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Timon's got no worries, and he doesn't think you should have any either - whatever it is you wanna do...
(Alternative version with a hint of musk also available - click here)
Well it's official - the new colouring method I'm using is working a treat in helping me pick up my pace. I was uploading the scan of this picture at 10:15pm last night, and by 2:10am, I had completed the image you see before you. Yes, so smoothly was it going that I couldn't stop until I'd finished it, so I stayed up till the wee hours. (There's one good thing about being unemployed...!) Indeed, much like 'Fantasy In Red', the turnaround of the whole piece was again very swift by my standards.
Timon is one of those characters that most would probably blush to admit having a fancy for, but he is still pretty awesome. It's been a long time since I'd really thought about him though - heck, I've mentioned before that I've only seen The Lion King maybe once or twice in my entire life, and that would probably have been about 15 years ago. It's safe to say therefore that
stripy is the one to blame for putting a curiosity for Timon back in my head in recent weeks...
I'd never actually tried drawing Timon before so I sat down and sketched him for the first time on Thursday morning. A few more experimental sketches later and eventually I came up with this pose - nothing special, but I wanted to keep it fairly simple with a character I'm not yet familiar with. As I say, the turnaround was again refreshingly quick; having never drawn the character at 10am Thursday, I'd completed the linework for this drawing by 10pm and it was fully coloured four hours later. Why can't it always be that simple?!
Timon seems to be one of the numerous characters I've come across whose features tend to vary depending on where you source your reference images from. His colouring, his marks, the shape of his arms and the soles of his feet all seem to be interpreted in numerous ways based on what I used to create this picture, so as with previous instances, I've simply gone with my own combination of the available options. I tried to stay reasonably faithful to the original style though, so I've kept everything fairly simple.
Being another quickie by my standards, this one is by no means perfect - I borked the perspective a bit so the torso is a little wonky and one foot actually looks bigger than the other, the face didn't come out quite as I'd hoped once I applied colour to it, and his hands should probably be at least partially visible if I'm honest. Still, I enjoyed making this one. It was another one of those rare occasions where I didn't get pissed off with the picture; something which will hopefully become a more common occurence if recent examples are anything to go by.
Enough talk from me anyway. Thanks to Stripy for the inspiration and to
xss once again for a tip which is saving me ridiculous amounts of time and effort! Cheers, guys!
RRRex
Timon's got no worries, and he doesn't think you should have any either - whatever it is you wanna do...
(Alternative version with a hint of musk also available - click here)
Well it's official - the new colouring method I'm using is working a treat in helping me pick up my pace. I was uploading the scan of this picture at 10:15pm last night, and by 2:10am, I had completed the image you see before you. Yes, so smoothly was it going that I couldn't stop until I'd finished it, so I stayed up till the wee hours. (There's one good thing about being unemployed...!) Indeed, much like 'Fantasy In Red', the turnaround of the whole piece was again very swift by my standards.
Timon is one of those characters that most would probably blush to admit having a fancy for, but he is still pretty awesome. It's been a long time since I'd really thought about him though - heck, I've mentioned before that I've only seen The Lion King maybe once or twice in my entire life, and that would probably have been about 15 years ago. It's safe to say therefore that
stripy is the one to blame for putting a curiosity for Timon back in my head in recent weeks...I'd never actually tried drawing Timon before so I sat down and sketched him for the first time on Thursday morning. A few more experimental sketches later and eventually I came up with this pose - nothing special, but I wanted to keep it fairly simple with a character I'm not yet familiar with. As I say, the turnaround was again refreshingly quick; having never drawn the character at 10am Thursday, I'd completed the linework for this drawing by 10pm and it was fully coloured four hours later. Why can't it always be that simple?!
Timon seems to be one of the numerous characters I've come across whose features tend to vary depending on where you source your reference images from. His colouring, his marks, the shape of his arms and the soles of his feet all seem to be interpreted in numerous ways based on what I used to create this picture, so as with previous instances, I've simply gone with my own combination of the available options. I tried to stay reasonably faithful to the original style though, so I've kept everything fairly simple.
Being another quickie by my standards, this one is by no means perfect - I borked the perspective a bit so the torso is a little wonky and one foot actually looks bigger than the other, the face didn't come out quite as I'd hoped once I applied colour to it, and his hands should probably be at least partially visible if I'm honest. Still, I enjoyed making this one. It was another one of those rare occasions where I didn't get pissed off with the picture; something which will hopefully become a more common occurence if recent examples are anything to go by.
Enough talk from me anyway. Thanks to Stripy for the inspiration and to
xss once again for a tip which is saving me ridiculous amounts of time and effort! Cheers, guys!RRRex
Category All / Paw
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Size 847 x 1080px
File Size 393.2 kB
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Ahh, he was always attractive. He just needs to be drawn doing the right things.
Thanks very much! The colouring technique in question is not so much an influence on my colouring style - that hasn't really changed - but it has helped me to speed up by removing certain redundancies in my old method.
Essentially it is simply building up the tone by applying soft brushes (or in my case spray brushes) onto layers above the main image. I'd previously been using colour replacement or cell-shading the picture and blending the colours together; both of which were causing me to take longer than I really needed to.
Thanks very much! The colouring technique in question is not so much an influence on my colouring style - that hasn't really changed - but it has helped me to speed up by removing certain redundancies in my old method.
Essentially it is simply building up the tone by applying soft brushes (or in my case spray brushes) onto layers above the main image. I'd previously been using colour replacement or cell-shading the picture and blending the colours together; both of which were causing me to take longer than I really needed to.
Ah! Well thank you very much for the input! I really appreciate how nice you are and how you take the time to respond to comments. You have no idea how snobbish, wise-ass, or flat out rude some artists have been to me when I ask them a simple question when I'm trying to compliment them on their artwork >.< So thank you very much for being mature about it, and taking the time to respond. It means a lot to me :).
That's always another option! Nothing wrong with same-sizing it!
As a friend of mine once said, "it all depends on the right scale".
(Nods towards
zed )
As a friend of mine once said, "it all depends on the right scale".
(Nods towards
zed ) 
Heh - well it's as I said in the description, there seems to be quite a variety in how Timon is drawn, including the soles - the design I used was that which I found on numberous official images - Example 1, Example 2. But as you say, it does vary.
In any case, judging by your avatar, I gather you enjoyed this - so thanks very much!
In any case, judging by your avatar, I gather you enjoyed this - so thanks very much!
Hee hee how interesting. It's very rare that I see Timon paw art. I think Teaselbone has done one too. X3 I really like the angle you pulled off in this pic, as it makes his feet look more plump and bigger than usual. :P Furthermore, nice job on the lighting and shading! A sense of depth is added with it, especially on the paws. ;3 Keep up the good work!
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