I’ve been studying Annabel Haines‘ style on fur because she does an incredible job. In fact, she does amazing on all her projects with added textures and details. So over the years, I’ve been working up the courage to give it a try. I practice here and there but this was the first time I’ve gone full furry on an image. It was good first attempt but I still have more to learn. The image I used was a retired Scaredy Cat rubber stamp which is now available in the Going Catty clear set by Whimsy Stamps.
Annabel has a fur coloring tutorial which shows step by step on how she colors the fur. It’s a great tutorial and is a lot easier than how I did mine. Plus hers turns out better so take your tips from her. 😀
For those who were looking for an eye tutorial on the dragon… well, here it is. Even though this is with colored pencils and not markers, the idea is the same. (1) First, the image’s eyes are usually white (if stamping on white paper) or you should color them white. (2) Then, since eye are not actually pure white, I add shading around the edges to make them look found. On a person, I add shading going from top down. But on this image, and the dragon image, I really wanted the eyes to bulge so I went with a round shape for shading. (3) Next is to color the irides. I like to have some dark at the top and light nearer the bottom. For this image and the dragon, I chose to have one large and one small. (4) The final step is to add black for the pupils and white for the highlight.
My coloring plan was to lay down a base of color for the cat, which you can see on the left side, then add all the fur texture, which you can see on the right. It worked ok but after having so much color down with the pencils, it was very difficult to get a sharp noticeable line for the fur. In some areas, especially the lightest and white areas, it didn’t look like I was adding any coloring at all. For the white, I decided to add more details with the white gel pen. Did it work? Eh, I’m not sure.
I love it. Thanks for the tutorial on the eyes. Your fur is fantastic. I would have never thought to lay down the color first and then the fur. I think you did an excellent job. I’ve never seen anyone work on balsa wood.
Thank you so much Barbara, I really appreciate you crediting me, it doesn’t happen much and it’s so nice when it does. 🙂 You did an amazing piece of colouring, I love how it turned out with the colour underneath and will defo try that on something where there’s plenty of time before saturation limit. By the end of my method too I can only get another white hair with the sharpest of white pencils. 🙂 Time for me to crack out that balsa wood and have a go. Thanks again, hugs, xxx
Sproatmeyer 
What an awesome piece of colour work x
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I love it. Thanks for the tutorial on the eyes. Your fur is fantastic. I would have never thought to lay down the color first and then the fur. I think you did an excellent job. I’ve never seen anyone work on balsa wood.
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Thank you so much Barbara, I really appreciate you crediting me, it doesn’t happen much and it’s so nice when it does. 🙂 You did an amazing piece of colouring, I love how it turned out with the colour underneath and will defo try that on something where there’s plenty of time before saturation limit. By the end of my method too I can only get another white hair with the sharpest of white pencils. 🙂 Time for me to crack out that balsa wood and have a go. Thanks again, hugs, xxx
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