i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors

“red and green are opposites 🥰” cool now how do i paint a tree with pinks and blues without it looking like a child’s finger painting or incongruous blobs of rainbow vomit

ok i can’t explain it very well but im looking for tips and techniques for rendering art like

with specifically the highlights and colors being hues that compliment each other, don’t distract from the scene, and make it more interesting/visually appealing

is it too much to ask

gonna drop some sources I have saved on Pinterest! I don't know if these all link back to the original sources so apologies for that

cohesive but still contrasting

This kind of talks about color and composition

This is a bit about landscape specifically

Values & composition

Contrast in composition

Balance in colors & values

This one's more for palette building but I think it's useful and can be applied to the other ones

Cohesion within compositions/lighting

"Chromatic fringe" - I also see people using this with shading, they bring in a transition color that is a different hue than the base color or shadow, it makes it so that less vibrancy is lost and it doesn't get muddy!

This one specifically has a lot of process behind the style of painting you're looking for!

Also one of my favorite artists who makes bright and colorful art like this is Not Sorry Art on TikTok & YouTube, her website is here and it's<3 my fav. She has some videos where you can see her process

With the oranges painting you put as an example, I noticed they painted the lighter values more toward yellow - they also exaggerated the hues of the undertones of the photo, so I'm guessing they either did it in their head or bumped the saturation up to get a closer look! I really love these paintings you shared and I definitely share your desire to paint/draw like that :)

thanks this is super helpful! /gen

where's that photo of that shepherd dog being comforted by one of the sheep he guards after saving them from a wolf attack

love and gratefulness and kindness on planet earth

I want everyone to know that there are queers in the hollers of Appalachia, in the bayous and marshland of the Deep South, in Southwestern deserts, through the Ozark mountains and up to the Rockies. There are queers in the Great Plains, there are queers in rural America, in trailer parks of the Osage foothills. In the places you least expect us to live, we are here, carving out community and fighting for liberation with pride despite it all. Stop forgetting about us. Stop overlooking our experiences and our impact just because we don’t live in a Big Gay City. And for the love of God, stop looking at us with pity.

Also, there are ALLIES out here.

I live in a no-stoplight town in the south. There are three tractor stores and two animal supply stores within 25 minutes of my house, and we finally got a grocery store, apparently some time this year. We have no McDonald's or any other kind of chain restaurant.

I saw a redneck at the country store face down a guy whining about the trans menace and tell him to act like he had fuckin' southern manners, or move up north.

And that redneck was a better ally than most people online

queer existence is part of the human condition. queer people exist everywhere, in every community. queer people are part of LGBTQ history. and it's way too easy to overlook the experiences of queer folks who live in regions where, for one reason another, other people think they can't exist or don't belong. i fully think that everyone should read about the lived experiences of people outside of their origins. so. i have (America-focused) memoir and nonfiction recommendations!!!

Memoirs Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia

Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash

Prairie Silence by Melanie Hoffert

Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer by Chely White

Saving Alex: When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began by Alex Cooper

How We Fight for Our Lives by Saaed Jones

Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome

¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer

Mama's Boy: A Story from Our Americas by Dustin Lance Black

Boys and Oil: Growing up Gay in a Fractured Land by Taylor Brorby

Diary of a Misfit by Casey Parks

General

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States

Sweeter Voices Still: An LGBTQ Anthology from Middle America

Queering the Redneck Riviera: Sexuality and the Rise of Florida Tourism

Men Like That: A Southern Queer History

A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta's Gay Revolution

Y'All Means All: The Emerging Voices Queering Appalachia

Condom machines off for the royal period of mourning💔💔💔

Oldest male daughter syndrome

stranger things, starring: these guys (via)

So uh….some dude apparently recreated Adobe Photoshop feature-for-feature, for FREE, and it runs in your browser.

Anyway, fuck Adobe, and enjoy!

Give credit to the 30-year-old who did this shit for free and offers this remarkable thing for free!

Works on the desktop, app, and your general wellbeing. That’s a Hellsite Guarantee™.

From the Wikipedia page on loons

behold my masterpiece

Blorbo from My Shows is bravely rescuing the plinko horse!

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that’s- that’s- op that’s the plot of-

#how Extremely Online do you have to be to understand this post #because that’s how Extremely Online i am (x)

I’m so used to boomers ruining social media platforms but these fine gentlemen singlehandedly made tiktok worth it.

I love everything about this. They all Get It. They’re doing this comedy thing RIGHT.

holy water should get angels absolutely blasted. that would be hilarious

dean nonchalantly offering cas a swig after using his flask to burn a demon

There will never be a tiktok as good as this one I think about it all the time it is VISCERAL

immediately discussing your past with a new therapist is trauma dumping and is actually toxic because you don’t know if your therapist is mentally ready to receive such heavy information ahahahahhaha no but can you imagine actually arguing this i think it’ll be on tiktok within the year

posted august 23 2021

i too wish i was not the cassandra of my age

Cant believe this is real 💀💀💀

if i was in squid game i would be like "woah this is just like danganronpa" and they would shoot me instantly

i love the sonic adventure 2 battle intro cause of that stupid animation knuckles has in it

i can’t find a gif of it can somebody please post it