I Know You're Not Focused On Cat Art Now, But Do You Have Any Tips For Drawing Cats?

I know you're not focused on cat art now, but do you have any tips for drawing cats?

Depends what you want specifically advice on.

For realistic anatomy, trace basic shapes from photographs to get a good base and to nail the proportions. Eventually you won't need to do that anymore, but it's an effective way to start out imo. I still do this sometimes because getting proportions correct takes me the longest. With a good base drawing, everything falls into place.

Line weight is important. There's a delicate balance of how much fur should be rendered in the line art vs coloring. This would depend on your art style. I usually draw some fur in the line art, usually around joints or bends. (Take a look around the ears or neck in the drawing above). I also choose to color part of my line art after I finish coloring a piece.

For coloring, I start big, filling in each object with a flat color. Using a large textured brush with a soft edge, I'll add in some additional colors. The second cat on the left has a darker tail and lighter face than the middle of the body. I filled him in with the mid orange color then added the dark color for the tail and lighter face on top.

Then, I do a lot of individual brush marks for the fur and hatch lines. I use the same brush as I use for the line art. It's easy to overdo these lines. Less is more! Some of these little brushstrokes for fur are on a layer above the line art.

And don't forget whiskers! I often forget to add the whiskers because it's my very last step.

I hope this is at least a little bit helpful?

Bought a new brush pen. I haven't draw on paper in a very long time.

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I feel violated

Been feeling too down to draw this week, so here's some pages from my junk journal. Been going on hours long walks listening to green day and finding stickers and random treasures on the ground to glue in my book.

I'm opening a restaurant. Every item on the menu is called "The Cowboy," the chef cooks you whatever they feel like making. NO menu modifications. Die from an allergen? It's your fault. (I have a lawyer on retainer.) Every 100th customer is given the chance to wrestle Lars out back.

Go ahead, put my brain in a rock tumbler. Smooth it all out. Why not