This is the beautiful kirin made for me by @ShadowPikaboo! Thank you for her - she is so beautiful! <3
Mirain is a gentle and upbeat #kirin who lives near the sea and admires every creature in it. She spends her days strolling up and down the shore, talking with the other critters and helping the occasional one who washes onto the sand.
Doing a short animal study last week has really stepped up my confidence for drawing non-dragon creatures like this. Studying is worth the time!
Enjoy!
#FGMirain #FGAdopted #horse
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Comments
12 Feb, 2019, 12:34 am
Oh wow she's gorgeous! I should get back on studying too, I really need it xP
12 Feb, 2019, 1:48 am
Oh man those colors are beautiful!!
12 Feb, 2019, 2:35 am
hnv gn gbffg
fancy blue
unicornnnnn
12 Feb, 2019, 4:35 am
Ooh she's so pretty! She was already a gorgeous kirin, but she's even more so in your style! Eee I love this pretty ref! X3
12 Feb, 2019, 4:40 am
Re// Thank you so much! <3
Fur is easy, it's a few broad strokes of the base color over the shading layer and lightly erasing the edges (Where fur connects to skin)
Pretty much mid to medium-high opacity on tools will be your best friend. Just play and practice with it. Also some shading underneath fur layers will give a better sense of how thick a creature's fur is.
Thicker fur = thicker/broader strokes
Thinner fur (Like near her crotch or something like a doberman) = thin/light strokes
I suggest focus on fading and blur effects for fur, it also helps to map out where you want the fur to swirl/curl (using directional arrows can help)
If you want to go for a more realistic approach (we'll use Yuki for example), when her fur parts, you could use bits pink to detail her skin underneath. A good example to better understand it, would be to take a furry pet (if you have one) and use your fingers to gently part its fur, enough to see its skin under the fur.
12 Feb, 2019, 4:43 am
Pretty much with fur, you're gonna be erasing a lot and what seems like undoing a lot of your work.
12 Feb, 2019, 4:44 am
I could have done better with Yuki, but 8 tails is draining x'D
12 Feb, 2019, 11:00 am
You have so many adopted characters. XD
She's pretty though, I like the sound of her personality. X)
- RR
12 Feb, 2019, 6:51 pm
Re// I understand that, it's so draining to detail fur, it's why I rarely draw Yuki xP
12 Feb, 2019, 8:16 pm
She looks amazing!! Wow your horse anatomy has improve so much! :D
12 Feb, 2019, 8:43 pm
uhhh, that's great!
I love the colors and the pose! I also like the colors very much, I also like the light and the shades. Great work!
12 Feb, 2019, 9:51 pm
Re: Lol, ems said something about McDonalds in one of the posts and it just gave me that brilliant thought.
maybe Elvira just love working at fastfood joints.
12 Feb, 2019, 9:56 pm
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aww, thanks for your comment, i really appreciate it! I am glad that you support me and that you like the picture. Thank you, thank you! x3
12 Feb, 2019, 10:41 pm
This is so beautiful!! I love the poses! Beautiful work!
13 Feb, 2019, 1:00 am
Re: Pffffff
well I was mostly joking about the fast food thing
but I guess since they're pretty advanced that they would have those sort of amenities x'D
13 Feb, 2019, 3:05 am
Re: She probably is, like mmm maybe about 12?
maybe it's the tank, or the fact that she has less of jolly face. hmmmmmmmmm
I honestly kind of want to draw her as a more mature adult pfff. she'd be pretty cool.
Quinn: They had an ugly face, punching improves their overall complection. *cracks wrists*
13 Feb, 2019, 3:44 am
SHE'S SO /PRETTY/
MAN I LOVE HER COLORS
(but i think my love of red/aquaish blue or reddish orange "saffron"/aquaish blue is known by some of you at this point x"D)
i absolutely adore this design, shadow did awesome making it & i love what youve done with the char. (i love how you draw her too!) she sounds so sweet X)
13 Feb, 2019, 3:45 am
also *thumbs up*
it's a great feeling when you study & get better/more comfortable drawing an animal (or animals) lol
13 Feb, 2019, 4:56 am
superlaterebecauseimawful: aaah im super honored you would wanna do a collab with me (i know that sounds kinda cheesy and silly lmaooo but *shrug*) and id definitely love to but at the moment im just super preoccupied with school stuff since the semester just started,,, 2 weeks ago? maybe 3? so maybe sometime soon?
13 Feb, 2019, 5:05 am
Re: Pfffff yep,
Hmmm Piper would probably end up taking after her mom, maybe less dressy, and for some reason I see her becoming and accountant...
eeee
13 Feb, 2019, 5:20 am
Re: That or something more buisnessy, maybe she'd be an entrepreneur considering her upbeat and excited personality.
also cursed idea,
I need to see Hawk with a beard
gkg b ngvvv
13 Feb, 2019, 2:45 pm
Re: I think at some point in her life, Piper is going to start valueing independence and autonomy, as she'll see both her older sisters leave the nest and become their own.
She's going to have to learn how to think for herself since she mostly follows around everyone like a dumb lamb.
Still for some reason medical also called to me for her too x'D
I think I like her better as a doctor than a vet. So maybe a pediatrician.
And lol, poor Hawk, he'll never be able to grow a beard x'D
Man either of them with facial hair just seems funny lololololol
Hmmmmmmmm, these bois are hard to see as men, I don't really even know what Hunter would look like.
Well actually I could see hawk in his like mid early 20s.
just no beard and maybe a bit taller...
cgjjbvh
yknow how some people are like 'hey you look like an adult'
what if Hawk is just cursed with looking younger than he actually is?
13 Feb, 2019, 3:00 pm
hnmn tho then again Piper might grow bitter. Since her and Quinn do like everything together, Quinn leaving might take a hit on her. hmmmm
and might sort of unravel into the relationship Quinn and Harper have x'D
13 Feb, 2019, 3:50 pm
Re: Pffft yea, at one point maybe I was a tad bit sad when my siblings had to start being responsible adults, but then again I sorta would start thinking what would happen to me when I come of age. Pfff there was at some point 'such and such hates us' sorta vibes but it was mostly everyone just being a heckin tease.
Honestly when my sister left I had a whole room to myself B)
and I liked that, until my other sister moved in shfh g gvv
so yes, I absolutely applaud my sibs leaving *clap clap*
and I also want to leave, someday *sigh*
Hmmm Piper might not grow, so bitter, maybe just sad that she's all alone ;^;
dude someone mistaked you for being 12? Omg, that's like the opposite of what I get,
I swear everytime someone asks about me and my life they're like. 'oh are you driving yet? how's college? whatcha doin?'
and like, dude
I'm a senior in hs still, with no life. x'D
when I was like 14 I went to camp, and someone accidentally mistook me for an adult and I payed like the expensive adult entry dhfhghg.
that got fixed though
I even asked one of my friends there why ppl do this and he was like. 'yea no you still look like a kid, these ppl are just too old to see it.'
Hmmmmmmm Hawk you poor boy, hey at least when you're old like 40 you'll look like you're rocking 25. B)
Hunter with somewhat of a scruff reminds me of shaggy, though Hawk has the Shaggy's hairstyle soo hmmmmm
13 Feb, 2019, 6:23 pm
Re: I've been mistaken for my older sister and my mom at times because of it rip.
hmmm yes maybe I can B)
maybe I'll make fake id and pretend I'm 21 so I can joinin all the cool kids at the bar.
jk jk, I wouldn't be able to get away with that in today's day. Technology is too advanced rip.
and wdym Shaggy is a handsome young man, x'D
Hawk is even a bit jumpy like Shag ;))))))
Though I think he's definitely less dense.
hnnnnn now I have sudden urges to watch scooby doo.
13 Feb, 2019, 10:12 pm
Re: Pffffffff
and ooooooOooo I see you've become you're own man B)))
hehe,
nah you're just a sassy lost child.
13 Feb, 2019, 11:01 pm
Re: thank you!
14 Feb, 2019, 2:27 am
Re: Hmmmmmm
*dumps a bag of snickers*
eat those
you'll feel better
14 Feb, 2019, 3:37 am
Re// The raise doesn't matter, it's the hours, the hours are so little.
It will be difficult, I've already been fired /twice/ for my shaking. And it's bad, because most minimum wage jobs, you need steady hands (cashier, food handler, etc...)
Which is annoying and frustrating, both times it happened, I walked home crying. Just feels like a curse. And both jobs I had, I was never late one time and I worked hard. The job I have now, I've had for 3 1/2 months and I have not missed one day of work.
So it's not like I'm a bad worker, it's just, I was given the bad hand in life. But I won't give up, I'll keep trying, thank you :D
14 Feb, 2019, 4:00 am
Re: thank you! She was fun to draw and I like to do little unusual things like that, like the poetic stuff xD
14 Feb, 2019, 4:16 am
Re:
boi don't eat all of them at once
you'll die