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kyh224 In reply to ??? [2012-11-03 00:09:13 +0000 UTC]

i hate u and love u for being such an amazing artist. *sniff*

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jocarra In reply to kyh224 [2012-11-03 00:42:43 +0000 UTC]

Haha, awww :b Sorry, and thank you!

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kyh224 In reply to jocarra [2012-11-03 01:02:51 +0000 UTC]

your welcome! but i was only stating the obvious truth. XD

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valmeng In reply to ??? [2012-09-30 12:04:55 +0000 UTC]

What program is this?

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jocarra In reply to valmeng [2012-10-05 14:15:51 +0000 UTC]

I use Photoshop, but the basic technique should work in any program, I think!

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NitelyHallow In reply to ??? [2012-09-22 00:40:34 +0000 UTC]

you've done a great job, your fur seems much more organized than when I do mine for that realism effect

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jocarra In reply to NitelyHallow [2012-09-22 03:41:23 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, it's actually something I kind of need to work on, I think! Making the fur look messier and more natural :b

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NitelyHallow In reply to jocarra [2012-09-22 04:40:53 +0000 UTC]

i prefer your way for some reason, I go over board with the fur . and i'm sure you take a lot less hours than i do hahah!

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jocarra In reply to NitelyHallow [2012-09-22 05:10:43 +0000 UTC]

Heh, not so sure about that, necessarily :b This image took around 20 hours, I think?

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NitelyHallow In reply to jocarra [2012-09-22 15:13:09 +0000 UTC]

last one i did took me around 40 hours :> hahahaha

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jocarra In reply to NitelyHallow [2012-09-22 22:50:58 +0000 UTC]

Ouch, haha. Well, good on you

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Articpanda In reply to ??? [2012-07-11 13:34:33 +0000 UTC]

Think I'm going to try this.
You've got some amazing results using it and explained it well.
Hope it will work for me too.

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jocarra In reply to Articpanda [2012-07-11 21:35:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Best of luck

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Articpanda In reply to jocarra [2012-08-31 09:13:11 +0000 UTC]

Tried it on the head [link] .
The rest of the body I followed the tutorial more loosely. Could you spare some tips for next time? Only if you have the time and will for it though.

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jocarra In reply to Articpanda [2012-09-09 20:48:51 +0000 UTC]

Hey there, sorry for the delayed response, I've been extremely busy x_x

You've got a pretty nice base, as well as nice detail work - I think what you need to work on most is the "in between". If you squint your eyes really hard, details and form get kind of blurry (almost like you used a Gaussian Blur filter in Photoshop), but you can still make out what the thing is. You'll want to work more on that - you've got the outlike of the animal, and the fur detail of the animal, but you're missing some of the colour and shading and "in between" mid-level detail that helps make the painting look realistic.

Look at Step 5 in this other tutorial I made: [link] (you have to download it using the download button). Notice how, when the image is zoomed out or when you can't see the details well, there' still a lot of "mid level" detail you can still see? Aim for more of that kind of detail painting - not individual fur, but still important details. It should look fairly realistic zoomed out or blurry WITHOUT the fur detail.

This isn't for painting animals, but here's another example of using the "blurry" technique to help fill in the mid level detail: [link]

Let me know if you have any questions

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Articpanda In reply to jocarra [2012-09-11 19:50:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the detailed feedback.
And the links for more tutorials. They're going to be of big help in my future drawings.

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jocarra In reply to Articpanda [2012-09-12 00:31:03 +0000 UTC]

Cool, good luck

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jocarra In reply to Hevirago [2012-06-13 10:20:09 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, thanks so much, and good luck!

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Hevirago In reply to jocarra [2012-06-14 16:23:46 +0000 UTC]

Here is the link for my first try! Did not go very well... Mind you I'm only young! ----> [link] do you have any advice? it took about 4 hours max...

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jocarra In reply to Hevirago [2012-06-15 23:49:24 +0000 UTC]

I think it went really well for a first try (So cute) First of all, white and black can be some of the hardest to do, so don't be too discouraged. Second, try doing a more developed underpainting first? Do some shading that shows the different shadows and contours and subtle colours first - imagine that it's a totally smooth surface with no fur, then paint it - don't worry about fur texture. Once you have it looking kind of the way you want (if you squint your eyes, it should already look kinda realistic), THEN go back over it with fur detail.

Maybe try my other fur tutorials for help and ideas?
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Fur detail typically takes me around 5-10 hours for an animal's face/head if I'm trying to be really realistic. Getting the underpainting can take me 1-3 hours.

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Hevirago In reply to jocarra [2012-06-16 13:07:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Thats really helpful!

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jocarra In reply to Hevirago [2012-06-16 21:16:47 +0000 UTC]

Cheers

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Hevirago In reply to jocarra [2012-06-17 11:07:57 +0000 UTC]

heehee!

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Hevirago In reply to Hevirago [2012-06-16 13:12:00 +0000 UTC]

[link] second try! heehee!

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Hevirago In reply to jocarra [2012-06-13 16:49:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I need it! It looks pretty hard!

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ViolePandora In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 12:40:41 +0000 UTC]

That's AWESOME, thanks for share it ^^

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jocarra In reply to ViolePandora [2012-06-02 22:15:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Good luck with it

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LafflyAdopts In reply to ??? [2012-05-28 16:32:55 +0000 UTC]

excuse me but what program do you use?

cause the program i have doesn't really have any of the right brushes so i'm looking for a new one

Grate job too!

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jocarra In reply to LafflyAdopts [2012-05-28 22:51:54 +0000 UTC]

I use Adobe Photoshop CS5, and I don't use any special/custom fur brushes - I did here as an experiment, but it's entirely unnecessary. A plain round brush should be fine

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LafflyAdopts In reply to jocarra [2012-05-28 23:15:40 +0000 UTC]

aw darn! we have photoshop CS1, and it's on our bad computer

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jocarra In reply to LafflyAdopts [2012-05-29 00:19:44 +0000 UTC]

CS1 should be just fine A bad computer, however, can make things difficult :b

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LafflyAdopts In reply to jocarra [2012-05-29 00:22:31 +0000 UTC]

tell me about it lol, but hopefully we can get a new mouse!

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GoldFlareon In reply to ??? [2012-05-13 18:10:46 +0000 UTC]

Hey! 8D Guess what? xD I loosely tried to follow this for the mouse in this picture: [link]

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jocarra In reply to GoldFlareon [2012-05-14 07:12:12 +0000 UTC]

Hey, that looks awesome, good job

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GoldFlareon In reply to jocarra [2012-05-14 07:43:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! xD Hopefully I can continue to improve with the help of your wonderful tutorials.

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jocarra In reply to GoldFlareon [2012-05-14 08:53:48 +0000 UTC]

Cheers

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Ceemvee In reply to ??? [2012-05-02 20:29:38 +0000 UTC]

You do beautiful work, thanks for the tips.

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jocarra In reply to Ceemvee [2012-05-02 23:01:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot, and good luck!

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Kamieno In reply to ??? [2012-04-20 01:57:39 +0000 UTC]

So glad I found this in your gallery thank you so much ^^

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jocarra In reply to Kamieno [2012-04-22 23:17:07 +0000 UTC]

Heh, great! And yeah, I try to make links to my tutorial section so people can find it more easily :b Good luck!

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Kamieno In reply to jocarra [2012-04-22 23:19:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Waluigi11 In reply to ??? [2012-04-04 00:28:35 +0000 UTC]

lol, this is a really good tutorial ^^ I never really got how people drew wolf's fur like...THAT good

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jocarra In reply to Waluigi11 [2012-04-04 01:13:42 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, thanks a lot! There's also another technique I've seen that doesn't use any underpainting at all :b

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Waluigi11 In reply to jocarra [2012-04-04 01:14:48 +0000 UTC]

I'll use this next time...I actually get to drawing :l Stupid school

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NanetteAlsop In reply to ??? [2012-03-11 15:10:56 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorials - I know I will learn a lot from these. Thank you for doing them

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jocarra In reply to NanetteAlsop [2012-03-11 22:10:05 +0000 UTC]

Excellent, thanks a lot, and you're welcome

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SaucerQueen In reply to ??? [2012-03-04 17:44:25 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant! I would one day give it a go

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jocarra In reply to SaucerQueen [2012-03-04 23:04:38 +0000 UTC]

Excellent! Best of luck to you It just takes a lot of patience x_x

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Lupana In reply to ??? [2012-02-18 17:30:25 +0000 UTC]

This is so frickin' amazing you have no idea... I think this is one of the best tutorials for this I've ever seen. This will help me tremendously!

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