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Nostalga In reply to Sakura-Kuromi [2017-09-19 20:48:34 +0000 UTC]

No kidding. That's so awesome. Aw, thanks for the compliment! The picture reference is super blurry, right? I had a little bit of a hard time because of that. Should I find the picture and link it? (is that proper?) Did you end up uploading yours?

It took me about an hour to get a rough outline and left half of the shading. Outline took the longest though out of that day. Then the next two days I probably shaded the rest of it in 45 minute intervals so I think probably about 3 hours roughly? It's crazy because this is an old drawing from before where I tried realism for one of the first times in 2009:


This one took me about 7 hours to complete. So it took me longer to do less quality work. But it was definitely because I was still learning at the time. And it's not even about a huge amount of practice either. 

I used a standford #2 pencil with one of those cone erasers. I typically start off the fur very lightly and then darken as I go, I do use the eraser to lighten some areas that were smudged or not as prominent looking. But very lightly; I just tap the eraser a little bit to make sure I don't erase too much. 

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Sakura-Kuromi In reply to Nostalga [2017-09-19 22:49:55 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I just had to open your drawing when I saw it xD It's such a funny coincidence. The reference I used wasn't really blurry, but maybe one of the two where edited, because mine is mirrored and bigger xD
Normally I do that, but I don't find the reference at all times... Sometimes a friend sends me pictures via whatsapp like that one now xD
Yeah, it's this. But it's not even near as good as yours ^^° Somehow I ended up drawing the snout to short ^^°

I always start at one point and work my way from there. I guess it took me two hours for the head and the neck until the part where the fur is fluffed upwards. After that I drew 2 more times for about 30-45 minutes on the fur. And yeah, I know that. I'm a really slow artist. Some of my digital arts even took me more than 24 hours^^°

I used my DIN A5 Sketchbook and a simple 2H pencil from faber castell as well as the eraser that came in a set with this one. Like this, but without sharpener www.tkt-shop.de/WebRoot/Sage/S… . Yeah, I also carefully tab the paper with the eraser, because I accidentally broke my paper by using the eraser to much in the past ^^°

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Nostalga In reply to Sakura-Kuromi [2017-09-21 17:07:02 +0000 UTC]

It's so crazy. The poses look almost identical especially with how we did the fur. Yeah my reference was a lot smaller, that's for sure. But definitely has to be the same one. 

I think it looks really good, though! Honestly your variance with fur is so much more advanced than mine was years ago and I don't think the short snout makes too much of a difference because it's definitely recognizable as a fox.

I start at one point too, I usually start with the ears and work my way down the side. I try to limit the smudges from my hand that way but it always gets smudged anyway. Slow is good though. I used to finish my drawings so quickly but then I started to pay attention to detail and slowed down my process. 

That is a cool pencil. I really need to look into art pencils xD I just use what's laying around basically. The best erasers are those HB ones, the High Polymer. They end up erasing just about anything. 

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Sakura-Kuromi In reply to Nostalga [2017-10-05 18:39:51 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I'm sorry, I somehow didn't see your reply >o<
So sorry for answering so late >o<

Yeah I guess your reference was a cut and mirrored piece of the reference I used... XD That's a really fun coincidence xD

As long as it's recognizable as a fox, I'm glad xD I'm drawing for more than 15 years now, but my progress in getting better is so slow ^^°

I always pick a point where I can easily start. my latest artwork for example. I started with the claw of the upper paw, than traced the paw, than the body, than the head and the fur as the last thing. Colouring ruined it a bit, sadly, but that's why I try to do that dayly as a challenge... I need to get better with Copics >o<
About smudges: Something that helps me a lot, is using an tissue to lay under my hand when I draw with pencils. It prevents most of the smudging ♥
Yeah, but sometimes i envy those artists that draw really breathtaking drawings in a mere hour, when I can't produce something with a similar quality in over 20 hours ^^°

That's a regular school pencil as well. My mother bought me one a few years ago and I kind of liked them and now I mostly use these. They're not expensive or anything. Just regular school supplies xDD
Oh that reminds me of my coloured pencils. My Mother bought me a package with 36 colours from an Discounter (ALDI, or LIDL, I'm not sure which one) and I'm still using them (Yeah, I rarely colour when I draw traditionally ^^°) I guess she paid 3-4€ for all these colours. And they're really good to draw with, have a nice saturation and smooth colours.
What I wanted to say: You don't need those expensive Artists tools, as long as you're fine with working with them ^^

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Nostalga In reply to theAlpacaChino [2017-09-19 20:50:08 +0000 UTC]

I'm seriously honored you think this is good enough to be photoshopped. Like, as an artist for fun I never thought I'd reach a point in my artwork for anyone to say that and mean it (I guess you mean it?) 

But no, I have several pictures of my work in progress if you really want proof that I did this myself.

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