Lineless

[Sarah Badr]

Okay, after watching Silv earlier...here's my first attempt at lineless...

[Silvanon]

Heeeey, not bad at all!  I'd adopt that. 

As far as suggestions (which I'm assuming you're looking for):

There's a leetle spot about halfway up the neck where the mane doesn't connect and a little transparent hole is left.  Gotta be extra careful about spots like that when there's not lines to ensure the connection.  They can be easy to miss - I'll usually try out a few different body colors and/or background colors to help me spot them as I'm templating.

I don't think it looks bad, but some people might argue with you over the idea of lineless since the shading in some areas (lower back legs, for example) is dark, thin, and ends abruptly enough to appear like lines.  Were this a Quin, I'd be using the smudge brush to blend those areas into a bit more gradual of a transition.

[Sarah Badr]

Heeeey, not bad at all!  I'd adopt that. 

As far as suggestions (which I'm assuming you're looking for):

There's a leetle spot about halfway up the neck where the mane doesn't connect and a little transparent hole is left.  Gotta be extra careful about spots like that when there's not lines to ensure the connection.  They can be easy to miss - I'll usually try out a few different body colors and/or background colors to help me spot them as I'm templating.

I don't think it looks bad, but some people might argue with you over the idea of lineless since the shading in some areas (lower back legs, for example) is dark, thin, and ends abruptly enough to appear like lines.  Were this a Quin, I'd be using the smudge brush to blend those areas into a bit more gradual of a transition.

Oh I really appreciate you advise and suggestions.....what kind of brush do you use for your shading? Your's seems to have softer edges than the ones I have on my Photoshop.

[Silvanon]

I'm not sure if all the version's brushes are the same, but on mine, there's first a series of harder-edged circle brushes going from size 1 to 19, then comes a series of softer edged circle brushes going from size 5 up to 300.  I do most all my work (not just templating) with that second softer series.  When I'm starting shading, I'll pick a brush size that'll cover a fair bit of the critter I'm working on - for the Quin today it was probably a size 20 or so - at an opacity of about 12% or so.  I'll block in the large areas of shading with that, then smudge them around so they look nicer.  Then I'll size down to a detail brush, maybe size 9 or so, and up the opacity to somewhere around 19%, and go back and do the smaller or more detailed areas with that.  Smudge them up a bit, and done.

.... maybe I'll use the female Shire and make another templating tutorial.

[BabyKittenCandy]

For a first attempt (and in all fairness I know zip about art!) I would say it looks pretty good! Just the gaps Silv mentioned but other than that I'm liking it and would be happy to adopt one like that!

[Hajaa Nora]

.... maybe I'll use the female Shire and make another templating tutorial.

Yes please and thank you!!! 

[Winged]

I think it looks great for a first attempt. Like Silv, i think that if you look closely then it does look like lines, but i think it looks great regardless of that Well done!