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Aetharius — Yet Another Creature

Published: 2012-01-05 09:01:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 1480; Favourites: 69; Downloads: 15
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Description As the title says, yet another creature. Trying to bust out of it, but this doodle just happened, and then I had to add some ink, and then shade the background and stuff. At the very least, I need to start drawing them from different angles (other than left-facing profile - seriously, most of my creatures are facing left) and in dynamic poses and using better reference from real animals. Also I should be working on those 10k kiribans instead..

So for this drawing, it's all murky due to being photographed (teh horror!) due to me visiting family and being away from my scanner, so I tried to make it less like a poorly lit photo with some texture bs.

I'll probably update this with a cleaner, crisper, scanned version later.
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Comments: 26

silentius000 [2014-06-04 05:16:13 +0000 UTC]

I love the detail that you put into the face.

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a-schlag [2012-01-22 01:35:15 +0000 UTC]

The shading's great

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Aetharius In reply to a-schlag [2012-02-02 23:42:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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a-schlag In reply to Aetharius [2012-02-03 00:25:24 +0000 UTC]

np

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OS9 [2012-01-10 22:34:47 +0000 UTC]

Wow, the picture feel so relaxed and easy and yet so well thought out. :3

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Aetharius In reply to OS9 [2012-02-02 23:44:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I love having doodles start out sort of blah and then manifest into something more put together - that's pretty much what happened here.

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Counterdraw [2012-01-10 21:35:43 +0000 UTC]

This is really cool! I would love to see whole creature. I also wish I had as much skill as you. You used eraser on it's neck didn't you? Pretty neat idea to make the viewer focus more on it's head.

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Aetharius In reply to Counterdraw [2012-02-02 23:46:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Maybe I'll draw the whole creature soon!

I actually didn't use much eraser at all here. I started on white paper and shaded around what I left white - it makes the white highlights really pop.

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Counterdraw In reply to Aetharius [2012-02-03 00:19:07 +0000 UTC]

hm... didn't think of that. Smart move mate... smart move

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Mirri [2012-01-09 23:05:09 +0000 UTC]

That's a very beautiful design! ^^

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Aetharius In reply to Mirri [2012-02-02 23:48:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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tastybedsore [2012-01-09 22:36:04 +0000 UTC]

very cool!

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Aetharius In reply to tastybedsore [2012-01-20 20:08:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Bluecrow10 [2012-01-09 22:35:05 +0000 UTC]

Awesome design ! It looks like some kind of furry dragon . I love the amount of details you always put in your sketches

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Aetharius In reply to Bluecrow10 [2012-01-20 20:08:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm not really sure what this guy is, but furry dragon works.

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Fell4 [2012-01-09 03:09:55 +0000 UTC]

I think it looks really good! I like how it looks like it was drawn on old paper! Way cool!

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Aetharius In reply to Fell4 [2012-02-02 23:48:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I like adding some extra effect when I post pencil sketches. I love stuff like old field illustrations, so really like emulating that vibe.

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PetaloMaM [2012-01-06 22:01:22 +0000 UTC]

Great design!

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Aetharius In reply to PetaloMaM [2012-02-02 23:47:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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FabriceW [2012-01-05 21:21:44 +0000 UTC]

wow i'm amazed! looks like John Howe's drawings when he's good

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Aetharius In reply to FabriceW [2012-01-05 21:54:52 +0000 UTC]

Aww thanks! John Howe's stuff is pretty damn awesome though.. sucks that his website is laid out so poorly - gotta click a million times to see a just a few of his works.

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FabriceW In reply to Aetharius [2012-01-05 22:06:03 +0000 UTC]

yeah true, but his paintings are far better than his drawings, he's so damn skilled in watercoulour!

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Kestus [2012-01-05 16:10:54 +0000 UTC]

I do like the detail you put in these, what with all the scraggly fur and such. It's quite cool! C:

And for some reason, I usually draw stuff facing left as well. There must be something interesting going on to the left.

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Aetharius In reply to Kestus [2012-01-05 21:51:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

Yeah, I developed the left-facing thing ages ago. Being right-handed, it let me start with the creatures head and then draw its body, all the while being able to have what I'd already drawn not covered by my hand. Then I got used to it and it became the fastest and easiest, and never got any better at different poses or the right-facing profile. Slowly busting out of it though, now that I'm acutely aware of it.

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pixelhousetoast [2012-01-05 10:54:57 +0000 UTC]

Whoa, good use of eraser!

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Aetharius In reply to pixelhousetoast [2012-01-05 21:48:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! But hmmm.. not sure how much eraser I actually used - I did use it a bit to blend/even out the background (which is rubbed in graphite) and clean up some excess chicken scratch that goes with the process. I actually added the white highlights in Photoshop - due to the photographed picture looking dingy and losing some of its contrast.

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