Another commission, this one included design elements again! I got a reference but had to draw a slightly different form for them.
I made two versions because one of them was supposed to have insect-like eyes.
The sketch was pretty rough as always! I was mostly focused on figuring out how much neck fluff I wanted and if the leaves were growing from below them or were coming out of the fur.
Lineart worked out pretty well today, my hand felt steady enough and I didn't have to correct a lot of them. I was playing around with the eye and head sizes for a bit though.
Flat color! I like these colors, they are muted and earty while still popping due to their contrast.
And then of course shading. I'm getting better at shading fur but I can never quite settle on one shading style for it. I kinda just go with the flow and look how much detail in the fuir suits the character. HIghlight, colored lineart, done! I'm happy with the result.
If you want to see my whole drawing process, take a look at this Speed Drawing: