the big bad

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this started out as just a speedsketch, just for the sake of trying to draw a badass werewolf. the original sketch can be viewed in my scraps.
i kept looking at it and thinking how much i liked the pose and feeling of the pic, and that i should do something more with it, but the prospect of doing all that hair was too daunting.
but, i finally decided to give it a go, and it was fun at first. but then as the hours ticked by i got really sick of drawing hair. i had to do this in about 5 sittings, as after a couple of hours of hair detailing i couldn't handle any more. every single strand of hair on this fuzzy bastard was drawn seperately. i tried making up some brushes from multiple dots to do a few hairs at a time, but they gave too uniform a finish, and i wanted him to have coarse hair going everywhere.
but, it was good practice, and turned out pretty well, so i'm glad i did decide to have a crack at it.
no references were used for any of this, but i've always had dogs so i had a fair idea of how all the fur would go.
all done in photoshop cs2 with 12x18 wacom tablet.
copyright dypsomaniart 2006