What's better than a fluffy cat, ladies and gentlemen? A fluffy cat after a bath, of course!
Ello, ello again, ladies and gentlemen. I am back once again with an entry for @coloringiship's Doodle Contest. So happy that she is hosting this lovely contest and I had to support it in some way with my participation. Without further a do, let's get on with this post!
The Inspiration
This is our family cat, Kimi. It's not the first time he's inspired a drawing from me. And as you can see, he's quite the fluffy cat. My mom especially loves how fluffy he is so she wants to ensure his fur was always great. He eats the best food, arguably better than the rest of us in the house.
And one of the important parts of great fur care is...well...the baths.
The Process
I start out with a simple sketch of the drawing. I use a lot of circles in my base, not trying to be too accurate to keep in the spirit of doodling, but still have the base skeleton read as a cat. Then I clean up the sketch and add further characteristics like the expression.
So the goal I had in mind when drawing this is to transfer some my process in drawing traditional with my digital stuff. I usually tend to keep both methods different from each other but this time I approach this doodle in the same way I would as though I were drawing in my sketchbook.
Although I faltered to a more digital look in the lining, I try to keep it as organic as possible in the texture of the colouring. Instead of working against the textured brush and blending it out smooch, I try to keep present and visible as much as possible.
Then I shaded it rather messily, kind of like how I would with my watercolour when I add too much water in it.
Adding the last touches like highlight and changing the colour of the lines a little and I'm done!
Process GIF
So that is it for now. Glad to have made it, albeit in a last minute sense.