@saracastically / saracastically.tumblr.com
✨ hey, i'm sara ! they/she | late 20s | american in australia i draw things. animator/illustrator/designer/director/all-around goofball. 2D, digital, textures shapes and cosy colours are my go-tos.
🏷 quick tags #art ▴ #animation ▴ #illustration ▴ #sketches ▴ #ink and colour ▴ #environments ▴ #asks and replies
just a little awoo
WHERE are the high waisted pants that will simply swallow me whole
Hello! I adore your animations, and I was curious. How do you get such a nice texture on them with digital animation? They have the feel of paper animation but the smoothness of digital, I'm very curious how you do it!
hi! thank you so much for saying so, that's something i strive for 🥰 mostly i lean on using textured brushes, textured overlays, hand-drawing frames where i can, and of course having a styleframe and/or image references on hand to match to. for bits that are more procedural or computer animated i lower the framerate (usually to 8 or 12, whatever i'm drawing at) and toss some effects (turbulent displace, scatter, roughen edges in aftereffects) or filters (paper texture, grain) on top and that helps too!
disco ain’t dead 🪩
putting it out there that i would v much like to do more music videos this year 👀
Your arts made me I'm feel surrounded by love, friendship, a whole equality without being jugged. Thank you and your arts for letting me feel this way.
i couldn't hope for anything more. thank you anon 💖💖💖
did this one for loopdeloop, super rushed it at the end, not sure how i feel about it, might as well post it here. theme was BOAT, if u can believe it
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What brush textures do you use
all sorts tbh, i jump around. my usual go-to for photoshop is—i think—a kyle webster chalk brush that i've made a few custom versions of, but i've been using it forever so i'm not sure, sorry ! for procreate lately it's been jingsketch's thin ink, also modified a few times. but i've also been leaning towards coloured pencil brushes lately too !
hourly comics day! yesterday was kind of boring so i'm doing it today. today is not looking to be more interesting. stay tuned
11-4. eventful stuff.
more work
hourly comics day! yesterday was kind of boring so i'm doing it today. today is not looking to be more interesting. stay tuned
11-4. eventful stuff.
hourly comics day! yesterday was kind of boring so i'm doing it today. today is not looking to be more interesting. stay tuned
if ur hot they’re hot. get these fruits a fridge 🍊🍑💦
thank you
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to the person asking about lineless art: my evil secret is i color the lineart the base colors, copy and hide it for reference later, and then merge original lineart layer with the "filled in" layers. how u organize all the layers depends on personal preference
oh true! i'll do this too—especially if i'm animating in a lineless style, it's way easier from a process standpoint to colour the lines later :)
do you have any advice for lineless art? I've been trying it for a few days and can't seem to get it right. Any thoughts?
ooh sure! the biiiggest consideration (that i still struggle with lol) is contrast, in value or hue or both, since you don't have lines to define edges with. if it helps you can start in greyscale, or pop a black & white filter on top that you can switch on and off for reference. squinting at a distance is helpful too. another thing i get caught up in sometimes is following the lineless "rule" too hard—you can still add lines for definition wherever you feel like it helps ! and if you start with a pencil sketch, sometimes it helps to instead start with big shapes of colour or value and then refine. basically you're playing with contrast, so start simple with big shapes, and have fun!
i'm sure i've mentioned him before but devin korwin has an incredible little book on the fundamentals, built for painting which...is basically more rendered lineless art anyway! a lot of the concepts are also free threads on his twitter :)
your your art good good pleases my brain cellss
wow thank u !
