: I must applaud you!! You deserve it!! :applause: :applause: :applause:

[Brianwang]

It's look like us the 3Dsoftwar to made.
very nice work!

[lynch]

nice work man you must have been tired of the hairs cause i see you concentrated on the fur shadowing more in the face above the nose than on the rest of the body but cool ,like the eyes
try giving the iris slighty softer edges and texture it gives it a more wet look.

check my eyes out (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=197089)

[fani]

simply stunning. 5 stars

[Hybr1dFan]

This is so good there is so much detail in the cats fur, if you squint your eyes you would think your looking at a photo

[DINNERBELL]

I just can't belive my eyes!!What can I say?!It's my desktop now!

[SiSco]

Man.... seriously I think you'd better retire,.. just to give us a fair chance.
You're tooo good ;-)

After looking at the pic a couple of weeks later now, it is still as stunning and amazing as I looked at it the first time. perfect!

Any other pics ?

[w4y]

Its almost look like photo :eek:, very nice job.

[BaastetNoir]

Puuuurrr-fect ! meow meow ...:thumbsup:

[Lightwolf_of_God]

HEY! How in the world you guys are doing this kind of artworks on the photoshop? HU, HU, HU! please somebody tell me how to do that!

Ashtonishing work!

GOD has given you exellent talent.

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