Artwork Text Description: Digital greyscale illustration of an unnamed anthro-furry bevaal cheetah on white background. He is a thin adult male and average sized for a cheetah. He carries his scrolls in a leather side bag and typically wears just a loincloth across his front on a belt but also a long cloak with hood on rainy days. Sometimes he goes without the loincloth as well as this is considered acceptable and common in their culture. He has various accessories and a citizen-identifying cylinder seal necklace. He has white wraps on his forearms and on his feet.
He works as an official messenger of the Wolf Alliance, running between cities and in town and between important officers. Cheetahs are common in every area of the Wolf Alliance as official messengers, and interfering with them is a serious crime. Drawing had an alternate version that is not reposted for mature rating reasons.
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Cheetah Messengers - The fastest way to have your scrolls, letters, and other correspondence delivered!
This was a fun concept to draw XD I wanted to draw a thin cheetah character, and after thinking about it a bit I thought having a messenger cheetah would be perfect! Even in my original world they are some of the fastest people out there, perfect for running things from place to place, especially with the lack of technology (or horses haha). This cheetah is an official government-paid messenger who brings official documents and letters from place to place in the Wolf Empire’s capital city ^^ He seems to enjoy his job, running around all day haha. It’s like he was designed for it :P
Some lore for my world: As you can see, he really isn’t wearing much XD (and depending on where you are viewing this image, possible nothing but his equipment!) I know I have discussed it before, but Be’vaal don’t have much shame when it comes to public nudity, it’s quite commonplace! (especially in the warmer areas, like where the Wolf Empire’s capital is located.) And while it’s indeed a lot more common for the lower classes and slaves to go about their work not wearing much at all, free workers like the messenger cheetah here sometimes don’t either. Mostly it depends on the type of job! But when running around on foot pretty much all day, clothes on this cat would just be unnecessary :P (And considering that Be’vaal especially don’t care to wear clothes in the privacy of their homes either, he probably hardly ever puts anything on haha.)
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This drawing is an experimental technique I have been working on ^^ I’ve really wanted to make more “finished sketches” lately (really just finished drawings with no color) since I think they are fun! But I wanted something more than just line art, since it that kinda feels lacking by itself. So after looking at other artists I like and how they do their sketches, I decided on some shading that focuses more on ambient occlusion and form rather than shadows and actual greyscale shading. So this is what I came up with :) It’s finished lineart, just like a fully finished drawing, but then I go over it with this quick shading technique and add detail to the forms! It’s very fast and quite enjoyable to make compared to tedious coloring!
I know I said that I plan on making more finished sketches this year, but you can definitely expect more of this style of drawing to come! I have quite a few started and in progress, and I will work on them in my free time ^^ They are such great practice and I really enjoy how they look! I hope others do as well :) -----
