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Malamute Matters Charity Auction Prize

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If you have browsed my photos, you probably know that malamutes are close to my heart. Earlier this year my favorite rescue organization "Malamute Matters" held an auction to raise funds to help dogs in need.  My contribution was to offer a custom pet portrait to the winner.  Here is the completed piece.

If you would like to help malamutes and other dogs in need please visit malamutematters.org/ and consider donating or buying something from the store.  Thanks!
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PeterGriffinislove's avatar
Observation of details is probably my weakest characteristic. I was just admiring all of the beautiful artwork I was honored to feature in the journal on my homepage. I did not create the skin; another deviant was so generous to allow all others to use it. I am fascinated how the left and right edges of it morph from one color to another. As I settled in to admire Malamute Matters Charity Auction Prize, I thought I actually saw the glow from the edges dancing on this Malamute's white fur. I looked more closely. It was then that I noticed that some pinkish light is being thrown onto the Malamute's fur, but not from the skin's edge, and you so expertly portrayed that. I imagine this is but one tactic that creates such realism in this work of art; not just good shading, but capturing the way the dog would look like sitting in its particular place. If I could paint like you, I'd spend much less time with the written word.