Growlbeast

Expression practice gifts!

I did them all!!

WOO!

Thanks to everyone who watched me draw these! I felt like I was on a roll!

STREAMING! (Working on expression practice/gifts)

https://picarto.tv/growl
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Come hang out while I practice expressions while making gifts for you guys!

Send me your refs please!! Gifts and practice stream this week!

Hey guys!

I have some more posts in the works currently but I wanted to get a post out ASAP so I can give you all some time to respond! But, please reply to this post with the following:

Character name:

Ref sheet url:

Choose one expression theme (happy, sad, silly, angry, blushy, evil or ANYTHING GOES) :

I’ll be doing a live stream on picarto this week to practice expressions (shoutout to Holly 2022-01-07 19:26:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Sable Pixel Sprite!

This one's for Domani!

I am taking "requests" for specific species for pixel sprites for those who send me a little tip through ko-fi!

https://ko-fi.com/growlbeast
Just leave a comment with the species you'd like me to make a pixel sprite of and I'll do it for my next pixel animation project!

Cheetah Sprite!

Here's a little video game cheetah for Jasiri!
I'm on a roll with pixels!

Pixel Wolf Sprite!

This was so much fun!!

I've been getting back in to pixel art in a big way lately!
Over a couple of days I decided to make a little animated pixel sprite for fun! I used to do so much pixel art in the past, this was honestly really calming and incredibly good feeling to make.

On the patreon discord, I also did a walkthrough, step by step WiP as I created this! In another post, I'll transcribe it over to this website so it's easier to reference for you all later!

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Happy Holidays and into the new year!♥️💚❄️🎄🎁🎅

I just wanted to make a quick post to say Happy Holidays!

I hope all of you have had a wonderful year! Things have been steadily better here and I feel like I’m finally starting to get where I wanted to be as far as productivity. I still have a long way to go and I still have a lot to do to make up for time but I’m getting back on the right path and it feels so good. I’m hoping to continue this trend into the new year. This all has been a huge reminder and lesson to be...

FoxBot! - Logo for Syfaro!

Syfaro mentioned they needed a logo for his foxbot service they make!
https://twitter.com/Syfaro
Check out their cool projects! They have telegram bots as well as a service to check if your art is being uploaded on other sites! *working on NFT searching too!

Happy holidays!

Pixel Werewolf!

Going back to my roots a little! Pixel art was how I got into digital art initially <3
I used clip studio paint and made by brushes hard pixel size and worked at 32x32 for this little guy!

I'm including the original size as a download here, please feel free to use this little guy for your projects (just credit me!)

Ill Preparations..

Fanart of Illidan Stormrage!
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I was working on this on and off for the past...handfull of months and I think I can finally call it done!

This is one of my favorite WoW characters. And, even though the game has lots of problems, It forever will hold fond memories for me.

Boneless Chicken- Full Res Download

Here's the pic I did in stream to be able to demonstrate various techniques and methods I use while drawing!
It was really fun to chat with everyone and talk about how I do art and how I think about various elements while I draw!

I decided to use the Noodle, Levi as a example because I haven't drawn that chara since last APRIL!

I can't wait to do another one of these sessions, It was so fun to do and so fun to chat with everyone!

Discord Live Q&A/Tutorial About to Start!

Please come check it out!
https://discord.gg/2n6KBhqw?event=919760092415533106


EDIT: Stream is over! This was a ton of fun and I absolutely want to do it again!

Discord live q&a and Tutorial Session!

HEY GUYS!

Friday night (12/17) I’ll be hosting a live voice chat in the Maws&Claws discord! It’ll be a chance to ask questions about artwork, my process, and anything you all may fancy!

The event “gather” time is 10:00 pm MST and we will start rolling with the show by approx. 10:30! you can mark yourself as interested via the discord events system!

Just click this link:

2021-12-16 21:45:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Aetherios- Divine Fire/Hallowed Light - Full Res Download

RAWR!
Here's the finished commission for Aetherios!
It was a lot of fun detailing all of the different textures on this guy and painting him in a spooky light!

Check this out without compression!
<3

Winter 2021 Canine Base!

It's finally done!!

After nitpicking this base for weeks, I finally have it ready to go!
I'm really happy with how this turned out and I hope it's fun for everyone else to use <3
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Features:
-Easy to color layers for parts of the base, like the eyes, ears pads and teeth!
-A variety of tails, ears, claws and expressions!
-SFW, gender neutral design.
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Usage Rules:
-feel free to use this for adoptable creation and sale!
-great for personal OC reference ...

Just some little guys

I made some fun little dudes in an impromptu discord stream!

It was fun to work on some really minimal designs and simplified shapes for these. I think I’d like to do more in the future but they willing have to be very simple designs to work!

I drew the raccoon for myself, the cheetah for Jasiri and the werewolf for Vallenore!

Pixel Werewolf - remaster

AWOO!
Just a pixel remaster of the animal crossing design I created recently! (https://www.patreon.com/posts/58713123)

Doing the "remaster" of the cheetah for Jasiri had me wantint to fix this one up also! The animal crossing screenshots have some compression, and I really wanted to share what it looks like unhindered!

Please download to see the "pixel" size of this as well as the larger version!<...

Pixel Jas! - an experiment!

Recently, Jasiri got a really cool display called a Divoom Pixoo Max, it's basically a pixel photo frame! PERFECT FOR PIXEL ART!!
https://www.divoom.com/products/divoom-pixoo-max

It's 32x32 pixels, which just so happens to be the SAME SIZE as animal crossing's designs! So, I got the animal crossing Jas I made a bit back all cleaned up and ready on my pc so he could display it on his cool new dev...

Happy December! - Blogpost

Older dog pic for the header cause there’s no snow here..we actually haven’t had a single snowfall this season so far. :(

But anyway!

How are you all? I feel like this year has been speeding by so damn fast.. before I knew it it’s December already and woah. What a year. So much change and so much in general going on.

So much self discovery and growth. So many things I wish I could have done better.. I’m so thankful for everything successful here but stil...

Which version of the blood dripping jaguar should I adjust for print?

I want to adjust one of the versions of this piece to be a but more ready to print, but each will take a good amount of time. Which version do you all prefer?

🩸🖤- Full Resolution Wallpaper

Just a little bit.. thirsty.

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Hey everyone!

This was really refreshing to make! I was going for something a bit different from my normal. Instead of doing any linework, I approached this from the perspective of digital painting. I didn’t even sketch this like I normally do! I also worked from references for the jaguar face and for the blood ripples. I deviated a lot from both but it helped me keep things a tad more on the realistic side!

Some new Animal Crossing Designs for New Horizon 🌕🐺

Here’s a little werewolf design I made in animal crossing real fast while waiting for my iPad to charge. I designed this to be a wall painting or om an easel, but I feel it will work well for clothing as well!

Feel free to use or edit this, but please do not edit and then upload it again to the sharing service in game. Please only use this locally!

Hav fun and enjoy!

-G💙

Drinky Possum! - Emoji Freebie!

I’m practicing making some emoji so I threw together this little trash pal!

Feel free to use this little friend in your own discord servers or other chats! Just please credit me for making this little dude! I’m hoping to do a few more little random emoji for the Maws&Claws server so I can eventually make a real set for it!

Enjoy!

-G💙

Terrible Visage - full res download

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This is an experimental “super” headshot I did for Howlitzer!

I wanted to see about upping the detail level, using smaller and more detailed lines and more or less just going more or less all out on this! I’d love to offer this kind of detail level for a more expensive commission option (or patreon reward) later down the line! I’m still working on trying to truly get back in the swing of things, but my recent time off and away from home...

I’m home! Some pics and some WiPs

I’m back home in Colorado as of last night!

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It’s such a good feeling! I’ve had a wonderful time out in New Jersey but I’m glad to be back home! I missed my little dog so much!

I’m getting settled in, catching up with things (helping my mom pick the last of the tomatoes before the coming freeze!) and generally feeling happy about coming back!

I flew in late on the 9th and after crashing in a comfy hotel room, I was planning ...

Happy October!

What an extremely green picture..

I’m still out in Jersey! I’ll be back in Colorado on the 10th!!

And this area seems to be really convinced it’s not fall yet! I’ve gotten some lovely pics from back home and the colors are changing beautifully out in the mountains. I can’t wait to see it for myself soon!

(Photo by Hellinois, sent to me!)

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Drinky Crow! Tattoo design for a friend! (Full res)

Hey guys!

I’m still out on vacation, but I’m keeping busy as I can!

Today I wanted to share a fun project that I actually feel plays into the “Great Improvement Campaign” as it had me stepping far out of my own artistic style, and was a practice in working directly off of a reference with the purpose of recreating it closely. (To keep with the show’s style and to keep the little guy on model). This is Drinky Crow! From that AS show!

I’m really proud ...

September Blog Post - Improvment September Campaign !

Hey everyone!

It's  been a bit since I've done a proper blog post! Time to fix that RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. I hope you all have been well!

I'm glad I've been getting back on track with things but, it's made me aware that I feel a sense of being "not content" with the current quality of my work. While I feel I am always on a steady path of improvement, I never want to stagnate with my creative endeavors. So, I want to dedicate September to GETTING BETTER AT THINGS I SUCK AT! 2021-09-01 11:00:36 +0000 UTC View Post

POWER LEVEL INCREASING

Here’s an icon commission for Recca of his new dragon character! I was given a choice between all his OCs and I just HAD to draw this fuzzy dragon cause their colors are just SO pleasing. I had a lot of fun with the character’s shapes as well! I tried to emulate the physical features of this character in my own style and it turned out really fun!

Don’t Mess with Spotty Cats!

Here’s an icon commission for Kier! It’s always a pleasure to draw for that spotty boy and this was no exception! I went for a slightly more realistic/feral look here since I’ve been practicing drawing big cats of various species recently. Snow leopards have such fun facial structures!!