ArtSpots Forum Topic - Karu's Sketchadoodles

Feather Dancer

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:32:12 -0000

Glee FINALLY fixed this which has been driving me nuts for years. This is much closer to the original I could see on my old monitor (Which sucked badly). I still suck at lighting but it's much MUCH less mangled :3 This is the original And this is the fixed

Feather Dancer

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:26:45 -0000

Something I'm noodling with though currently has the anatomy of a dead rat not to mention only loosely looks like NightShade. Then again she's not a Wyvern type so that might be why. Oh I'll be butchering this un for days :D Why did I have to design two Gryphon types with humanoid anatomy, mean honestly. Updated with a fix though still fairly bad.

Feather Dancer

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:12:43 -0000

Burger Burd seems to be rather popular ever since Captain asked me to anthroise one... I keep getting asked to draw one aha.

Celty

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:07:27 -0000

Really nice sketches. That MonsterBurger is especially awesome.

Feather Dancer

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:27:03 -0000

Some er sketches and doodles from Sketcher. Several spliced onto one page and of course removed ones I didn't do. We had fun getting the ones from yesterday as saving kept making Firefox freeze... ANYWAY. Solris the Nightmare Barrow on the right was such a pain in the ass. [/edit] Holy thats awesome. Had to shut down the computer before this finished uploading yet when I hit post reply the text was kept :D

Feather Dancer

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:29:13 -0000

Giant sketchdump, not posting on AS as I'd rather kill DA's bandwith :) I wouldn't click download though if your connection is a bit iffy as it's ooge. Some of the sketches/doodles are old, some were posted on here some have never seen the light of day. Either way I wanted to try soemthing and it was like a puzzle slotting them all together. http://feather-dancer.deviantart.com/art/Giant-Sketch-Dump-97666370

KoOkY!

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:40:38 -0000

I really should try that myself, thanks!! I've not sketched in about a week. *cries*

Feather Dancer

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:16:50 -0000

An older and rather round Anu male. Must be during the summer as his wool is shorter.

Feather Dancer

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:53:06 -0000

Making a complete mess everywhere is what I'm best at, I'm AWFUL at tidying up after myself though :) I was told once though, stop being so picky with sketches. The anatomy may not be perfect, it might be nowhere near what you originally intended but concentrate on just doing it and see how it goes rather than let your perfectionist take over which in turn makes you faff over the slightest detail. It did work, nobody had actually said that to me before and that was a reply to a crit on soembody's dragon. Been making a mess ever since.

KoOkY!

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:40:48 -0000

Ugh, one of these days I hope to be able to do sketches with as loose and flowing a feel as you do yours. :)

Feather Dancer

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:35:32 -0000

Silly sketch, I never seem to doodle the Notalope in the same style twice oddly enough. Wanted to expierment a bit to make his ears look more rabbity as well though personally I prefer them stiffer...

Feather Dancer

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:11:11 -0000

And so he is :) Thank you, wouldn't believe how hard it is to find a good shot of a non amercian "kestrel", only one I had of my own photos was female annoyingly.

Vizon

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:51:03 -0000

Feather Dancer said: The other half. Probably gonna splice another avatar from this :D

Nice sketch! Great feathers. It'll make a sweet icon.

Feather Dancer

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:36:17 -0000

The other half. Probably gonna splice another avatar from this :D

Feather Dancer

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:23:08 -0000

Done ealier despite the tablet going crazy (It was kinda like a seizure if I'm perfectly honest), this is for a ref sheet I'm working on hence a simple pose and heavily based bar squiggling on a Jackdaw. Lovely birds, we get them in the garden. Gonna do a European Kestrel male tomorrow (My favourite bird) so hopefully it'll go well enough and I'll post that too.

Feather Dancer

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:17:41 -0000

Annnnd also, the latest set of pages from my doodle pad http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs32/f/2008/194/8/0/Sketches_and_Doodles__Mark_6_by_Feather_Dancer.png Got this as well as it's a very fun little excerise. Basically it's thinking of a critter like say in my case, a rabbit, and drawing one completely without reference to see how much your memory is retaining about that particular critter. Things like distinctive features, bone structure if you feel brave, body shapes etc. Then of course comparing it to the real deal and seeing how accurate you are, what areas you're going waaaaay wonky and such. I tend to do mine very loose as I have this awful tendency to start going crazy with detail, hence I spend a couple of minutes max. It's good fun though, given how terrible I am at rabbit ears (Shown in the Notalope's ears frequently mistaken for orns) they ain't too bad. To my credit it's a very stylised but it does remotely look rabbit like just not as much as it should. Maybe a bit of hare in there? http://karu-dragon.artspots.com/image/19795/rabbit-test

Feather Dancer

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:20:35 -0000

A few years back while reading Qwan (Good series, based in ancient China) and this freaking awesome wolf turned up. At the time it was laying down, had no eyes and had a snake's tail. Due to the laying downness, I assumed he had no back legs which was ruined on the next page but it stuck with me as such a cool idea as a naga thing. I've got enough wolf things so why not a cat I thought? Started with the top right, then the left then bottom right as a sorda feel for the idea. The first of course was no ref and just noodling with the idea but I like her already. The Jaguarundi is a beautiful cat, very otter and rounded in face and a long tail. I love the red variation most mind. She's not yet been named.

Feather Dancer

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:51 -0000

From last night, can blame Captain Q for the suggestion. About ten minutes? Pretty quick for me but I admit a lot of that was fiddling with the face.

Feather Dancer

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:14:46 -0000

It's my DA name which I've had for yeeeears now, I did a poll and people thought it was more memorable (And to me, less boring) albeit named about a male Pegsi but there you go. Logic! I have to wait till they come in here though which is some evenings to look out the bay window or they want to cool off. Photographing them is so much eaiser in this regard. I'll have to start working to get them looking more like the correspondanding cat though, not markings wise as they're both tabby but at least build and insane amount of fluff... Hell could attempt Spotty one of our fish if he felt co-operative and came out his log for a change. He hates being seen after all. Life drawing with animals is 90% chasing them down and getting them to stay put for more than 2 seconds, the other 10% is actually doing it :D Still tis good fun. Thankies,

KoOkY!

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:01:21 -0000

Awesome! Animal life drawing must help a whole lot. At least you have cats though that sleep/stay still half the time, I have a hyper two-year old shepherd mix. o.O And Feather Dancer now are we? :)