Some may know that @rhondak has been adopted by a raccoon she has called Glory. She rescued her as a kit and despite letting her go her merry way to live life as a wild animal, Glory insists on breaking into her house and making herself at home. It's gotten so bad that Rhonda now leaves a window open, just to save on the destruction of her property.
I have begun flexing my drawing muscles lately and decided to try to capture Glory's attitude and general demeanor in a cartoon format. During my recent visit to Tennessee, I had a chance to meet Glory at @rhondak's animal rescue called @tarc. I soon discovered that this raccoon does not much appreciate strangers in HER home, and she was akin to a furry chainsaw, looking for any chance to rip my face off.
I created this in Clip Studio Paint Pro, which I reviewed yesterday. I first changed the background layer to a more neutral color before laying down a rough sketch with a pencil. I didn't want her to look mean and angry so much as annoyed.
I lowered the opacity of the rough sketch then added a layer on top to clean up the sketch, fixing the eyes, ears and chin/lip.
Rather than keep refining the sketch, I jumped straight to inking after adding a vector layer on top. As I mentioned in yesterday's review, you can edit the vector lines after laying them down. This helps to get just the right thick to thin lines to add a little expression and to smooth out the strokes. Once completed I converted the vector layer to a raster/pixel layer.
Using the inking as a reference layer, I was able to quickly fill in the different areas with color. I painted in the lighter grey at the bottom of the face and added a highlight to the right and shadow to the left. Finally, I painted in a quick background behind all my layers.
Thanks for looking.
Posted from my blog with SteemPress : http://www.muxxy.co.uk/2018/08/14/muxxy-draws-glorious-glory-the-raccoon/
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The timing of this post...omg. That expression she's wearing? You must have channeled her. Because that pretty much sums up how her day has gone.
I went out to the feed store earlier. I wasn't gone long--two hours, tops. When I came home, the two dogs I leave on the downstairs porch were hopping around having a fit about something at the door. I looked harder, and there was Glory--wedged underneath the bottom of the door, stuck. Covered in mud and God knows what else. Her head was inside the porch, and all I could see hanging out was that ringed tail.
I freed her by lifting up on the door, and she galloped inside and straight to her room she went. I followed to investigate and see why she was coming in through that door instead of her window. Well, somehow or another, she had locked herself out. I know from copious experience that she can remove screens and even close the glass window from the inside. But the inside has the little finger latches--the outside of the window has nothing for her to grab. Yet she'd closed it anyway. Except she was on the wrong side of it.
I then had to bathe all the mud and other...stuff...off her. If you've ever tried to wash a thirty pound wild raccoon, you can commiserate. I got it done and I didn't lose any flesh. She's resting now. But there for a while, she was one very unhappy raccoon.
And by the way, the artwork is incredible. The software is amazing, but you have to have an eye for art and the skill to create it or the software is nothing. :-)
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Lol. Not only am I inside your head, I appear to be inside Glory's now.
Thank you.
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This is alarming on so many levels. LOLOL!
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Great job, Muxxy. As negativer said you should start a comic book. The adventures of Glory. About a lovable Raccoon that just happens to collect human fingers as a hobby.
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Haha. Thanks dude.
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Quality work here. Next step: your own webcomic. Or animated movie!
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right on @negativer ... i love that idea and the sketch @gmuxx .. nice work
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Lol. I dunno about that, but thanks.
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Awwww love it my sweet trash panda. @rhondak sent me a puc of her saying hi yidneth and I treasure it. They maybe trouble but so cuteeeeee. Love the drawing too
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Awww It never fails to make me aww and I've seen it a few times already :) aww trash panda crush!
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Thank you very much.
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Such a nice drawing, and rhonda's story in the comments makes it complete. Keep up the drawing!
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Thank you
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HI @gmuxx, I just stopped back to let you know your post was one of my favourite reads and I included it in my Fiber Ramble. You can read what I wrote about your post here
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Thank you!
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haha that look though
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Somehow managed to make Glory look both mean and friendly at the same time. Impressive!
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What a marvelous job! Wonderful artwork! 💜
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