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Description
The lovely g3ngars on tumblr commissioned me to paint their dog Charlie for my morning warm up!
Some progress shots are on my tumblr

Notes:
-To create a focal point, narrow the area of greatest contrast to the area you wish to be the focal point. Do this by:
  -Bleeding out shadows, blurring and losing edges, and lightening the shadows in less important areas
  -Define light areas more than shadow areas; lose detail in shadows
  -Lose shadowed edges, create sharp lit edges
  -Narrow detailed area to focal point
  -Add a pop of color in the focal area
  -darker, sharper shadows in focal area to draw the eye
-Against a cool dark background, dark red color pops in the shadows go a long way for adding realism, the appearance of subsurface scattering, and warmth
-hue variation, hue variation, hue variation...
-When in doubt, lose some edges and find them again with a fresh eye
-Use grainy brushes to blur out and lose edges as opposed to a soft brush or blur tool (those tend to look very digital)
-Bring warmth into the background to unify
-Subsurface scattering in eats makes a great color pop

Description
The lovely g3ngars on tumblr commissioned me to paint their dog Charlie for my morning warm up!
Some progress shots are on my tumblr

Notes:
-To create a focal point, narrow the area of greatest contrast to the area you wish to be the focal point. Do this by:
  -Bleeding out shadows, blurring and losing edges, and lightening the shadows in less important areas
  -Define light areas more than shadow areas; lose detail in shadows
  -Lose shadowed edges, create sharp lit edges
  -Narrow detailed area to focal point
  -Add a pop of color in the focal area
  -darker, sharper shadows in focal area to draw the eye
-Against a cool dark background, dark red color pops in the shadows go a long way for adding realism, the appearance of subsurface scattering, and warmth
-hue variation, hue variation, hue variation...
-When in doubt, lose some edges and find them again with a fresh eye
-Use grainy brushes to blur out and lose edges as opposed to a soft brush or blur tool (those tend to look very digital)
-Bring warmth into the background to unify
-Subsurface scattering in eats makes a great color pop