I am going to do the down in two systems and I am most likely going to regret it. The big downy feathers (which aren't called that but I can't remember what they're called) were finished not long ago, they are topside and underside but they look pretty much the same.
The render actually isn't terrible at a distance.
Different story up close x_x I need to fiddle with the strand thickness and number.
And then after that I might make some different feather textures (thinking plain, barred/striped, tips and spots at least to start with and see what happens as more characters come up) before tackling rigging.
I don't like rigging.
Oh also tail feathers. Might need those.
I'm still pleasantly surprised by how the polygon feathers look.
Meanwhile I'm doing this yet again because I haven't been happy with how I've been colouring.
Using a similar technique to the one I used for the silly season sketchy but have to be neater because I did neater lines for this one. Least the reflected colours are working properly now (apparently the elf is shiny) but I'll have to get further in to see if I like this or if I'm going to give up yet again and either try something else or fall back to what I had originally (I did actually finish the colouring for this ages ago, I just don't like it).
I kind of like and hate this because I think it looks okay and will probably work out alright but it's taking forever. Worse still I have a feeling all my sketchies are going to end up with this colouring if it works.
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I vaguely feel like starting a new hashtag. #muddlingmonday to share works in progress of whatever projects (art, craft, gardening, diy, literally anything) you have going at the time. Monday for no other reason than that's when I've got scheduled for progblogs and the only other catchy alliteration I had off the top of my head would be for Wednesday and there's already stuff on that. Reckon it'll catch on? XD
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