Figuring out the feather shading is tricky. As usual, the point isn't to draw every single feather. I could do that, but it would look like shit. The real difficulty is finding a solution that works with the rest of the art style
The way I'm trying to improve my shading now is to go one step further than with Areon volpeon.ink/art/2025-areon/ You can see here that he has two layers of fur: One around the neck, and one on the chest. With the feathered wyvern, I'm adding more intermediary layers.
