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Originally I wasn’t going to make tutorials out of this, but since I tried to put more thought into it than I usually do for this kind of thing, and am trying out some new ideas, I figured I might as well see if it works for anyone else.

Step 1: Study nature. This is a plain coated cat, but that doesn’t mean it has to be one boring solid color.

The species I am focusing on is from a wonderful book I recently discovered, Ratha’s Creature, by Clare Bell. She has a dA account and the first chapter can be found here: Ratha's Creature, Ch1Ratha's Creature by Clare Bell Chapter One Ratha leaped over a fern thicket and dug her paws into the spongy ground as she dodged sharp horns. One prong sifted through her fur and she skittered away from the beast. She turned and stood her ground with hunched shoulders and twitching tail. Her quarry advanced. A two-pronged horn on the stag's nose joined the crown of points on the head and it lowered the entire array, charging at Ratha. She launched herself at the deer, both front paws spread. She landed on her rear paws and bounced sideways as the multi

The art in her gallery is definitely more cheetah-like, and I will admit to being biased toward the raw power of lions over the grace of cheetahs. She has stated that she doesn’t mind alternate designs, so I figured I would at least explain why I saw it this way in my mind.

Female Named is too slim in the waist. That will be fixed when it is time to do individual and detailed character designs.

Facial proportions are all wonky. I did all the coloring by mouse, which is way harder than making the lines traditionally and scanning them. The main focus was establishing a unique profile and deciding on color, so it should look much nicer when I get to individual characters.

Apologies if anything is really off the mark. I haven’t made it past the first book yet.

Description
Originally I wasn’t going to make tutorials out of this, but since I tried to put more thought into it than I usually do for this kind of thing, and am trying out some new ideas, I figured I might as well see if it works for anyone else.

Step 1: Study nature. This is a plain coated cat, but that doesn’t mean it has to be one boring solid color.

The species I am focusing on is from a wonderful book I recently discovered, Ratha’s Creature, by Clare Bell. She has a dA account and the first chapter can be found here: Ratha's Creature, Ch1Ratha's Creature by Clare Bell Chapter One Ratha leaped over a fern thicket and dug her paws into the spongy ground as she dodged sharp horns. One prong sifted through her fur and she skittered away from the beast. She turned and stood her ground with hunched shoulders and twitching tail. Her quarry advanced. A two-pronged horn on the stag's nose joined the crown of points on the head and it lowered the entire array, charging at Ratha. She launched herself at the deer, both front paws spread. She landed on her rear paws and bounced sideways as the multi

The art in her gallery is definitely more cheetah-like, and I will admit to being biased toward the raw power of lions over the grace of cheetahs. She has stated that she doesn’t mind alternate designs, so I figured I would at least explain why I saw it this way in my mind.

Female Named is too slim in the waist. That will be fixed when it is time to do individual and detailed character designs.

Facial proportions are all wonky. I did all the coloring by mouse, which is way harder than making the lines traditionally and scanning them. The main focus was establishing a unique profile and deciding on color, so it should look much nicer when I get to individual characters.

Apologies if anything is really off the mark. I haven’t made it past the first book yet.