Too gorgeous, as always! I messed about with a similar idea -- one of my Savannah cats in Victorian smoking jacket. I've been practicing with my .03 & .05 but gave it up in favor of a straight-up portrait --- in graphite. There is no way I have anything close to the fluid control I love so much in your drawings,
@wolfenbear I too do frequent animal portraits! I have been using fineliners for about 36 years so I've had a lot of practice! I can't see tones very well in pencil! I only use a dark soft 4b to do the rough outlines, anything else I can't see properly. Using a black line is perfect for me. I've been doing the Pets in Portraits for about 15 years. You see companies putting pets in paintings now alot but I've been doing it for years!
The bold white initial letter is sitting on a blue pen and ink hand drawn illustration with a watercolour background.
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Dearly little man! That face! Another pet commission!
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Thought I would have a go at a competition! It has encouraged me to diversify within one image and think outside the box. I'll see how it goes!
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Drawn using 0.03 and 0.05 fineliners, this one is for a book cover so cannot reveal the finished image yet! I do love trees, they are so fascinating to draw.
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Evan (@Fugazi)
Love this!
Julia Hill (@JuliahillIllustrator)
@Fugazi thank you!
Shadow Wind (@shadwind)
looks like a well educated cat, and a great thinker too. Love his/her fur :-)
Julia Hill (@JuliahillIllustrator)
@shadwind ha ha! Thank you!
Carolanne Fisher (@wolfenbear)
Too gorgeous, as always! I messed about with a similar idea -- one of my Savannah cats in Victorian smoking jacket. I've been practicing with my .03 & .05 but gave it up in favor of a straight-up portrait --- in graphite. There is no way I have anything close to the fluid control I love so much in your drawings,
Julia Hill (@JuliahillIllustrator)
@wolfenbear I too do frequent animal portraits! I have been using fineliners for about 36 years so I've had a lot of practice! I can't see tones very well in pencil! I only use a dark soft 4b to do the rough outlines, anything else I can't see properly. Using a black line is perfect for me. I've been doing the Pets in Portraits for about 15 years. You see companies putting pets in paintings now alot but I've been doing it for years!