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Been so busy this week - apologies for the absence! Definitely a busy time of year, I hope everyone is looking forward to a lovely holiday time

So, to the steps -

1 - Simple sketch on separate layer to a purple background

2 - Deciding on a light source - I thought I'd go with a central source coming from behind. Trying to stick with a limited palette so I chose pale purples to just rough it down. Starting with my darks this time for the cat so just chucking something down with the sketch layer ontop.

3 - Again, sticking with just purples, I start to rough out some shape and lighting onto the cat, making sure to vary the saturation.

4 - Start to work on top of the sketch now. Block in an eye shape and start using a fuzzier texture brush with a hue jitter to add a bit more life - I can colour pick from these slight hue shifts later. I think I played with a bit of canvas texturing here as well.

5 - I hid the sketch layer on this step - it's really no longer needed. Most of this was using a basic fur brush for a base, and then go over individual strokes to add more life. Dark bits, like above the eyes look great with a few light strokes showing through

6 - Blended the background a bit more - went for something a bit different than normal. Continued to detail - added whiskers on a layer above everything. This is handy if you need to go back and fix stuff so you don't mess them up.

7 - Final detailing - more of the same.

You can see all stages here -

Finished piece -

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Description

Been so busy this week - apologies for the absence! Definitely a busy time of year, I hope everyone is looking forward to a lovely holiday time

So, to the steps -

1 - Simple sketch on separate layer to a purple background

2 - Deciding on a light source - I thought I'd go with a central source coming from behind. Trying to stick with a limited palette so I chose pale purples to just rough it down. Starting with my darks this time for the cat so just chucking something down with the sketch layer ontop.

3 - Again, sticking with just purples, I start to rough out some shape and lighting onto the cat, making sure to vary the saturation.

4 - Start to work on top of the sketch now. Block in an eye shape and start using a fuzzier texture brush with a hue jitter to add a bit more life - I can colour pick from these slight hue shifts later. I think I played with a bit of canvas texturing here as well.

5 - I hid the sketch layer on this step - it's really no longer needed. Most of this was using a basic fur brush for a base, and then go over individual strokes to add more life. Dark bits, like above the eyes look great with a few light strokes showing through

6 - Blended the background a bit more - went for something a bit different than normal. Continued to detail - added whiskers on a layer above everything. This is handy if you need to go back and fix stuff so you don't mess them up.

7 - Final detailing - more of the same.

You can see all stages here -

Finished piece -

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Follow me on Instagram - www.instagram.com/fleeting_emb…