BrookSkimmer's Art

[Rainshadow]

  Slassen looks awesome!  Slightly creepy, but hey, what vermin doesn't?

  Um, just gonna let you know, though, that most of the bottom stuff was crossed out. You ended the line thing wrong.

  Another thing: Could you draw one of my (many) RP characters, Tharn Hlessi?

Name:  Tharn Hlessi
Age:  15
Gender:  Male
Species:  Rabbit (not hare, rabbit)
Appearance:  Brown fur with a cream colored chest, brown eyes, lean, cream colored tunic, black belt (doubles as sling) with a dagger attached to it.  Tharn's rather handsome for a rabbit.
Weapons:  Natural defense, boxer, dagger, sling

[BrookSkimmer]

Fixed the line thingy thanks!

I'll add your request to the list!

[Leatho Shellhound]

Awesome! Do you mind doing Zaran the black?

Otter
Black fur
tunic, you can pick the colour
Dubble sided sword...two blades with the handle in the middle.
Female
belt that goes over her shoulder

From the book Doomwyte.

Thanks

[Tiria Wildlough]

@BrookSkimmer, I know I thanked you in the PM, but thanks again. Love your art.

[Mattio]

you are amazing could you make


Silent Sage
Hes 5 seasons old
Has a little dagger stuck in his green habbit
hes a Rabbit
he complletely black with green eyes

[BrookSkimmer]

I will add these requests to me list. 

[Mattio]

Cool thanks

[Romsca]

Hey I looked at your list. Thanks for working on her!  I can't wait to see it!

[BrookSkimmer]

Well, I wasn't thinking I would get to these for a looong while and look what happened last night... I just felt like doing these...

I'm making one post per piece this time to explain.

This is the "how-to" sheet. It is based on having a tablet and drawing on that onto your computer screen. It's basically the same as drawing by hand, at least the way I do it. There are fancy things you can do to make it not like hand drawing, but I prefer mine to look hand done.

I always start with three layers.
I make a blue scaffold of my drawing.
Skip to the layer above that, zoom in a little, and use the scaffold to do the main lines. This would be like first drawing in pencil and then in pen. After the pen id done, erase the pencil.
I'll add color by going to the second layer now that the blue scaffold is erased. Fill color with the paint brush tool on middle opacity. I change the opacity so that the color is easier to control and does not dominate the outline.
I add depth by going over the color again on half opacity in the areas I wish to darken.
I use the smudge tool to blend in the second color layer. This would be the same as blending colored pencil or pastels.
Finishing touches like whiskers are done with the smallest paint brush tool.
Ta daaaaa! Tis finished!

[BrookSkimmer]

And now: beasts of Redwall!

This is of course not exhaustive. I just picked some of the creatures I enjoy drawing and get asked to draw most frequently. All of these are done to be males, honestly to make creatures female I usually only make the muzzle a little smaller and add eyelashes. It's that simple.  

"Goodbeasts"> Keep the eyes wide and friendly

Mouse: I consider mouse the "basic" form of all Redwall mammals... mostly. I try to keep the muzzle tight and in close to the head. Mouse ears are fun to draw!

Mole: Not asked for that often but fun creatures to draw. This is only head shots but mole bodies are fun to draw, like sacks of flour kind of. I like their eyes small and beady. Oh, and I never do star nosed moles... I think it looks odd. I draw almost all my creatures fluffy but not moles. Moles have velvet fur.

Hedgehog: Watch out for those spikes! This is quick drawing so much more attention can be added to spikes.

Otter: Gotta give em' attitude, either ready for battle or ready to laugh and feast. Make the nose big and give em' whiskers, otters are whiskery.

Hare: The hare nose is different from the other creatures. This style nose sets hare drawings apart. Ears start small at the base and get larger at the tops. Hare ears are so fun to do!

Badger: Big muzzle, big shoulders, big creature! Make sure you don't mess up on the stripes like I often do. The stripes are black over the eyes not white.

"Vermin"> Making slit shaped eyes helps for that "evil" affect.

Rat: Rats need to have a longer muzzle or they just look like mice. I love adorning rat ears with earrings.

Fox: Oh foxers, you and otters will always be my favorite Redwall characters. Make those ears stand out, pointy! You can add fangs to a fox for a nice bad guy affect.

Stoat: More to them than weasels, they are slightly bulkier, at least the way I draw them. Stoats appear proud in most of my drawings of them.

Weasel: Lanky and wiry, that's what makes them different from stoats in my drawings. Weasels get the longest necks.

Ferret: Love drawing ferrets. I like drawing things with masks.

Pine Martin: An example of drawing bigger Redwall characters. Pine martins get boxy muzzles, same for wolverines and the like.

Of course there's lots more, I might do a second sheet with more someday...



Feel free to tell me which ones you like and why. That would be fun! Also, any other Redwall beasts you would like to see on a sheet like this.

[Redwaller]

I love the weasel, the fox and the pine martin best.

Fox: I like the fox because of the position of the ears, and the eyes.

Weasel: I love the look he has on his face.

Pine Martin: He looks serious and grave.

[Romsca]

I love the ferret! You could use that head for Romsca I think that looks just like her!!!...of course add earrings and scars and the like...and eyelashes, she's a female, but please don't make her muzzle any smaller...but other than that, that would be perfect!   

I love drawing things with masks too! 

[Leatho Shellhound]

Very nice!

[Rainshadow]

  I like all of them, but I'd have to say my favorite would be either the otter, the hare or the pine marten.  If you were to add any to this list, though, I'd say add a lizard, wildcat and snake. 

[Leatho Shellhound]

A bird, shew, Squirrel, and pike........but your list is great!