I don't draw cartoon animals often, but I was kinda curious just how much mileage and variance I could get out of a base skull shape with minimal tweaks. Turns out -- a lot!
I've had an idea for some space faring critters for a while, but never put any real time into it.
These were fun, though.
I pick my colors by hand, but a shadow layer multiplied over a local color layer + a final opaque layer for highlights and reflected light = quick results.
Helpful especially if you're struggling with a workflow that's consistent. It looks decent even over these bullshit inks.
Pick a shadow color that's a desaturated compliment to your lightsource's color and have at ye.
This method of picking a multiplied shadow color that is a desaturated compliment to your light source isn't going to produce the *best* color results, but it will give you ones that are genuinely difficult to fuck up.
I just blindly slathered in flat color for the heads right and left.
FRENDEN