Amazing art!

Thanks a bunch

Gorgeous work!

Thank you!

This is truly amazing! :D

Thanks :)

You're most welcome! c:

amazing art

Thanks!

:3

That looks new! Cool!

You are cool!

Oh you!

I've drawn painted wolves. I feel your pain!

Great job. Really looks 3D!

Thank you very much!

Absolutely spectacular!

Thank you

And of course that goes the other direction as well :)

Thank you very very much! I'm glad that you and others are enjoying it!

Absolutely love what you've done with this piece!
I need to catch one of your live streams again if you still do them! :D

Thank you very much. I haven't really done any in like a year. There are still videos being uploaded to some of my patreon tiers (and archives of old streams) but those feedback videos on paintings other people made, not just regular painting.

I wonder if painted dogs like being pet...

I honestly thought that was Utunu for a moment. Nice work.

Hah, yeah bound to look similar if the designs of the characters are kept close to a "neutral" painted dog.

I find this to be extremely stunning N... you always do such fine work...

V.

Thank you so much Vixxy. And you always find such fine words!

art such as yours deserves such words...

V.

That's astonishing!

Thanks!

Haha thank you very much, yeah it's a struggle every time!

Great fang, Cool, Brilliantly Cool.
Color are well balance & well done details.
Thank you, Nomax.

Thank you very much Io!

All of this is excellent but im really taken aback by how good that beaded armband looks <3

Hah, it's always fun hearing about when some smaller detail catches someone's attention! Thanks!

I love how, despite being the same species they have vastly different facial features and look very unique! I wish I saw this in more anthro art, that subtle genetic difference like you see in humans

Hah thank you. Yeah they are very close design-wise, so one always has to be careful to bring some differences there. But it's also what i enjoy. Characters just kind of looking like their animal counterpart without anything too fancy. I mean all in all we humans also all look fairly similar if you take away stuff like our clothes and all that. That's kind of what i like to go for in characters as well. Just a more subtle difference rather than extravagant colours and whatnot to differentiate. It's hard to get right but i think can be great fun! Plus of course just fits to my design sesibilities as well and with the way i paint.

Beautifully buff bros :3

So natural!

Brave warriors protecting the tribe

Fabulous work as usual! Those are some mighty fine satellites!

Thank you :D

You, sir, are astoundingly talented.

I'm trying at least!

And even without really trying, I would suspect that you are still an awesome at bringing your art to life.

Nomax, the love, care and detail you put into your paintings is astonishing. The styling, the texturing and use of lighting gives an incredible lifelike radiance. Meticulous detail to the spear, shield, the necklace and clothing. The beautiful blurring effect of the background so we become focused on these magnificent characters.

OUTSTANDING⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍

Thank you very very much! I'm really glad you enjoy it!

They look gorgeous! Are those Zulu shields?

Based on a Nguni shield, yes.

Why don't I just add your entire page to my favorites?

probably because that'd take a lot of time!

I always adore your work. It's so full of life with the excellent lighting and rich textures used. I'd love to be able to do similar, but I always get caught up in the sharp contrasts - my natural instinct is to smoothen it out! If you had any tips for starting out painting more loose stroked, I'd appreciate it. I want my works to look *painted* with texture, like yours, rather than overlain with texture/grunge that seems to happen.

Really it's about finding a balance there. What do you want to have sharp, what do you want to have smooth. Smoothness pushes things back and makes them more unimportant while sharpness highlights them. So it's always a push and pull you have to think about, which areas are important and which aren't.
I don't think i really have any advice for painting loose as that, as it's not something i really think about while paintings. What i think about is the structure the picture. What areas do i want to highlight or push back, how is the area affected by light and whatever other things might influence it. Then i just lay down what i think those colours and strokes should be.
Like the white hand for example, it's essentially just a base colour, an area that gets hit by light, one area that is influenced by the occlusion shadow and then one by the bounced light from below.

Thank you so much for the thoughtful response. I guess I will just have to practice, and think about the focus of the work as I go to allow smoothness and sharpness balance.

Love the "brush" effect you used for the fur, subtle. Utunu's buddies! :)

Thank you :)

Uh ". As it turns out the camouflage works and makes it very easy to get things messy."
And I found an Easter egg - this is the left hand in place of the right