S is for Snow Leopard

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I spent a lot of time on this one. I was originally gonna do ink but seeing the subtle shades I ended up doing pencil, and then black pencil crayon, and then some white ink.

I began with some very simple lines and figuring out the proportions. Also I gotta say Snow leopards are gorgeous.

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This was when I realized the eye on the right side of the page was not quite where it was supposed to be.

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And now I fixed it. And did some stuff for shading.
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Then I shaded the nose. I find with pencil darks really need to be built up. Just pressing hard deosn't work as nice.

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Lighting change! Did more of the shading on the chin and realized the chin wasn't right.

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I got really into it and forgot to take pictures for quite a while.
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I felt like I had taken this as far as I could with pencil. Getting truly black with pencil doens'treally work so this was when I went in with a black pencil crayon. I have Faber Castell polychromous which are in my opinion the best pencil crayons out there.

As you can see the darks are much darker.

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And Now for the piece de resistance WHITE PEN. This makes the eye go from flat to round, and makes the whiskers look awesome.

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And Done.

honestly though, I probably could have worked on this for forever just playing with details.

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    This is my favorite in your ink and pen series. I appreciate the limited things a pen can do but I also appreciate the wonders a combo of tools could accomplish like your piece of resistance and crayon :) I love this really. Thank you for sharing it to the community. Pls do not forget to share also on Snaps for better visibility and engagement and some rewards.

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    Comments like this really help motivate me to show my work, both the final result and the process.

    I really enjoyed working on this one. It was a pleasure to do.

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      I really love reading and seeing the process of how artists do their work and your blog post is very real and I could learn a thing or two. That white pen made a lot of difference, the eyes became dewy I love it. I am learning just by reading and appreciating all the artists work process here on Hive.

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      It's amazing how much a little bit of something can improve the overall work.

      there are so many great artists on hive, and being here has really encourged me to do more creative stuff.

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        This post has been shared on Reddit by @artofkylin through the HivePosh initiative.

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          You captured the features of a snow leopard very well.
          I myself will tripped over balancing the size and shape of the eyes kudos to you for a job well done

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            Getting the eyes right is so hard sometimes. Glad to know I'm not the only one who struggles there.

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              @artofkylin, I paid out 0.009 HIVE and 0.001 HBD to reward 2 comments in this discussion thread.

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