April Drawing Challenge- Community Recap!

For April, the Drawing Club challenge was tailsplosions! We had some lovely submissions from the community.

First up we have Fenton with a classic Pleasure Island scenario. Can't go wrong with a good P.I. donk! The neon sign is a great touch to set the mood of a Pleasure Island bar. I appreciate that you went with a pushing-down-the-pants style tail growth, it's a technique that needs to be used more often. Fenton even went above and beyond with this tailsplosion animation- perhaps another hapless Pleasure Island visitor? Love to see you experimenting with animation! Animated tailsplosions are tricky because you have to think about the stretching fabric and the explosive energy of the tail ripping out. I really like the bulging of the tail struggling to escape.

Next up is Kysis showing off several different types of tailsplosions- roos are always great for a pants destruction with their big thick tails. He also did a lion's tail snaking down their shorts with the tassel popping out below. Kysis finished the month with a full color kobold piece showing off some great pant rippage and tatters in an action leaping pose! I'm so glad to see you doing more work in your sketchbook and then transferring them to digital for lineart and color. It's also great to see more dynamic poses in your work!

Koyshepi is up next with a fully rendered TF sequence of him turning into a gshep and absolutely destroying his clothing. They start with their growing tail pushing into the seat of their pants until the fabric simply can't contain it any longer and it bursts out! God I wish that were me. I'm always happy to see my students working on TF pieces. For a simple two part TF sequence, you packed in some great storytelling with dog-you excited about the sneakers for a different reason than human-you. Also the paws and demi elements are *chef's kiss*

Finally we have Rehv coming in with a skunk TF sequence. Skunks of course have nice big tails which are great for destroying pants. Rehv used multiple viewpoints, swinging the camera around the scene to show themselves shrinking down into a tiny skunk. A very challenging drawing! The story is easy to follow and the dynamic camera angles are a visually interesting way to do a TF sequence. The comic book-style pop outs are a great way to show detail, and I love the final image of you falling to the floor in your new form.

For my own submission, a Lugia TF commission for Orion. One of the largest tails I've drawn recently, his underwear didn't stand a chance!

Thank you for your submissions for April's drawing challenge. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone creates for May!