The colour palette you chose is very true to the reference material and also corresponds perfectly with the two previous pics: the blue and the pink/fiery. Amazing work on those floating seeds – the lighting looks pure magic and very much alive. Great job on the hammock too!
Ah, goodness me, those floating seeds are something truly “very pure spirits”! You made them look incredible! The entire atmosphere of the artwork is just what you said you'd do. Ideal piece to join the two we already have. Masterful work, Meisan!!!!

I absolutely adore all the tiny details – the necklace and bracelets, all the Na'vi skin dots, Neytiri's hair and even things like her fingernails. I especially love Neytiri's feral expression – truly shows off her spirit.

Meisan, this is the second of the three artworks and truly, it's as great as the first one. They definitely look amazing next to each other. Magnificent work, my friend. Thank you so very much!

Do keep up the fantastic work, Meisan. We have on more picture to go and I cannot wait to see the colour in that third one.

I'm delighted to be able to watch the master at work as I should polish my own Photoshop skills as well. I do some 3D CG graphics from time to time and editing them in Photoshop afterwards is a necessity.
Ah, good to see you at work, Meisan!!!

Whoo, now this is a fascinating vid. Very educational. Wish I could do the same, draw like this, operate software like this. But one can learn from videos like this, and try to follow. Many thanks for the excellent youtube entry, my friend!!

Heey, but take a look at all those details! All the wee feathers Neytiri's wearing and the texture of her braids – I really love this. I also love the way you draw grass – looks fantastic. A random thought – are you going to cover up Neytiri's right breast a little bit?
Hee hee, Jake looks very cool as well, he's definitely up to something.

Meisan, this is a fantastic step forward and I can't tell you how happy I am with the results. You're the best!
Many thanks!!!

Say, remember I asked you about Neytiri's right eye some two weeks ago – that maybe you could make it slightly bigger? I imagine it might be too late to do this now, with the colours already on the picture. Plus, I'm not overly sure if it's needed – when I look at the picture from certain angles, it looks perfectly fine. So it's most probably just a matter of perspective and POV, and my not being too perceptive. The colours really brought up the 3D effect and that helped that eye too look well.

Anyway, this is a truly outstanding job and I strongly believe it's going in the perfect direction. So I'll leave you to it and please accept my sincere thanks for your hard and beautiful work.
I'm much obliged, Meisan!

Many thanks!!!

Instead, please allow me to comment on the picture in general. It feels as if we've walked a long way to get to this awesome beauty, but in real it's just been 3 weeks and most of that time you've worked on all three images from the set, starting from the very basic stage of looking for the best poses and composition up to the most precise adjustments of the tiniest details.

My goodness, Meisan, let me just say again how exciting it is to watch you at work. I knew this image – the entire trio of artworks that you're designing – would be grand, and yet you've managed to amaze me, amaze totally.
This is a real work of art and I'm delighted beyond words to receive it. The picture is saying what I wanted it to say. It's what I imagined it could be. It's an absolute world class professional work with a touch of personal magic.
I couldn't be happier with it. It's magnificent and I feel honoured I get to see it and to own it. From the poses through the expressions, the colours and the shadows, emotions and atmosphere, background and all those details – you've done more than a great job. You made a piece of stunning art!

Knowing that this is the first sibling in a family of three I really can't wait to see them together, next to each other. That will be awesomeness incarnate!!!

Ahh, great job indeed. Many many thanks, my friend. It's absolutely lovely.

Please, choose the style you feel will fit best the entire trio of images. I trust you completely and I am very happy that you're enjoying this assignment as much as you are. I like the art nouveau borders but I also like other styles, so I leave it all in your hands.
This image is very scenic, so it's a powerful and gorgeous sight on its own.

Ah, you have literally made my day today with this update. I can go to sleep a happy man today. Thank you so very very much!!! I'm really grateful, Meisan. This is all so beautiful!!!

Yes, exactly! What James Cameron did was adding the additional layer (or a couple of them) of background, providing us with a depth of field. You don't really get spears flying out of the screen, as that might annoy some audience. Instead, you get an immersive spectacle where you very much feel being a part of what's going on.
I always feel like I'm flying on those ikran and interacting with the Na'vi around me during clan gatherings.

Heey, so, as I said, take your time and I'm truly looking forward for the next update. Many thanks for all your time and consideration, Meisan.

oh,sure I'm glad that it will be unique gift.~!

Yah the movie quite wonderful in 3d digital it's not very deep like 3d cartoon animation but it have seperate in layer and have dimension.I can absorb more feeling when watching 3d version,and it's quite cool about idea behind the movie.

For your idea I think it's fantastic about having Ney'tiri in romantic feeling.I'll try to make that. in 3rd piece.
It look like a bit different from sketch version though.

about your dayjob goodluck also ~!

oh yah another thing is I agree about Jake mask.

Wow, I appreciate the idea of my having the only piece (well the only three pieces) of this gorgeous work, but are you sure? A unique and incredibly gorgeous set of “Avatar” artworks is definitely something I had in mind for my wife's birthday.

I'm so happy to hear you watched it in 3D! The effect is only deeper, isn't it? And watching movie for the second time always lets you notice all the details you may have missed the first time. Us, we've already seen it 5 times and I still keep noticing new, tiny, fascinating details. I absolutely agree, “Avatar” is very thought-provoking and in our politically “correct” world, smothered by industralization and natural disasters a message like this definitely should be heard and talked about. So it's only natural that the movie has already earned a whole lot over one billion dollars. In a few weeks time it will become the biggest movie of all times (right now it's second only to “Titanic”.

Hammock is a great idea. But you're right, poor Jake would die without a mask, unless in a pressurized indoors area where Pandoran air is filtered by ventilation systems. And in a building like this Neytiri probably wouldn't be able to breathe without some kind of filter mask, so it's either one way or another, until Jake reclaims his Avatar body.
So my thought is – put the mask on. The design doesn't conceal much of the face and mask's being there reminds us of the huge gap between our world and the world of the Na'vi.

I'm wondering though – we already have sad Neytiri on artwork no.: 1 and battle-ready Neytiri on artwork no.: 2. Perhaps on artwork no.: 3 she should have a more romantic facial expression? She could be looking down at Jake in her arms, smiling and longing to kiss him. What do you think? Or she could be looking back at us, like on your initial sketch, but perhaps with a more relaxed, smiling expression?
Well, these are just thoughts.

Oh, and Meisan, take your time, okay? Don't worry at all about late replies – life, and especially hospital visits, are far more important.

Yes, that's a must. It probably won't happen this year, maybe even not in 2011, but someday we'll definitely visit Thailand and then we must indeed meet! I will let you know, rest assured.
Thank you very much for your thoughts and words – heh, but now it's time to go back to my day jon. Take care and talk to you soon!