Plushie Illustration

This was part of a school assignment where we had to create and colour/paint three characters. Most people did the characters in a character line-up, but I requested from the teacher to pose the characters. I learned so much about shading and lighting from my instructor, Craig Simmons. I went back and touched up this piece several times because every time I brought it back to him, he would show me something new I could change to make the piece better. At some point I became satisfied with the result and decided to move on to other pieces. I'm very happy with this piece.

The characters, which are a raccoon, corgi, and shark, are supposed to be plushies / stuffed animals in a project I'm considering making into a children's storybook. :>

More of the shark:


Credits
Art: © *Silberry
Character(s): (Unnamed Characters) (Original Characters) © *Silberry
Finished On: February 04, 2013
Tools: Photoshop CS5 with tablet for sketch and colouring. SAI with tablet for lineart.
Layers: 36
Time taken: Don't remember.