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Published: 2017-05-07 01:05:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 555; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 0
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Description I thought I was going to have a few peaceful days to finish some of my new drawings last month but Murphy's Law came back with a vengeance and now I'm currently hoarding things to study and unfinished works.   

So in the meantime I thought it would be interesting to post this drawing, here we have my first attempt at using a ballpoint pen.
I'm sure it has flaws but I liked working on this drawing, I was really afraid of messing the whole thing at every line (pretty accurate depiction of my reaction everytime I made a mistake but couldn't use an eraser:   ) but I actually learned a lot with it, and looking at it now almost 5 years later I think made some progress!   

The reference was an image of a wolf I had on my old computer, and this time I didn't forget the whiskers. XD
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Comments: 12

SadoMazoFox [2017-07-09 07:34:51 +0000 UTC]

That fur is marvelous!

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Giu-sama In reply to SadoMazoFox [2017-07-09 18:03:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!!  
I like drawing fur with a pen, it's easier to add different layers of shading. 

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MEQuick [2017-05-09 17:53:47 +0000 UTC]

Ohmygoodness the fur looks gorgeous!! The way you made it look like the fur was shiny and silky looks so fabulous, I love the eyes too!

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Giu-sama In reply to MEQuick [2017-05-18 00:42:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks~!! Drawing the fur is really relaxing.  
I think it's the blue color that gave this shiny look, I edited the drawing on Gimp as a test to see how it would look in black and white but the result was strangely flat when compared to this one. XD But the eyes were my favorite feature too, I liked the stern expression of this wolf. ^^

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MEQuick In reply to Giu-sama [2017-05-19 02:28:28 +0000 UTC]

Yeah he looks so wise and aged because of his eyes and shiny fur! It's pretty cool that drawing fur with a pen can have a therapeutic effect for you. Painting is like that for me! Hm, the blue definitely helps give the drawing a lot of life and personality, maybe that's why?

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flybynite19 [2017-05-07 23:18:35 +0000 UTC]

WOW this is beautiful I love the detail in its fur

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Giu-sama In reply to flybynite19 [2017-05-08 14:58:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!  
It's quite fun to draw wolves. ^^

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Sinnabelle [2017-05-07 03:43:20 +0000 UTC]

Oh my goodness this looks so amazing! I really love the attention to detail on the fur. You really gave it that soft and rough texture that wolf fur has and it's just so beautiful! ; - ; And of course, the shading and lighting really makes the drawing pop!

dafsdgfndfsdgnf <-- because I lack better words but hhhhhhhhhhhh IT'S SO COOL. ; A ;

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Giu-sama In reply to Sinnabelle [2017-05-08 14:58:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!!  
Wolf fur has this fluffy but rough look to it and trying to draw that texture with the pen was surprisingly easier than using a pencil. Though my shading at the time was not very smooth and the poor wolf may look a bit more disheveled than the original reference. XD 

But I'm really glad that you liked this drawing~!  

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Sinnabelle In reply to Giu-sama [2017-05-09 00:03:06 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome!

Yeah, but it still looks really well done! ^^ Better than I could ever do it that's for sure! xD You are the master pen artist!

Of course!~

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Marvel-ousNerd [2017-05-07 01:09:57 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is so pretty!!! Being a wolf lover I adore this ten times more than usual, but this really is great. I can really see the aspect of lighting on the fur. Really well done.

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Giu-sama In reply to Marvel-ousNerd [2017-05-07 01:37:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, that's a really big compliment!!  
I really like wolves too (but it's hard to choose a favorite animal, I like way too many XD), they have this proud and imposing nature and they are beautiful creatures.  This was my first experiment with a pen and I tried to understand how to add lightning without the eraser, so it has few messy lines but my favorite part was drawing the wolf's eyes. 

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