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Here’s one of the innumerable head sketches/drawings that I do. I used about five minutes of PSing to clean this up and add just a spot of shading.
The drawing itself was just to experiment with the components of a certain expression that I want to use in an up-coming drawing/picture. I drew a couple of this fellow’s features and then bit by bit –he- took control over my drawing until I had his portrait done. Probably explains that smirk on his face.
And some people actually think that artists are the ones who determining what they draw. HA!
The drawing itself was just to experiment with the components of a certain expression that I want to use in an up-coming drawing/picture. I drew a couple of this fellow’s features and then bit by bit –he- took control over my drawing until I had his portrait done. Probably explains that smirk on his face.
And some people actually think that artists are the ones who determining what they draw. HA!
Category All / General Furry Art
Species Lion
Size 458 x 600px
File Size 84.1 kB
Thank you, Nabuza. :)
But I honestly think anyone can draw (that sounds like an art correspondance course commercial). All it takes is a lot of work, tons of practice and the urge to want to draw. Actually I think drawing is a habit or an addiction one develops. Don't be afraid to try drawing, Nabuza. At first your efforts may not be as good as say Blotch's, but with practice and more practice you can't but help get better at it. :)
But I honestly think anyone can draw (that sounds like an art correspondance course commercial). All it takes is a lot of work, tons of practice and the urge to want to draw. Actually I think drawing is a habit or an addiction one develops. Don't be afraid to try drawing, Nabuza. At first your efforts may not be as good as say Blotch's, but with practice and more practice you can't but help get better at it. :)
Ah, now see? It's that "kinda hman but mostly lion like somehow" is where I've hidden the "magic" of this anthro drawing. :)
All anthro drawings are a blend of animal and human. Too much towards the animal and it rapidly becomes much more difficult showing recognizable human expressions. For instance, for an anthro to grin is to bare his fangs. A mouthful of exposed sharp pointy fangs is something most viewers interpret as a show of ferocity. An anthro drawing that goes the other way, towards the smooth human face structure and the drawing comes out looking like a man going to a party with a cheap animal make-up job *pretending* to look like an animal. :)
All anthro drawings are a blend of animal and human. Too much towards the animal and it rapidly becomes much more difficult showing recognizable human expressions. For instance, for an anthro to grin is to bare his fangs. A mouthful of exposed sharp pointy fangs is something most viewers interpret as a show of ferocity. An anthro drawing that goes the other way, towards the smooth human face structure and the drawing comes out looking like a man going to a party with a cheap animal make-up job *pretending* to look like an animal. :)
No, you would lose that bet, Kumbartha. It was all done from my imagination to see what I had to do in order to get a convincing "smirk" expression. I suppose that I have been drawing anthro lions for so long now that the proper combination of human and lion features comes to me as second nature when I am drawing.
Nice drawing there, Lionus. I was going to ask you if this was a "self portrait" of your furry personna, but then I read the comments. Guess that answered my question right there! :-D
"And some people actually think that artists are the ones who determining what they draw. HA!"
As a (very infrequent) writer, I whole-heartedly agree with your observation. We give life to our characters, but many times, they are not of us. Sometimes, when I've tried to control what unfolds in a story of mine, it felt as though there was a voice in my head saying, "Nonono, you've got it wrong...THIS is what happens..."
Maybe that's why I haven't written anything in a long time...who knows?
"And some people actually think that artists are the ones who determining what they draw. HA!"
As a (very infrequent) writer, I whole-heartedly agree with your observation. We give life to our characters, but many times, they are not of us. Sometimes, when I've tried to control what unfolds in a story of mine, it felt as though there was a voice in my head saying, "Nonono, you've got it wrong...THIS is what happens..."
Maybe that's why I haven't written anything in a long time...who knows?
*pauses to think for a moment and then says*
It seems as though, when a writer or an artist creates a character they are creating a form of mental form "artificial intelligence". We add enough to the character, his/her quirks, his passions, and his values, until the point at which he sort of gets up off of the table all on his own and the writer or artist merely becomes a "spectator" to what their creation wants to do on its own.
As for not writing anything in a long while, well maybe no problem or odd twist of Fate has drawn you literary interest to it. Like a cat, inspiration tends to come when IT wants to, not when we want it to.
:)
It seems as though, when a writer or an artist creates a character they are creating a form of mental form "artificial intelligence". We add enough to the character, his/her quirks, his passions, and his values, until the point at which he sort of gets up off of the table all on his own and the writer or artist merely becomes a "spectator" to what their creation wants to do on its own.
As for not writing anything in a long while, well maybe no problem or odd twist of Fate has drawn you literary interest to it. Like a cat, inspiration tends to come when IT wants to, not when we want it to.
:)
Thank you, AJ. True anthropomorphic art is a bit of a challenge. Representing both the human and the animal in a blend of features that does not go too far in either direction. A bit like the wish for a new friend. Someone who is like us enough to male us feel comfortable in their company, but at the same time is strangely different because of their being part of a different world that we can only guess at and be endlessly amazed at everything they share of it with us.
Thanks, Firestorm.
Giving our anthropomorphic friends we draw human characteristics gives us enough to recognize their expressions by, but blending those expressions with animal features at the same time gives them a foreign and hopefully interesting cast.
It is one of the reasons I think Furry Art is so interesting. In it we recognize bits of ourselves. We see these furry strangers doing and perhaps being what we wish we could do or be.
Your "Lionus art collection"? Oh my head is swelling now! :D
*hugs*
Giving our anthropomorphic friends we draw human characteristics gives us enough to recognize their expressions by, but blending those expressions with animal features at the same time gives them a foreign and hopefully interesting cast.
It is one of the reasons I think Furry Art is so interesting. In it we recognize bits of ourselves. We see these furry strangers doing and perhaps being what we wish we could do or be.
Your "Lionus art collection"? Oh my head is swelling now! :D
*hugs*
Getting that blend of human and lion in the right proportions is the trick. What to put in and what to leave out of either makes drawing a "portrait" such as this a rewarding effort -- when it comes out right. I'm very pleased to know that you feel as though I've succeeded this time. :) Thank you, Cooki.
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