[Aurealis]

Firstly, Cheerio is daydreaming this scene. He is has a vivid imagination! Cheerio wants to be a pirate among other things. (He also loves ninjas, super spies, superheros... I could go on!) ouo

This took a ridiculous amount of time, the timer is only off by an hour or so. Water is so difficult to draw! Maybe I should have drawn him in space instead - that might have been easier... eue

I used more than 7 layers on the water alone, not to mention the number of attempts on paper and on the computer that it took to get this cute bean's anatomy (and markings) semi-accurate.

And that hat.... NEVER AGAIN. That tiny hat alone took half an hour. In case you can't tell, it's supposed to ba a sailors hat!

I'm really happy with how the whole thing turned, and think that my long efforts were worth it. Wish me luck! <3

UPDATE:
Fixed the markings and shading.

Contest
Species by: Hiccup
Design by: Hiccup
Entry for Contest by: Aurealis

[Aurealis]

Does anyone have any shading tips? I attempted to add some shading, but I'm not quite sure how to do it effectively... Can anyone help me with that?

[Bayleaf]

Add the darker shade with the normal brush in the appropriate shading area. Then take the blender (size 15 or so) and blend it out smoothly. Hope it helped.

[Aurealis]

^^ Ouh, thanks I will try it out in a second here.... :3

Edit:

How is this?

[Aurealis]

I think that I fixed the shading issue! Thank you again for the suggestion. C: