Name this layer Colors and lock its transparency. Step 5Ĭreate a New Layer and use the Flood Fill Tool to fill the selection with 50% gray. Take the Magic Wand Tool (W) and click the space outside of the outline. Fluffy creatures seem bigger than they really are-try to draw this real outline rather than the seeming one. Take the Inking Pen and draw the outline of the animal using a bright, neon color. Step 3Ĭreate a new layer over the line art. This will help us see all the shades of both light and dark colored fur. Switch the background color to medium grey. When you’re done, lower the Opacity of the layer to make it visible, yet non distracting. If you want, you can use mine for this exercise, or simply trace the lines from your reference. It doesn’t have to be super clean, but it must include all the important details. Prepare the Layers Step 1įirst, you need the line art. Please let me know if it works for you, and whether you find it useful or not! 1. I’ll be using Autodesk SketchBook and two brush sets: my Quick Sketch Set, and a special fur brush set that I’ve created for this tutorial.Īlso, in this tutorial for the first time I’m using a special plugin to better show the difference between certain steps.
In this tutorial I’ll show you my method of painting fluffy fur.
