Nick's Art Collection!

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Hello everyone who happens to be reading this and welcome to the thread where I most likely embarrass myself with my art. LEt's get this started, why not? This is my character, Nick.

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You have great potential. You shaded, which to be honest surprised me because not many beginners do that. Points to you!

[Tiel]

Ya true, I don't even shade that detailed. Like how you went in the ear and under the neck.

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(I should probably start doing that...)

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I try doing that with my expired trial of SAI. I have like.... abandoned ms paint.

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Thanks guys! And, ew, MS. I actually don't have SAI, I've gotten used to using a different art program called Krita. Doesn't have blending, but oh well.

[Cascade]

Looking good Nick, you've got some real potential!

One thing that helped me a lot was using references of real wolves to draw from, starting with tracing shapes (not the outline) over the photo, then heavily referencing one image without tracing, then using multiple references to create a unique drawing. It helps a *lot* to study the real anatomy, even if you want to draw in a non-realistic style.

Since you're already thinking about shading, I'd also recommend looking up some tutorials on choosing your light source. You can get a big impact out of even very simple shadows if they are correctly placed

[Tiel]

Ya, my proportions used to be terrible, but I started doing what Cas said and referenced off of real photos. I agree, it helps a lot. I usually use coyotes and foxes because they are slimmer and less poofy than wolves (a whole lot of fur can really get in the way sometimes XP)

I should try that shading technique. I feel like since I'm a beginner, and shading can be difficult, I've just been ignoring it. But my art will probably look a lot nicer if I use that.

[Fierfly]

^^ Words of the wise right there, references help a lot!

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I used a picture of a wolf standing to get the leg stature right on MS paint. Ahh, how I've missed it! (not really)

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Boy have I missed posting my art on here.

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Now that's some art! I'm downloading Krita as I type, so I'm gonna try it.

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Nice. It's not too hard to use, and it does have some good options for doing art and lineart.

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I like it! I saw the animation thing and i tried and failed. doing some sort of line art with a black background.

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Personally I use Paint Tool Sai. Though I've heard decent things about others.

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Eh. SAI costs and I can't afford. I just use what I can.