Lifelike Animals

ANIMAL TEXTURES

Once you have a basic understanding of an animal’s skeletal structure, you must “clothe” it in either skin or hair. There is a vast range of textures you can create for skin and hair, and each requires a slightly different technique to achieve a realistic effect. Here I break down the process of drawing six different textures into steps so you can see how they are created. I use these techniques throughout the book, so you may want to refer to these pages when following the step-by-step projects.

Short Fur

Step 1 I create a light undercoat with a series of swift, short pencil strokes and a very sharp 2H .5 mm mechanical pencil. ...