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King Cheetah Spot Tutorialby ~soulspoison

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Completion Date: 05-08-12
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A little over a month ago, Cheetahka on FA asked me how I do my King Cheetah spots and I told him I'd make a little tutorial to show how I go about it~
Finally had some free time today to sit down and through it all together! I figured I'd share it here on dA so others can maybe learn from it or even just to see how I derp around and do it. XD

Hope it helps! <3333

^{Artwork, Tobi, Xylia © 2012 P. Gaither (*souls-poison)
Font is African from dafont.com
Textures and Cheetah print from [link]
Fur texture brush from [link]
Do not use without permission. Artwork and characters copyright P. Gaither (*souls-poison); All rights reserved. Do not alter, copy, and/or redistribute under penalty of law.}

*kalmanen May 9, 2012

Will you be doing other big cat tutorials, like leopard spots? This is very interesting tutorial

~soulspoison May 9, 2012 Professional General Artist

I hadn't thought about it, but I'm sure I might someday if I've got more time!

*nekonotaishou May 8, 2012 Student Filmographer

Not to be rude, but king cheetah spots do not look like that at all: [link] [link] [link] [link]

~soulspoison May 8, 2012 Professional General Artist

Not rude at all!

And I hope you don't take my response as rude, sometimes type on a screen can sound that way when you're not talking directly x n x

I've seen lots of photos of King Cheetahs before, and those are some really lovely ones you linked! While the way I do my spotting might not be the exact same, its more of an artistic liberty you could say? That's not me trying to cover my rear and say, "Oh its just my style!" When I made my first King Cheetah character (he's the light gold one on the tutorial, I actually used refs pretty close to these two photos you linked in regards to spots - [link] and [link] And again, just took liberties with it to make him different so his spotting wouldn't look exactly like the real deal~

Tobi - [link] [link] [link]

Xylia - [link] [link] (And with this girl I tried to play more with the way the spots actually look on her back near the blue)

I, by no means, intend for people to think that King Cheetah spots actually look like this lol! But more or less I'm just demonstrating a technique that can be used when replicating the actual spot patterning~ If that makes any sense. XDDDD;;; *is so wordy and bad at explaining*

*nekonotaishou May 9, 2012 Student Filmographer

Thank you for not getting angry! X-X Most of the time when I leave comments like that, I get rage-responses. Thank you!

You're not rude at all! Quite the opposite!

I see what you're saying, and I understand perfectly (just the right amount of wordy

). The thing is, there are sooo many people who don't look things up, you know? To you, it's obvious that these aren't actual King Cheetah spots, but there are always people who believe everything they see on DA/in any tutorial. _{I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere out there someone heard "king cheetah's have stripey-spots" and imagined a tiger-striped thing.

_{Now I feel bad for answering with so few words X.x}}

Thanks again for your maturity! I can't begin to explain how great it is to not be snapped at!

~soulspoison May 9, 2012 Professional General Artist

Lol, there's no reason for me to snap at someone just making an observation. X3 <333 Don't thank me at all hun~!

I know EXACTLY what you mean! With the internet right at your fingertips (or even the local library) there's no reason at all that someone can't research just a bit. Though sadly its not the case for everyone, but you know what I mean. @ n @ Lol! If I see any tiger stripped cheetahs then I'll definitely know why now~ XD

No no, you're perfectly fine dear! Your reply is just fine and again, I'm so glad that you bought up the point about stylization and reality in regards to the King Cheetah spots. <3333

*nekonotaishou May 9, 2012 Student Filmographer

I know, right? ;A; why don't they do it? Research is fun!

Actually a tiger-striped cheetah could look interesting @.@
Speaking of oddly-colored cheetahs, did you hear about this guy? [link]

No problem! All crits aside, your technique looks like it would be useful for a variety of coat patterns C:

~soulspoison May 10, 2012 Professional General Artist

I guess people just don't enjoy it? I love digging for new knowledge, its such a thrill to learn something new~

Tiger-striped or even a brindle coated cheetah~ e u e *rubs chin with ideas*
Actually yes! My friend linked me to the article about him on Mongabay.com -[link] What an absolutely gorgeous animal! The dusting of spots reminds me of freckles~ X3

Thanks! It definitely comes in handy when I do do other types of markings~

*nekonotaishou May 10, 2012 Student Filmographer

Just link hopping on Wikipedia is so much fun, more people ought to try it :C

Okapi or Bongo stripes

or even Thylacine stripes~
_{or tropical fish stripes??}

I wish there were more photos of him, he is so breathtaking! My jaw dropped when I saw him. I've read about oddly colored cheetahs before, but I never thought I'd get to actually see any besides Kings (albeit in a photograph).

~soulspoison May 10, 2012 Professional General Artist

Ooooh, those would be interesting too! *loves Okapi stripes*

Same here! I really hope maybe there will be more photos of him in the future if he shows himself again~

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