
Continuing the debut of Lila....
i'm posting this little group of old art pics (with new colours) in the order i drew them back in '03 - so in the early pics in the series i was still experimenting with her basic design while trying out a few different styles to draw her in. The last pictures in the series are fully inked and coloured in a style very much like what i think of as my main anthro style now.
Turning the kyoot up to 11. For the fourth pic i went back to the face style of the first pic with a more stylized body. Gradient mapped pencil from way back then with extra tones and colours added just now. (and, no, i have no idea if her body wrap boa is made of feathers or flowers or both - i try not to over-think this stuff...or maybe i fail to minimally-think it ? )
So any storybook "princess" (or "pauper") has to emerge from some hardship. Lila was born to her skunk mom as the result of a short romance with a wounded and dying avian soldier. Avians and mammals in the world can't interbreed - but a few months after he died Lila was born.
Her mother was shocked and astounded and relieved that her baby girl looked like a normal skunk....other than the white fur markings on her back that looked a little like wings ... and as months went by it became clear that Lila was growing wings.
Her mother feared that people would treat her little girl as a freak, and so moved to a remote small town. So Lila grew up alone with her mother, with wings too weak to support her, told to always hide and be silent whenever anyone came to the house ....
... a few years later she finds she can understand birdsong - and sing it !
And then the birds teach her how to fly.
So during this small series of pics from Nov '03 i did this :
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/38451238/
...and then , maybe same day or next day i did this rough ink in a different style to show her black wing patterns.
Just did the colours this afternoon/evening, but ran out of time (gots to up at 4 AM for essential service work - kinda sucks, but nothing new) - so very much a WIP still.
And....i still have four more Lila pics to debut, so, yeah, going a few days over "Skunktember" - cuz there is no way i'm pausing on the Lila pics (it's been seventeen years becoming inevitable). But i have some cool themes and plans for October. So, yeah -
Hijinx will ensue.
i'm posting this little group of old art pics (with new colours) in the order i drew them back in '03 - so in the early pics in the series i was still experimenting with her basic design while trying out a few different styles to draw her in. The last pictures in the series are fully inked and coloured in a style very much like what i think of as my main anthro style now.
Turning the kyoot up to 11. For the fourth pic i went back to the face style of the first pic with a more stylized body. Gradient mapped pencil from way back then with extra tones and colours added just now. (and, no, i have no idea if her body wrap boa is made of feathers or flowers or both - i try not to over-think this stuff...or maybe i fail to minimally-think it ? )
So any storybook "princess" (or "pauper") has to emerge from some hardship. Lila was born to her skunk mom as the result of a short romance with a wounded and dying avian soldier. Avians and mammals in the world can't interbreed - but a few months after he died Lila was born.
Her mother was shocked and astounded and relieved that her baby girl looked like a normal skunk....other than the white fur markings on her back that looked a little like wings ... and as months went by it became clear that Lila was growing wings.
Her mother feared that people would treat her little girl as a freak, and so moved to a remote small town. So Lila grew up alone with her mother, with wings too weak to support her, told to always hide and be silent whenever anyone came to the house ....
... a few years later she finds she can understand birdsong - and sing it !
And then the birds teach her how to fly.
So during this small series of pics from Nov '03 i did this :
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/38451238/
...and then , maybe same day or next day i did this rough ink in a different style to show her black wing patterns.
Just did the colours this afternoon/evening, but ran out of time (gots to up at 4 AM for essential service work - kinda sucks, but nothing new) - so very much a WIP still.
And....i still have four more Lila pics to debut, so, yeah, going a few days over "Skunktember" - cuz there is no way i'm pausing on the Lila pics (it's been seventeen years becoming inevitable). But i have some cool themes and plans for October. So, yeah -
Hijinx will ensue.
Category All / General Furry Art
Species Skunk
Size 905 x 1280px
File Size 613.1 kB
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Not only is this a magnificant art piece-but her back story is very endearing as well!!!!!!
She can understand birdsong,sing it and now fly high as well!!!!!
She is a wonderful character!!!!
I particularily like the fact that you use a limited palette while illustrating her-that makes her stand out even more in my eyes!!!!
Instant favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!
She can understand birdsong,sing it and now fly high as well!!!!!
She is a wonderful character!!!!
I particularily like the fact that you use a limited palette while illustrating her-that makes her stand out even more in my eyes!!!!
Instant favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lila's origin and back story go back a couple decades... was left as a side project for some years and then nearly forgotten for a few years while working on other projects ... but has evolved over time with the occasional sketch. This is a WIP - i hadn't finished painting her lower wings ... not sure if that will finish this pic or introduce a new colouring phase ! ?
Ahhhh nice!!!!
Sometimes an idea changes along with the character through the years-one never can tell just where they will end up after such a long time!
Wings can be very tricky things and it will be interesting to see what you decide to do with them.
Lila is a pretty cool gal and I am sure her final go to look will be quite something indeed!!!!
Sometimes an idea changes along with the character through the years-one never can tell just where they will end up after such a long time!
Wings can be very tricky things and it will be interesting to see what you decide to do with them.
Lila is a pretty cool gal and I am sure her final go to look will be quite something indeed!!!!
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