Lakeside Hare (Quinten) (Patreon)

You know when you have that itch to finish something, like when you're on the cusp of understanding something you didn't before, and you can't rest till you figure out exactly what it is and how to do it? I felt like that with this piece. I just had to try to finish it. XD

So, even though it was a workday, I did a short mid-day stream to work it out a bit more! I spent a lot of time trying to figure out the background, some better shading, the water especially...And then a chance mistake with one of the background layers led me to throw most of that out and just stick with the version you see here! Honestly, it works a looot better to keep the feel of the piece focused on Quinten, as in the WIP everything felt very...muddled. Same-y. Too consistent? Like the importance was split between background, the character, and the water. Now it's more cohesive and feels like an actual scene, and less like a stock "character posing with poorly rendered background" piece.

I learned so much in such a short amount of time. I already want to do another colored piece sometime, haha. This was a lot of fun, and Russet loved it too!

Quinten (c) https://www.furaffinity.net/user/Rufellen