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can't believe i've never drawn sol before

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delete me

repeat me

let's try this again

@jumalanpelko fanart !!!!! suncat!!!!! i hope she is still recognizable after so much rendering w random colors!!

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Puolukka poika <3

Felt like doing some digital painting since I havent really had a chance to do that in a while

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suncats (characters from @jumalanpelko)

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Take this 🦇

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what if....Jayfeather was....mama's boy,,,,

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I am living. I remember you.

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Another Warriors release, another secret jacket cover illustration! You might be sensing a theme for these so far... : 3

Process shots and rambling under the cut!

I had a really strong mental image for this one going in (bright pink and orange flame to contrast with the bright blue normal cover), so I think I only sent in the one (fairly involved) thumbnail sketch. Color is a big part of how I work, so I like coloring my roughs.

After we got approval to move forward, I cleaned up the digital sketch and passed that off to Sara, who "inked" with a chunky graphite pencil for that extra crunchy storybook texture. This gets scanned in, tidied up a bit and painted digitally.

I loooove how this one came out...Sara and I draw comics all the time but illustration feels like something different. It's nice to get to flex a little and have some fun.

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FIRE ALONE...CAN SAVE OUR CLAN...

Full illustration from the hardcover jacket cover of WARRIORS: THE PROPHECIES BEGIN Volume 1 + some details!

Process, WIPs and detail rambling under the cut:

Sara and I rarely get to do detailed, non-comic page illustration work, and wanted to get some painterly texture to set this apart from regular comic panels. We did some tests early on in the process:

(inked lineart on the left and graphite lineart on the right)

Sara used some soft, chunky (8B!!!) graphite pencils to get the storybook texture we ended up going with. I also used a gritty digital "gouache" brush to softly paint the whole illustration, and used a watercolor texture overlay I had on hand for added crunch.

These are the rough sketches I sent in to our editor and designer- I normally do a rough color pass at this stage. It's a little extra work, but it's worth it to not feel totally lost on color later in the process.

(Pencils by Natalie, printed and handed off to Smo, who "inks" with a heavy graphite pencil)

More WIPs...I think it looked pretty good in black and white too, honestly!

Thanks everyone for all of your kind words about the book so far! I'm already drawing volume three ;w; see you in a year!

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Canada Lugia

beware the vicious aerohonk attack

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very excited for nectarsong to do something

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what made you a furry?

reply in tags

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doodle that came into my mind while reading dovewings silence, specifically this scene

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i am already prepared to like this guy

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i think people only compare moonpaw to shadowsight because they forgot rootspring exists

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frostdawn and bristlefrost from twitter requests ❄️