JapiHonoo  10/14/03 @505

cool!!! give a kiss to your mouse! +6

vgar  10/14/03 @516

Wow!!!! Stunning piece!!! All those billions of curves and mousework were more than worth it! The lightness, the colours, the elegence, the sense of pure unspoiled innocence is just amazing. I like the two feathers floating downward, nice touch! And the dress and strands of material running off to either side, fantastic! One thing I would say is change your 64 x 64 thumbnail to show a little more to entice more people to look at this baby! Absolutely great piece!!!! Well done!

velvetgoodnite  10/14/03 @524

So impressed! esp since you did it with a mouse.7+

OLSC  10/14/03 @540

If my mouse made something like that i'd gold plate it. +7

Seide  10/14/03 @545

wow ! thats truly amazing ...

cre8iv1  10/14/03 @597

BEAU T FULL !!!!! awesome, love everything about it!

whitetreemaiden  10/14/03 @610

Wow! This is incredible. I don't see even one thing wrong with it. Can't wait to see more from you.

ImaginaT  10/14/03 @617

Smells like hours and hours of work ... Cheerio

spyroteknik  10/14/03 @629

yep, very nicely done !

prm  10/14/03 @632

Stunning! Top score.

Nerdowell  10/14/03 @689

wow! increadable yo!

kranekick  10/14/03 @715

woooooooow! man, u're awesome! the composition is great. lights and everything are perfect. great job!

haza  10/14/03 @776

color scheme & composition are great

Kakisto  10/14/03 @827

stay without words, as we said in portugues LINDOOOO (beautiful) +100

cupcake  10/14/03 @837

Beautiful Beautiful !!!!!! +9

syren  10/14/03 @843

It's so beautiful.. I wish it were mine!

shadowgirl  10/14/03 @864

wonderful image =] i like how there seems to be movement in the feathers. though, the very tips of her wings are cut off, maybe just move her down *slightly* to pull the whole image onto the page?

DarkAnubis  10/14/03 @868

Very Good... it makes me feel like in Christmas... dont know why but it does...

SarCasTar  10/14/03 @902

if the curves are giving you such a problem (you drew those with a mouse??), i suggest trying the pen tool, at least for a base line to work from. it makes making those long thin curves so much easier. anyway, everything about this pic is so absolutely amazing! The cloth is especially magnificent.

Chimaera  10/15/03 @183

Very good, I must say. And with a mouse! Wow. This is the best, most ideal angel I have seen to date- very glorious. Well portrayed.

shambler  10/15/03 @188

mouse freak!

zeedaam  10/15/03 @204

your use of light is incredible!

mvi3  10/15/03 @411

Purely amazing, excellent work there , bet you need a new mouse after that, hehe

BlueAngel  10/15/03 @557

Thats just so awsome.. I love it.

zombie  10/15/03 @591

Ok I think this piece looks just great.. composition, posture, details are very good. The background could have used some higher contrast or darker colours, this way it should look even more "angel-like".. (anyone's asking for constructive critques aren't they ?) but nevertheless this is just fine, especially when it's done with a mouse (^____^)

niren  10/15/03 @621

i like the fcial expression and the shinny part .i wish i had that kind of work

Reason  10/15/03 @699

beautiful, beautiful work

bheeshoom  10/15/03 @723

yupp... !! u r the winner..

interface  10/15/03 @731

stop torturing yourself and buy a wacom NOW! ..i'm afraid of what could you do with a tablet.. congrats, gorgeous picture

HaNdSy44  10/15/03 @738

'sniff' great stuff

silverdragonaf  10/15/03 @756

I love this piece very very cool this is one of the best Drawing I ever see 100+% good! ah and your mouse is very impresive to haha!

scumworks  10/15/03 @847

Take interface's wacom advice, you deserve it! thats one duff* angel.

Fredstyle  10/15/03 @908

in my opinion the best mythical woman! very well done

Juro  10/15/03 @915

With a mouse? wow! what could you do with a pen and tablet??

docinho  10/15/03 @920

Is very goodddd!! I loved!!!

BeccaCox  10/16/03 @971

Ok, this was done with a MOUSE?? I think I'll just throw away my graphics pen now. This is...perfection.

dyc  10/16/03 @017

what should i say?------------------------GREAT WORK ...i wish i had your mouse

Kalomus  10/16/03 @123

Thx guys for all your comments. Well the reason i'm not using a tablet is because i cant aford one. I have no money, and only few that i have is going to college supplies. So i'm trying to do best with what i have. It would be kinda nice if i at least won $100 in this contest

Dave  10/16/03 @134

Good job Andrew...both your entries are very strong, and I think that you're definately in with a good chance at taking the Angel category with this submission. I think the wings could use a slight more detailing, and shouldn't have been chopped off at the top. This is minor though, and its one of those things that if The Mountain has issue with, can be fixed easily. Good luck, hopefully, you'll end up with that tablet!

Celia  10/16/03 @225

you did really good job... it is an amazing work.... i reli like the tone from the artwork!!!!

visualvoice  10/16/03 @307

Bah Dave, I'd fix that in a skinny minute. Just viewing for now, I'll really comment later.

BenF  10/16/03 @424

WWWWWWAAAAWWWWWW!!!!! +7 !!!!!!!

Vko  10/16/03 @492

Great job ! Moreover done with a mouse !! I realy like it !

BlondePhoenix  10/16/03 @496

brillant wish i cud draw like that. im totally lost for words

Anubis  10/16/03 @518

i can only give you a +9 but if I could it woul be a 999999999999billion

Lompoc42  10/16/03 @591

beautiful job. Get a wacom.

PhilipStraub  10/16/03 @632

well done....love the dress

Shinwa-J  10/16/03 @703

WOW.....

Piligrim  10/16/03 @926

Very nice job!!!

JesseP  10/17/03 @137

can't see it

JesseP  10/17/03 @161

ah now I can, looks like . +6

Halcyonic  10/17/03 @317

how in gods name, could u do this with a mouse?!!!ARRRGGGH! Bloody awesome!

krot  10/17/03 @488

+9

Haevion  10/17/03 @640

With mouse? ............. stunning ...It's... So... Perfect !

Sunny82  10/17/03 @857

pertect work (Y) +7 by my side very perfect give a kiss her by my side also (K) and also give its TUTORIAL

Mobius55  10/17/03 @877

I'm not sure about the gray background. It looks a little washed out. Perhaps the design could be cropped to more focus on the face. Also if and when it appears on a tee-shirt the angel will be extremely small to accommodate the wings. Nice though!

Omengeorge  10/17/03 @946

sweeeet work man..and man did u inspire this non wacom using guy love, omen

Cuey  10/17/03 @953

I can't even begin to imagine how anybody is capable of creating such a beautiful piece of work! Not to mention doing it all with a mouse. Amazing!

Arconian  10/18/03 @182

Stunning work! Luv it!!! BTW, that's a lot of curves with a mouse!!! All I can get my mouse to do is "fly" from time to time!

santheinsane  10/18/03 @281

Mannnnn! did u do that by mouse....Mannnn! thatz Amazing....i work with mouse too but not like this! Mannn!

john3d  10/18/03 @444

That's a very Beautiful Work ! Keep it ~! Questions : The area between the wings is too dark , why ?

Rio  10/18/03 @907

with a mouse?!!? wow. then very smart of you to use curves and whatnot, youve kept this very clean, i likes a lot. that fabric is outstanding.

Stalio  10/19/03 @970

Really a beautiful work ,I hope you will have a tablet,one day...

aciferno  10/19/03 @092

i want a FULL VERSION

Kalomus  10/19/03 @118

Wow, thx for all the comments. I never expected this much attention on my work. You guys boost my confidence up. It feels great to be noticed. Well wish me luck for the contest. quote:  john3d wrote on 10/18 @444 That's a very Beautiful Work ! Keep it ~! Questions : The area between the wings is too dark , why ? Well i thought it would make the wings stand out a little more than if it was bright in the middle. And i wanted feeling that the back ground is dark and distant; lonely /quote] Well i thought it would make the wings stand out a little more than if it was bright in the middle. And i wanted feeling that the back ground is dark and distant; lonely P.S. I can't seem to get rid of this extra repeated sentence.

Xodus  10/19/03 @255

damn thats frickin amazing but may i ask what was the original size of this? it must have been pretty large for u to have put so much detail in

john3d  10/19/03 @591

quote: Well i thought it would make the wings stand out a little more than if it was bright in the middle. And i wanted feeling that the back ground is dark and distant; lonely Thanks for you answer and sharing , Thanks a lot !

Dy-Syng  10/19/03 @709

best picture yet I've seen on GFX lately, gotta love the angels

Silvak  10/19/03 @806

Amazing, I can't believe you did it with a mouse.

berend  10/20/03 @313

this is a fine piece of art! GREAT!

CosmicGlider  10/20/03 @323

Wow! This is great. I like the fact that she is wearing what is proper for an angel. This is a pleasant change from nude angels that I don't really think fit the whole heavenly scene. This feeling excludes angels that are drawn with different intentions though, such as dark angels, etc. I really love the lighting, it's fantastic. The heavenly glow emitting from her and the stars falling around her are delicious!

Riddick  10/20/03 @403

Well...There is nothing to say but just: Pretty pretty pretty!!!

Kalomus  10/20/03 @734

Omg, I hit the big 1000 pts in 1 week. I'm so proud of myself. Thank you everyone for your support.

sirgerg  10/20/03 @771

This is quite beautiful. Great composition, great image quality... spectacular artistic skill. Kudos!

juliette  10/20/03 @830

i like it so much!

bigrod  10/20/03 @926

Congratulations on the win! Well deserved!

Kalomus  10/20/03 @940

I'm so happy. I'm rich!!! This is awesome. I never thought I would claim the grand prize. I think the full 3325x4025 version have little more work to do, but I'll let the expert mountain people with their wacom take care of that.(smoothen it out a little more, get the edge of the wings, render the dress a bit more, better curves of the strings, whole thing could use more detail on big version, and etc...) And thank you judges.

red-spike  10/21/03 @162

Nice! I luv it! How do u draw so well!

Mustapantteri  10/21/03 @582

God this is a real beauty, i havent seen so good linework with mouse before. Youre sure a talent.

bdgamer  10/21/03 @729

That is so goddamn beautiful. Its amazing

Photogirl1986  10/22/03 @042

Wow! That is so beautiful! Absolutely stunning!!

SeraFin  10/23/03 @028

beautiful! ahh i remember the days of being bound to my mouse.. very impressive i'm all for you going elite!

x-designer  10/23/03 @041

awsome

Tamera  10/23/03 @053

I think shes my favorite so far i love it! great work it was worth it.

Christina-C  10/23/03 @144

Simply Suttle yet beautiful

moesha  10/23/03 @320

I love this pic sooo much i'm just a beginer at photoshop and i'd love to draw like this some day.

adamfrancuzik  10/23/03 @418

Hey! Get a tablet then! Seeing what you can do with a mouse, it's hard to imagine what you could do with a digital tablet! Nice work!!!

sugakusha  10/23/03 @481

Absolutely gorgeous - considering you had the patience and the skill to create it entirely from a mouse, you should be comended for it! Well done!!

trumpeyes  10/23/03 @548

Damn! It's sick! as in, Purely amazing in the rawlest form. Just beautiful!! I love it!! I can understand about the time making them curves. It takes me forever on one thing. but on a mouse? next to impossible... I love the back round and her face,the dress, how she is postion. It make me feel like she been through alot, and it some-what this is her first time of peace... i give it a rating: ++9

Squabman  10/23/03 @749

One of the best works I have ever seen, in that it conveys the feeling of innocence so perfectly..

Christalline  10/27/03 @412

Simply wow i must say its simply Marvellous!! and with a mouse? i dont beleive it but i do...

young-blood  10/28/03 @872

I have no words..........

solarawannabe  10/31/03 @464

it's really awesome!! it's so breathtaking! By the way, can I ask u a really big favor Kalomus? Can I have ur permission to display this work of art in our cafe. Me and my friends are opening a cafe next year and this art work would be really great for one of our walls. PLEASE!!!

onehotmouse  11/11/03 @867

Beautiful job. Re: the curves. I've worked with a mouse for years and many times Ive had to draw a perfect hilight on an edge or to retouch eye lashes. I solve the problem with control (Actually lack of control with the mouse) by drawing a path, defining a brush with a fade control and then stroke the path. PS 7 has it under Brushes: Presetsther Dynamics (on): Control: Fade(pulldown) then apply a number of steps to fade away. With the brush tool selected as well as the path, select Paths: Stroke Paths. Remember the stroke direction goes from the first point created of the path to the last. I haven't found a way for PS to reverse the path direction. If you want a solid path up to a point where the tip then fades away, you will need to draw two seperate paths. I hope this helps.

Nietzsche  11/14/03 @695

IMPRESSIVE!!!

devilfisch  11/14/03 @870

What should I say!? This works MAGNIFICENT! I'm almost speechless! I wish I could learn to paint that way. All I know is drawing vector stuff... sigh! This work will be my inspiration! It's making me wanna learn! Bwahahaha!

whiteartic  11/18/03 @804

really wish that she could be real... *sigh*

masAcre  11/19/03 @116

soooooooooooooooooooooooo nice very very very very very very gooooooooooood work!!

nielq  11/20/03 @251

nice work!! i like it

deadman  11/20/03 @324

very AWEsome. A billion curves? why not use bezier curves? Then you wouldn't have to redraw so much...

ghetto  11/23/03 @870

With a MOUSE !?? Are you INSANE !!!??? Damn impressive..

IcyGarnet  11/30/03 @916

This is obviously one of your best pieces here, and I absolutely love it. I love the colors, the simple setting, and the pose. I also love the height of the wings, and the brightness is just perfect. This is by far one of my most favourite pieces. Great Work!

JesseP  12/10/03 @524

GET A FsCKING WACOM!!!!!11

JesseP  12/10/03 @527

(not because this is bad work... Actually this is brilliant. the things you could do, though, with a wacom tablet is a bit mind boggling to me. hehe)

TheIceMan  12/14/03 @877

Absolutely fantastic!

ArchAngel  12/15/03 @417

Its real some Art peces! its very neat and elegance art work ! I love the idea for the lightining and the fathers

MaskedBeauty  12/19/03 @339

I believe this is one of the best peices I've seen yet. Great Work, please keep going!

GaOne  12/27/03 @190

GA stands for Guardian Angel, considering I LOVE angels. This pic is geourgeous!!! Love it!!! Simply amazing.

Mila-22  12/27/03 @662

Incredible!

AnarchyPoet666  12/29/03 @447

amazing !!!

Shadowgriffen  12/29/03 @723

I just cannot seem to get my eyes of this picture, I feel, fro some strange reason that there is a darkness to this painting, it is as if the angel awaits for a tragedy to occur...would anyone else agree? This is a very emotional painting, simply amazing.

LavaLucy  12/30/03 @203

It is amazing!!! I was going to vote 4 points (because I think that the background could be better, give more space, more depth), but when I read that you did it with mouse I had to put 5 points (i cant put more), its hard to believe that a beauty like that can be made with a mouse, but I belive you! VERY GOOD JOB, nice colour palette too.

philbert  12/30/03 @864

Very grand and innocent....spacious 8+ Great work,takes great time....

philbert  12/30/03 @867

quote:  philbert wrote on 12/30 @864 Very grand and innocent....spacious 8+ Great work,takes great time....

cvance62  01/01/04 @363

WWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW..... Very good i think it got what it de