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"Well, of all things, can it be really? Yes no oh hi oh my eye, my mind may be wandering, but I confess, I believe it is Old Deuteronomy."
~Old Deuteronomy, Cats (from munkustrap's duet with the Rum Tum Tugger.)

EDIT - is this in the right category? Technically the Cats are anthro...but also technically not. Help? Also, recontrasted. Mmm, pretty.

So, I've been neglecting you guys. And this site, really. I still have more than 1, 800 deviations to sort through. God help me.

Anyway, back to the point. I redid my drawing of Munkustrap [link] (played by Michael Gruber in the film) because I looked at the original one I drew and thought "Jeez, I was proud of this?!" you know, and I just had to redo it. And I feel I've done much better, actually - for example, the wig doesn't look fake and flat, the chin has some shading (to define the lip and the start of the chin) and the black background adds something, in my honest opinion.

So, I feel I've come rather a long way in only a year and a month (ish). Wow!

Oh, and the spottiness of the background is due to the scanner's fail, it isn't like that in real life. And the random lighter patch at the top left (by his ear) is due to the fact I started to draw the background in in graphite then thinking "Hey wait, it'll be too shiny!" so I changed it. But unfortunately the coloured pencil wouldn't cover the graphite, ah well.

Anyway, onto the actual concept of the drawing - I kind of changed a couple of bits from the ref for effect. For example, I made his wig more shiny and hair-like - because if I hadn't've, it would have remained flat and unrealistic like my previous attempt; however, I do think it added something so it's going to stay like that. I also changed the shading minutely so the white was less so, and the darks were darker, for more contrast. Also I made the different parts of his make-up more obvious. So, all in all, a success, I think.

Oh, and I am obsessed with Cats at the moment. Best. Musical. EVER. (along with The Producers.) Michael Gruber is the best Munkustrap.

Enjoy!

22cm x 10cm (roughly, I forget the actual measurements)
Windsor and Newton drawing paper (courtesy of )
Daler and Rowney sketching pencils - 2H, F, B, 6B, 9B
Black Faber Castell Polychromo pencil
Mechanical pencil (cheap, no idea of gradation or size of graphite)
About 4 and a half hours.

Description
"Well, of all things, can it be really? Yes no oh hi oh my eye, my mind may be wandering, but I confess, I believe it is Old Deuteronomy."
~Old Deuteronomy, Cats (from munkustrap's duet with the Rum Tum Tugger.)

EDIT - is this in the right category? Technically the Cats are anthro...but also technically not. Help? Also, recontrasted. Mmm, pretty.

So, I've been neglecting you guys. And this site, really. I still have more than 1, 800 deviations to sort through. God help me.

Anyway, back to the point. I redid my drawing of Munkustrap [link] (played by Michael Gruber in the film) because I looked at the original one I drew and thought "Jeez, I was proud of this?!" you know, and I just had to redo it. And I feel I've done much better, actually - for example, the wig doesn't look fake and flat, the chin has some shading (to define the lip and the start of the chin) and the black background adds something, in my honest opinion.

So, I feel I've come rather a long way in only a year and a month (ish). Wow!

Oh, and the spottiness of the background is due to the scanner's fail, it isn't like that in real life. And the random lighter patch at the top left (by his ear) is due to the fact I started to draw the background in in graphite then thinking "Hey wait, it'll be too shiny!" so I changed it. But unfortunately the coloured pencil wouldn't cover the graphite, ah well.

Anyway, onto the actual concept of the drawing - I kind of changed a couple of bits from the ref for effect. For example, I made his wig more shiny and hair-like - because if I hadn't've, it would have remained flat and unrealistic like my previous attempt; however, I do think it added something so it's going to stay like that. I also changed the shading minutely so the white was less so, and the darks were darker, for more contrast. Also I made the different parts of his make-up more obvious. So, all in all, a success, I think.

Oh, and I am obsessed with Cats at the moment. Best. Musical. EVER. (along with The Producers.) Michael Gruber is the best Munkustrap.

Enjoy!

22cm x 10cm (roughly, I forget the actual measurements)
Windsor and Newton drawing paper (courtesy of )
Daler and Rowney sketching pencils - 2H, F, B, 6B, 9B
Black Faber Castell Polychromo pencil
Mechanical pencil (cheap, no idea of gradation or size of graphite)
About 4 and a half hours.