I have two pets, a cat and a dog, I decided to draw my cat cause I've never drawn fur and I felt like for a first time a cat would be easier than a dog. For sketches I didn't do much because we were short on time, for the sketches I played around with colors and how to get the shape of the fur, which took me a couple tries. Some obstacles I faced were the paws, I've never drawn paws and to be honest I don't really love the way they look in this piece but for a first time I'll take it. Another obstacle was the face, at first it was just white and then I had to go back and add more dimension to make it look more realistic, also the background was hard because I wanted to do normal colors for the background and it was hard to get a background around the cat. I think some of the success I had would be the fur, I really like the way the fur turned out with the colors and I tried to add more than just white to the fur but it doesn't show through that much because of the blending. Another success I think I had was getting the dark brown/black in the tail and some spots, I tried to not use black as much as possible and used browns, purples, and blues, and I really like the way it turned out. I think next time I could improve on the background and paws, the background was kind of spur of the moment and its a little textured and I don't know how I feel about all of it being textured. Also with the paws they just don't look realistic and I wish they did but it was a first time and there's always room to grow. I gained learning experience with prismas in this, I've never drawn fur so I had to draw that for the first time and it was interesting on how you do it with prismas cause you have to do each section separately. This has inspired me to do more with prismas, when I first started in art 4 with prismas I hated them and I think since I've figured out how to use them the right way, I'll do more pieces with prismas. If I were to do this piece again I would work a little slower and take more time on the background I would also practice the paws and eyes more before putting them on the final. Overall I like the way this piece turned out besides the background.
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January 2018
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