The mane is just a little too ordered … varying the height of the hair here and there will make it softer though that isn’t really the correct word … perhaps less solid would be better. You did a good job with the body and the stripes. just like the shampoo bottle says, repeat… Only tone even less each time, by less I mean lighter not area. sharpen eraser again, and do this again.Ħ. tone the white eraser marks down some, but obviously less than the first time.ĥ. Drag this toward you rather than push away, it will erase marks like hair.Ĥ. take a knife and sharpen the eraser, chisel point? pencil point? “squarely across the tip”?ģ. darken the area as dark as the darkest spot will beĢ. 3-4 times and you can get some pretty persuasive fine white fur. Then use a click eraser (sharpened on the end) to lift hairs in clumps being careful along the edges to that you get a soft, fluffy transition. You saw the varying shades of shadow on the fur itself … tone the entire area to those values. Here’s a sample of my method … first tone the entire area to the darkest shadow (usually the shadow between the hairs). then it will stick to the paper like glue leaving a big glob of dark. The click eraser leaves lots of little residue that will quickly turn into a ball of graphite if you go over them with a pencil. When you’re done be sure to clean up the area by dabbing with either blutack or a kneaded eraser. Even if you don’t see the hair lifted, there will be some track for it which is good. it will grab what it grabs and work with that. Then pull it into your hand as opposed to pushing it across the paper. Now I need to see if someone else tries the Koala.įor the fur … make sure the click eraser is cut off squarely across the tip for sharp edges. I’ll need to try your method for white fur, – that looks really good and would have worked fine on his chest.- as for that front arm- now I look at it, it’s terrible! It’s odd the way I don’t see things until someone points it out.