Raccoon Rubs | And Tutorial

Good raccoons need good belly rubs.

This is a Toony style full detail simple background drawing I did as part of an art trade with MrJames_Miller on twitter. This pic was pretty fun to do. As usual, I am going to show you step by step of how I produced this drawing from start to finish.

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• Canvas Prep/Rough Sketch

  Start off with 4 layers (listed in order that appears in the layer section):

  • Extra Sketch layer
  • Fine Sketch layer
  • Rough Sketch layer
  • Canvas Background layer (neutral color like grey)

  In the rough sketch layer, sketch out basic shapes of the characters and their poses.

• Fine Sketch

  After the rough sketch is drawn to liking, sketch over the rough with a finer sketch to detail the sketch more. Make as much changes and edits as needed in this step to avoid having to do too many later in the drawing.

• Lineart

  Create a foreground folder with the following:

  • Lineart layer
  • Shading layer
  • Folder for "Colors"
    • Folder for 1st Character Colors (Folder will be masked to Base Color.)
    • Folder for 2nd Character Colors (Folder will be masked to Base Color.)
    • Base Color layer

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Once the sketch meet satisfaction, simply trace over the sketch with a lineart in the lineart layer.

• Base Color

  With the contiguous (wizard) selection tool, select all areas that are outside of the characters' perimeters then invert the selection. This method is done this way to avoid having many gaps in the base color later on where they would need to be corrected. Then fill in the selection with a neutral color like grey in the base color layer. (Be sure the neutral color is not the near or the same as the neutral color for the canvas background so to be able to see the base color well.)

• Primary Colors

  This is what your character folder should look like for organization:
  • Folder for Character Colors
    • Misc. Colors layer (Optional)
    • Quaternary Color layer
    • Tertiary Color layer
    • Secondary Color layer
    • Primary Color layer (folder's "base color")

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Begin drawing in the primary colors of the characters in their respective primary color layers, making sure their colors don't overlap in areas of the other character that is not desired. However, if coloring in a layer that is underneath the other, the color can overlap in areas that is not desired since the color above will cover over it.

Then simply mask the color folders down to the base color layer.

• Detail Colors

  Add in other color details for each of the characters in their respective folders utilizing each color layers in them for easy editing if needed. Mask the layers down to the primary colors in their respective folders.

• Shading

  In the shading layer using black color, draw in the shadows. Take note of where the light source is coming from. Turn down opacity or temporarily turn off any color folders or layers to be able to see the shading easier if needed. Turn down opacity in the shadow layer to 50% (and use Grain Merge if in Krita for better blending of colors).

Restore the other layers' opacity back to normal or turn back on is applicable.

• Background/Final Check/Final Result

  Make two background layers outside and underneath the foreground folder (or just add one layer and use the canvas background layer as the background to work on). Add in a gradient background in the bottom most background layer and add some shadow underneath the characters in the other (top most) background layer.

Then check over for any errors, add-ons, or changes that need to be made. And then sign and date and the drawing is complete!

Here is a animation of the steps.

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Hope you enjoy the pic!

Jim © Tw: MrJames_Miller
Bleuxwolf © and Artwork by @bleuxwolf

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