Curiosity

a digitally painted gray cat in a dark, mostly featureless place, approaching a pure white glowing butterfly. there are hints of cool colors like purple, deep blue, and cyan in the environment and the cat's eyes, which are wide with curiosity as it slightly lifts one of its paws. only its front half is visible while the other fades into the darkness. splotchy, dust-like dots fill the darkness around the cat and the butterfly.

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Comments: this was a college assignment in my digital art fundamentals class. I think the assignment was about using contrast and lighting to convey form, or something. the piece was originally completely grayscale, but I colored it later.