> Darren-
> I changes my style in 2000 because I felt I had reached a plateau
> with the older style. The artwork was becoming work, and I no longer
> enjoyed drawing it. I revamped my style, spending more time on
> details such as muscle tone, fur texture, and anatomical accuracies.
Heh, and the world of your fans thanks you.....
> I changed the characters' extremities as well, since I never liked
> the idea of feet with footpads but hands curiously devoid of them.
> Plus, if a character had all-fur palms and fingertips, how would they
> pick something up and grip it? It'd be quite frustrating!
That's a good point... *nods* Maybe I should keep that in mind for my own
work....
> I also finally changed the characters' hands to a mixture of hand
> and paw. I used to vary the amount of knuckles on a characters'
> fingers from 3 (like us) to 2, with no consistency. I preferred the
> 2-knuckle version, as the curved claw could, in a sense, act as the
> third digit. Plus, it looked a little more animalistic, more real.
> I try to avoid drawing characters who look like little people in
> costumes or who have amazingly smooth fur.
I noticed that in Ups and Downs... well, at least, that Des had short fingers.
Looked cute. (What a surprise).
But if the anthro doesn't have prominent claws, what then? Or do all your
anthros have prominent claws anyway? I know the Girls do. (Which makes
Lori seem even more frightening, and can even give an edge, no pun intended,
to the other two).
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An example of this
> technique can be seen in the "Cervix with a Smile" picture. If you
> notice, the only part of that picture that is inked is her thighs,
> crotch and the speculum. Why? Because that's what the viewer was
> focusing on at that particular moment in time. This same technique
> is visible in almost all my folios since 2000.
Hey, I noticed that... just didn't realise it was an inking thing. I just thought
you'd blurred the background slightly to give the
> Whew! Hope that explains it a bit!
Yup! Some good stuff there, good reasons...
Jace Draccus
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Received on Wed Oct 03 2001 - 01:36:28 CDT