01-31-2020, 03:16 AM
Doing some Raven sketches. It was very frustrating experience, still not the best at sketching, and part of the difficulty with this was finding something for a feather texture that I could do quickly. In the end and after almost giving up many times, I finally got something I was happy with.
For many artists that I admire, when they sketch they leave lots of the white of the paper visible as part of the texture. But with something like a raven with it being so dark that method doesn't quite work which made this even more challenging. You can leave some white behind, but it has to be much less.
![[Image: 5QiXw5w.png]](https://i.imgur.com/5QiXw5w.png)
Leading up to it produced a bunch of failures however.
![[Image: B1fvc6L.png]](https://i.imgur.com/B1fvc6L.png)
Ravens have lots of different types of textures on their feathers if you look closely
![[Image: oJoaa32.png]](https://i.imgur.com/oJoaa32.png)
![[Image: VUfwasb.png]](https://i.imgur.com/VUfwasb.png)
A big inspiration for me was Modern Day James on youtube and how he approached texture:
![[Image: zyX6Unl.png]](https://i.imgur.com/zyX6Unl.png)
![[Image: KFYHk2G.png]](https://i.imgur.com/KFYHk2G.png)
![[Image: FxJ7wLm.png]](https://i.imgur.com/FxJ7wLm.png)
For many artists that I admire, when they sketch they leave lots of the white of the paper visible as part of the texture. But with something like a raven with it being so dark that method doesn't quite work which made this even more challenging. You can leave some white behind, but it has to be much less.
Leading up to it produced a bunch of failures however.
Ravens have lots of different types of textures on their feathers if you look closely
A big inspiration for me was Modern Day James on youtube and how he approached texture: