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More Dax

Refined it a bit and made it wider, so it’s not so scrunched. Also played with making some rocky pillar-thingies in the background. They kind of look like columns of smoke right now. It’s rough, but the idea is there. … Continue reading

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Fur and pine needles

Fur and pine needles get painted in similar ways. Lots of short, definite strokes. Fur you need to curve, though, and pine needles need to look bristly. I put the snow on top of the branches with the same strokes … Continue reading

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More values

Messed around with my fox some more this evening. I roughed in the shapes of the snow-covered branches, and got her face more or less working. Still messing with the eyes. I’m working from a photo reference, and foxes have … Continue reading

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Tulip quick study

A tulip, painted from reference photos I took of some gorgeous potted ones. This was made with three values–dark red, bright red, and a cool grayish pink for the highlights. The leaves only have two values, dark and middle green. … Continue reading

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Basic values on werewolf pic

First off, I finally figured out that the wolf’s head was just too big. He’s not very tall, as werewolves go, so the head size I had started with just turned out to be too large. I shrank it a … Continue reading

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