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[CR] Dams? Never again!!

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The food chain can take strong turns, sometimes prey develop defenses against its predators, not as crazy as in the drawing, but come on, it looks great.

I had always wanted to capture something like this, a group of adventurous rodents, brave willing to face everything, even hungry fat cats, a real struggle for survival.

Tools:

  • Medibang Paint Pro
  • Mouse

-Step 1:

With a few blurs, crazy lines on more crazy lines, I was able to get to what I call "final sketch", and that is that to get to him I did a few sketches earlier.

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-Step 2:

In a lower layer, add the tones you consider appropriate for the scene, with a dark atmosphere and a colorful soda

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-Step 3:

It's time to leave behind the lines, taking as a guide the base colors, in a new layer superimposed on the previous ones I painted a little better each of the characters.

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-Step 4:

This is already looking better, in fact it is becoming more and more colorful and illuminated. Adjust the position of the mice, positioning them a little higher to give more prominence to the shadow of the cat.

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-Step 5:

For the background, I drew a few lines with the intention of emulating a rocky floor and a wall made of bricks (yes, it doesn't look good yet). Also, finally draw correctly the flying mouse, which gained significantly after coloring it, is to highlight the lighting setting that applies, as it redraw properly the shadow of the cat and try to create some distortion where it reflected.

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-Step 6:

Continuing with the shadow, apply a "Gaussian blur" to reduce its hardness. I added a lot of shine to the soda, contrasting it with the darkness of the background. Finally, I corrected the windows and the door, in addition, I added a little texture to both the bricks and the stones of the floor, all with the mode of fusion "overlay".

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I'll leave you a little gif with the whole process in it, so you can better appreciate the step by step.

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Comments · 15

  • @hlezama(74)· 2657d

    Cool work. It's always good to see the process and tools artists use. Looks like a feisty mouse team cat must reckon with :) The food chain can certainly has some flippings. Big predators have short memory, that's all

  • @arcange(79)· 2660d

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  • @mcnestler(56)· 2660d

    Reading this:

    The food chain can take strong turns, sometimes prey develop defenses against its predators, not as crazy as in the drawing, but come on, it looks great.

    and seeing 1 scroll below your awesome creation reminds me of Ratatouille the movie :P You definitely have a huge talent. I would put the painting in my room :O How long did it take you?

  • @artemislives(74)· 2660d

    Just seeing your step-by-step process is both inspiring and intriguing. I really like the way, right from the first sketch, that you could "feel" the shadow of the cat imminent, and that you started your palette with some dark and gloomier colours. For some reason I can't but help think of that wonderful animated film, Ratatouille - a favourite of my little daughter for many years already. You have a great future in cartoon and animation. Do you work in the field?

  • @blueeyes8960(71)· 2660d

    I love your artwork. Seeing the process from rough sketch to finished product is very enlightening. It really helps you to appreciate each of the steps and take notice of the details. I didn't even realize the shadow of the menacing cat in the beginning. And the details in the brick and the floor really set off the scene. The characters just shout out "bravery". This was a very nice piece, and I really liked the gif at the end that brought it all together from beginning to end.

  • @livvu(62)· 2660d

    Amazing artwork @hadley4. All characters look very cool and funny. Love your composition, light, colour and all the refined details.

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  • @elisonr13(75)· 2660d

    This work was magnificent, yes I have seen some rodents on the platform these days! yours are great, the quality of the details is fantastic, great work \O,

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  • @inu-jim(69)· 2661d

    Esta genial este trabajo, me encanto la idea de esta divertida composición, incluso esta ilustración si estuviese en formato vertical seria la portada de la historia, y no se porque me pareció que la historia de estos personajes seria una rara mezcla de las películas "Pandillas de new york" y "un cuento americano"

  • @trincowski(72)· 2661d

    This is a very cute and funny drawing. Excellent work! Thanks a lot for sharing it!

  • @melooo182(71)· 2661d

    Que cool esta esto! buen trabajo @hadley4!!


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  • @edencourage(57)· 2661d

    Your imagination is hardcore dude. Who knows in an alternate world, these characters exist because they are fed up running from cats and other predators. They learned the art of survival and starts to protect their own.

    Anyway, you have skills in doing the drawing. That is not an average piece of art. Good job.

  • @curie(77)· 2661d

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  • @trueimagine(70)· 2661d

    How pretty they are :)) Even you drew devils who steal cheese, it looks so lovely. Wanna see more. So cute and lovable ~~

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