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furry arts discussion => traditional and digital artwork => Topic started by: GrayWolf448 on October 26, 2013, 04:06:48 am
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so i finally started to try to improve my furry art lately most of the things i draw come from tutorials tho. so im wondering what you think about these drawings and if you have any tips for me to improve them. and i will not be offended by any of your criticism. ^^
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7440/10486681913_d5b7c25a9b.jpg)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3696/10486506406_429f39d83c.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5502/10486504486_d7739249a4.jpg)
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I like these! (:
One thing you can do, aside from tutorials, is study the animals themselves you are modeling the furries after. In other words, for the wolf/dog/canine, you can look at reference photos of dogs and draw the base of your furry. Then change the eyes to be more toony, for example, or add a smile at the corners of the mouth, etc.
All in all, these are great! Keep up the good work! :D
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thx i have just started drawing them again so they could have some improvements ^^ and as for the look at real animals thing will not really help with my fursona but it could help with drawing other furries and when i finally do draw my fursona i have some experience in furry drawing :3 thx ill try doing that ^^
no idea why but i just had to participate in that survey ^^
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They look rely cute! keep up the good work just keep at it everyday and your style will come with time! Just keep sketching! :D
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Every artist I have met has always told me, "Before you try the big stuff, Straight from the mind to the paper, Draw and sketch from life." When i say life i mean the clichè art class, model in the middle type. It's not all about drawing perfect, it's about being able to figure out where the mass is on an object, about catching the complex form of an image quickly before cleaning it up (Especially in animation) and in life you can see 3d better, much better in fact.
Try to get out of the habit of using boxes and circles to construct living things, sketch out the gesture, then you can think of a pose in you mind and sketch that instead of life. Drawing from life is the starting point of almost all artists ;)
You may have seen my posts about screwbald, here are 2 real old posts about gesture drawing from her, They should help. Try doing what she suggests, who knows, in a year or so you may be able to think of an image in your head, do a quick gesture drawing of it,and go from there ;)
Gesture drawings: http://screwbald.livejournal.com/19663.html#cutid1 (http://screwbald.livejournal.com/19663.html#cutid1)
Anthro form, (Breaking out of the box): http://screwbald.livejournal.com/19161.html?thread=133849 (http://screwbald.livejournal.com/19161.html?thread=133849)
Remember, It's all about the practice, But make sure you stay calm and keep going, but have breaks of course ^_^
I remember seeing a quote stating that a study showed that, It takes around 10,000 hours of doing something to become an expert at it, and that you should fill a sketchbook a month at least. Just pull it out when you have free time, and sketch things around you, it doesn't matter if they are rough or bad or even just nearly scribbles, it will imprint on your mind and you will progress ithout even knowing it :)
Good luck.
(Also, watch where you browse, If ya get me ;) )
Edit: Thought I'd take 5 minutes to find some poses and do a few to show you human gestures. Remember it's about finding the motion of the person not the curves. (Used the poses from a video, now I can't find it, I'll send you the link when I do, He explains much better than me, I'll also send you a link to a gesture class website) after a while you'll get a feeling for the mass etc and you will be able to then flesh it out and add clothes/features etc.
Each sketch should take you about 40 seconds to a minute as a beginner, don't draw quickly, just draw smoothly, using C shaped curves, S shaped curves and lines. ;) remember it's about showing what is happening, not making the sketch look good.
(http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a573/bigbear1996/3254f574c9bfba3439cacce0635198f0_zpsf427a267.jpg)
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well mostly i have been trying to improve the head and later ill try to add a body to the pictures. been thinking about using Gimp for art and see how well i do on the computer but i don't really have the privacy to use my desk top. my laptop is to weak to run gimp i think... been awile since i have started up gimp on this thing ^^ but my desk top is in my living room so no privacy there. im going to try to start up gimp tonight if i remember.
and i haven't really been using boxes/circles tried them before but i have no idea what i am doing with them :3 mostly have been drawing from tutorials and trying to replicate them then try to do my own art.
and ya i know what you mean by be careful where i look, iv ran into it a few times :goldlaugh: first from my brother before i know what a furry was he told me to go to a link that his friend sent me and..... ya i think you know what i saw. (reddit :o)
thx for the links ill check them out ^^
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Try and draw from life as I said though, It will give you an idea of how to show mass and motion, plus it will greatly increase your drawing of the body of anthros (human life drawing) and the heads of anthros (animal life drawing) ;) practice makes perfect.
Just remember that as nice as tutorials are, They don't allow you to be your own artist and develop your own techniques, just keep trying and you will get there though. ^_^
Also, yeah, they have done 100's of, that stuff, they are beautifully well drawn and painted, (and that's from an art appreciation standpoint) just....NSFW :D but they have done hundred of SFW things too ^^ Nordguard is their biggest thing and is completely safe ;)
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this one is not a furry picture but still some of my art ^^
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7426/10569758906_c2ec2c9338.jpg)
finally found out how to post picture with flickr :goldlaugh:
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this one is not a furry picture but still some of my art ^^
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7426/10569758906_c2ec2c9338.jpg)
finally found out how to post picture with flickr :goldlaugh:
Kit Kats make good paper weights.
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yep :3 but sadly i will run out of the
21 19 i have in a few weeks. i think....
i kept all the kit kats and recies and put all the bad candy(ones i dont like) in the bowl for trick or treaters. most likely going to leave it at the front door and post a sign saying "take one" and hide in some bushes with NV goggles and if they take more than one i come out of the bushes with my 400fps airsoft gun and say "read the sign" (if my dad will allow me to bring it into the front yard 3:)
oh and im working on a new project with korvre. http://forums.furtopia.org/sharing-artistry/kor%27vre-greywolf448-colab-art-project/msg960077/#msg960077 and wile waiting to do that i will be working on spacecraft :D
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yep :3 but sadly i will run out of the 21 19 i have in a few weeks. i think....
i kept all the kit kats and recies and put all the bad candy(ones i dont like) in the bowl for trick or treaters. most likely going to leave it at the front door and post a sign saying "take one" and hide in some bushes with NV goggles and if they take more than one i come out of the bushes with my 400fps airsoft gun and say "read the sign" (if my dad will allow me to bring it into the front yard 3:)
oh and im working on a new project with korvre. http://forums.furtopia.org/sharing-artistry/kor%27vre-greywolf448-colab-art-project/msg960077/#msg960077 and wile waiting to do that i will be working on spacecraft :D
Resse's and Kit Kats are some of my favorites!! I like the space ship thing going to! I have a close furry friend that makes ship models and does green screening with them. He is a member of a video production group I'm in.
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well just finished 3 new drawings completely not furry related tho. first one is from a game so the design is not mine and im still using kit kats for paper weights ^^
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5493/10762819223_26eb9585ba.jpg)
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2827/10762613584_1fd7c26ac4.jpg)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3734/10762615544_8c9e2f1861.jpg)
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nice here is what i think:
first one; fighter version of UNSC frigate ( i know you based it of one) ( you told me a bit ago)
2nd one; some civilian vessel
3rd; c&c mammoth tank and halo scorpion mashup
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well the first one is not based of a UNSC frigate it is one. and you where close with the tank. i got the idea from halo and planetside 2, thats where the slick light tank shape and the armor plates come from (black panels) comes from composite armor on vehicles from PS2
(http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=98659&d=1344461072)
(http://webguyunlimited.com/pixelperfectgaming/wp-content/gallery/planetside_2_lightning_tank_screenshots/planetside_2_lightning_tank_screenshot_02.jpg)
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looks pretty halo to me...
* checks halo wiki*
yep its from halo allright. a paris class frigate http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Paris-class_heavy_frigate
actually now that i look at it is not an exact but it is defiantly based on it
actualy ( again) its a mix of them look.
and i havent played planetside 2 so i couldn't see that.
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111219174859/halo/images/c/c3/FRIGATE_SCALE_COMPARISON.jpg)(http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=98659&d=1344461072)
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Your art is really good :) . I never was good drawing tanks and spacecraft, so I admire you :D
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Your art is really good :) . I never was good drawing tanks and spacecraft, so I admire you :D
thx ^^ just wished i was better at anthros/furries
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well back to school after this 3 day weekend. should have a few more pics by friday.
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^_^ Reads the bear guys post. Dammit I have absolutely no inspiration lately XD I've watched another 30 or so episodes of anime ^.^ Guess I'll start trying to do some gesture drawing. (I've never done such a thing). Thats how bad my art classes were :/ taught me nothing. Now what can I do for gesture drawings? I have no clue what to draw ^_^ I'll probably just make up some different figures :P
Edit: I found this for gesture drawing. I think it will be very helpful for myself ^.^ http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/
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same i haven't really had motivation on drawing..... and still don't have a tablet. got 3 new drawings worth posting im just to lazy to take a picture of them and post it. also i cant get good lighting on them so the pictures don't turn out one. only place with good lighting is my desk but that is in the living room. my dad still doesn't know im a furry and my brother isn't much of encouragement and usually points out error in a not so friendly way (he jokes about my drawings) so i don't really like my brother seeing them, i know i can improve on it just that my brother saying that stuff just kinda..... makes me not want to show them to him. hard to describe the feeling....
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You could scan it instead of a picture.
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don't have a scanner. i do have my dad's printer but i don't know how to use it....
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same i haven't really had motivation on drawing..... and still don't have a tablet. got 3 new drawings worth posting im just to lazy to take a picture of them and post it. also i cant get good lighting on them so the pictures don't turn out one. only place with good lighting is my desk but that is in the living room. my dad still doesn't know im a furry and my brother isn't much of encouragement and usually points out error in a not so friendly way (he jokes about my drawings) so i don't really like my brother seeing them, i know i can improve on it just that my brother saying that stuff just kinda..... makes me not want to show them to him. hard to describe the feeling....
The thing about your brother reminds me about my sister. She basicly told me:
- I can't draw
- No matter how hard I try to learn I'll never be able to draw well
- I suck at drawing
- I'm weird
As you can tell I take quite a bit of hate from my sister. ^__^ I still try though.
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ill pm you about what my brother says. don't want this topic to get too off topic.
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2 of the 3 pictures i was talking about. the first picture of my fursona drawn by me ^^ this is also the first time i got it to look 3d pretty well. before the biggest problem i had before was the left (his left) cheek, just couldn't make the transition from the forehead to the cheek look good before. now i know how to draw it ^^ looks better in person tho... the picture messes with the colors
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7456/11664889856_b6b6774c0b.jpg)
this is a practice i did before so i could get the head right
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5542/11664357673_858781d711.jpg)
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Good job graywolf! I'm also trying to draw a head side on and can't quite get it right yet ^.^ So you did better than me :P
Looks like you were using the same tutorial as me? http://www.furaffinity.net/full/4130687/
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Good job graywolf! I'm also trying to draw a head side on and can't quite get it right yet ^.^ So you did better than me :P
Looks like you were using the same tutorial as me? http://www.furaffinity.net/full/4130687/
i told you about that tutorial ^^ it was in the topic where you said you wanted to improve on wolfs i just really want an art tablet but my mom's credit card is maxed out. i am most likely getting the wacom indous but not completely sure yet
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Sorry for getting off topic. But I'm a derp sometimes XD Oh and I have a Bamboo fun. The drivers are always stuffing up so I have to keep reinstalling them. It's such a pain ^_^ I just desabled automatic driver install. Hopefully that fixes it :/
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You are a talented artist. It's easy to see you enjoy drawing cars and
military vehicals. I never was very good drawing cars or machinery. I
imagine you can learn how to draw furries with some practice.
Old Rabbit
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thx rabbit ^^
i have been drawing a new IFV/anti-air vehicle (thinking about making it a drone) just started on wendsday, it may be done tomorrow.
i hope to get better but i just haven't been drawing furries lately. if i get a ref-sheet i may start again. i need some thing to base my drawing off of, then after time i start my own. (like the IFV im drawing)
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one thing i hate a lot is drawing the tracks/wheals on a vehicle. tracks are annoying since you need to draw each track piece and wheals are annoying since they require good circles (im improving) and the grip of tires i have no idea how to draw...
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one thing i hate a lot is drawing the tracks/wheals on a vehicle. tracks are annoying since you need to draw each track piece and wheals are annoying since they require good circles (im improving) and the grip of tires i have no idea how to draw...
I can imagine the bits, and pieces of vehicles take a lot of time to draw. You do a nice job of it
though.
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2 more ^^ the first one took me a few days the second one only took 2
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7400/12167752965_60fb1b12d7.jpg)
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3737/12168158194_cdac68fccb_z.jpg)
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and i finally got to upload this to flickr ^^
i drew this a few months ago, im pretty happy with it it's just the tail that i messed up a little on
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3707/12185494004_de265505ee.jpg)
wished i had a scanner :/
wow didn't notice 1861 people looked at this ^^ at least that's what the thingy says.....
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Very nice :D
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It's always good to experiment with different ideas. Nice job.
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and i finally got the time and motivation to finish my first dragon drawing ^^
i spent about 3 days drawing it but then spent maybe about 1- 1 1/2 months trying to find time and motivation to work on it.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7425/13344642873_ebab319c39.jpg)
oh and i just ordered that tablet last night ^^ i should get it by next week. i can finally work on drawing more ^^
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and i finally got the time and motivation to finish my first dragon drawing ^^
i spent about 3 days drawing it but then spent maybe about 1- 1 1/2 months trying to find time and motivation to work on it.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7425/13344642873_ebab319c39.jpg)
oh and i just ordered that tablet last night ^^ i should get it by next week. i can finally work on drawing more ^^
Good job! I tried dragon drawings once, but it didn't turn out quite so well.
What kind of tablet did you order? I had a Bamboo tablet, but I've stopped using it.
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the wacom induos pen and touch. http://www.wacom.com/en/us/creative/intuos-s can't wait till i get it ^^
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i got the wacom intuos touch and pen about 3 weeks ago but never had a chance to use it. currently i have been trying to find out how to chance the settings but no luck... any one here know know to change the settings for it on a mac?
the things i want to do, and know are
- remove pressure click
- change the 4 preset buttons
- if the eraser works in gimp
- change the scroll direction so when i want to scroll down i move my hand down not up.
if i can get this thing to work the way i want i can finally draw more.
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i wish i had a scanner. :(
very good with those last drawings one looks like the claw from black ops 2 :)
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i got the wacom intuos touch and pen about 3 weeks ago but never had a chance to use it. currently i have been trying to find out how to chance the settings but no luck... any one here know know to change the settings for it on a mac?
the things i want to do, and know are
- remove pressure click
- change the 4 preset buttons
- if the eraser works in gimp
- change the scroll direction so when i want to scroll down i move my hand down not up.
if i can get this thing to work the way i want i can finally draw more.
I remember changing the pressure click and preset button setting in the system settings on my Mac. I don't know about the scroll direction though :/.
When it comes to mac programs, I really liked Autodesk Sketchbook (I think there's a free version). I could never get GIMP to work right, but that was an old version... :)
I'm eager to see what you get out of it :)
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i just down loaded sketch book about 2 days ago. by the looks of the program when i opened it it looks pretty nice and easy to use ^^ but ill see if i like it once i actually try to use the tablet.
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Your tablet should have come with control/settings software.
Might check the Wacom website for more info.
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only thing i have been finding is how to get to the settings on pc. i have seen videos were people got to the settings for mac but i never see any videos or tutorials showing how to get to the settings.
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On my Mac, I had to go to the "System Preferences" app, and there was an icon for Wacom graphics tablet settings. I do believe this appeared *after* I installed the stuff on the CD that came the tablet (have you done that yet?).
On my current setup, however, I didn't have to do anything: it just showed up in the settings when I plugged it in.
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well i have been starting to draw again, and i finally have planes for a nice drawing. currently im sketching a basic picture of the back ground, which will take a few weeks (if not finished in a few days) after that i will try to draw the items/back ground from an angle (might take a month) then will try to add anthros to it (2 weeks-1 month)
these are all guess on the amount of time it will take. as far as i know it might be done within a month (depends on my motivation)
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a new drawing i have, drew it in class on the spare time i had after my math final. one of my favorite tanks in WOT. that game is pretty fun (just i havent been able to play since before august due to the game constantly crashing, been talking to customer service since then)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8577/15443152304_d818dabe4e_c.jpg)
could improve on the perspective then again this is just a quick sketch i made in school
(for people who dont know what tank it is it's a Tiger I)
oh and i got the tablet to work the way i want it to last month just need to stop drawing different pictures and focus on one
here is the first drawing i made with it. its a rough sketch i was just seeing if i could draw something correctly with the tablet
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7571/16064845612_a2b6e52159_n.jpg)
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Good to hear your tablet working well.
I look forward to seeing more of your art. :orbunny:
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well here is a drawing that i just started a few days ago because i wanted to give sciex something for the new years.
took 3 hours and 27 minutes on the 29th for all the lines and most of the coloring, (1:33am-5:00am) and 54 minutes on the 30th for coloring, and shading sciex's hoodie, a few edits to the water, and fixes on the background. (11:06pm-12:00am)
(small edits made later that night)
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8639/15976094969_a210b342f0_z.jpg)
message to Sciex:
2014 was so far the best year of my life since its when most of our relationship was developed, and for that one night on april 19th/20th where when you got back from a family vacation you told me how you felt about me, and i did the same. if it weren't for you i'd still be in the depression i had before where i didn't have anyone as a partner… even tho i got depressed/worried about if you felt the same about me after i started to fall in love with you sometime in February, and then continuing to now depression from being so far away from you, this will be the last time that im going to feel like this. well anyway even tho i really haven't been doing well for the past few months due to how painful it is for us to be separated, and will for few more years, i can still enjoy the time we spend talking to each other, and just the thought about having someone like you around to be my partner. i really never expected that the random person who i met here where our friendship started with him giving me dental advice would be the person who i would want to spend the rest of my life with. the day that i meet you in person will be another date that i will never forget, and even tho you would just be visiting for a small amount of time, i will still enjoy the time that we got to spend together at a convention if we happen to meet there, and anything else we do together out of the convention… well here's the end to this year and i just wanted to say thank you Sciex for making it as good as it was, and to tell you again how much i love you. <3
hopefully this post broke your face again ^^
Well anyway happy new years to everyone on furtopia.
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GJ Gray. It looks awesome ^^
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^ his face was really broken
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This is adorable and wonderful!
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well i have a new picture drawn as a gift for sciex for valentines day
(http://t.facdn.net/15757441@400-1423961921.jpg)
as for why Sciex is a dragon that's his responsibility to explain (he started it)
this drawing was pretty challenging since it was pretty much my first detailed full body picture (that also had to have 2 characters in it) the legs, and tails where pretty annoying to draw but to it turned out pretty nice. this took me a few hours to draw (at most 8'ish without distractions) now that i have a picture like this i might actually be able to use it as a reference to help with future drawings.
this tablet i have has been far better than drawing on paper really happy with the results (no erase marks, easy to move/increase size of sections not needing to erase and redraw, colloring looks alot neater, + more) sadly i have the lite version of autodesk sketch book so i only get a limited amount of layers (more would be pretty helpful) the program is very nice tho
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(http://t.facdn.net/16333191@400-1429529032.jpg)
well i drew something up for sciex for our anniversary, the least i could do for him bringing happiness, and some idea of what to do with my future. just me and sciex cuddling, with me holding my dog
i started work on this picture on December 5th 2014. im not sure about the amount of time i spent on it, since on earlier versions of this picture i tried many different methods of drawing, shading, coloring, and a few others. so this picture i got quite a bit more training when it comes to drawing and i know a few more things that do and dont work. i finished it on April 18th 2015.
FA link: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16333191/#cid:95247884