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First encounter

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I know the lineart's ancient, but I finally managed. Merry Christmas, :iconwursu: !

Actually, the lineart predates my first workshop in Aachen in 2011. I never got round to finish it there, then I was about to start the colouring a dozen times, then I moved, then I forgot about it, then I found it taped to a board behind my easy-chair and decided enough is enough.

I added water to the paper and then the first stroke of paint. You know what happens with permanent markers on too thin paper, when it sticks and bleeds at the same time? Exactly that happened. It was such an epic failure that I couldn't even be annoyed! I added like two layers, and noted that the effect was not too bad for spotted fur and that it was REALLY bad for shading faces. Oh, and did I mention that the colour bled from wet areas into dry ones?

In the end I added details and additional shading with watercolour pencils. Here is the result.

Akane is (c) me and Nenetl, in jaguar as in human form, is (c) :iconwursu: Illustration from a roleplay session which was really fun. Given this start, it's astonishing how well they get on now. Uhm. Well. Words are relative?
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Dulliros's avatar
Great job with the cat :clap:. I also like the awkward look on the character's face.