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I’ve created many different cat-girls over the years - far too many to count. While love drawing cute and sexy kitties (like Amber), my favorite one of all time is the grey-haired feline above - Zira. While I don’t draw her too often, I feel my skills have improved enough that it was time to create her again.

So, at long last, I present to you my lates-
Zira: “Hello everyone!” *looks around* “Hmm...so this is the new place? I see you didn’t waste anytime posting one of those bikini-girls in here. Figured as much.”
Ah, well...you know me...
Zira: *ahem!!*
Yes...well, as I was saying, at long last I present to you my latest work., Zira.
Zira: “Well, it did take you long enough to get around to it.”
Yes, girl...
Zira: “Still, looks like you did a good job this time...and I see you drew me wearing armor too.”
Well, it was a bit of a challenge but I think that it turned out pretty nice. I actually had to try out a few different techniques.
Zira: “I like the colors too...goes nicely with my hair.”
That was a bit of a challenge...especially making the dark bands flow with the rest of the hair color.
Zira: *flows hands through her hair* “Very good...”
I must have spent at least 3-4 hours on the hair alone...and tried to take my time with this overall until it was pretty much finished. I think there are still some minor glitches here and there (especially with the flow of the hair in certain parts) but as with my recent works I fixed a good share of mistakes along the way. Definitely worth it.
Zira: Yea, you bet I’m worth it!

So, I hope you all enjoy this latest work. Please be sure to read my journal entry to find out more about Zira.
Zira: *begins to unsheathe broad sword* “You’d better read it!” *big smile* “Just kidding! XOXO - love you all!”
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Ooo, this was definetly worth it ^^; the hair is really good, the time and effort you put into it shows :D the texturing looks nice and the way youve defined her..stomach musclular area is interesting. i think you may have used too much airbrushing..but im not sure. Because youve airbrushed and used a lighter colour it gives everything a shining effect...which everything here should have.(bwahwa contradiction <.<;) above her breast area i see that the texture sorta follows the skin..which is very good. If you made it do that with the rest of the body then it would give it a huge 3d effect. Personally i love the hair and her peircing eyes..i could get lost in them XD Very nice, keep it up :D
Thanks for the comment! The chain mail was definitely challenging, but I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. I did try to do a little bit of 3D warping...I'll have to do more experimenting. Anyway, glad you like her!
Heh, interesting method of delivering your own comments about it. =)

Some really impressive features here, and the hair definately looks awesome. I love the edges where the strands begin to seperate and certainly looks like you invested alot of time in there. That pattern on the clothing is a great touch too, but it's a little straight, and would be nicer if it matched her contours a little bit more, even if they are quite straight anyway. This can be hard to pull off of course, but I usually try using the smudge tool very gently, although this often gives too much of a blurred effect if you want the pattern to be really clear.

Anyway, some really good stuff here, you're definately improving - keep it up!
Thanks much! You wouldn't believe how hard it is to keep a 6'4" cat-girl away from the keyboard...actually I couldn't tell you either as I wouldn't even think about keeping her away. :)

Anyway, glad you like her. I was definitely concerned about getting her hair to look good and part of that was trying to standardize my technique. I actually wrote down the the steps I used when working on her hair to keep track of what I was doing. :) The more that I look at it, the more I see that I can improve on her chain mail. I agree with giving it more "flow" - I played around with using 3D transform and liquify (no relation to you! :)), but those tools need a lot of care and precision to really work well. Still, it does look a lot better than some of the experimental techniques I tried out.

The best is yet to come!
Zira... lookin' good there.

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Thanks! I'm really happy with this one...especially the black/silver armor. Nothing but the best for my Grey Terror!

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