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Shading Practice 2

by Rhyu Digital Artist

Posted 11 years ago

Another bit of shading practice/cool down, done at the end of the stream tonight (cause I tend to dream about drawing commission if I don't do something else before bed, and that sucks).

Somewhere in the 45 min-1 hour range depending on how much time wasting actually happened.

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Category Theme Species Resolution File Size Artwork (Digital) Fantasy Unspecified / Any 1280 x 989 1.39 MB

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rhyu rajewel tarea dont mind me just messing around u_rhyu c_artwork_digital t_fantasy s_unspecified_any

Rathtolar ~simpl1

Whisker Commissioner

11 years ago

SO
MUCH
FLUFF

Streifenschnauzer ~streifenschnauzer

Fursuit Maker

11 years ago

jfc this, my dear, is hella awesome!

I like how the expression fits the color scheme :D

Great work!

tessiursa ~tessiursa

Digital Artist

11 years ago

This is really cool! love that fluff! :D

WindieDragon ~windiedragon

Digital Artist

11 years ago

I really enjoy the visual texture in this one, especially in the nose area. I, personally, still struggle with being able to let my strokes go free like you did here. This piece is a great example of what I'd like to aspire to.

Rhyu ~rhyu

Digital Artist

11 years ago

Thank you! I find really limiting yourself on time (I honestly would have preferred closer to 30 min on this, but hey I was tired...that's my excuse...shhhh) help in pretty much forcing you to make the most of each stroke. When you don't have the luxury of time you have to just let certain things go or you'll never finish by the deadline. The main thing is making sure each stroke counts and really adds to the piece, doing as many things as possible (the shade/color, angle, curve, texture etc all jammed into one stroke as much as possible) with that one motion.

Arovaq ~arovaq

idk, really. art/music?

11 years ago

this is AMAZING!!

Jottwick ~jottwick

11 years ago

I'm loving these quick portrait sketches.

Rhyu ~rhyu

Digital Artist

11 years ago

Thank you! I'm glad to hear they're enjoyable for others to look at.

Raitlin ~raitlin

Watcher

11 years ago

May I ask what brushes you use for these? The blending on his face looks pretty interesting.

Rhyu ~rhyu

Digital Artist

11 years ago

This was mostly done on a single layer using the brush tool in Sai. I generally had it set pretty hard (in terms of the 4 little squares that decide edge hardness), and mostly used the "circular" and "fine-flat" shape options, since I like the sort of paintbrush look/feel they have. I hit it at the end with a bit of airbrushing to darken/lighten some areas a bit more.