Hello again! I'm back with some art.

This is Petrichor, a timberwolf. He's probably the most realistically-designed OC I've made so far. I was going to design a whole world around him (think warrior cats, but wolves) but I kinda lost motivation for that and I'm much too busy, anyways :'( 

The good news is that I'm back on track with an artstyle I really like and I revamped my shading and stuff

✨And now, here's the thing I really wanted to talk about:✨

Here is TWO YEARS worth of improvement in my art journey. If you been here since the beginning, I applaud that. It hasn't been easy getting to this place.

These are all lighting/shading tests with my sona, Reya, in each respective year. I've gone from barely knowing how to shade and do lineart to becoming proficient in both aspects and more. To say I'm proud is an understatement; I'm extremely happy.

And because I like to make fun of myself, I'm pointing out all the mistakes in the first two that  I fixed :)

1. 2022 - Really scratchy sketch lines (nothing wrong with sketches, but it looks bad here), no significant light source, pillow shading, no fur shading, fur looks soggy/lifeless, ears don't connect right, coloring is SO blocky, random unneeded lines, bad eye shine, no rim light

2. 2023 - I clearly had no idea how anatomy worked, ears too small and wide apart, same thing with the eyes, no form or structure in shading, just gradiented, fur spikes boring/all the same size, shading too direct and too much contrast, no blending, shading is muddy

3. 2024 - I'm sure I'll have critiques once 2025 rolls around.

Larger version of the piece if you wanna see it! The dogtag has her name, blood type, etc.