CREATING LIFELIKE ANIMALS
It’s not enough just to copy a photograph. To create life within your drawings, you must capture emotion, character, and a sense that the animal could walk off the page, barking or twitching his nose.
What makes one portrait more realistic than another? It’s about . . .
- Capturing the quality of the fur, its softness, coarseness, or silkiness.
- Eyes that are so real they look like they could blink.
- The emotion embedded in the piece.
- Taking note of tiny changes in tonal value, which will help bring a piece to life, making it look three-dimensional and as though ...
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