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Luthrai — Huck and Shanti

Published: 2008-03-18 17:04:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 1820; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 10
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Description Just a (quick) charcoal piece of my cousins, Huck and Shanti, for my aunt and uncle.
Yes, I'm well aware that Huck is a golden retriever and Shanti is a Japanese chin. That doesn't stop them from being family, though. (That Shanti passed away a while back doesn't change his familial status, either, 'cuz he'll always be my cousin.)

Huck came out a lot darker than I originally intended, but I'm very pleased with a few bits. The crimped fur layered over his ear, for one. I spent a while looking at the photograph going, "Hunh... I have no idea how to do that.... Guess I'll just experiment." So I still have no idea how to draw crimpy fur... but I do know that it's not as hard as it looks.

No, there is no background, because then you wouldn't be able to pick out the dogs from it. ^-^

Download for fullsize view, though I'm not sure why you'd want to. Scanners eat charcoal for breakfast, I swear.

Original size is something like... 8 in. x 11 in. I cropped it a bit because it was just empty space or excess rug. Not terribly exciting, y'know?
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Comments: 27

alexandreigor [2014-12-17 14:41:52 +0000 UTC]

wow

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Saviroosje [2013-06-24 18:27:44 +0000 UTC]

so cute and so sweet! This is really sweet and so beautiful!

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AnastasiaMantihora [2011-09-10 12:56:34 +0000 UTC]

great!

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ChaoticArtCrazy [2011-06-17 01:26:32 +0000 UTC]

Awww...I love animals so this is really my type of drawing. So cute!

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nijunava [2011-06-17 01:20:16 +0000 UTC]

aww the golden retreiver reminds me of our dog natasha who passed away 3 years ago. this is a really nice peice of art :3

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Maarel [2011-06-16 01:17:31 +0000 UTC]

aww, it's wonderful work

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predator-fan [2011-01-31 21:57:46 +0000 UTC]

this is so cool i love the little dog curled up

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greenflameguy [2010-04-17 08:14:45 +0000 UTC]

i wonder why scanners never get along with charcoal.....
my dad doesnt let me scan charcoal.

anyways its beautiful.
by the way i love your dragons...

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Luthrai In reply to greenflameguy [2010-04-17 22:50:05 +0000 UTC]

I hate scanning charcoal, but I love working with it. If I ever find a scanner that doesn't hate charcoal, I'll be thrilled to the moon and back.
And thanks!

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greenflameguy In reply to Luthrai [2010-04-17 23:10:36 +0000 UTC]

yeah i like charcoal too
youre welcome

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Karnanyd [2008-03-28 01:09:07 +0000 UTC]

This looks beautiful, Luthrai. And I'm sure it looks even better in person, because charcoal and pencil are the mortal enemies of the scanner. As I know only too well...

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Bloodfeastislandman [2008-03-22 03:05:06 +0000 UTC]

Hey nice! I havent seen these guys in a long time

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Luthrai In reply to Bloodfeastislandman [2008-03-27 03:04:12 +0000 UTC]

Huck's acquired a few more lumps... Or rather, the lumps he's got have gotten a bit bigger. Still the same loveable golden, though.... albeit deaf. *sniffle* Poor old guy.

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AshTarts [2008-03-20 16:33:20 +0000 UTC]

awww

so detailed

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slyeagle [2008-03-20 07:57:38 +0000 UTC]

Goodness, your scanner really did eat that. Gah. This hardly does justice to the original. Oh, well.

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xsubearanhumanx [2008-03-18 23:43:49 +0000 UTC]

Bravo! This is a wonderful sketch!

I love how lifelike they are. Your narrative was so sweat. I agree, dogs..or any pet for that matter, become family.

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Luthrai In reply to xsubearanhumanx [2008-03-27 03:02:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.
Yep, pets have always been part of the family for me, though I don't think I started considering my aunt's dogs to be my cousins until I was 12 or so. I'm not usually much of one for labels, but I'm glad I did come up with it in this case, since it helped me understand my relationship with them better. ^-^

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ShimdraShaul [2008-03-18 23:41:45 +0000 UTC]

You have a really good eye for detail!

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Luthrai In reply to ShimdraShaul [2008-03-27 03:03:12 +0000 UTC]

Comes from being near-sighted.

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ShimdraShaul In reply to Luthrai [2008-03-27 23:17:44 +0000 UTC]

Does it?

Where's mine? ;_;

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RiaX3X [2008-03-18 21:33:45 +0000 UTC]

Really cute. The fur texture is wonderful, you work with charcoal very well.

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Luthrai In reply to RiaX3X [2008-03-24 14:09:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Of course, I spent an embarrassingly long time trying to figure out just how that whole "charcoal" thing is supposed to work again.

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lennan [2008-03-18 21:02:48 +0000 UTC]

Awww, they're very cute. Of course pets are family!

Scanners eat charcoal and coloured pencils for breakfast. I feel the pain. D=

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Luthrai In reply to lennan [2008-03-23 15:58:31 +0000 UTC]

I think they like to eat coloured pencils more, though. Even though I swear I can hear my scanner fastening on a bib and chortling whenever I break out a charcoal piece to scan. ...In fact, my scanner is partially the reason I don't really use coloured pencils anymore.
I suppose that's why Photoshop was invented.

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lennan In reply to Luthrai [2008-03-24 21:12:09 +0000 UTC]

Yeah it probably is the reason. But for some reason it won't stop me sometimes. I either have a perverse desire to colour something and see if I can foil the scanner, or just because sometimes I really need to colour in real media...

But that is also why I think photoshop gets snazzier with more real media effects, for all of us poor saps who want to make it look real! XD

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Luthrai In reply to lennan [2008-03-27 02:37:57 +0000 UTC]

I hear you.
My major problem with photoshop has always been with how hard it is to get texture into a piece. Probably always will be, too. I mean, yeah, I can throw a filter on, but that's just not enough for me most of the time. That's why I keep trying Corel every so often. But that has it's own load of quirks to deal with.
*sigh* Maybe I should just give in and try a later edition of photoshop (since I use 5.5, now). >^.-.^<

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lennan In reply to Luthrai [2008-03-27 17:25:47 +0000 UTC]

I've tried painter as well, and it really confuses the heck out of me and so I give up like the pansy that I am...but yeah, before I got the later edition of PS (I used to have 5.0) the only way I could simulate texture was by using a small brush and scribbling...but that takes way too much time...and requires making the image huge.

Although truthfully, even with the multiple brush types I still sort of do the scribblies.

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