โ– Japanese Zodiac Animals โ–

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๐Ÿ€ ๐Ÿƒ ๐Ÿ… ๐Ÿ‡ ๐Ÿ‰ ๐Ÿ ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ–

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In this tutorial you'll learn the basics of drawing delightful animals in Clip Studio Paint, from sketch studies to simplifying anatomy and exaggerating characteristics to create a charming 12 Japanese zodiac animals. You'll also learn to color, pose, and even render some of the chosen animals with their unique features!

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โ›” ๐–๐€๐‘๐๐ˆ๐๐† โ›”

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๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐“๐”๐“๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐“๐€๐ˆ๐๐’ ๐‹๐Ž๐“ ๐Ž๐… ๐†๐ˆ๐… ๐ˆ๐Œ๐€๐†๐„๐’. ๐ˆ๐… ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐‡๐€๐•๐„ ๐’๐‹๐Ž๐– ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐๐„๐“ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐๐„๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ / ๐๐‘๐Ž๐–๐’๐ˆ๐๐† ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐–๐ˆ-๐…๐ˆ; ๐๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„ ๐†๐Ž ๐๐€๐‚๐Š.

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Beyond this line you're agree with above statements:

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๐Ÿ—น I'm an artist and you don't know anything else about me.

โ˜ I'm scared please go with me...

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๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘; ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž. ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘๐‘˜, โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข.

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๐Ÿ”ฐ - ็ดนไป‹ - Introduction

The Japanese zodiac (Juunishi) is divided into 12 blocks with each block containing a group of years. The years in each block are 12 years apart from the previous or following year (in that block only). Each block is given a name of an animal based on the ancient Chinese concept that all time shifts are based on these twelve units. In Japan, the adoption of the twelve-year cycle, with a different animal representing each block, is fairly common.

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Those individuals born during a particular year were said to inherit some of the personalities of that year's animal. Have a look below to see what year and animal you are.

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๐Ÿ’ก The Japanese zodiac includes the Sheep (hitsuji) instead of the Goat (which would be yagi), and the Wild boar (inoshishi, i) instead of the Pig (buta). Since 1873, the Japanese have celebrated the beginning of the new year on January 1 as per the Gregorian calendar.

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As Visual Art Teacher, I will try my best to draw animals according to their traits which will reflect to Japanese Zodiac Signs to my fellow Visual Art class where I teach. As for you, my fellow digital artists; you can jump into blocks of 12 animals drawn from scratch using default brushes and tools with some custom brushes you can get for FREE through Clip Studio Assets.

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๐Ÿ€ - Rat โ€“ ้ผ 

๐Ÿ‘ถ Born 2008, 1996, 1984, 1972, 1960, 1948, 1936, 1924, 1912.

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People born in the year of the Rat are ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ, and ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ for ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐. They will work hard for their goals. They are easily angered but maintain an outward show of control.

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โ– ๐๐€๐’๐ˆ๐‚ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ Start with ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ; using circle for most of the drawing lines (๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ ). I'm using ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐Ÿ to create my rough sketch. Pencil drawing is FREE from our great CSP community! If you're unable to get it, you can download a similar looking one here:

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โ–ฒ I lower the opacity of my rough sketch layer (๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ 30%). Then create another layer on top of my rough sketch layer. Using what we call 'basic shape construction', I begin to add some sketchy details before going to digitally ink the artwork.

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โ– ๐Ž๐”๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ With the new layer rename it to ๐๐„๐, I'm using default ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ง inking the entire image including the ๐Ÿง€ cheese!

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Notice that I make the pupils larger to make it ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ-! You can try to define many characteristics of your drawing to be interesting to look at. Larger ear, larger belly, smaller hands, etc.

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โ– ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐‹๐Ž๐‚๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† :

โ–ฒ Now for the coloring step. I create another layer on top of my Layer 3 (๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘โ„Ž) and below PEN tool layer (๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’). Using highlighted colors, such as pink; then I use ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ž๐ง; for every edges of the Rat before dropping the paint using ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ tool, just to make sure if there are no gaps, I lower the opacity of PEN tool.

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โ– ๐…๐”๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† - ๐ˆ :

โ–ฒ As for the nearest color for the Rat, I suggest to pick the bluish gray with the following color hex. ๐Ÿ…ท : 217 ๐Ÿ†‚ : 28% ๐Ÿ†… : 66%

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๐Ÿ”” Just don't forget to use ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ before changing the color with a combination of Alt + Backspace (Auto Fill Color).

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โ– ๐…๐”๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† - ๐ˆ๐ˆ :

โ–ฒ Using ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก from ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ brush set, I blend the hard-shaped shadows. And add several brushes to give the basic short furs. Of course you can try anything with other brushes such as ๐๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ brush, ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ, and even ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ.

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โ– ๐…๐”๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† - ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐ˆ :

โ–ฒ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก can be applied with many colorful choices. As the start, I pick my pink color again, then blend the colors using only the brush but changing its size sometimes to fit my desire. Add some purple and light blue to bring richer color then finalize the blend with some pale yellow (or skin color).

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โ– ๐…๐”๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† - ๐ˆ๐• :

โ–ฒ Now to give the mouse more details, I use ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐Ÿ again with some highlights of colors.

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A combination between mid tones, lighter tones, as well as darker tones will be a good method to blend range of colors to achieve a bit realistic outcome - although in a cartoon style.

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โ– ๐…๐”๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† - ๐• :

โ–ฒ After I completely using ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐Ÿ to add some furs, with ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ turned off; I do it again with the ๐Ÿง€ cheese, teeth, nose, and the eyes.

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It's just my habit to use ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก once again to color and blend some small parts; especially the eyes and the teeth. You can also use ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ then choose ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ to smooth everything out. As seen from GIF above (๐ผ'๐‘š ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘–๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข) that furs blended beautifully between its dark and light colors.

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โ– ๐†๐‘๐Ž๐”๐๐ƒ ๐’๐‡๐€๐ƒ๐Ž๐– :

โ–ฒ As for the shadow, with ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž/๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š ๐ˆ๐ง๐ค and choose ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ค, I paint it lightly below the mouse's feet, tail, as well as cheese.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Notice that I move the layer from on top of my color layer (Layer 4) from above to below.

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โ– ๐Ž๐”๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† :

โ–ฒ This technique has been used by many people simply to 'blend' the outline. Start with ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ on your PEN layer. Then you can use ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก or with ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž/๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š ๐ˆ๐ง๐ค and choose ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ค, paint it on any areas of ink that you wish with different choice of colors. Even for the cheese!

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : You either do the technique to make the furs less distracting (if it's a solid black one) and make it more realistic, or just leave it be so it's like a 100% cartoon one. Just a matter of taste, in my opinion.

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๐Ÿƒ - Ox - ็‰›

๐Ÿ‘ถ Born 2009, 1997, 1985, 1973, 1961, 1949, 1937, 1925, 1913.

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People born in the year of the Ox are ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ and ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค are ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ. They have a gift for ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. This allows them to achieve a great deal of success.

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โ– ๐๐€๐’๐ˆ๐‚ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ Using simple shapes in 3D form. I use standard (CSP EX 1.9.4) ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ, I begin to define the form of my Ox. Keep in mind that you don't always to start with a complete 3D box to start your shaping. Later on, I will also start with defining the shape with action lines.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Ox is ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, so using squared-shape sketch is a good start to develop the 'strong' muscles to draw, you can make the ox looks intimidating or hilarious if you change the perspective way of 3D box.

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โ– ๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ :

โ–ฒ Now with basic shape applied it's time to give more details, you can see how I define many interesting features of the Ox such as its head, horns, even muscles easily by sticking my mind to draw within the box and its structure.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : To make the Ox looks less-intimidating, I add a bird! Also it will be a size comparison as well by adding other animals into your drawing.

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โ– ๐ˆ๐๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ To turn the Ox looks more-intimidating, I create the "A" shape structure! Also there will be a size comparison with the little critter on the ground later.

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โ– ๐ˆ๐๐“๐ˆ๐Œ๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐“๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ :

โ–ฒ Now you can see by the end of GIF above, that the structure of "A" will be useful to create the intimidating scene especially in the cartoon style.

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๐Ÿ… - Tiger โ€“ ่™Ž

๐Ÿ‘ถ Born 1998, 1986, 1974, 1962, 1950, 1938, 1926, 1914.

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People born in the year of the Tiger are ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐›๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐, ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก and ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง... Yet they are ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ and are ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ for those they are close to and love.

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โ– ๐๐€๐’๐ˆ๐‚ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ We'll start with a sketch, a set of guide lines that will become a base for the final lines. The sketch should be drawn in a way that allows you to discard it laterโ€”with very light lines, changing its opacity, or on a separate layer.

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Draw simple circles with some 'tubes' or cylinders. It doesn't need to be perfect or drawn with a continuous line, so don't worry if it turns out wobbly. Those parts will be the essential structures of the tiger anatomy made easy.

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โ–๐ƒ๐„๐…๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐ˆ๐Œ๐๐‹๐„ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ You'll probably getting used to this stage, the other animals already had the same treatment when defining simple shapes with new layer and pencil brush. There are no secret tricks on GIF above, just make sure to define the rough sketch on the separate layer so you can edit or remove unwanted lines easily without deconstruct the whole basic shape.

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โ–๐ƒ๐„๐…๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐“๐‘๐ˆ๐๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ To draw stripes, simply go along the way of tiger's cylindrical shapes. You don't have to think it's gonna be complicated or anything. Just look at the GIF above and practice to get it right.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : I deeply apologize due to short-circuit at my place; I'm unable to save my recording and upload it here, so there will be no step-by-step coloring process. However, I wish to retry from 0 whenever it's possible but since I'm behind the deadline of submission this tutorial, I really can't do it right now.

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Once again, really sorry about this. ๐Ÿ˜ž

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๐Ÿ‡ - Rabbit - ๅ…Ž

๐Ÿ‘ถ Born 1999, 1987, 1975, 1963, 1951, 1939, 1927, 1915.

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People born in the year of the Rabbit are ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž. They are ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ and ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐. They have ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž and are ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ.

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โ– ๐๐€๐’๐ˆ๐‚ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ I start to define the structured shapes with rough sketch - try to draw with light strokes of simple shapes like circle, oval, then add some features of the rabbit. Using only ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ, as you can see from GIF above; I try not to define detailed rabbit's furs as it will be similar to paint the rat's. Instead in this simple rabbit's how to - you'll find another tips rather than detailing furs.

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โ– ๐ƒ๐„๐“๐€๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ With new layer, I begin to add form of my rabbit. At this stage, I'm using ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ง to give my bunny cheerful and adorable look. If you wish to try using another pen, go ahead. But textured pen in my opinion is the best way to achieve some simple strokes as it has quiet good variety of pressure outcome.

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โ– ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐Ž๐‘ ๐๐‹๐Ž๐‚๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† + ๐…๐”๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† - ๐ˆ :

โ–ฒ Now let's try to do the very basic mode in color techniques! Don't mind the weird colors that I put into the rabbit (light orange & light green). It's just my way to show you that I separate colors with two different layers as well and remember to ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ before air-brushing; turn it on-off to check if there's any holes that I miss with ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ž๐ง.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Using ๐€๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก - ๐’๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ is my main point here. I rarely using this brush to paint furs since it will become so easy and unnatural; I prefer brush-stroked ones, but as you can see from GIF above; after I've done with my brushing; sometimes, I add little details of furs with turnip pen again.

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โ– ๐…๐”๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† - ๐ˆ๐ˆ :

โ–ฒ Another method for adding shadow and highlight. I'm using ๐€๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก - ๐’๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ and pick darker and lighter tones from its color base to achieve the 3D form by coloring style. Sometimes I will use another brushes like ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฒ to add little furs.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Lastly, if you notice on the centre of rabbit's mouse, I'm using ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ง๐  - ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ to mix between gray and pink colors altogether. You can also blend manually with ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก or ๐Ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก.

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๐Ÿ‰ - Dragon โ€“ ็ซœ

๐Ÿ‘ถ Born 2000, 1988, 1976, 1964, 1952, 1940, 1928, 1916.

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People born in the year of the Dragon are ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ, ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ, ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ and ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐›๐›๐จ๐ซ๐ง. However, they are ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž and ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž.

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They are the ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ซ of the 12 signs of the Zodiac cycle.

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โ– ๐๐€๐’๐ˆ๐‚ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ I start to define the structured shapes with rough sketch. Using only ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐Ÿ, as you can see from GIF above; I don't want to create a four legged dragon instead a standing with two feet with fully happy face of it.

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โ– ๐ƒ๐„๐“๐€๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ With new layer, I begin to add form of the dragon. I'm using ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ง to define every dragon's features. From the horns, wings, tails, even the dragon's little 'mustache'. Actually, you don't need to design your dragon exactly like mine nor you should doing the details with its scales at this stage; all you need is the knowledge to put everything in nice order so you'll not wasting more time & effort into unseen details.

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โ– ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐Ž๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† :

โ–ฒ The key to color our cute dragon is understanding where to put the shadows and highlights. Obviously, in order to make something looks like in a 3D form, you have to understand the basics of coloring (whether it's traditionally or digitally). Please take a look on GIF above, especially the leg and head of my dragon, it shows you how the rounded shapes build upon brushing dark and light colors.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : ๐€๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก - ๐’๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ is one of my old-time favorite brushing tool, sometimes it's versatile to quick brush entire artwork with it but I found it's kinda too easy and too plain simple for a piece of final artwork; has less rich detailed textures, or simply saying 'too digital to look at'.

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โ– ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐Ž๐‘ ๐ƒ๐„๐“๐€๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐† :

โ–ฒ Last but not least, GIF above shows you how I simply use of ๐Ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ then choose ๐Ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก to add some 'frictions' of dragon scale - I mean frictions because you don't have to render one by one for the scales but still can be seen as the dragon's scales. Also for its belly, some touch-ups of with ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ mode using ๐€๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก - ๐’๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ will give a color boost or variation.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : That's how I try to get rid the 'too much digital to look at' vibe if you can slightly add some textured brushes; you can choose among pencil tools too; use BIG size of if for getting larger textures.

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๐Ÿ - Snake โ€“ ่›‡

๐Ÿ‘ถ Born 2001, 1989, 1977, 1965, 1953, 1941, 1929, 1917.

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People born in the year of the Snake are ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž and ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฆ. They are fortunate in money matters and will always be able to obtain it. They are determined in what they do and hate to fail.

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โ– ๐ƒ๐˜๐๐€๐Œ๐ˆ๐‚ ๐ˆ๐ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ Dynamic movement in shapes is characterized by movement of the eye that flows smoothly from one area of the composition to another, guided by continuations of line or form, and by gradations of color or form. Dynamic movement in shapes is characterized by open shapes or shapes that closely relate to adjacent shapes.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : For more idea about dynamic in shapes and rhythm in composition, you could see my other tutorial with this link below :

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โ– ๐‘๐‡๐˜๐“๐‡๐Œ ๐ˆ๐ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐Ž๐’๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ :

ใ€š Rhythm ใ€›= creating a visual tempo through the use of repetitive elements.

โ–ฒ Take a look at the snake above, it has a body composition of 12 cylinders; and those are what I called rhythm elements. Because they're representing the repetitiveness of shapes.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : When drawing complicated animals (reptiles) like snake; think about the dynamic composition as well as the basic cylinder shape.

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โ– ๐Ž๐”๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ With the new layer, I'm using default ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ง inking the entire image including the shadow. There are a tiny bit of scales to point out where the direction of it to be drawn later.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : ๐ป๐‘–๐‘–๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ โ„Žโ„Žโ„Žโ„Žโ„Ž... (๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™, ๐ผ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ก - ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค, ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’'๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’!)

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โ– ๐’๐‚๐€๐‹๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ Using ๐Ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ then choose ๐Ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก, I decide to add scales for the snake. But in order to do so, we need to use the logic of 'arrows facing the same direction'.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Scales can be fully drawn to the entire body of the snake if you're a detailed person. But, because ๐ผ'๐‘š ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’; I only drew some and let the hue/saturation/color do the rest of the job.

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โ– ๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐•๐€๐‹๐”๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ I often use repetitive brush strokes to generate weight and visual interest in clean and flat areas. I have a big collection of different brush strokes created by hand on textured papers, which I have built up over time and scanned ready for use during the digital process.

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However, sometimes you don't have enough time to search on the internet, or even on your own library of textures - so for my case; I only depend on traditional way of texturing with brushes provided by Clip Studio Paint rather than having tons of textures to be applied like most of the artists either using multiply or overlay blending mode.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : For more idea about ๐ญ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ (๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘›๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ), you could see my unusual tutorial with this link below :

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โ–ฒ Lastly, I use ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‹๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ then choose ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ before drop my colors on top of value layer. Then I will choose slightly bluish-green colors to color the scale and slightly yellow to highlight some parts (eyes, some reflected scales).

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : For the shadow on the ground, I don't need to use Clip to Layer Below because I will just paint it directly below the value layer.

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๐ŸŽ - Horse - ้ฉฌ/้ฆฌ

๐Ÿ‘ถ Born 2002, 1990, 1978, 1966, 1954, 1942, 1930, 1918, 1906.

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People born in the year of the Horse are ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ and ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก. They are ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ and ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ.

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They are ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž and ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐. Horse people ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ and ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ.

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โ– ๐…๐‹๐Ž๐– ๐ˆ๐ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ With the new layer, I'm using default ๐๐ž๐ง: ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ž to create some lines. You could try many lines (as much as 5 lines) to create the flow in shapes. It's what we called biometric lines in other word.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Using biometric lines, we can get the viewerโ€™s eye moving using an active progression of visual elements. By doing so, you'll create an interesting flow in design, character's dynamic movement although it's a static artwork.

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โ– ๐๐‘๐Ž๐†๐‘๐„๐’๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ž๐… ๐„๐‹๐„๐Œ๐„๐๐“๐’ :

โ–ฒ The key to any successful composition is to get the eye moving, and to keep it engaged within the image frame using the biometric lines. Skillful placement of multiple elements can facilitate visual movement throughout the image, enticing the viewer to study important and relevant aspects of the animal's features such as muscles, head rotation, etc.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Essentially, try to lead the viewer through the composition using a progression of elements, for the GIF above, I used the progression of multiple elementsโ€”starting with the rapids creation of different size in circle shapes, moving next to the small circles, leading to the horse's tail, and finally ending with smaller circles for horse's legsโ€”to encourage the viewer to study the entire composition easily.

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โ– ๐ƒ๐˜๐๐€๐Œ๐ˆ๐‚ ๐•๐ˆ๐’๐”๐€๐‹ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’๐‡๐ˆ๐๐’ :

โ–ฒ When you take a photograph, you squish our vibrant, energetic three dimensional world into a two-dimensional static rectangle. When you create dynamic visual relationships between multiple elements, you essentially breathe energy, movement, and vitality back into your photographs, bringing them to life.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Personally, I like to juxtapose elements which are opposing one another to create this visual energy. The subsequent visual tug-of-war traps the viewer, engaging more than just short-term interest. For example, with the GIF above, the relative positioning of the 'small muscles' represent by small circles and the bigger circles creates a dynamic relationship, one that is further underscored by the biometric (curve) lines connecting the two elements.

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โ–๐’๐ˆ๐Œ๐๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐˜ ๐‘๐„๐’๐”๐‹๐“ :

โ–ฒ Personally, I think that the best compositions are the ones which manage to successfully tie together multiple, chaotic, and complex subjects into a simple one. In doing so, however, you must find a way to extract order from chaos, and to create meaningful relationships between elements.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Find ways to give your horse some extra visual attention. For the GIF above, the chaos of this unruly shapes of 'muscles' was quelled by the simplified shapes emerging from the bigger circles and the small ones then rendered with simplify ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ sketch.

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๐Ÿ - Goat / Sheep / Ram โ€“ ็พŠ

๐Ÿ‘ถ Born 2003, 1991, 1979, 1967, 1955, 1943, 1931, 1919, 1907.

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People born in the year of the Sheep are ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ญ, ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ, and ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. At first glance, they seem to be better off than the people born in other years.

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They are ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ and ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž in whatever they do and believe in.

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โ– ๐๐€๐’๐ˆ๐‚ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ Start with lots of circles or ovals to achieve basic shape of the ram drawing. It's how I simply create an animal, especially a sheep or ram with a fluffy wool. Don't get discouraged if your circle is not rounded enough. Try to lightly doing it again and again with undo; you'll be alright.

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โ–๐ƒ๐„๐…๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐ˆ๐Œ๐๐‹๐„ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ Another way to create an interesting features of the ram. Just draw some simple yet adorable (๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’) shapes of ram's eyes, its smiling teeth, chubby feet, even with the spiral horns!

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โ– ๐†๐ˆ๐•๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„ ๐๐„๐‘๐’๐Ž๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜ :

โ–ฒ Every time that you define something while inking, whether it's a drawing of human characters or animals; there is one golden rule to make it interesting; give them personality! It can be the naughty eyebrow, the cunning smile, or also warmth smile, you name it! Try it yourself, it's fun!

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โ– ๐‚๐‹๐„๐€๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Ž๐”๐“๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ Depends on what kind of pen tool that you wish to use or favorite the most, most of my creation were inked by ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ง. However you could also try other pen tools to suit your needs.

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โ– ๐€๐ƒ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐† ๐•๐€๐‹๐”๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ Some area, like the sheep's horns will be good to add some values before moving to the next blocking part. For this illustration, I will not use too much time adding values since other parts will be more important to learn with other techniques.

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โ– ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐‹ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐‹๐€๐๐Š๐’ :

โ–ฒ First, forgive my color choice; I pick strong and vivid colors to show you the difference area for dropping ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ tool. Green basically for skins and orange for the wool.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Please notice that I use ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ž๐ง before filling the color. And also I move the layer below ink/outline after I fill the whole parts of it.

โ–ฒ For this stage, I use ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ tool again and change the colors into appropriate ones for the sheep so she will not feel ashamed with the dorky color choice I made before. ๐Ÿ˜…

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โ– ๐–๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐๐”๐’๐ˆ๐๐„๐’๐’ :

โ–ฒ This is the part to render the fluffy wool! I use ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ and choose ๐’๐ก๐š๐๐ž, after that I pick ๐†๐š๐ฎ๐ณ๐ž ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ to color around the wool-kinda way. Of course this is not the only way to make the wool looks fluffy; you can also use ๐€๐ข๐ซ๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ to finalize everything in between the wool business.

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๐Ÿ’ - Monkey โ€“ ็Œด

๐Ÿ‘ถ Born 2004, 1992, 1980, 1968, 1956, 1944, 1932, 1920, 1908.

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People born in the year of the Monkey are the ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ of the Zodiac cycle. They are ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐-๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ and are ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ.

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They are ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ and are ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž.

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โ– ๐๐€๐’๐ˆ๐‚ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ Drawing a monkey is a combination of some simple shapes; start from oval, rectangle, and cylinder. GIF above shows you how I simply start everything only with strokes of ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ. As you go along my tutorial, you'll find it's easier if you always keep in mind not to see things or subjects from difficult aspects. But always narrow it down to a simple approach.

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โ– ๐†๐ˆ๐•๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐Ž๐Œ๐„ ๐๐„๐‘๐’๐Ž๐๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜ :

โ–ฒ I'd love to say that I always try to add some personality to my drawing will boost the mood for the viewer as well as myself.

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๐Ÿ“ - Rooster โ€“ ใŠใ‚“ใฉใ‚Š

๐Ÿ‘ถ Born 2005, 1981, 1969, 1957, 1945, 1933, 1921, 1909.

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People born in the year of the Rooster are ๐๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ and are always ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ and ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ to ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค.

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They always want to ๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, and if they ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, they are ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘. Rooster people have a habit of ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ whenever they have something on their minds.

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โ– ๐๐€๐’๐ˆ๐‚ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ Start as simple as possible using ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐Ÿ. Use big shapes of oval, rectangle, and anything you think it's possible to create interesting chicken features from its comb, wattles, beak, feathers, even to its claws.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : We will render chicken's feathers and other details later. For this one, try to think everything as simple as possible.

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โ– ๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ With ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐‘๐Ÿ and another new layer. I define the chicken's structure from their initial shapes. After done with the rough sketches, I add some layered feathers to our rooster illustration so it looks better than flat for the color guideline.

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โ– ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐”๐“๐„๐’ ๐‹๐€๐“๐„๐‘ :

โ–ฒ Well, because time is running short when making this tutorial. So I skip into showing you separated layers for color blocking. Using only ๐“๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ž๐ง, as you can see from GIF above; I giving a proper outline and choose some basic colors for a rooster: dark green, dark brown, orange, and red. Plus bluish gray for the shadow.

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โ– ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐Ž๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† - ๐ˆ :

โ–ฒ With everything set right and don't forget to ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ, I choose between ๐†-๐๐ž๐ง and my favorite ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ง to give some variation of light colors on rooster's feathers and so on.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : At this stage, I don't plan to blend everything just yet. Focus on drop some colors to blend later is my key elements here. So rather than using too much energy on creating detailed feathers one by one; choose K.I.S.S method. (Keep It So Simple).

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โ– ๐‚๐Ž๐‹๐Ž๐‘ ๐‘๐„๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘๐ˆ๐๐† - ๐ˆ๐ˆ :

โ–ฒ Now after I'm done with K.I.S.S method, I begin to move into M.I.S.S (Make It Sounds Simple) by using standard brushes from Clip Studio Paint! You can rely on ๐Ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ then choose ๐Ž๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก to blend almost everything! And that's all the techniques behind KISS + MISS.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : That's why, dropping variety of colors will be blended smoothly and nicely. You just need to control your pressure while doing it, as for mine; I don't need to press too much because some graphic tablets will be having different outcomes when pressing gently with tilt ability.

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๐Ÿ• - Dog โ€“ ็‹—

๐Ÿ‘ถ Born 2006, 1982, 1970, 1958, 1946, 1934, 1922, 1910.

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People born in the year of the Dog have all the fine qualities of ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. They have a sense of ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ and ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ, they are ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ and always do their best in their relationship with other people. Dog people inspire confidence in others and know how to keep secrets.

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โ– ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„ ๐Ž๐… ๐€๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ :

โ–ฒ The line of action is a ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’. Making the line of action curved, as opposed to drawing it as a straight line, gives your character's pose (for this is the Dog) ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž and ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž which, in turn, aids in making your animal's poses ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  to the viewer.

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Using ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ง, I simply draw some lines of action to create the interesting parts of the dog's structures; then lower the opacity about 50% before adding the shapes.

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โ– ๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ The line of action is a key ingredient to making your animal's poses look more dynamic. In this quick tutorial, you see what the line of action is and how it can be used to make your animal poses come alive by adding structures with basic shapes: circle and oval.

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After creating a new layer, I use standard ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ with blue color on top of my Lines layer (with 50% Opacity) to make the structural shapes easier to be seen when detailing later.

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โ– ๐ƒ๐„๐“๐€๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ :

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โ–ฒ The line of action is a simple curved line that evokes movement. It's better to make your line of action S-shaped rather than just a straight - it will hinder the overall force and make the resulting pose look less dynamic.

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Combining the line of action with basic shapes will make you think the shapes like 3D when drawing/designing. With detailed structure of shapes, you'll be able to define the overall picture way more easier and counter the artist's block as well.

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โ– ๐ˆ๐๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ Above is my example of poses utilizing a strong line of action. Note that even though the dog may be standing "still", there is still an attitude being projected, simply by having the torso coincide with the line of action.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : When drawing from life, find the line of action - note it down, and then proceed to exaggerate it. It'll make the resulting pose feel more "alive" and less stiff. Please note that for dog's colors; it's the same technique with the rat. So I'll just skip it because of nothing fancy to talk about. ๐Ÿ˜‹

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๐Ÿ– - Pig / Boar โ€“ ็Œช / ใ‚คใƒŽใ‚ทใ‚ท

๐Ÿ‘ถ Born 2007, 1983, 1971, 1959, 1947, 1935, 1923, 1911.

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People born in the year of the Boar are ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž. They have ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก which no one can overcome. They display ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ.

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They are ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐, yet ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ or have arguments. They are ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž and ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ.

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โ– ๐๐€๐’๐ˆ๐‚ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„ :

โ–ฒ Start as simple as possible. Use big shapes of circle and others to create interesting pig features such as ear, especially nose!

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Most people will draw pig's tail with a spiral shape, while I am not most of the people. Haha! So I just draw it as simple as possible.

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โ– ๐ˆ๐๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ Well, I have no secret tricks here, just directly inking my pig with ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐ง nonetheless.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : You can either draw the eyebrows for your pig if you wish to give some personality or just simply make it looks a bit lazy with the eyelids half-closed.

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๐‘Š๐ด๐ผ๐‘‡ ๐ด ๐‘€๐ผ๐‘๐‘ˆ๐‘‡๐ธ... ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’? ๐ผ'๐‘š ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘–๐‘”! ๐ผ๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ!!

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๐”ญ๐”ž๐”ฒ๐”ฐ๐”ข ๐”ž ๐”ฐ๐”ข๐” ...

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๐Ÿฝ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐๐Ž๐€๐‘ ๐€๐๐๐„๐€๐‘๐’ ๐Ÿฝ

โ–ฒ Now let's try to do the different in shapes! Once again start the sketch as simple as possible. Then add more shapes to create the complex structures. We're trying to differentiate the shapes (Pig is rounded, Boar is oval) to achieve different results of characteristics.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Many people will point out that a Wild Boar is an extremely dangerous animal, unlike domestic pig that looks lazy and friendly. In response to that, let's take a look with our design below.

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โ– ๐๐Ž๐ˆ๐๐“๐˜ / ๐’๐‡๐€๐‘๐ ๐„๐ƒ๐†๐„ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ :

โ–ฒ I use this theory when i learned to draw anything based on the collection of animation or motion picture art book. Inside the book, it's written clearly that to define shape of characters whether it's good or bad (nasty) in attitude; it starts with round and sharp.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Wild boar considered as nasty animal, wild in nature, sometimes frenzy. So with triangle shapes which represent as sharp edges; I show you how that analogy fits into characters or creatures from many films, animations, even manga.

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โ– ๐ƒ๐„๐“๐€๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ - ๐ˆ :

โ–ฒ With new layer, I start to define the structured shapes with rough sketch. Using only ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ, as you can see from GIF above; I try not to define detailed boar's furs as it will be the same as how to paint the rat from our first chapter.

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โ– ๐ƒ๐„๐“๐€๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐† ๐’๐“๐‘๐”๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐’๐‡๐€๐๐„๐’ - ๐ˆ๐ˆ :

โ–ฒ Again, for the last time I'm using ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ, as you can see from GIF above; to give more details. Adding some shadows on its face brings the wild side of it. As for the color, I think I'll just leave it to you to practice for what you've been learning along the way.

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๐Ÿ’ฌ : Yes, you can call me lazy or whatever, but seriously you need to apply colors on the boar with your own knowledge and understanding so far. I'll give my comments, even special guide to you if you can directly message to me and request anything as long as it's part of the tutorial, ๐Ÿ˜˜

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๐ŸŒ - ๆœ€ๅพŒใฎๅฃฐๆ˜Ž - Closing Statement

On behalf of the organizing committee for Clip Studio Paint, other Visual Artists, and Visual Art Teachers, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincerest gratitude to all of our aspiring CSP mentors and virtual attendees who helped to make this tutorial an outstanding success.

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Although the theme animal drawing is as old as forest itself, digital art is a field still in its infancy throughout much of the academic world: an interdisciplinary existing between the cracks of the traditional arts and the sciences of digital media.

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Yet this twilight existence has not prevented it from flourishing in recent years. As the innovative description featured at each of this monthโ€™s twelve animals zodiac has illustrated, animals are a topos that has ever permeated the arts and sciences and one that continues to play an important role in maintaining society's point of view: perhaps now more than ever before, confronted with an increasingly globalized and interconnected world that asks us to re-evaluate longstanding assumptions about animal's protection.

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You must be thinking: "what's the meaning of all these rambling all about?! Come on get to the point..." Bottom line, I'd like to share you my affection for the animals and how we can express our heart-content with digital art using Clip Studio Paint. Think about this: you have an animal instinct inside, whether you believe it or not. Just don't kill it. Embrace it, my professor once said: we're nothing but social animals anyway.

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