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paexie commission timelapse
🕑 Added 2025-11-07 19:00:09 +0000 UTCI remembered I could download the sonic adventure 2 soundtrack from internet archive so you'll probably be hearing more of that in future timelapses...
the anatomy and chains were good challenges in this one! I looked at pitbull muscles for reference, but the chains were a real mental exercise- you can see that I take a break halfway through to line the rest of the body before I finish the chains in the timelapse lol.
I do have a little tip for drawing chains though! as you can see in the timelapse, I sketch them out as just one main line to lay down the curve first, before I draw any of the links- whenever I start with the links, the flow of it ends up looking stiff. I fill the links in by thinking of them as alternating upright and sideways rectangles that intersect each other, like so:
for rounder links you can just round off the rectangles when you're filling the details in, but I find that rectangles really help to understand the angles going on. I hope this is helpful!
