@zephra.bsky.social
Self-trained furry freelance illustrator. I try to be active and stream work over on Picarto: https://picarto.tv/Zephra Discord server: https://shor.by/csWt https://links.artbyzephra.com/my-sites Trying to be more active and love answering questions!
I'd be tempted to do more painting again soon, it's just a more involved process that's way slower to get work done where I want to explore more ideas, so I haven't done quite as many lately.
Personally I love painting slightly more, but it's nice to explore different stylization now
Thank you! Some of that is working with auto actions in CSP where it just brings everything together in a way that's super satisfying. I'll have to find the other one I use, but this is the main one that brings everything together
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Thank you! Originally the perspective was really giving me trouble, and got out a model to have as a reference to at least make sure the pose made sense
![[vent art] I can't even recognize this reflection
Renaii, sitting in a world void of color looking down at her reflection during sunset looking back with void eyes
#art #furry #furryart](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u7iceuo4cneli6ttaqwibgnc/bafkreib3ewe3qpuwk2xwyxn46vbu2w3lb4jfd63sgy7mf4ngym5ygn32qu)
Process video - wanting to try this style with more complex illustrations soon
Even looking back I know I see an old piece, and sometimes wonder what I was thinking when making a decision. I'm half considering taking a new process and re-applying it to an older piece now, but I know it'd take a decent amount of time too.
It's honestly a lot of fun going back and watching those videos too, or even looking at older work and going "I have a better idea of where I'd push things further, even if I'm happy with how it originally turned out" xD
For context, did this as the first line study test where I knew I wasn't happy with how the face looked - the expression was too intense, and positioning/proportion is off. But I still love doing things like this because it gives an idea of what I can take from it to use for the future.
The Flamme piece technically was done on its first pass, where I did everything I wanted with it. I mostly returned because I did a quicker study to practice lines and realized I wanted to pursue it more - so I added it on top for another step. I'm excited to try that line style more!
It can also lead to spending way more time than intended on a piece when working to add things, and cause burnout.
I love chasing interest for improvement instead of pushing for heavy study since it makes art more fun and that fuel helps with motivation. I also struggle a lot with textbooks xD
That moment of finding smaller things you want to add to your process just feels great and is one of the stronger markers of personal improvement to me. It's also something that's a bit tricky, since trying to force it and not finding it can feel like you're aimless, leading to frustration.
Flamme is already a bit more stylized where it really is fun to work with. I'm curious to try it with Risc or Rorik to see how they'd turn out!
Process video - originally was finished halfway through then used that piece to test out a new idea for lineart style
Time for some face angle studies!
Been practicing a little in Nomad Sculpt this week and wanted to get a horn reference down to help with drawing Rorik, and ended up going a little overboard.
It's a lot of fun to build these for reference, may start learning some blender basics for a personal project or two.
Time for some face angle studies!
Wing-it test to practice painting in CSP!
A new YCH will be going up later tonight, hoping to push this style a little further with what I've learned.
Really happy with how linework is turning out lately
Wing-it test to practice painting in CSP!
A new YCH will be going up later tonight, hoping to push this style a little further with what I've learned.
[WIP] Hoping to finish everything later today
[WIP] YCH ideas!
Wanting to finish an example before posting the auctions themselves but wanted to share
Second process video, it's so much fun working on these with my mobile setup
First process video
[WIP] YCH ideas!
Wanting to finish an example before posting the auctions themselves but wanted to share
Thank you! I really love hatching where there's a part of me wanting to find a way to color with it. The only main downside is the hand strain if I'm not careful, so trying to find a way to balance it a bit.
