Anyone got a tutorial/essay/writeup/tips for making digital art look less... gluey/plasticy/smeary? I want to make this cat's stripes look furry textured without having to paint in every...single...hair.
My values look good, though!
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@eishiya Hmm, more in the vein of
https://img00.deviantart.net/1c38/i/2012/122/c/5/oil_painting__cat_by_woodland_mel-d4yceo6.jpg
https://www.ugallery.com/art/oil-painting-Beautiful-Maine-Coon https://mastodon.art/media/pCVIZRaq3MvrHmBcPoE
Than, say, Christina Penescue's scratchboard-every-hair style.
Attached is what I have now. It's a Disney-style image so maybe I'm just getting overambitious, but I can't help but think there's a way to make even the stripes look fluffy.
@AesAthena The effect in those paintings is achieved with what is essentially smudging. The key thing is to smudge in the direction of the fur, do NOT smudge back and forth.
Here I did a bit of smudging on your painting, and on the right is the same edit, but with some strands painted in by hand (using the same sharp-edged chalk brush I used to smudge).
You can get an even sharper look if you use a brush with sharper edges, e.g. a square. (1/2)
@eishiya Thanks for taking the time! I'll give it a shot!
@AesAthena Alternatively, you could paint the fur in layers, from the furthest up to the closest, using the same directional strokes as I described for smudging. I think smudging might be better though, since it allows you to work out your shadows ahead of time, and spares you from having to switch colours all the time. (2/2)
@AesAthena
I only draw detailed fur in few places, mostly where shadows is and perhaps a few light strokes where lighting would be, and just leave the rest. This way it still looks like fur but doesnt look overdone and waxy :D
@AesAthena Got visual examples of what you mean?
For fur specifically, try brushing in the general stripe shapes with rough-edged brushes, and then painting in just a few hairs by hand to add the illusion of detail.