[Amberstripe]

Final entry for an art contest.

[Wolfycat101]

OML... THIS IS CUTE!!! I love the lineless look! It looks like my cat, Zander, but my cat's fatter (lol).

[arabella !!]

Aww, this is adorable! It's so fluffy. <3

[liiontai]

Your art is so realistic! Please- I have been stalking you for a while now.. Tell me your secrets to fur details and the line-less look? TvT

[Amberstripe]

Your art is so realistic! Please- I have been stalking you for a while now.. Tell me your secrets to fur details and the line-less look? TvT

Thanks for the complement! And I guess if you really are interested in my 'secrets', I'll just describe my art process. I start of with a preliminary sketch on one layer, then on a different layer I use the pen tool to fill in the sketch, making the shape for whatever I'm drawing. Then I hide the sketch. Once I have the shape, I use a smaller size pen to go around the perimeter and make fur details (basically scribbling around the edges). I lock alpha and use watercolor to scribble a fur-like texture in the shape and blend any lines between color changes in the markings. The face goes on a separate layer to make this process easier. After that I shade like crazy in areas where limbs and such are to give the illusion of a line being there. The shading is really what makes a lineless artwork look almost 3D.