So part of my whole new years thing is to try to get better at drawing and actually making more stuff to post. So far, not so great, but part of it was trying to draw from pictures and learning how to draw more lifelike. I found some pics of lynxes online, and tried to re-create one in pencil. Didn't take too terribly long, but it helped me a good bit by learning a good bit about how to draw them correctly.
An artist I admire did say "try to always draw from life, that will help you out the most" or something close to that, so I figured trying to draw realistic for a bit will help me in the long run. I do hope to do more in the next few months as just brute practice in drawing all sorts of things, just for basics and base skills.
An artist I admire did say "try to always draw from life, that will help you out the most" or something close to that, so I figured trying to draw realistic for a bit will help me in the long run. I do hope to do more in the next few months as just brute practice in drawing all sorts of things, just for basics and base skills.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Lynx
Size 972 x 1062px
File Size 278.5 kB
totally unintentional. But when I look back to the source, it has that same kinda look to it.
I did an overlay with the original to see how close I got, and I totally missed a few things, angles and correct proportions and such, the eyes being a big one, they are a bit more angled. well, there's always more tries, hopefully doing ref work on real pics will hape me doodle fake ones.
I did an overlay with the original to see how close I got, and I totally missed a few things, angles and correct proportions and such, the eyes being a big one, they are a bit more angled. well, there's always more tries, hopefully doing ref work on real pics will hape me doodle fake ones.
well, if I spent more time on it, yes. This only took about 10-15 minutes total and I really only wanted to use 3 pencils and not go through the whole gradient of hardnesses trying to fully shade it. I might go back and spend another 15 to tune it a bit though.
and yes, lynxes are awesome. I drew this to get better at drawing a real one so I could draw furry ones better. :P
and yes, lynxes are awesome. I drew this to get better at drawing a real one so I could draw furry ones better. :P
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