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I remember a drawing I saw years ago of an anthro avian landing (it was probably on the Yerf website) which struck me for how perfectly it conveyed the lightness of the character and the gesture of landing. I think it was that drawing which made me fully realize how important gesture study is, it was clearly the work of a pro artist who had worked on that a lot. I have plenty to learn about that still but here’s my best attempt at a landing winged character so far.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Fantasy
Species Horse
Size 766 x 1024px
File Size 581.1 kB
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I think the name of the old kids book was maybe fluttershy I can barely remember the name and series. I feel old, it was one of the purple seacreature published books with a horse and I think a bee mix? Anyways this reminded me of that book when I was very little and focusing on how the artist made a cute tubby pony look light as a bee with the implied motion.
When I finally got through my submission pile and saw this I was just thinking how light this looks and how even though its nothing alike it reminded me of that moment pre artist observing "lightness" mixed with heaviness. Also how nice the less is more it is as someone guilty of over rendering haha.
When I finally got through my submission pile and saw this I was just thinking how light this looks and how even though its nothing alike it reminded me of that moment pre artist observing "lightness" mixed with heaviness. Also how nice the less is more it is as someone guilty of over rendering haha.
Thank you! Maybe I could have rendered a bit more her muzzle though. X-D
That hybrid character you mention reminds me of the "Wuzzles" cartoon characters created by Disney in the 1980s, but they were not particularly accurate anatomy-wise and motion-wise as far as I remember. I see what you mean though, I loved illustrated books as a kid! Some have had a lasting influence on my art, especially the British "Story Teller" series published by Marshall-Cavendish.
That hybrid character you mention reminds me of the "Wuzzles" cartoon characters created by Disney in the 1980s, but they were not particularly accurate anatomy-wise and motion-wise as far as I remember. I see what you mean though, I loved illustrated books as a kid! Some have had a lasting influence on my art, especially the British "Story Teller" series published by Marshall-Cavendish.
I remember the Wuzzles, I am always talking to people about the strange yet creative characters from my childhood compared to the sort of boring in design childrens stuff now (while more pc and thoughtful, the creativity is pretty bland in mass market)
For me my biggest influence were Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone, when it comes to childrens work. Most of my books were fairy tales once it was noticed I was a gobble reader, but the style from that influenced me and you can see it when I draw clothing. Its still a someday goal to make work that gorgeous and less line dependent. Its very hard to put the pen down haha.
For me my biggest influence were Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone, when it comes to childrens work. Most of my books were fairy tales once it was noticed I was a gobble reader, but the style from that influenced me and you can see it when I draw clothing. Its still a someday goal to make work that gorgeous and less line dependent. Its very hard to put the pen down haha.
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