hatton_slayden

squirrel update

had to rework her head several times before i got it right

bunny rig

10 hours of trying to get a more advanced rig to work and i still don't have anything useable to post.  i tried using a rig from a model i downloaded that was really good. but when i tried to change it to fit my bunny there was a LOOOOT of "wait what does THAT bone do"....but the real problem is all the "stretch to" bones.  when you move one of those bones it goes all wacky and you need to manually reset each bone.

peak wulf update

i had been worried about how to finish this AND how to incorporate Censhi, then i thought i should just give her, her own little side story where she desperately tries to catch up before the comic is over 

squirrely update

been focusing on the proportions now i can get back to refining the style

philophana update

finally finished all the markings on her for the whole set.  now i need to refine the lighting 

mana kitty update

now for color 

mana kitty update

now for color

personal project

a personal project i will be working on from time to time

mana update

now its time to add "flair" and personality to the linework 

mana cat update

 a few more passes and the line work should be done

censhi werewuff

now i can finish the rest of the folio 

werewuff censhi

color update

oil painting

the paint is still wet so i can only photo it right now.  another color study 

my gator GF

i forgot about this set

werewuff censhi update

time for color

werewuff censhi

now to add in the color

werewuff update

now this set is ready for color. i just need to finish the lines on Censhi 

werewuff update

back to the grind stone.  need to rebuild my backlog of posts again 

a busy few weeks

outside of my normal work and family responsibilities i have been taking mentoring classes in traditional art.  

these classes were with 2 different teachers on different days with the focus on they would help each student on their own desired project. i went in with the mindset of learning how to paint with oils but as my teachers gave me advice it quickly turned to focusing on color theory and color mixing. THEN i focused even further on painting natural human skin tone and havin...

magic cat update

the Blossom folio did not do very well so i think i need to avoid females with human faces.  my other folio with a female nergigante faired about the same

magic cat update

updating line work

werewuff update

now to ink

were wuf censhi update

now to ink and color 

squirrel folio

very stretchy 

squirrel time

another jj inspired folio 

were wuff update

im still doing a lot of learning with traditional paints so im not ready for a folio in traditional mediums yet 

were wuff update

went back and made the line work sexy 

mana cat update

characters i have never drawn will be a challenge.  fortunately some of the requests are for characters i have not done in a while like my does

Mana cat

yes i am finally doing some of the character requests i have been getting over a long time.  it will still take some time to get them all set up though

this folio i took some layout inspiration from Avante92 to shake things up for me

randoms

polished the line work