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Published: 2009-08-29 22:23:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 216; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 4
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Description I've been working on this off and on for several weeks now. I want the lines to be just right before I transfer and ink/color it. This is the pencil sketch. I think it's finally ready.

I will have my own scanner soon (huzzah! new job means I can afford to buy a new scanner!) so I will be able to take my time making sure the scans are just right. But in the meantime, this will do.

Pencil sketch in my sketchbook. A surprising amount of work. I think it's coming along all right.
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Comments: 12

moo-chi-64 [2009-08-30 22:24:40 +0000 UTC]

aww, it all looks so quiet and peaceful

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deadrabbit13 [2009-08-29 23:52:48 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, this is amazing.

The composition is fabulous and you did a wonderful job on the wolves

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selie In reply to deadrabbit13 [2009-08-30 04:32:56 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thank you. I'm really glad you like that! This has been a labor of love (so much so that I'm even hesitant to admit how much because I don't want to jinx it before it's finished) and it's nice to hear that it is paying off.

Composition is definitely something I have been trying to keep in mind with recent pictures (not that I've posted most of them, of course) so I'm very glad this one is coming together.

I'm not very good at drawing animals, but I didn't copy any photos - just looked at a whole bunch to get some of the idea and the details right. So I'm proud if that turned out well. Definitely not my strong suit, but I tried!

Thank you again!

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deadrabbit13 In reply to selie [2009-08-30 16:44:18 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

I do hope that all goes well with the rest of it. Good luck!

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keiiii [2009-08-29 23:39:24 +0000 UTC]

DOGGY Well, wolves, but they're still Canis Lupus.

I like how the trees lead the eyes to the sun in the back! And yay new scanner

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selie In reply to keiiii [2009-08-30 04:27:26 +0000 UTC]

You know a lot about what wolf-like doggies are supposed to look like, so if they make the cut with you, then phew! I didn't actually copy photos, I just used a whole bunch as references and kind of worked it out on my own from there... so I thought there was probably more room for error, but at least a less stiff result (potentially).

This is what happens when CERTAIN PEOPLE unintentionally challenge me to improve my composition. Or at least to consider composition when I draw. I think that it has made a huge difference in my art as actual pieces of art rather than just scribble illustrations of a character.

It's supposed to be a very large, low, luminous moon, not a sun. So the trees will kind of have an otherworldly blue-white glow. Good idea/bad idea?

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keiiii In reply to selie [2009-09-01 20:29:39 +0000 UTC]

The moonlight thing sounds like a cool idea! Might be difficult to color, but it's worth a try.

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selie In reply to keiiii [2009-09-04 03:14:58 +0000 UTC]

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This is my color test for the moonlight... I thought about being realistic, but then I was like ... no... it's a silly fairy tale picture and I'm going to make it make me happy. So this is probably about what I'm going to do with it. It's not quite blue enough for moonlight, and I think she is randomly more lit than she would be, but I'm okay with that. Just wanted to show it to you, though!

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keiiii In reply to selie [2009-09-04 04:59:13 +0000 UTC]

Mm, yeah, doesn't really feel moonlight-y to me, though that's not necessarily a bad thing.

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selie In reply to keiiii [2009-09-04 13:54:20 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, another friend said that, so I'm going to tone down the saturation when I color it and make it kind of bluer. Or something. I don't even know at this point...

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keiiii In reply to selie [2009-09-04 14:03:48 +0000 UTC]

You should try playing with the Image> Adjustments> Hue/Saturation thingie. I play with it all the time!

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selie In reply to keiiii [2009-09-05 00:01:06 +0000 UTC]

Keiiii, you're so smart. What would I do without you? XD

Running off to do that now...

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