Thanks for the advice. I get it and I agree, paw-like hands can look better in many cases, but every time I’ve tried to draw them rather than hands it just ends up not looking right too, or not really fitting in with the style of the piece given I lean towards more detailed and “realistic” body proportions. Well, there is one exception, a kemono style thing I nearly finished from earlier this year, the only time I’ve been able to make something look good in such a style!

I’ve done as many personal as commission things this year, but haven’t been sure about posting them here, so not neglecting creating for its own sake.

I had a quick look through your posts, I’d consider it though will likely need to ask you for more details on any of your characters I draw if I get around to it. Thanks for the thoughtful comment!

Thank you so much!

Thank you! Keep practicing and one day you’ll probably be better than me, I don’t get enough practice! Try not to compare yourself to other artists too much since that can be disheartening, and realistically there will probably always be artists better than both of us, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. Don’t give up, skeleton!

Love your username by the way, it certainly brings back bad memories 🤣😭

Oh my god, thank you for such a positive comment! It’s very validating to have such an aspect of some work approved by another artist, thanks! And I’m glad you like how the character turned out in it. I hope when you try it in your own art you’ll be pleased with the results!

Thank you so much! I was so unsure about that I weighed up just making him plantigrade because in the ref I was provided the character was, but the commissioner didn’t make any mention either way. So it’s reassuring that you noticed it in a positive way, thanks!

You and the community here are so nice! 😭💙 For sure I want to do a raffle or request here sometime in the future and I’d welcome you to take part if you’d wish! For sure it was, I would do well to be able to work consistently with a more impressionistic or sketchy style, but there’s an unfortunate combination of perfectionism and not being able to see the wood for the trees in me which makes that difficult. Speaking of trees, you should see me trying to draw one, it doesn’t end well LOL

Maybe protogen, not sure why that comes to mind. Seems to be common with sharks too. Hyena seems likely too for some reason, maybe because of the inversion of traditional gender roles.