Title referring to: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14620176/ (which also features the same little fox, but with an update on the markings; you don't see him often, but I draw him 2-3 times per week in various poses and situations. Him, along with a pine marten I began sketching 3 weeks ago on page corners, are my models when I try new poses/concepts/complicated compositions)

Just a quickie to relax; sketched it last weekend when my boyfriend was over, completed it with a total time under 3h. Not perfect in any way, just a little foxy I wanted to draw. Also new inking technique; just need to refine it so it looks more flat and we don't see where I used each black marker (Used a Shin-Han brush, a Prismacolor brush and a Prismacolor 08 marker to do it). Coloured with Shin-Han markers on Canson Sketch Paper.

As much as people will say that Sketch Paper does not work for markers... it does. Not in the way you'd expect on say, Canson's illustration paper (Which I use for commission work, by the way), but if you plan ahead with the slight bleeding these markers tend to have on this semi-absorbant paper, then you can make nice stuff like this. I just don't like the slick marker paper that some people use, because sketching on it is a nightmare; instead I prefer a control over my sketch lines and a bit of a challenge when it comes to details in the colouring process.

Little parenthesis on paper aside, this inking technique was inspired by many artists, especially DemoWeasel's work (The same artist who did my awesome icon, by the way). I must say that breaking off my thin, almost invisible lines was a bit stressful at first (the sketch was adorable and I feared I'd mess it up good), as I went along and let my mind go wild and my hand decide on the thickness of the lines (Thick on the outer lines, medium on features, thin on markings), it became obvious that it was a better way to do it.

If I can suggest anything, try new techniques, try new stuff. You might be surprised!

Char & Artwork - Mine.

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