Beauregard Hounddog on the brink of losing control of the drum he's bringing to Christmas carol-practice. In the strip he's talking with Churchy La Femme, but I was more interested in the challenge of drawing the drum's shading so I put the time into that instead. Also another skill developed here: I used a temporary layer that I then merged down to give me the arc of Beauregard's chest and have it be obscured by his left arm.
I made crazy use of the top-hat shading trick here. It's used for Beauregard's collar, his nose, the drum mallet, and for the shading on the drum barrel. Also I used a temporary layer to highlight where the hatching should be in the lettering on the drumhead and on the ... metal things ... on the outside of the drum. Also, Beauregard's right hand, holding the mallet, actually looks about like something holding a thing correctly, which is another rare event for me.
I made crazy use of the top-hat shading trick here. It's used for Beauregard's collar, his nose, the drum mallet, and for the shading on the drum barrel. Also I used a temporary layer to highlight where the hatching should be in the lettering on the drumhead and on the ... metal things ... on the outside of the drum. Also, Beauregard's right hand, holding the mallet, actually looks about like something holding a thing correctly, which is another rare event for me.
Category Artwork (Digital) / Fanart
Species Dog (Other)
Gender Any
Size 1024 x 768px
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