M Scott

Perk

Square thumb round ball i love shape language

Blue

There was one day where english wasn't clicking and I almost lost my mind because the only way I could picture "blue" in my head was "bloo" 

Mc

been a while huh

Canter

you ever wonder if horse furries jog like people or if they gallop

Thorns

Vaguely omen inspired

Frills

Some pics to show the changes that tend to happen throughout the lineart 

sometimes I have to really wrestle a design and it takes slow little tweaks until I hit the click

I had to wrench the face around and add in more detail to the fur for it to start to feel 

frills n gills

Matador

toro loco

Colored

And some progress pics

1 is the base coat that each design gets, usually a warm color for warm blooded characters and a cool color for cold blooded ones. I can leave this rough because I'll do so much work on top of it later, and usually I aim to have between 3-5 different main colors I can pull from for the rest of the piece is this phase

2 is after introducing two more colors and a little more blocking in of their zones. You can see the idea is much more solid even though there ...

Wear

Turns out the middle point between a bear and a wolf is badger

Jamie

Related to Youseph but not by blood

well kind of by blood but in an indirect way

lives in the Pygmy woods and yeah he makes trees look pretty small

the Pygmy woods get their name because of how small they make you feel

picture a super-sized temperate rainforest 

Colored

Another wolf another pair of pants

Hunch

lumbar lordosis

happy v day

Jamie

rrrrrr

Colored

phat neck

Taka

he's specifically designed so that I can scribble for all of the black parts of his design, so ~50% of him

School

work from my last semester

i had five studio classes and one online course and that's the period of time where I opened comms one time in like five months lol

all studies completed within 1-2 class periods, so 3-6 hrs

as much as I dislike art education I will always admit it's a major player for improvement, it forces the time commitment and exposure to new media/ideas/creative liberties

interesting to look back at this stuff

Mercedes

The seamstress

are your socks growing holes

did you shred your shirt working under an engine

has jamie tried to carry you by your collar again

then Mercedes is your gal

Motley

Hodge podge 

Colored

would you describe the background color as more of a burnt mustard or one of those clementine oranges

Wolves

As long as it has a dog nose pointy ears and a little bit of fluff it's a wolf

Legs

Another view of legs more clearly showing the major muscle distinctions

i usually mentally break the upper leg down as: 3 in the front, 2 in the back. As long as those numbers are there, 2/3 of the work is done. The rest is honing in on their positioning, which comes with practice and study

the lower leg is very similar, 3 in the front, two in the back, however one of the 3 is a bone more than a muscle. This is the shin, which is the divider of the calf muscles in the front

Taka

his neck increases in length by 1% every time I draw him 

Youseph

when i don't have to deal with school anymore im gonna finally comm some people

refs similarly a year apart

Colored

purple and blue make excellent shadow colors as alternatives to black

the complimentary color to the designs main color (blue or purple in this case for this guy's yellowish) is also a choice that will naturally create a pop

Legs

If you can wrap your mind around how to draw a squishy knee you've got 70% of the aesthetic of the leg tackled 

Colored

Sporty shorty with a bit of alopecia 

Full

He has been happily homed

Bat

One of my favorite animals when it comes to design features, there's a lot of funky stuff you can get up to with the face especially 

Arms

Quick triple ref

Every body part has its pair of muscles responsible for certain movements

For your bicep to flex, the triceps must stretch, and the inverse is true too

Each muscle has a point of origin (beginning) and a point of insertion (end), this is where they are always anchored. The in-between space is where things become more difficult, as when bones rotate a certain way (such as supination or pronation of the forearm), the muscles will follow, so be sure you know wh...

Bjork

New ref, very happy with it

youseph next

these are about a year apart