This…
was fun.
I want to make a series of this.
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every characetr design course in the world should force you to draw twenty people in the same mundane profession like bus drivers or auto mechanics or nail techs before you get to draw an elf
imagine how cool elves could look if they looked a fraction as interesting as Steve who bags your groceries. have you looked at pictures of your aunts and uncles lately? e-sports competitors from a country you've never been to? so many awesome faces to look at in the world
just saying this from the perspective of a guy who could have been saved a lot of frustration from practicing this earlier on as a young artist rather than stumbling through it now, but then again I think i'm learning to embrace the Real so much more as an adult
since some are taking this as a design prompt (yay), for this to work you have to show the 10-20 "characters" to a non-artist in your life and they have to be like, "yep, i could've seen any of these people today" and imagine each of them living their own rich/unfulfilled lives
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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
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
If you'd like 2 Print books that I absolutely reccomend to every visual artist regardless of Media, Color and Light and Imaginative Realism by James Gurney are basically religious texts for artists, even the 3-D people because his understanding and explanation of how light and form work is that damn good.
If you're wondering about Mr. Gurney's chops:
James Gurney is the Dinotopia Guy (that link includes his Dinotopia books, prints and online classes too)
a selection of artist memes hand-picked and curated by me based on my own experiences
Hey have you seen the new pokedex entries for Gothielle???
What the fcuk.
I wish I could be even half as goth as this bitch that goes goes around showing people the inevitable heat death of the universe
happiness is stored in the abbott elementary
First Post! Maybe I’ll be more active here since Twitter went to shit.
Ghost pokemon! I’ll be finishing this project as soon the new game is released! I hope you like it!
Music by the musical ghost!
How is he not catching fire?
Because the ponyta trusts him did you even watch the fucking episode
...that your audience won't hate.
This is a method I started using when NFTs were on the rise - thieves would have to put actual work into getting rid of the mark - and one that I am now grateful for with the arrival of AI. Why? Because anyone who tries to train an AI on my work will end up with random, disruptive color blobs.
I can't say for sure it'll stop theft entirely, but it WILL make your images annoying for databases to incorporate, and add an extra layer of inconvenience for thieves. So as far as I'm concerned, that's a win/win.
I'll be showing the steps in CSP, but it should all be pretty easy to replicate in Photoshop.
Now: let's use the above image as our new signature file. I set mine to be 2500 x 1000 pixels when I'm just starting out.
This post pissed off an AI weeb who, with their multiple accounts, decided to whine about how copyrights for smalltime artists are tyranny or something.
That gives me a fair indication that I'm doing something right. ;V
Let me also restate that no anti-theft measure is foolproof. There are going to be ways around watermarks, always. A properly determined individual can always figure out methods of removing it.
However: add enough layers of frustration, and most will not see the point in bothering. Removing a speckled watermark from multiple images takes the kind of time and effort AI bros are, rather famously, unwilling to put in. If they have to do it for a whole gallery, most won't go through the trouble.
That's the point.
artists please divorce yourself from the internet attention machine and focus on becoming weirder and having more fun instead of creating more engagement for corporate social media giants
just some pointers for returning artists/blogs!
- don't feel like you have to "art dump" the work you've made while you've been gone. post your art separately and schedule it! increase that visibility! let all your work be appreciated!
- tumblr high-traffic times are the evenings, while twitter's were mornings. keep that in mind for posting, no matter your timezone!
- tags are your best friends. use general tags (#artists on tumblr, #illustration, any media/character names for fanworks, descriptive terms for original work like "cat" and "kitten" for your pet's portrait, etc). keep your most important tags in the first five!
- maybe even include a tag directory on your blog!
- seriously, work I made a decade ago still gets notes because of tags
- reblog your own work as often as you like! please do, it helps with visibility and there's no limit to how often you can
- most importantly, have fun, be kind, and support other artists!!!
been fighting art block, drew this quick 15 min. fanart to try to combat it. i was absolutely enthralled by jordan peele’s “nope”, and most of all the creature! a recent article revealed some science behind jean jacket and the possibility of other members of the genus, so i tried my hand at designing those specualtive species. hope you guys enjoy!
Footage of animation artists recording themselves for reference continues to be one of my favorite things ever
Please watch Wendell & Wild.
Not just because it’s a Halloween classic in the making.
Not just because it has a unique art style.
Not just because it has decent trans rep (which is cool to see it get more attention in recent years).
And not just because it has Key and Peele playing the best characters in the movie.
Watch Wendell & Wild to prove that animation can cater to more than just kids. This movie is PG-13 (but a 90s PG), meaning it’s more for older audiences without relying on constant cursing, grotesque violence, and ludicrous amounts of sex and drugs. Instead, it uses creativity and genuinely good writing to tell a story that, while not really too intense for kids, it’s at least a lot more advanced for them. And that’s great. I want more animation that appeals to a vast majority of audiences of many ages and proves that type of animated content can be successful so people can stop saying animation is just for kids. But it’s not. Anybody of any age should be able to enjoy animation and all its strengths, and the best way to do that is to give movies like Wendell & Wild a shot.
So, please, watch it.
Drawing from scratch is STRESSFUL, so to calm those nerves I'mma do redraws until I feel better.
The goal here was to stick to the canon-style while still being like, "This is Rei--but AFROcan 😌"
Also also, BGs still are "oof" for me, so I just. Didn't. Heh.
This was supposed to be quick, fun, and self-indulgent. I'm trying to stop being intimidated by art again and just do it for the hell of it. Not get all stressed from it again.
Oh, another thing, I changed her overalls from pink to red. Why? Because she's Sailor Mars. And Mars (in Astro) is about that red. And I obsess over both because both are fun so, there you have it.
Anywho, this has made me want to re-obsess over yet another childhood obsession: Sailor Moon, lolol. I still adore Pokemon but one needs a break. And apparently, my two-year hiatus was not enough. Woops. So bam. Sailor Moon phase time <3.