norisus:

Hey! Ohhh, I love drawing fur!

With fur, I find that shapes and variety are very important. 

Something like this gets your point across– you can see that it’s fluffy– but the fur itself looks pretty boring and stiff

In comparison, variety really gives character to fur. For animal hair of about this length, I find that thinking of matted fur can help with shapes. Instead of thinking about the hair ends as separate, let them fuse into different curves and straight lines. If it helps, perhaps draw a varied outline of the fur to start and then go back in to break up the shapes in unique ways

How you choose to use your lines can drastically change the texture and overall look of the fur you’re drawing

Highly varied, clumped lines can give an unkempt appearance to fur

But if you want to draw tidier fur instead, more unified and flowing lines will help to give a well-groomed appearance.

Playing with the shapes never hurts!

It’s also important to consider the weight of the fur and/or hair that you’re drawing. Smoother lines on top and more sporadic ones on the ends can help to give a sense of gravity pulling the hair down

As with shorter hair, more uniform will give off a tidier apperance

For really thick or crazy hair, lots of overlapping tends to help!

Sorry this isn’t really too in depth, but I hope it helps!