Furries Furever: Draw and Color Anthro Characters in a Variety of Styles by Jared Hodges & Lindsay Cibos

Author:Jared Hodges & Lindsay Cibos [Hodges, Jared]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2014-07-16T04:00:00+00:00

STEP 6: Add Wear, Tear and Shine

Add details, like cracks, to break up the uniformity and give personality to the patterns. Glaze on a band of brighter colors over the top of the scales to create an iridescent luster where the light is most intense.

Scale Texture Examples

Be creative with your scales! Experiment with shape, size and color.

DEMONSTRATION

Fur

When painting fur, it can help to look at different animals’ furs under different lighting conditions (many photographers graciously provide free stock on DeviantArt or their own websites). If you’ve ever handled furs, you’ve probably noticed rabbit fur looks and feels different from skunk or coyote fur—a good thing to keep in mind while you paint.

Many pelts aren’t a single uniform color like gray or orange. Instead, they are a mixture of colored strands that create a more unified color. A gray coat on closer examination may be a mix of black, white and silver fur strands. Mixing a variety of colors into the clumps brings a heightened sense of naturalism to the fur.

The shape of the animal (as well as general fur direction, what part of the animal, etc.) dictates shadow placement, but usually I’ll block off chunks of fur before going further with rendering smaller locks of fur. I rarely detail individual strands, but it can be nice in bright lighting to have a few standing out. It makes the fur look more organic and less combed.

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