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Experimenting with toned paper, col erase pencil and white pencil and pen.

It was fun! Probably not my favorite way to draw as I struggled to get the definition I like and depending on the lighting is was kinda hard to see the pencil. Nice for quick drawings though.

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Hi!

Hope everyone had a great holiday and a Happy New Year!

I'm back home and I'm easing myself back into my usual art routine.

For the past while I've been feeling a bit disconnected from my work. I've not really felt satisfied with it and it doesn't really feel like "me" but then I'm not sure what "me" is. It's hard to put into words. Its not a big deal though, its not burnout or anything, I still want to draw. But I think I need to step back and think about the direction I want to go in, maybe spend some time doing studies of things I like, experiment, go back to traditional for a while.

I don't want this to come off as whiny cause I'm genuinely looking forward to these things! But my posting might be a bit irregular and I'll be closing commissions for a while.

Also, I got new pet rats! Four adorable boys! They are quite skittish at the moment, I only got them on Tuesday. So I'll be trying to get them used to me for a while. Maybe I'll draw them once I figure out names for them all!

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Last concept sketch before I try to decide on and finalize the guardian lion design. I like to think this a male version of the last sketch. Digital - Clip studio paint

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Still picking at this design, thinking a bit more about the fur this time.

Digital - Clip studio paint

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Digital sketch of a guardian lion for my fantasy felines thing. I thought my last idea was a little bland so I looked to the statues some more. I combined a little more of the dog-ish-ness and some primate looks and I like this a lot more. I'll be doing manticores and sphinx in this project as well so I think this fits more. Hopefully it still reads as feline

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Commissions Open, two slots available!

Info, prices and examples

Terms of service - read before ordering

Commission email - tashcrow.commissions@gmail.com

Hi! I'm opening two commission slots before I have a break for the holidays.

Let me know if you have any questions!

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Landscape and values practice. Cold press fabriano artistico paper and watercolour.

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Final design and illustration drawing for the varanid dragon commission. This will be painted in watercolour soon! It's based on arboreal monitor lizard species, blue, black and emerald tree monitors.

Digital - Clip Studio

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Got an exciting commission by an anonymous client to design a dragon based on varanids (the group including komodo dragons and monitor lizards.)

These are some concept sketches to explore the design.

The first one is based more on the arboreal species, the blue, black and emerald tree monitors. I'd imagine it gliding through thick forests looking for insects and perhaps small mammals. It has those little parietal eyes to sense sudden changes in light to give it an early warning of a bigger predator above it. With long claws to clamber up trees and I just had to include that long spiraling tail the tree monitors have!

The second is based on water monitors, with more aquatic adaptations. This one doesn't really have wings, it's based on those kind of wing/fin like structures on medieval dragon art combined with exaggerated skin folds. It also has webbed toes and more webbing on its tail.

The third is a big apex predator, largely based on komodo dragons but with a spiny tail inspired by ackie monitors, and some spines on his neck to complete the look. It has the typical dragon body plan with four legs and a pair of wings, though depending on how fantastical this project is I don't think it would be able to fly. Instead it might use them to aid in sunning and intimidating rivals.

Pencil with digital edits

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I used my earlier guardian lion sketch as an experiment to try some grey and black watercolours. It was pretty fun and I like the result but I wasted the original a bit with poster paint. The white paint I use to highlight and make corrections dried as a light blue grey when mixed or smudged into the watercolour. It stands out badly, so lesson learned about leaving this paint be. A quick fix by de-saturating it digitally but still annoying. I might try black and white painting again but with pencil, or just some inking at the end.

A5 arches hot press paper, schmincke watercolours and microns.

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Creature design sketch based on guardian lion sculptures for my fantasy feline project. Pencil with digital edits

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Creature design based off the cat sìth, also taking inspiration from the "The King of the Cats" folk tail, they have a "crown" of spikes on their heads. They can also manipulate regular house cats. Like this one being coerced into giving up its mouse.

Digital - Clip Studio

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Commissions Open, three slots available!

Info, prices and examples

Terms of service - read before ordering

Commission email - tashcrow.commissions@gmail.com

If you’ve been following my recent work, you’ll have noticed I’ve made the switch to clip studio paint and I’m no longer using photoshop, due to not wanting to support adobe products anymore. It was a little rough at the start but now I’m enjoying it! If you notice a slight change in my digital work, that’s why though.

For digital options I’m changing things a bit. I’ll be dropping digital sketches, it’s been tricky to get a consistent look for faster drawings (some look good, some look awful) especially now that I’ve changed programs. I think it’s better to just to spend a bit more time making them look nice, so I’m bringing back digital pencil commissions.

Digital vs Traditional

Digital is better if you’re looking for something more specific, really want to get a design figured out or your particular about your character’s details and colours.

Traditional options are harder for me to edit (though I do offer some digital adjustments.) So, if you aren’t too focused on the details and want a physical drawing or painting feel free to choose a traditional option.

Note that I’m not as confident drawing human characters traditionally and if your character has complex colours and markings, I’d recommend a digital option.

Thanks for reading, let me know if you have any questions!

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Still getting the hang of colouring on clip studio

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More creatures in clip studio

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Wip for the final illustration of the cat sith creature design. This'll be coloured and I might add some extra little drawings.

Also taking inspiration from the "The King of the Cats" folk tail, they have a "crown" of spikes on their heads. They can also manipulate regular house cats. Like this one being coerced into giving up its mouse.

Digital - Clip Studio

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Testing some clip studio brushes with my water warlock character and his undead tern familiar