Curptin Ermuricur

this is fred, the dot.

fred wants to grow into a beautiful tree, but sadly has no branches

reblog to give fred a branch

75 reblogs, fred continues to grow

i'll keep it a buck twenty with you. a way i learned how to stylize animal faces was tracing. i just traced that shit.

it's a massively helpful tool to draw over references as a way to study. obviously, don't trace it, post it, and claim you drew it. but for studies that are purely personal, studies that will never really see the light of day, just trace.

don't force yourself to rely purely on your imagined idea of what these animals look like. find REAL references, and study various angles, expressions, etc. figure out how these animals are constructed! the animal kingdom has such a vast world of colors and shapes, just dive right in!

and especially for the purpose of drawing furries, you can ignore so much of a photo reference. don't worry about realistic fur textures, extraneous details, scientifically accurate depictions. draw from a wide array of interpretations.

you'll find many of your favorite interpretations still have solid foundation in the real animal! and once you figure out the rules, you can bend and break the rules! you'll learn how to capture the essence of that animal, and make a style that is truly your own.

find reference. study reference. figure out animal. draw animal in your own style. badabing, badaboom!!!

also i'll just put this here. it's great. i stare at it a lot.

Patreon request- Flambae

Chinese dancer performs bellydance(Raqs Sharqi) in his oc assassin style (cr 舞贝勒）

A friend came to me and said: "Hey, there's these two characters in my players' D&D campaign that have a slow burn romance going on. I thought it'd be fun to commission you a romance cover type illustration as joke."