How do you even draw/paint dapples? Good Lord yours look amazing! Any tips? I usually use a medium-large airbrush pen with opacity flow.
The brush I use is custom, although unfortunately I can’t find the pack that it came from. It looks a little like a cookie, so it isn’t perfectly round and has like a hole or two in the middle of it which just adds a little bit of texture..
Basically I just make the brush the size I want the dapple, and then with pen pressure set to opacity only I kinda just start drawing them on really lightly. I start with the light dapples and then take a darker shade and somewhat outline them.
Keep in mind that dapples are actually organized somewhat into a pattern, and they don’t overlap. Use references!