Category: Digital painting Medium: Procreate for iPad Air 2 Support: Digital Canvas Subject: My fursona Ulrich Benton Theme: Ulrich drawn in a style mixed between my own and that of the game Critter Cove, happily waving at the viewer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Description: If you remember the previous iteration of this image, it was previously drawn traditionally. I have been wanting to recreate this image digitally since the beginning of this year. However, shortly after making this decision, I lost the stylus I had been using to draw on my iPad. I don't have a professional stylus because I don't think this iPad supports one; I just had a super basic touchscreen-compatible stylus that I could use for whatever touchscreen device. One end was like the regular touchscreen styluses, a round and bulbous silicone thing, while the other end was some weird pointed thing in the center of a clear plastic circle. I don't know what it was or why that was the way that it was, but it worked. Until it broke. I figured, since I had an iPad, I should get myself an Apple Pencil since I've heard those have worked well for people... but apparently, my iPad is JUST out of the compatibility range for ANY Apple Pencil... so, I did what anyone else would do and I bought a knockoff version that claimed to work for my iPad. It... "worked?" In a sense that the stylus communicated information to the iPad with which it could create a response, it "worked." I don't want to say "It could draw a line"... BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A LIE! That stylus that I got was like using one of those spirograph pens... do you know the ones I'm talking about? It was a mechanical pen with an oscillating weight at the top end of it that, when you turned it on, would force you to draw spirals. This stylus was NOT THAT. Yet, anytime I tried drawing a simple line, it would always turn out wavy.
Anyway, I'm getting off topic and angry again. Since then, I had been trying to get a new iPad, one that would work with the Apple Pencil (that I returned so I don't know why this was the goal), and after realizing there was absolutely zero chance of me buying a new iPad with my budget, I eventually just settled for buying another of the initial stylus I had and, wouldn't you know it, it works just fine.
So, here it is! Ulrich drawn in the style of the now available in Early Access game Critter Cove: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631470/Critter_Cove/ ... waving, as the characters do in that game when they want your attention. If you haven't seen that game yet, I highly recommend it if you like life-sim-style games. There's farming, crafting, building, cleaning and expanding an island to attract visitors to your island who will eventually become residents of your island as well. But, most of all, there's sailing to other islands to collect resources, meet new characters, and, well... who knows! The game is in early access, and even with all of the stuff it has now, they developers are excited about what the community would like to see added in the future, so who knows what the future holds for Critter Cove at the moment. I just know that the character creator is a fun tool to play with and I've already seen so many people recreating their fursonas and popular furry characters using it. Definitely check it out!
If you would like to see the game before buying it yourself (although I do believe the demo is also still available), check out my playthrough of it on YouTube! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7d0BqrRh5xc222SdZqH... In all honesty, I recommend skipping the first video, though... That was my first video where I tried using a mic and, well, I didn't quite know what I was doing... at all... After that, however, the first five videos are from an early developmental version while the rest are from a more recent developmental version closer to this early access release. Just keep that in mind while watching those videos. MANY bugs have been fixed and features have been added since then.
