SO
MUCH
FLUFF

jfc this, my dear, is hella awesome!

I like how the expression fits the color scheme :D

Great work!

This is really cool! love that fluff! :D

I really enjoy the visual texture in this one, especially in the nose area. I, personally, still struggle with being able to let my strokes go free like you did here. This piece is a great example of what I'd like to aspire to.

Thank you! I find really limiting yourself on time (I honestly would have preferred closer to 30 min on this, but hey I was tired...that's my excuse...shhhh) help in pretty much forcing you to make the most of each stroke. When you don't have the luxury of time you have to just let certain things go or you'll never finish by the deadline. The main thing is making sure each stroke counts and really adds to the piece, doing as many things as possible (the shade/color, angle, curve, texture etc all jammed into one stroke as much as possible) with that one motion.

this is AMAZING!!

I'm loving these quick portrait sketches.

Thank you! I'm glad to hear they're enjoyable for others to look at.

May I ask what brushes you use for these? The blending on his face looks pretty interesting.

This was mostly done on a single layer using the brush tool in Sai. I generally had it set pretty hard (in terms of the 4 little squares that decide edge hardness), and mostly used the "circular" and "fine-flat" shape options, since I like the sort of paintbrush look/feel they have. I hit it at the end with a bit of airbrushing to darken/lighten some areas a bit more.

great practise o.o wow.
Is it possible to ask you for advice?

Thank you, and sure, though the more specific your question the more likely I'll be able to give you a satisfying answer : )

wow, this is marvelous!

Very pretty, well done. :)

Beautiful shading :3

I want to commission one!!!

We say Luny, the mascot of my friend Lunewen <3