Some simple comfort zone character art with my two characters Ti’maar the cheetah and Areco the wolf. Reuniting yet again after not seeing each other for an extended amount of time ^^ Needed something easy to help get the rust off haha

This is kind of the culmination of process experimentation I’ve been doing off and on the last few months. Simplified shading, consistent line art process, introduction of more texture, and less overall finicking around with things. Basically, a more standardized process to make things more efficient and readable. I’m really happy with how things are coming together ^^

Also this is the first finished drawing I’ve done using Clip Studio Paint’s 3D reference features. (I know I’d be better off learning blender, but it being built right into CSP with control designs I’m familiar with has made it much easier to use.) There have been many additions to 3D features in v2.0 and v3.0, so I checked it out and fell in love with it lol. I’ve always struggled to find decent references for poses and often photograph my own, but using the built in 3D features gets me like 90% of the way to a good reference. Of course, that’s just for the pose and simple props. I’ve been trying to be better about using reference for other aspects such as faces and anatomy details, and it really helped here too. Anyways I found it far more enjoyable to draw this when I had first put in the effort to set up the scene in 3D first. Looking forward to trying it out for more complex scenes and poses!

Going to be doing some finished sketches next, still trying to figure out a style I like haha. End goal is something fast that stands on its own, yet can be come back to later to be inked and colored in this style