For finishing touches, use the Fur Smudge Brush and Strand Brush to add extra wisps of fur. If you don’t like a particular section that you’ve painted, use the Rough Grainy Eraser so you don’t have harsh eraser lines on your image. Depending on the type of animal fur you are painting, you can use any of the longer fur brushes (such as Wavy Fur and Straight Fur) to fill out the textures. For longer fur, drag the Thick Fur Wisps brush in horizontal sweeps along the sides of the wolf, just as the blue arrows indicate. Remember that fur grows in a natural direction, so lay down the brush strokes facing in the same direction, just as the red arrows indicate on the image below. The fur brushes will layer on top of this, which will add the realistic texture we’re looking for.Īfter mapping out the colors of the image, use the Short Fur or Short Sparse Furbrush to add texture to the wolf’s muzzle and overall face area. This process was quick and messy – you only need a general idea of the fur’s color palette. Start with the basic shape and colors of the wolf. Though we chose to paint a wolf, you can use these brushes to paint all kinds of furry creatures. We painted a quick photo study of a gray wolf (using a reference photo from National Geographic) to show how to use the fur brushes to create that realistic effect. With digital brushes it’s certainly faster and easier than traditional methods to paint realistic fur.

The following are the steps to install the Sketchbook Pro 2021 full version application on Windows: Download SketchBook Pro 2021 installer. Instead of having to painstakingly paint each stroke of hair, you can quickly add semi-realistic or realistic fur textures to your animal drawings with these thirteen brushes. In terms of features, everything is absolutely the same, only the license looks different as an Enterprise. We’ve published many in-depth tutorials on animal anatomy, so we thought it only made sense to create a Fur Brush Setfor our users. Note: This blog post and brush set was originally created by Michelle Li

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