Then create a New Layer on top, and Clipping Group it to the main color layer. If some parts remained gray, paint on them with the Pen. Then take the Bucket tool and fill the gray shape with orange. Lock the gray shape of our fox by choosing Preserve Opacity, and take the main color for our fox-in this case orange. Now we'll add color to this sad gray… Make him bright and happy. We need that to always stay inside the lines while painting. Our clean sketch is ready for coloring! Create a New Layer under this line-art layer, take the Pen, and fill our fox with solid gray color. Waffle, refining all the details, but don’t work too much on that-we need it only to apply colors in the right places, and in the results we’ll paint on these lines. I chose it because it makes the fox more interesting, as if he has something to hide.Īfter choosing the tail, delete all other variants and Merge Down Layer, and then turn its opacity to 20-30% and create a New Layer on top. In the end, I go with the tail that covers his legs. You can do that by creating a New layer for each variation and turning its visibility on and off for comparison. I also decided to experiment with the tail and drew four of them to see which one I liked the most. At this stage, be creative, and have fun with sketching. So, we can draw bigger ears and eyes, add more volume to the fur, and whatever else comes to your mind. But also, as we're drawing in cartoon style, we can make some considerations and draw some parts bigger or smaller. Now we can refine our sketch and add more details. Look at real foxes to get the feel of their body structure.Īfter you’ve finished with the main shapes, turn the opacity of the current layer to 20-30% and create a New Layer on top. For legs we just use lines-so we know where they’ll be placed on the drawing. We begin with overall shapes, for all its body parts using mostly round and smooth shapes, such as circles. Take a Sketch or Pen and start sketching out our fox. We need it that big, because we will work on small details and want our work to be comfortable. Create a New Canvas about 3200 x 2400 px.
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They are cute, red and furry-that’s all I want for now! My fox will have a name: Mr. You can look at pictures and photos to understand how animals look and what their body structure is like.Īs there is such a big choice of cute animals, I've decided to stop on foxes. Our first step is to make a sketch of our animal character. Make a Sketch of the Animal Character Step 1
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In this tutorial we will make a cute fox character, learn how to draw fur for animals, and create our own custom brush in Paint Tool SAI.