Little Librarian

Monday, May 25, 2026 - 3:45 PM

^_^ My mate, Robin, has been wanting a drawing of her as a bunny librarian for awhile, and I fiiiinally got around to it!

^_^;; And then five hours into doing that library background I realized I should've done a whimsical, woodland library, instead of a conventional one! Ah well. Another time!

After the Sonic Polycule Bingo Fracture installment, where I was really unhappy with how everything interacted with the background, I'm trying to lean more on best practices and background first again. I'll get good about doing that, and then get cocky, or burnt out, aaaannnd get set back to Not Doing That again. So...let's try to Not get burnt out again. As both Kaede from Rascal Does Not Dream and my kitty Gray like to say, "It's important to take frequent breaks."

^_^ My mate Robin is sooooo cute! I love her so damn much! I really leaned into the smudge tool, trying to get a nice, soft pattern to her silver-grey fur. I played a little with the lighting, trying to give the lighting of the room a bit of a yellow cast, with a bit of blue coming from the window. Honestly, I really should do more painting studies and really study how light and color interact, I kinda mostly just plop a color down for my lighting, which sometimes works well, and other times does not.

Should I have done all those books that way? Absolutely not. I really tried to not go overboard, but I did end up going pretty overboard. It could've been much worse, tho.

^_^ Robin and I decided she should be wearing the heart apron from Animal Crossing. I took some liberties with it, changed the sleeves, and couldn't remember whether the apron wraps all the way around like a skirt (I think it does...?), but yeah. I've really been wanting to do more feral-leaning furries, and was really happy to have the opportunity with Robin's bunny-self. Gave me an excuse to look at Beatrix Potter art!