Recent content by OxfordTweed

Here's a quick video I did showing how I use pencils: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2vn_TVBw9c But like the person above me said, it's all a matter of personal technique.

A note on style that I want to point out as well is to avoid black and white colouring, because you can't properly shade and highlight them. Use undertones. His fur is sort of rust-coloured, so blue or violet undertones in the black would help them pop. Same with having yellowish undertones on...

If you're still doing these: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6204388 http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6213566/ http://www.furaffinity.net/user/oxfordtweed/

I'm in the process of trying to get a comic started, but I lack the attention span to do the whole thing. I've got characters designed, pages written, plot in progress, but actually drawing the thing is where I get stuck. And then I had an idea, and after a few days of thought, I've decided to...

REDLINE: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6208675/ First, it looks funky because of where the image cuts off. Generally, you want to avoid cutting off around the knees and elbows. For one, it leads the eye off in odd directions, and two, it makes the drawing seem unfinished. You're working...

Seconding what's said above, you certainly can change up more than just the muzzle or ears. Depending on how human you want your character to look, you can even change up width, how the eyes are set, how gaunt or round the face is, et cetera. There's also the oft-overlooked factor of age. Most...

I'm actually going to disagree with Arshes slightly, on the topic of colour. It's very green. Working on one colour palette is not necessarily a bad thing -- I do it frequently -- but the green seems to be all hovering around the same value. The desaturation of the background trees is good. It...

That Simblet book is amazing, and I like seeing that other people are using it. The one thing I notice about the nude is that the angles are very harsh, especially in her hips. Something about her shoulders, particularly the right, seem vaguely disconnected as well. I think it comes down to the...

The chute still seems a bit off because the perspective doesn't really line up. It looks like she's going off in one direction whilst the shaft is facing a different one. I'm also not quite fond of the inverted saw blade effect you have going round the edges. I'm not quite sure what it's trying...

I'll take one. Let me get some references together. :D

What? WHAT? WHAT!? You have GOT to be trolling. Seriously. You can't work out how to do a sketch layer in Photoshop? Sketch brushes? As long as you use a different layer to ink, you can use whatever tool and colour you want to sketch.

I'm not sure that the colouring style really supports the lack of outlines. It makes everything, her head especially, seem disconnected. I'm also not a fan of how shaggy she is, especially on her arms and legs. Even though nature doesn't care for an animal's gender, our minds do. That level of...

To start, that is amazingly cute. Cherish this, because it doesn't get said often on this board, but I really like this style. There are a few things I can see that could use a bit of work, but they're all fairly minor. Her hands stood out first. There's not a whole lot of internal structure to...

Points addressed: Got rid of the portrait orientation for the purposes of having a larger area to work with. Ideally, that's what I'd like to keep, but I'm not sure how to make it work. I definitely do not like the square. Adjusted Holmes' arms and added the missing cricket bat. I'm still not...

Yeah, and? I used a Pensketch for a few years, before I finally had to replace it because the company went under and you can't get the nibs for it any more. Wacom really only matters if you're doing higher detailed stuff. What you're doing, basic cell shading with sketchy lines, could be done...