Tiger Practice

I tried my first tiger today, it took about 10 minutes including working out the layout and where I wanted everything to be so I could do it faster...

I'd love to know what you think or how I could improve it.

great for a 1st tiger!! Better then my 1st.

only two small things I would change.

1. outline the teeth
2. skip the lines on the nose.

Keep up the awesome work!!! can't wait to see your next one!

The teeth were a bit of an afterthought, outlining them is a great idea!
Also I found that the nose looked a bit strange with nothing... But the stripes don't look quite right, maybe because they're a little messy?

Thanks Mana

None of my tigers have lines on the nose. If you llok at a real tiger they dont either

Here are some one mine







Here is my Very 1st Tiger!! My husband can be a good spot!


You are definitively on your way to some spectacular work!

when practicing my tiger lines, I will plop in front of a TV with a pot of black and a paint brush and continue over and over on my arms and legs until I run out of space. Then wipe it off and try again. My worst enemy is the tear drop. Me and girly designs just aren't seeing eye to eye. Would love to see some of yours.

Wow my eyebrows are scary in that 1st pic.

p.s. that was supposed to say "my husband can be a great sport" (not spot. )

I think you did great! Your lines defining the top part of the eyes are right on, I have issues accomplishing this. I agree with Mana, you don't need the lines on the nose. You should be proud of yourself!

http://www.facepaintforum.com/t8839-before-after-tigers-thanks-for-the-help

Here is my before and after tigers, the great ppl here on the forum helped me alot. The best advise I got was to keep the lines all pointing to a central point on the face and when you do the lines, go from thin to thick to thin. I like to wiggle my lines a bit too.

Very good! I really like your wispy muzzle! I like sets of 3 or 4 stripes together. I love Mark Reids tigers. They really inspire me to work on my stripes

Here are my latest.

CottonKandyClown.. love the blue and pink tiger!!! GORGEOUS!!

CottonKandy, I gotta ask. How did you get the blue SO glittery without getting glitter everywhere else?

Manabanana wrote:

Just a quick question, what program do you use to make pictures look like this! love it! want t give it a try too, on some of my pictures if you don't mind!

Take care, love Jantien

martha wrote:CottonKandy, I gotta ask. How did you get the blue SO glittery without getting glitter everywhere else?

Very carefully! I lay the base down first and let it dry. Then I paint the blue under the eyes and take my finger and dab it on. I don't put the stripes down until after it dries really good.

Thanks for the tip. Amazing work!

I would suggest to definitely make all the lines go to the center of the face and thin to thick to thin line practice. In front of the tv is a great tip. Also, I never put anything on the nose because it widens the face and makes it more tiger like. However, you did a great job and it would totally pass as a professional face paint.
Here is my everyday tiger


And here is my WOW tiger

Kara! That's amazing! I love your line work... I do need to practice that...

Great for a first tiger!

I found that Mark Reid's Fantasy Cats gave me some good tips on colour blending, line work and line curves. He also always talks about the lines working towards a central point (lines pointing towards one focal point) - usually the bridge of the nose or the corner of the eyes etc. This gives it order. Tigers are actually much harder than they appear...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Reid-Fantasy-Cats/dp/0955558530

The program I use for editing is GIMP. it is a free editing program very similar to Photoshop.