Sketchbook: Viivi's critters

[viivihal]

Heyo! Thought I'd share some of my art here ^^


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[tetramelly]

Is there some sort of process you go through to draw the fur and the feathers? It looks quite nice, I like that crow drawing you have in your gallery ; )

And I assume you don't really do anthros?

 

[viivihal]

Thank you! Crows are amazing creatures, I always mentally salute them if I see one

I'd never thought about my process before so it took some thinking, but it usually is more or less in this order: flat colors -> shadows -> highlights -> details. There is a lot of tutorials going around the internet, my approach isn't that special ^^'

My cup of tea indeed has generally been feral creatures, I've never actually even tried doing anthros. I'm still learning so I haven't even dared to venture in that direction yet, though I'm not opposed to doing them!

 

[viivihal]

Continuing with some creature design!
Anatomy reference

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Color exploration

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Horn styles

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[elle2]

Wow, love the shapes! I really like the horn styles you've explored too, sooo cool!

 

[viivihal]

Thank you so much, that is so kind to say <3

 

[boringisdull]

I love these!!! The fur and feathers look so nice and I very much enjoy the way you do the anatomy. It makes them seem like they might even be real!
(i also really like the small square altaria in the corner ;u

 

[viivihal]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you think that way, the designs having a sense of believability is what I'm going for!
Haha that altaria icon almost happened by itself, I supposed that's what happens when you try to do anything in the monster hunter way

 

[viivihal]

A little worldbuilding around Gordons and a colour palette study.

Potential tool/weapon

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Environment concept of a winter hut

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Found some cool animal portraits with great colour palettes and wanted to try it

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[Miles Marsalis]

I'm loving the subtle primate influences in your concept. Is there a backstory for these concepts?

 

[viivihal]

Thank you, I'm so happy that the design works! I'm working on a worldbuilding project with them, though it's a really slow process as I tend to overthink just about everything ^^' the basic plan is to create a believable-ish culture and environment where they live.

 

[viivihal]

Final story illustration for a mentorship I did in March! Gordons celebrating a successful winter hunt back at their hut.

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[viivihal]

This was a creature design for a prompt at Lightbox Expo back in September. I'm so happy how this turned out as I did it in a terrible rush ^^'


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[viivihal]

Dog portrait for a friend! This was my first pet portrait I suppose I'm doing something right as surprisingly several people this year have asked me if I do commissions and that makes me so happy


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[Remi furart]

Excellent work

 

[viivihal]

Excellent work

Thank you! That makes me so happy to hear ^^

 

[viivihal]

Some cute shark fellows for a cute and deadly prompt! I like the stripey one, is there one that you prefer?


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