I, unfortunately, never got to see a Kirin before I lost my eyesight. However, given what we learned about them in that episode from Season 8, I imagine they are quite a challenge to draw.

It is always great to see how you continually challenge yourself as an artist, Sweetie. You not only drew a Kirin, but two Kirins. Was it easier to draw the second one after you finished the first one, or did you work on both of our puffy pampered pals at the same time?

Given how they can become an unfriendly Nirik when they are angered, I imagine getting into some soft padding would definitely help any Kirin to not get so frustrated that they become a Nirik. Diapers are for relaxing, taking it easy, and relieving yourself of stress. Perhaps a little pampering is part of how they keep themselves from giving in to their feelings of anger? It is hard to be angry when you are comfy, cozy, and cuddling with a friend. :)

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I'm pretty sure that diapers can help them out to relax and avoid turning into flaming creatures hehe. Diapers can be very relaxing and calming if the creature agrees that is liking the experience, if not, well, it could be a bit of disaster.

Answering your question. It depends on how I'm able to work the picture, but usually when I have some difficulties to create a proper sketch, my strategy is to develop slowly the entire sketch and later on keep working on the details. This is a really recommended way of working art because that way you can have more balanced creations. In things like 3D modelling it specially important, because the general shapes of the object are more important than the tiny details and the way you're going to modify the geometry needs to be from general to specific if you don't want a huge mess of polygons, vertex and faces that later you won't be able to control properly. So, let's put an example about this artwork. I started drawing where the main parts of the Kirins where going to be, legs, heads, bodies, all of them without even eyes, ears or mouths. Later on I added some missing parts and details and eventually the important details of the species. So, summarizing I worked both at the same time, yeah.

Very interesting. Thank you for being kind enough to share how you developed this particular image. I also like the insights you provided on how you gradually add more and more detail to the characters in the image as you go about making it. It sounds like a great way to get the look you want without spending too much time on the finer details until you are comfortable with the character's overall body.

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When I would draw art, I would always start with some aspect of the face. I found that certain geometric shapes helped to create the character that I was trying to depict. I would say I got quite good at drawing Yoshies this way. However, I never got too good at drawing humans. If I drew a human, they often looked quite flatcompared to when I would make a cartoon-like character.