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Tied Up Cheetah Girl
So, bit of back story on what I've been doing lately. After getting a sketch ready, soaked and stretched and good to go, I start by inking it. First the outline, and then I ink in the fur texture. Once that's done, I paint in a 'shadow layer', that basically deals with the form and tone so I don't have to think about it so much when I'm painting the colours. Once the shadows are down I do said colours and then I'm pretty much done.
The thing about my 'shadow layer' is that it isn't black or grey, it's actually purple. I've found that purple works quite well to darken most colours and add a nice effect without deadening them like grey has a tendency to do. However, there was one colour I wasn't entirely sure about- yellow. As you may know, purple and yellow are complimentary colours. That is, they're on opposite sides of the colour wheel, and mix to make a colour we artists officially call "blargh".
I know that purple is great for shading yellow, but I wasn't sure how it would look having yellow painted directly on top of purple so that they're effectively mixing together. That's why I decided to paint a cheetah lady this time around, to test out some yellow fur. I also wanted to try putting markings down underneath the fur colour as opposed to on top of it. Not quite sure how well that worked, but it does have a sort of comic effect that I like a bit. Maybe, maybe...
As for the colours...turns out it works just fine. So excellent! About the only colour left I'm not sure about is purple itself. I'll have to give that a go next and see how it turns out. Any purple female characters out there willing to let me use 'em? No promises, but I might take advantage of your body for my personal gain. Just sayin'. >.>
As for this particular picture, I should have done the fur texture a bit thicker in some parts, but overall is not too bad I think. What do you think? Keep in mind that the actual drawing was done rather quickly so I had something to slap colours on, so expect some anatomy flaws. Otherwise I would like to hear your thoughts!
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