I ran into some difficulty with my badges tonight. When drawing an animal with dark fur how do u make the details stand out? I think I did ok but was hoping someone out there had some advice.

I’m using my friends fursonas to practice my badge making. Here are two of them.

I find myself wishing I was putting pencil to pad all the time. I draw on my breaks, during my lunch, when I get home before my honey.

I decided I’m going to start taking commissions soon but I have to spend some time setting that up.

We all know the saying. It’s mostly right. Which means sitting down with your art everyday. Most of the week I work in colored pencils but once a week I work on the iPad to throw my hat into the derby. Shirt.woot.com has a contest every week for T-shirt designs. It gives me a goal, a time frame, and a topic of someone else’s choosing.

Shirt.woot.com/derby/entry/77336/the-foley-of-time-travel

Shirt.woot.com/derby/entry/7738/your-own-grandpa

Not always my best work but always good practice.

I used to really hate leaving a negative space to show light reflections on my pencil art. The white color pencil exists but, let’s face it, it won’t color over another color. Then I watched some videos of people drawing in 3d and noticed that they were using paint pens. I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of it but now my art has left the flat behind. It’s still a long way from 3d but it’s come a long way.