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

fun fact one of the world champions in pepper-eating contests is a trans woman and she actually faced significant backlash because people somehow thought she had a biological advantage. to eating spicy pepper

update bc i went back and checked: her name is brianna “the chilli queen” skinner and she set a record in 2017 by slamming back 23 carolina reapers consecutively. she only stopped when told to by the referees, and the next year she stepped down out of boredom. queen

Here's a picture of her, by the way

And her super supportive wife

Source

No surprise, though glad to see data behind this

what if our economy was based on disabled people and the elderly getting their basic needs met and not bald white man getting big big big boat

Fun fact! Having a job every day is actually a fairly new thing.

In olden times, people had daily chores and other things to do but their workload/ daily working hours was actually much lower than it is today. Even in farming communities.

The concept of working super hard every day actually comes from capitalism, which in turn comes from Puritanical ideology.

The Puritans believed in salvation through work and in no play.

Early capitalists adopted this ideology because it meant higher productivity and therefore more money if their factories were running near constantly.

The idea of needing to be continuously productive in order to be useful/ allowed things like food and shelter, is actually quite an insidious ideal that is deeply rooted in the American culture.

4 day work weeks have actually proven to be more productive than the 5 day week. But corporations won't adopt it willingly because it means less of a stranglehold on their workers.

'stockholm syndrome' being invented by a police negotiator to explain away why a hostage said police actions were making her and the other hostages feel unsafe is like. yeah

Houston put someone on trial for feeding the homeless and jury calls bullshit

The state had to prove to a jury that feeding the homeless is a criminal act and in doing so, probably convinced a few members of the jury to sign up for food not bombs lol.

This is a great time to remind everyone on here about Jury Nullification

Fun fact: anytime you hear a story that boils down to “and then some ABSOLUTE FOOL sued this totally innocent megacorporation for assloads of money AND WON! Can you believe it? Ridiculous. Some people, right?” 99 times out of 100, the corporation super fucked up, the plaintiff 100% deserved that money,.and you’ve just been fed corporate propaganda.

… Even that one time someone walked into a glass wall at apple?

The one where an 82 year old woman broke her nose because Apple hadn’t followed proper safety and building regulations. Where this same door that, again was violating safety codes, had already injured other guests and the store hadn’t fixed it. Because they wanted that sleek aesthetic.

Yes, even that one. (Also it was settled out of court and Apple paid her the money she asked for. So.)

normalize calling viagra and menopausal hormone treatments gender affirming care

the absolute terror people have about transgender hrt is diminished when you point out that actually, my mom does the same thing and so does yours probably 🤷‍♀️ pretty banal in reality

If it's not derailing, let's start calling laser and electrolysis treatments gender affirming care when cis women get it, not just when trans women do it!

and also plastic surgery, and boob jobs, and botox, and hair plugs, and when gym bros take t.

joe rogan has had gender affirming treatment.

jk rowling has has gender affirming treatment.

they’re all just fucking hypocrites.

When the music swells and Rocket reads “common name: raccoon” and he uses the key he saved all these years to open the cage and he scoops up all the baby raccoons

Kamala Khan: pure of heart, dumb of ass

THAT WAS AN AMAZING TEASER Y'ALL 🥹✨

Wanted something GOOD from Marvel and now we HAVE IT 🥳🥳🥳🚀👩‍🚀

Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau

The Marvels (2023) dir. Nia DaCosta

BRIE LARSON as CAROL DANVERS/CAPTAIN MARVEL The Marvels (2023) dir. Nia DaCosta

the marvels is gonna save the mcu from irrelevancy i’m so serious

LOOK AT THEM LIKE they are the it girls of the mcu idc

i already love the mcu but this is going to increase my hyperfixation by SO MUCH

THE MARVELS 2023 | dir. Nia DaCosta

oh baby that’s a lesbian