3 – Initial light/shadows, layer set to multiply

4 – Bumping up the lights and adding some more background plants

5 – Deepening some of the darker colors with another multiply layer

6 – Painting in nitty gritty details, normal layer on top of everything

eskiworks:

Another mass WIP post for you all! This one is for Kiety, of her anthro ocelot hanging out in the canopy with her tuxedo cat, Nova. This time I’ll run down my process a little bit.

1 – Refined sketch! I lost my thumbnail for this one, but I did about 7 black and white composition thumbnails before deciding on the final layout. This stage is actually more like step two.

2 – Flat colors for the figures and main branches/foliage, and some flats for background foliage.

3 – Initial shadow/light layer. This is a layer on top of the flat colors set to multiply, into which I paint my chosen shadow and light colors. Shadows on this one are a grey/green, and light a warm creamy orange.

4 – I bump up the light colors with a couple layers set to overlay, trying to bring out the dappled light more. Also added some more background plants to give it that busy jungly look.

5 – I add another layer on top set to multiply to help deepen the colors overall, and get the darks darker. This is like a warm reddish copy of the initial shadow layer in step three.

6 – Now that I have the light the way I want, I start painting the nitty gritty details in. Mostly fur texture, and refining some of the leaf shapes. This is a layer on top of everything set to normal. I use the eyedropper tool to choose my colors as I’m painting.

7 – Add sunbeams, and ta-da! All done!

8 – Close-up of what it looks like BEFORE paint stage. Relatively loosely painted in.

9 – Another close-up after details.

Total time for this one was 29 hours, done in Photoshop with my Intuos 3 tablet. Check out the final image at a larger size on my DA page!

http://shadow-wolf.deviantart.com/art/A-Shared-Perch-352039390

tiagobond:

cosmic-nerd-angel:

If Sherlock was an animated show.

I took random screencaps from A Scandal in Belgravia and redrew them as cartoons.

boyfriends

questbed:

killer-pineapples:

itscolossal:

Behold the 3Doodler, the world’s first pen that lets you draw 3D sculptures in real time.

has science gone too far

what if you drew gay porn

beroberos:

small fiolee doodle

rubitrightintomyeyes:

Wheatley has blonde hair and glasses. He is very tall.

FUCKING DISNEY 3D GLASSES: memes that are more useful than actual class

hospitalvespers:

here is a list of deviantart memes that are more helpful than our character design teacher could ever hope to be. i wouldn’t say you have to do all of them, or even every thing in each one (switch stuff up a bit if it inspires you to draw a different pose), but they’re all good starting places!

Expressions and Body Language
25 Essential Character Expressions – super helpful for different emotions you might not normally draw
Ultimate Expressions – same thing but bigger if you have like a YEAR
Reactions – expressions, but with a reason!
Body Language – body language is just as important as facial expression, so this is a good one to try

Poses
Annoying Poses – some tricky things
Action Poses – HIGH KICKS ALL AROUND
Action Poses II – (for more subdued characters)
Character Poses – various, everyday things

Development
Different Ages – it’d probably be better to space out the ages more, but it’s a good start
Character Variety – figure out what makes them unique
Wardrobe – drawing clothes is FUN
updated age meme

Other Stuff
Character Building – more of a written thing, but interesting if you’re into that kind of stuff
Character Inspiration