Anybody want to share a good lion or shark?

My little cousins keep begging me to do things like lions, sharks, dinosaurs, etc..., but I have no idea how to do them. Does anybody have a good step by step that they wouldn't mind sharing, or even some pictures that could get me started?

Thanks in advance!
-PJ

The lion is the cover of my book... Your Face or Mine and in that book there are dinosaurs, a wolf, leopard etc. Metina carries it in the forum shop.

Awesome sharks, Shannon. A little out of my expertise, though. The lion is great. I will have to see if I can work some money out of this month's budget to order your book.

I don't have step by steps but these are mine... or ones that I have copied from others...lol



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That dinosaur is adorable !

Great stuff Suzy. I really like the dinosaur...I think I saw a similar tute on youtube one time, so I will have to go look that up.
Shannon, I ordered your book last night. Can't wait to get it!!!!

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Here's a super fast and easy shark. Start with grey on a flat brush. Add white to the brush and blend in stripe at the bottom stomache area to below the child's mouth. Add a grey fin over the stripe at the bottom. Add white teeth, and outline everything in black. Give some stripes on the side for gills and a 'mean' eye. Add blood on the teeth if you'd like. Super fast and effective!

oooh Catz, I love your shark. I will definitely have to try it, and Anita, your dinosaur is adorable. I will start working on these designs as soon as I'm completely recovered from today's endoscopy(long story).
I am trying to expand my design capabilities before a church event at Chuck E. Cheese's next month(ours is one of the few that have yet to be touched by violence, thank God). Hopefully I can master at least 10 different designs and put together a decent looking image board.
...I guess if I run out of designs I could always give them a cool looking scar, but hopefully I will have mastered enough by then not to have to resort to that.

This is my one stroke shark. Hope someone can use it.

Vivid...love the shark. Could you do a step-by-step on it? I'm trying to "upgrade" all my quick designs for the fair season and I love my shark but yours is more realistic so I want to see if I can do it.

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Kara Mundy showed shark step-by-step somewhere.

I just tried that dino this past weekend. Lots of fun. I need to practice those sharks. I get asked often for it, so time to get on the ball. thanks for sharing.

I found it!
http://www.facepaintforum.com/t9102-shark-tutorial

Denise your shark is great, I like this shark because it truly is all one stroke, except for the bottom fins, and you can easily incorporate it into a mouth design or around the eye.

Here a pic of when I painted my friend's little "Jaws" eating poor Nemo... and then I painted a wave going across his face using TAG'S "Ocean" one stroke.


The lion is my 16 year old son I did last all with Starblends... except for the black lines. I told him to look fierce for the photo... I think he looks menacing enough!

I don't have the step by step pictures....

Here's a mouth shark I do, not terribly please with how forwardon the body the dorsal fin is, but the boy liked it, so that's what matters.

Lisa Joy Young also has a shark tutorial on youtube if you are a visual learner.

My avatar is my hammer head shark i did on my daughter

That is too cute!

This is an old picture for me (so be kind) it has changed a bit - muzzel, nose, ears whiskers and mane but basicall the same lay out and dosen't give you the view of the mane carrying around the sides.

Kumi, love your style, so unique! Your bloody shark really inspired me and that lion has a "prehistoric look" that I LOVE!

There is tutorial from Lisa young, cheek it, I hope it helps you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrtwa7Xu1mI