morning, nikolai stepanovich (2D)

[Fcr3]

Morning Nikolai :wavey:

Welcome to CGS. Do not worry, it is a very friendly and helpful community. As for the picture, I really like it my friend. My initial thought when looking at it was actually an oil painting I had seen a long time ago of some animals lined up who also had some cartoony characteristics to them. You did a neat job on those eyes (I love that sunburst orange). There is also a very solid balance of the colours you used here, it is overall a good structured image with nice colours and cool tone of lighting.

Last note: He looks like me when I get out of bed in the morning :love: :thumbsup:

[Lithan]

Very expressive...Nice job.

[Artbot]

Absolutely frikkin' hilarious. Love the pose and expression. Only critique is that the rendering is focused (and sharpened) around the eyes, but the coffee cup is very sharply rendered when it doesn't need to be. IMHO it would look better in with the soft and loose look similar to the clock.
Still, it's a wonderful image!

[SGDDik]

Good work! I like the style!

[klausebou]

this is just a awesome funny image :-) love it

i realy like the mix of detailed rendered parts & brushstroke-like parts at the bottom, makes a nice contrast

[TKD]

This is just so cool image! I realy like your style and the colors in you painting :)

Realy good work :thumbsup:

[thundering1]

I almost shot my drink through my nose - I'm still chuckling at this as I type - that's hilarious and awesome! Just fantastic - love the style, expression, and of course the concept. Hilarious!

[victorior]

Hi nikolai,
You are a professional for SURE! your work already tell us.
Awesome character Unique and super great rendering AH!!! Very expression

Cool!!! Looking foward to see your work more and Welcome to CGsociety!! The best CG community in the world! Cheers and enjoy in here :D

[SeanHong]

OMG, bravo expression for details!~
cheers

[Felideus]

Great character design, I love it :applause:

[AlexMelik]

Greetings, Nikolay!
Magnificent work! I am simple in delight! And it is very ridiculous!

Creative successes!!!

[sergiofilho]

So much funny! Great work!

[tooDeee]

Absolutely frikkin' hilarious. Love the pose and expression. Only critique is that the rendering is focused (and sharpened) around the eyes, but the coffee cup is very sharply rendered when it doesn't need to be. IMHO it would look better in with the soft and loose look similar to the clock.
Still, it's a wonderful image!

Artbot Thank you for the criticism you're absolutely right. It is a pity that I hastily published work. Next time I'll try to please you in the literacy performance

[shady-sai]

i like your style ... keep it up

[silverian]

nice stylization of colors..lovely character

rp
visualsketches (http://www.rajatpandit.webs.com/)

[ziomalbanan]

great work! and so funny:):thumbsup:

[leigh]

Superb! This is exactly how I feel every morning so I totally sympathise with this guy, heh. I really love the way you painted his feathers, it really feels like I can stick my hand into the painting and ruffle them a little. I also really like the way the top half of the image is quite tight and detailed, while the lower half is more loosely rendered in a more gestural style. And I love the fact that he's wearing slippers, haha!

Fabulous painting, front page for you!

[SuperHero]

haha!! i lol'd at this really :D . it gives me a creepy feeling in a good way XD . congrats on front page, well deserved.

[SasaMihajlovic]

Haha. Wonderful expression :)

[Samuraikuroi]

Privet, Nikolai. Beautiful render, and awesome style!

[karthikarctic]

i really like the treatment on the feathers which is of primal importance to this piece i know but it really pops out and gives the impression of a 3D render witg GI.

kudos.

[Intervain]

that's just great - I love owls :applause:

[Irawan]

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[boxy]

I love this image both for quality of the image and veracity of the message. :)
boxy

[CS1]

FANTASTICO!!

I can just imagine his eye twitching and the totally spazzy little tics from being so strung up on coffee...Beautiful and brilliant. Love the work on the feathers and eyes.
HAHA...Slippers...This made my day :)

[artislife7]

OMG-sh! I love the owl! Owls are my fav. and you totally rocked this piece of work. Hah.. I would buy it and hang it on my wall, that's how much i like it! Hehe

[andreja]

Hey, beautiful illustration of owl!:thumbsup:

[levent]

:applause: very nice character. i like it.

[Olga-Che]

:) He looks exactly like how I feel after watching Holland lose the world cup final!

Great work.

love the style and expression.

[KIIIA]

I had a good laugh looking at this character! Nice concept, flawless execution!

[MSun]

that is awesome, i'm glad no one here comes to work looking like that, well, except for the coffee mug!

[SciFibrow]

Good job capturing the birth of a new day so very accurately. ;)

[fatsumo]

looks fantastic,

love that watercolour feeling.

Any tips on how you went about this?

Great stuff.

[Lionbrush]

Nice job. Just set it as my new wallpaper. :)

[Gord-MacDonald]

Freakin Hilarious!!!

[Hecatomb]

Oh that's great man, for a second there I thought I was looking in the mirror on this dreadful monday morning.

[lordpenoy]

LOL! very nice man... XD

[ngocnam]

Wow, I love your detail and expression! :thumbsup:

just for fun, since this is an owl, shouldn't the title be "evening"?

[AIR]

Face expression spot on, and feathers, would love if you can post some mini tut or explain how you went about it.
Only crit is that I'ts quite noticeable that you probably accidentally moved the coffee steam layer of of the edge of the coffee cup so there is gap there, other than that perfect work.

[Cisc0]

just wonderful! bravo :applause:

[PhuongDPh]

morning, nikolai stepanovich
I often go to bed at 4AM and wake up at 2PM :p

[TheFatsnacker]

Well I dont know how you did it, but passing of a photograph of me (first thing in the morning) as a CG Society entry is frankly, quite distressing....i'm off for a shower.

seriously though, nice piece of work, captures that monday morning work feeling.....

So, whens the next one comming?

regards

[LightSovereign]

Yup its times like these when a coffee is in order for sure. I am amazed at how people can provide and create caricature so naturally..

fantastic

Marley

[superhooman]

awesome work man, lol. I thought i was looking into the mirror when I first saw it :beer:

[walkerk19]

I really like it. That is a really wonderfull way of introduction of your first work in here forum!

[msteiner]

outstanding work!!
Loved the face expression

[Ollarin]

Absolutely brilliant! That's exactly what I look like when I wake up. (Without the feathers and beak, of course. )

Great work mate!

[jh3d]

I Love Owls! Awesome Work!

[RicoD]

Haha! Great work!

I saw it posted on another forum the other day and was kind of surprised you didn't get as many points (think they work with points per vote there or something ?) Anyway, looks like your piece is more appreciated here. :thumbsup:

[Arkaiko]

Wow Wow Wow Wooooow!
Awesome colors,brush strokes and all man,perfect work!
5 stars!

[jgiron]

Great work my friend, I really like it, congratulations.

[sean3dmonkey]

That is the funniest thing I've seen in months.... I love it. A coffee addicted owl.
Fabulous,

Sean

[PELENG]

Nikolai, that is great stuff! :buttrock: The morning expression detected!
My congrats on it.

[charleslin]

awesome work man. wallpapered! :D

[Djampa]

Wow !

Superb ! Spassiba for sharing such amazing artwork, I'm glad you got the courage to post at CGSociety, please keep sharing your amazing art with us.
It's really lovely, wake up mood captured :cool:.
When it comes the time to post for Ballistic Publications like Exposé, don't forget to submit it, this should be printed out. :)

Congratulations!

Cheers,

[KinWong]

Very Nice,Good job. :bounce:

[zweichen]

so cute creation

[lmh]

This is so great!

[AnimAmaker]

Жжотенько =) я примерно такой же с утра...

[Zocsi]

Ave! Looks like you have some talents... :D

I'd like to join the members before me; Nikolai, this is excellent! I really like how you treated the Owl's plume. The lighting also great. The mood and his expression is fabulous!

Last but no least, congrats for the powerful beginning here at CGS and for the frontpage as well. Well deserved!

Keep it up! :thumbsup:

[Artbot]

Ha! You changed the cup! I like it! Fits in much better now. I never get tired of looking at this image. Really wonderful.

[taaeb]

Amazing artwork :)

[rabieart]

Superb .....

[MJKL]

i really like this work, congrats its great

[EarVant]

Mate, love what you did here...
Curious as I am, I'd like to see an image-sequence of the different steps. Always interesting to see it from a student point of view. Painting isn't my strongest skill yet, but I want to work my way up the ladder...

Once again... Awasome!

[behrooz]

lots of fun , thats a good starter

[Strob]

Wow! you are a genius!

[Kromaion]

cool! really great! only thing is I'd change the time on the clock from 11:30am to around 6 or 7am :)

[Cral]

where can I buy a t-shirt with this guy? :D

[squeezestudio]

Amazing !

I love it !

[Visario]

That facial expression is just perfect. :D Love this piece - it's kind of how I feel in the mornings. ;)

[DigitalChameleon]

Awesome work dude!!
Looks just like me this morning ;)
Looking forward to seeing more.

[Rla]

I think thats the look i have in the morning lol nice work

[lordbiernac]

Hehe :):) niiiice :)

[stroggtank]

Awesome! Beautiful! Its like a portrait of most of the people around here, myself included, There should be a poster with this guy in everyone´s office, congratulations ;)

[stankovigorro]

Ha ha ha, like looking in the mirror after party! Great work

[Ruins]

This is so much going to my desktop, well done!

[thakingpin]

That one made me chuckle...Humourous. Looks like Mr. Stepanovich had one helluva party last night ;)

Great work, like the colours especially.

[guubir]

It's so cool!

[ekber]

Good Job..

[naiom]

Aw, I love it. Such an adorable expression:D typical morning indeed

[sahercg]

amaaaaaaaazing man you made me laugh, i like the fur much and how you blended the colors together, looking to see more

[VladimirGasai]

I like this artwork nikolai,you seem to put a lot of effort into it and thats why it looks stunning.Im not a professional so i will just say something as professionaly as possible.It reminds me of the animation films characters you know the one from pixar and thats a very good thing but you have your own style so its kinda different.(in a good way)The colors are really vibe and the eyes of the owl look like they are made out of glass looks great :)

[BenHickling]

I love this guy!

I also love your latest image of the cockroaches, too! Since they don't have their own thread on the forum I just wanted to ask- were they painted on top of a photograph? or is the entire image painted? :)

[pangman]

Your a mad man... the feathers are just sick. Love the theme, and style.. keep it up!!!

[phoenix]

Perfect, Love this Owl.. :)


Regards

[lisartist]

I am blown away by this!
I just LOVE, love, love it!

[turtle-rn]

Aww. So cute. Funny concept and brilliant execution.

[zilyabr]

Great one!

[PavelSokov]

Fantastic painting!
Is it just me or are there a lot of Russians in the choice gallery lately?

I would love to join your ranks one day amongst fellow Russians.

The eyes on the owl are particularly telling of his state.

[ZzaRaZza]

Wow, love the image. The expressiveness is fantastic. It reminds me of 'good morning is a contradiction in terms'.

[LadyMedusa]

He's so adorable :D
I can just picture him doing that morning hiccup or burp and casual scratching, that some people do.
This pice is one of the best I've seen lately. Keep it up ;)

[Intars5d]

Seems like nice creature with character - Sova from Yakutsk.
Seems that fellow had hard previous day :beer:

[Jahva]

Eto prekrasno! Rad videt zemlyaka s takim visokim urovnem masterstva! pozdravlyau collega!))

[abynum]

Every part of this image makes me laugh or giggle -- the twitching eye, the crooked feet, messed up tank-top shirt, and so on. Really funny and original stuff. I'm not a coffee drinker, but many of my co-workers are.

[HuangTao]

woow,wonderful,it is beautiful,5*

[HuiTian]

wow cool!
I like the feather very much. i want to know how you paint it~

[DeeMax]

Awesome job! i love it!

[tooDeee]

Thank you all. Thank you for your comments.

[easyliner]

Not sickly owl. And whether there will be a lark?

[corecrow3]

Awesome use of loose and tighter detail. Excellent feel for color.

Rob Chope

[RumteaVN]

I love your drawing a lot. It's exactly what we are _ CG artist look like ;-)

[anezka]

Very cute. I like his face expression and the funny home-dress details :)

[LeeAnne]

This is such a great image! It is so very funny and very well done! I love this very much! You are very talented! :applause:

[dorkabilly]

It's wonderful character piece. The textures are great. Well done.

[RichardLundstrom]

Welcome :)
Yeah this piece is really cool. The amount of detail but still with such a simple touch, i love it.
Good job!

[alexegorov]

nikolay, congrats!great job!

[natu937]

haha~! So much funny! good~

[cserbuj]

nice! it looks great....good work with textures.

[Echo-CS]

Good work! I love it!~

[astorre]

This work is magnificent, I very very like it!

[CGaturist]

WOW.interesting work.I love it:D
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[pyuupyuu]

Great work!
Awesome color and shading. Lovely pose!
The brush strokes look mad! ;) 5*

[eyetood]

super job! detailing of the feathers is wonderful. this is also me in the morning ;)

[T-DAZ]

good job man~you are a master!:beer:

[NAF-AlexFlores]

Wow, that is really awesome! Love the feather work.

[regieeuronymous]

the texture you gave the feathers is so appealing. it really feels ruffled

[ekah]

Wonderful character, Nikolai. I think many of us can relate to this image. :)

[Tulp]

Great work!!!

[snake168]

It cool very lik it beautifull!

[xc7]

Good work!awesome funny image
i love it

[kbarnhart17]

I LOVE this. I would like to get this printed but I am unsure how to get in contact with you. I tried to message you but it didn't let me. How much would you charge for a high res copy of this?

Thanks!
Kristin

[danbo52]

Thanks for this, a beautiful art in which drama and comedy are mixed !
Over the character, you render many expressions through this drawing ! Nice and nice

[tooDeee]

thanks for positive feedback.

[hideous]

Diggin' this image!

[MahmoudHamam]

WoW!! This is marvellous! his eyes are amazing .. very live!

[artbylobo]

excellent! the volume of feathers, just D +

[tooDeee]

Thanks to all and everyone who left comments. Thank you! Thank you for everything!

[Stormchain]

lol so cute, so sleep deprived