Albert the Muskrat WIP
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These are adorable...I love the direction you are going with the sheet of muskrats in overalls, but for some reason my favorite is the expression of the muskrat wearing the flat hat
.Personally, I agree with your daughter about muskrats. They are noble creatures in Algonquin creation myths, and peacefully coexist with beavers (in beaver lodges). Pretty cool animals.
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@Kim-Rosenlof said in Albert the Muskrat WIP:
@Oana I like your muskrat! Very cute!
Thank you!
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@RachelArmington Thank you!
I think the looped smile gives him more cheek. We saw muskrats by the river in Prague coming out of the water and approaching people like domesticated animals, they looked very cute, though larger than I expected so a bit intimidating -
So adorable, nuff said:)
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Very cute - love him especially in the bottom right pictures
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@Larue
@Rachel-Horne
Thank you! This helps -
So, still at doodling stage but I feel I am closer... I tried to incorporate my client's (daughter) observation (he should be hairy) and gave him a nautical look because he is an aquatical animal. I also think I will go with a long tail as muskrats have, the short one is not working and makes him look like a hamster.
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Iām still loosely sketching Albert trying to find the other posesā¦ not easy! Seems his main feature are the wiskers and itās tricky getting those in perspective!
I also notice I shrunk his head over timeā¦ Iāll try to get the head size from the previous drawing, looks more āmuskratā like thatā¦ well now he looks like a mouse..back to the drawing board
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His long tail is very expressive!
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@RachelArmington Thanks, I like it too over the short one! My problem is he seems to get less "Musk" and more "Rat" every time I redraw him
I'll try to go back some steps and look at some muskrat pictures again. Muskrats do look like large rats....
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Not much time left and I am still not sure how to render the final drawing, but at least I managed to finish the page composition and Iām done twitching Albertās shape and proportions! I like it, family likes itā¦ Iāll try not to stray far from this sketchy look but rhight now it just looks toooo sketchyā¦
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I love how loose he is...the lines add motion to the figure (as in the marvelous tail)!
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I agree with RachealArmington, the looseness of the drawings are great. Your handling reminds me of the wonderful art in the Disney Short Burrow. I don't think you need to render at all, just play with tones and clean the lines.
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@willicreate @RachelArmington Thank you! This coloring and finishing part is something I have less experience with, but this is the time to learn
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My submited character sheet! It was a great exercise and I am happy with the results. I feel it does not look too original but it is a feat for me to be able to put together an image like this, colors and all. My daughter watched closely the whole way and at one point she even took the stylus from me and demonstrated her idea of fur rendering, wich actually was very good and I used
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It's a sweet looking character. Nice rendering and storytelling. Easily works for animation.
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@willicreate Thank you! I actually have a kind of animated version of my subject in my head when I draw
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I have been watching the āCreative compositionā class so I am trying to go through the thumbnails process to get Albert a home! Iām posting some of the 10000 thumbnail sketches as a wip though they are not much to look at yetā¦ Actually I had started with too much detail, then I got to the discussion about thumbnails and realised it is a much better idea. Hope I make it in time.
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Moving on from thumbnails to a more decided composition sketch, with a bit of a shot at values. I think I will put Albert in the image, and for added fun, my daughter Eva
I'll be off on vacation before the end of the month, I hope I will be able to finish this...
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@Oana wow this is stunning! I was reading through the thread I agree with everyone-- I LOVE HOW EXPRESSIVE everything is! Your sketches of Albert, his finished design, the lighting now in his house design and the whole feel of this color study. there is an artist I really admire called Jo Rioux who draws in a very sketchy way but it still looks finished and so beautiful, here is a link to a video she did on her process--it is mostly traditional but i'm sure there is an application for the process in digital media also.
https://jorioux.com/faq/Blog: mamatheartist.blogspot.com
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