Hi y'all!

[Roosterfeather]

This my first post on this page and I was wondering if anyone could teach me how to draw digital drawings of cats and dogs? Maybe chickens? I don't have an example pic, but I'll find one and post in comments. Thanks everyone

 

[Roosterfeather]

K, found one! https://www.backyardchickens.com/attachments/cats-png.2166279/

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC! @Blue Raptor, @Amer, & @Lacy Duckwing might be able to help you!

Or how about this article?
https://tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/10633

Or these videos?

 

[Amer]

You could ask on this thread:
Thread 'Any artists out there?' https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/any-artists-out-there.1380620/
I don't do digital art.

 

[Blue Raptor]

This my first post on this page and I was wondering if anyone could teach me how to draw digital drawings of cats and dogs? Maybe chickens? I don't have an example pic, but I'll find one and post in comments. Thanks everyone

I agree with @Amer ! There are a lot of artists that hang out on the art thread!
Do you have an art program you use or are you new to digital art?

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I'm a bit new at digital art, so I'm still learning some of the basics. Do you have a program to use? I've been using Sketchbook, which is free (on my tablet), but you can purchase a one time upgrade for a fairly low price.

I focus mainly on chickens in most of my art (and am terrible at cats), but a little neat trick I've been doing is tracing what I want to draw, then taking the time to fill in all the details by referring back to a reference (or two).

So for this picture, I did a quick trace to get the chicken the size I wanted in the space I had, and also to get a general idea of the shapes:

It was very sloppy (which I intended because I would rather not trace the details). You can see the image I traced on the right, which is in a separate layer. (You can lock a layer by double clicking it and clicking the padlock in the menu, which I highly recommend doing for layers you don't want to draw on.)

After the trace, I sketched in my outline, then hid the traced layer:

Then I added more fine details, darkened the lines I already had, then started to color:

I like to do a lot of layers, which you can see on the side. That way, if I mess up somewhere, I don't have to worry about erasing too much. On this piece, because I wasn't using a reference on the feet, I had to adjust them a few times to get them right. (If you notice, they're bigger than the picture before.)

Then finally, using multiple layers for the colors, I color, add my background, and finish:

For the coloring, I add the color layers under the layer of just lines. This is so none of the lines get covered over, and I can be a little sloppy if I need to. Then on the background, I use the very bottom layer so again, I don't have to worry about covering anything.

For my digital art, I use a tablet with a S pen. The S pen is like using a regular pen, though it only works on my S Series Samsung tablet. Some people can do digital on computers using the mouse, and others use their finger on their touchscreen devices. Personally, I can only do it with a S pen on my tablet. A stylus pen could also work as it's basically the same thing.

Hopefully something I said here helps. Again, I'm still new to digital, and am still learning the basics. Happy drawing!

 

[Roosterfeather]

I agree with @Amer ! There are a lot of artists that hang out on the art thread!
Do you have an art program you use or are you new to digital art?

Hi yes, I am new to digital art. And I already checked out that thread and liked it very much! I think I might've posted this there too.

 

[Roosterfeather]

I'm a bit new at digital art, so I'm still learning some of the basics. Do you have a program to use? I've been using Sketchbook, which is free (on my tablet), but you can purchase a one time upgrade for a fairly low price.

I focus mainly on chickens in most of my art (and am terrible at cats), but a little neat trick I've been doing is tracing what I want to draw, then taking the time to fill in all the details by referring back to a reference (or two).

So for this picture, I did a quick trace to get the chicken the size I wanted in the space I had, and also to get a general idea of the shapes:

View attachment 4254432

It was very sloppy (which I intended because I would rather not trace the details). You can see the image I traced on the right, which is in a separate layer. (You can lock a layer by double clicking it and clicking the padlock in the menu, which I highly recommend doing for layers you don't want to draw on.)

After the trace, I sketched in my outline, then hid the traced layer:

View attachment 4254435

Then I added more fine details, darkened the lines I already had, then started to color:

View attachment 4254437

I like to do a lot of layers, which you can see on the side. That way, if I mess up somewhere, I don't have to worry about erasing too much. On this piece, because I wasn't using a reference on the feet, I had to adjust them a few times to get them right. (If you notice, they're bigger than the picture before.)

Then finally, using multiple layers for the colors, I color, add my background, and finish:

View attachment 4254438

For the coloring, I add the color layers under the layer of just lines. This is so none of the lines get covered over, and I can be a little sloppy if I need to. Then on the background, I use the very bottom layer so again, I don't have to worry about covering anything.

For my digital art, I use a tablet with a S pen. The S pen is like using a regular pen, though it only works on my S Series Samsung tablet. Some people can do digital on computers using the mouse, and others use their finger on their touchscreen devices. Personally, I can only do it with a S pen on my tablet. A stylus pen could also work as it's basically the same thing.

Hopefully something I said here helps. Again, I'm still new to digital, and am still learning the basics. Happy drawing!

Awww thank you so much for trying to help me! Wow, i wouldn't think that you are new at digital art!! It looks really really good! Actually I am really bad at chickens, and really good at cats lol i am writing a novel with a few pictures in it about a few clans of cats, a little bit like Warriors, and would love to add drawings! I might be able to send you one of my novels someday

 

[Roosterfeather]

Welcome to BYC! @Blue Raptor, @Amer, & @Lacy Duckwing might be able to help you!

Or how about this article?
https://tips.clip-studio.com/en-us/articles/10633

Or these videos?

Wow! thank you! I'll take a look if I can tomorrow!! Well, I have been on BYC for about a year and a half now! So i'm not really new, lol

 

[Blue Raptor]

Hi yes, I am new to digital art. And I already checked out that thread and liked it very much! I think I might've posted this there too.

Nice!