#creative-discussion
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Hmm i mean i have spring role so since earlier this year
hten you could get it
just ask bouncer if you could get it
I think you can
if your being active
and have been here a logn time
Okii, thanks katashi c:
Drawing has always been my thing ^-^ i love drawing and doodling
Itโs nice to find ppl with similar passion ๐
hehhe nice to meet you
who do i report an art thief to? iโd rather not say their name publicly, but they've posted stolen work in #creative recently
bouncer?
alright, good to know
wow, where did they post it to?
Just a warning guys, @ripe vapor steals art from other people
huh?
@ripe vapor my man
yikes..
thats one of them
yeah
Leave it to the mods please
alright, tell to the mods please because this is bad
just pls stop pinging
well I do remember nilo
He's also stolen this from Hex777
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/661004897021329421/764175759999893544/image0.png
talk freely about me, just don't ping
got in an argument with someone which resulted in a ban
yoo naka
hey cycles
i just sent it to bouncer lol
eey naka
lmaoo yo
everyone is here
the gangs all here
tmod gang
yes
why does this keep happening
im not tmod gang :point:
you were :point:
@sly spade If you (or anyone else) would like to report an issue on the server, please message @weak matrix to contact the mod team. A public channel is not the place to discuss this.
Fair enough, sorry. Will do that
its probably not a good idea to dm bouncer now, i already have
ye
anyway creative discussion
sorry too
still curious how you both were on this right when we were talking about it
i think creative discussion is a very creative name
sprite sprite to get us off this topic
interesting shading
sprite yummy
@vagrant geyser got a reply from VEIKK it seems they don't have Linux support for the tablets and software
smol ninja but not animated because topic
i like your smol ninja
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Maleficent! That looks really cool!
Woah! Pretty! 
here's a wip for the server fall event ๐
wip for haunted joja prompt
Ooo
Liking the style!
a lil bit of wip
Very nice!
Thank you c:!
Took away underline lines~ did this at 3am last night, ๐
GD a Q-T
Nice! You get a candy!
Me
They're both nice! I think I have a bias to the more cartoony one, but I like the one on the right also!
ah? the,, uh, expression isnt a matter by the way, its just as a base but i dont like any of them to be honest
but the first one,, okay
They're both nice! I think I have a bias to the more cartoony one, but I like the one on the right also!
Personally I thought the right one is the more cartoonish one.
But yeah, they're both nice so I guess it's really up to you, rase.
yeah my style is cartoonish i guess but the right one is chibi
heres without faces n i had to fix something? but i think im going with the uhh right one because i just cant seem to make the left one fit
groans
it wont let me send it
missed this channel oml
I dont remember who exactly got excited over my Red Dratini, I think it was @lament turtle, but, im working on a Red Dragonair

Anyone on who has experience making character portraits for stardew? I'm looking for tips to figure out what drawing style, line thickness, ect resizes well for the default size of 60x60 pixels?
Also, lovely lines @tropic halo
this is just the sketch
thats why its so messy
this is what my line art usually look like
i love ur art style
thank you
I wasn't being critical
I struggle with line art so seeing that smooth pen control I get envious
the stabilizer is my best friend
without it my lines would be crusty as hell caus emy hands are so shakey
i tried using color dodging for the first time and gosh it's pretty
thank you ๐
ross draws has a very good eye tutorial that i kinda followed and i am slowly getting the hang of it!
youre doing great
thank you ๐
no shame, and they're all so cute!
You're all so talented! 
For those of you who use do digital work: what drawing programs do you use?
And how do you get it to look so polished/smooth?
First question, there's a lot.
Second question, knowing your program and, well, practice I'm sure.
Okay fair
What platform do you have available?
Ahhhh that's a fun question. basically linux. but with the hardware limitations of a chromebook
Yeah, I could use a macbook, but that's like shared with family
(I'm not a real digital artist, but i use Ibis Paint X, since i don't have a drawing tablet,, just my shitty phone)
(I'm not a real digital artist, but i use Ibis Paint X, since i don't have a drawing tablet,, just my shitty phone)
Oh I can also run android apps, because I'm on a chromebook, which is a plus
And yeah, the chromebook specs are going to be limiting depending on what you're doing with the programs.
But I mainly use linux stuff
Yeah- i have a pretty good chromebook on the specs front (I can like run minecraft & desktop SDV, no problem) so it's not too much of a hurdle, thankfully
Alright. From a cursory search, your best (free) options for Linux are GIMP, Krita, and MyPaint.
Thank you :)
Krita has a lot of features and brushes compared to the other two, but it can be demanding on performance if you use any of the more complicated brushes.
Okay, I'll try that out first then! I can't imagine that could be worse than minecraft? (but maybe I'm wrong haha)
Oh and I do have access to adobe products via family, I just can't run it on linux
Cool
Krita is what I'm learning on. There are tons of YouTube guides with the right search. Bonus: all of that is free
i love krita so much. i have a few problems with it on occasion but its usually quite minor
Krita run on linux
*runs
Learning curve is a bit steep though
Painter Tool SAI isn't linux right?
god, i used to use nothing but krita
im glad im over it tho,, it always died in my hands and all my work was gone
Oh???
yeye,,
How did all your work die?
krite going brr i assume
the programm kept crashing whenever i used crop n drag too many times (2 times) lmao
MAN MY COMPUTER GOT SO HOT
i burned my hand on it
ur pc angy
i ran krita for barely 5 minutes,, and like
i thought i twas gonna explode
i could cook food on it
holy shit
thatโs more than a krita problem me thinks
but,,, yeah,, kritas free but id get my hands on sai asap if youre able to // want to,,,,,
i mean,, i switched pc's and still had the problems - in fact, on the new pc they got even worse, so,,, its not really on me i guess
That's usually a laptop issue due to poor ventillation
and no dedicated graphics card
Photoshop was terrible on my junky laptop
and the macbook air didn't like the amount of layers I use
m so glad i dont have to use a laptop
(I'm a better painter than sketcher so....)
damn how many layers do you use
To give you a hint, each eye had about 20
Nothingmore annoying then getting a low quality laptop thinking you can draw with it
Probably not a best practice no
I try to consolidate layers now
But it's very frustrating none of these things emulate wet on wet that well
@shell sphinx Maybe try to merge layers and if you may need separate layers later then save them to a separate project for maximum speed
I've been doing that now. I also use fewer layers nwo that I use a graphics tablet to color
I used to do hand sketch, scan in, water color, scan in, then mouse painting
so the layers were partially for accuracy
This was all one layer, probably one of the first things I made with my wacom
damn i just,, cant
and line art
This actually had no lines to it
I just started with blobs of color like a painting and built on it
I'm a self taught person who mostly messed around with charcoal and paint
learning the basics now is painful\
Thank you
im learning how to charcoal right now and im pretty sure im going to get a B on my assignment 
when you charcoal, do you rub with a towel or with your fingers? Cuz i swear I was finger painting with charcoal
Depends on the texture effect I want
Small details like eyes I use a q-tip. Cotton balls for skin texture
oooh pretty painting 
Towel to cover my hand where it leans on the page
The skin is cotton ball, the line of the chin is tortillon, lips q-tip
oooh
White charcoal for the highlights
the secret to the contrast is rubbing a faint layer of charcoal over the entire page
Details in graphite
any tips for doing the really dark parts of charcoal?
like the clothes and hair?
thats what i struggle with
That's just rubbing really hard
It depends on the hardness of your charcoal
I use
General Pencil Charcoal Kit, 12-Piece | with a 4.7/5 rating (256 reviews)
The charcoal is graded on softness and darkness
soft charcoal usually makes good filler for deep blacks
sometimes I'll even grind some and use a paint brush
hard charcoal is good for details
thanks for the advice!!
Perhaps because I grew up not having digital as an option, I find charcoal and paint is nice. You get a very intimate connection to your work
You can use your fingers or nails or random things around the house
and just have magic happen
Will warn charcoal does not like skin oils
I keep paper wherever my skin rests or wear gloves
otherwise the charcoal might get pockets or pits
that's a good tip, i left quite a few finger prints on my drawing and had to erase
Arknir did you draw your pfp?
It is! Whereโs it from?
im reverse image searching to find 
i remember plucking this off of google images :c
the links they're sending me are all dead 
oop found a source
but its used as a cover image for a wattpad story without any reference to the artist ๐คทโโ๏ธ
i shall look
Do we crusade to find the artist?
What character is this?
Kuroo from Haikyuu
I think I found it?
ah you got me I was skipping all the links that weren't from twitter
idk if that's it though
They have a tumblr link listed
watermark though 
Hooray for amateur internet forensics.
oooooh nice
you found it 
i never even saw the full image lol
just a cropped version
saved
I reversed image searched, found that wattpad post, reversed image searched that and kept going until I found something non pinterest. 
another wip... sweating
i love the heart eyes
ty! i'm working on the event and i decided to try drawing a short comic C:
haha i would make something for the event,, but
But?
stardew valley is somehow the most wholesome yet easily not wholesome game ever
yes
The art for it goes crazy
One minute youll have a nice art of a girl and her cat
and the other youll have a "nice" art of a girl and her "cat"
Literally any fandom will do that
I know
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm it's simp hours for me,,,, i need one (1) danganronpa ship for drawin practice
owo
So cute!!
im currently in art hell because of izuru simps
you lil junimos!
wip for haunted joja, still looking to add more details in the back before i start putting morris in
be looking creepy
hoping to make it look creepier, it still feels kinda cute to me 
yeah same
The Junimos D:
Damn i love the structure of the background
I just realized the dead junimos
Damnnnn
Yea very clean lines
i have a perspective ruler for the lines since i wanted them to be extra clean
normally i would just eyeball it, but the clean look really fits the joja aesthetic
I kinda agree and you did great!
thanks! hopefully the final piece turns out great ๐
Same goes for mine! Iโm now working on the last panel and my goal tomorrow is to finish the trees, sky and ground
If i can i wanna finish the blackberry shrub house and jack o lantern house
Ahhh hope that turns out well for you! backgrounds always make me a lil nervous, but yours is looking cute so far
dunno what her name is gonna be yet, but I already love her
aww
wip,, aa 
i never had marshall look so white lmao
dONE
both of em are good
@spiral gale I like your artstyle!
thank you aa
Oh man i really like your art style
Very different from mine... and the way you color the hair๐
I love how messy it is
Sketch sketch
aaa it's just flat color,, and yeah clean lines are gross to make to me
nice wacky!
just a note katashi... i think "wacky" is like, part of the team name for the team "Wacky Wizards"...
So for today's inktober "disgusting" I drew a political thing and now I can't post it. It was all I could think of that I could actually draw though RIP
ummmmm k
Lookin' good already!
I donโt do inktobers or anything like that because I donโt have the motivation myself... but i enjoy pplโs inktober art!!
Same, I'm very slow so I don't think I could do an illustration everyday.
Love everyone else's artwork though!
bruh we're so in the same boat lol
https://gyazo.com/5668b59d3e0c87340936e92a34fc4a1e this is a good start
im messing up the skin so i might erase and start shading over xD but ill do other things first
So pretty!!
thank you :)
https://gyazo.com/fcb791ab7ea792ae5bc9d552b15b3270
there is stilla bunch of bg and so to go but we getting there 
it looks epiccccc
I did these last night, might as well post them so I can look back on my progress in like a year and go โgoshdamn.โ
Those are incredible- what on earth
Aww, that's so cute!!

they both look so cute! i absolutely love emilyโs hair 
Haley's expression is spot on.
That's looking nice
wip!
Looks so cute! the junimos look adorable
omg it's so cute!! i see that among us character ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ
cute af
That image is what I live for
๐
He do be looking cool
Woah! That looks so cool!
Psst @lament turtle I can make you your own mini red dratini + dragonair if you want :D (these are blue because they're from my personal collection)
@old pecan thats super cool 
thanks guys 
wah cute
I have upwards, maybe over a hundred of these tiny pokemon
https://gyazo.com/7e914b48dd93d60401714e41786097e5 lets see where this goes 
I wish I had the same motivation as you to draw every few days 
Aw tbh
sometimes i just dont wanna draw, today's sketch was hard to decide, i didnt like anything, but i really wanna finish this challenge to draw everyday
Any tips for jawlines?
I noticed i've been getting worse at them
and that's concerning
Well depends on the kind of jawlines you want to work on. Masculine jawlines tend to have a more square ish feel than femenine vibes, whereas femenine ones arent are prominently square, and more smooth to the base (tho it can vary depending on the headshape overall tbf)
good references can be very helpful when you are lost with jawlines :) seeing photo references can give you an idea of a kind of jaw you may want to draw
and therefore be a decent guide when it comes to jawline's highest points and the journey to the chin o:
im sorry if i was confusing ๐
im not too happy with the face so ill probably paint over later
I see, thanks!
https://gyazo.com/4e1539e94af8500fc801e1fbd4e3f3ac ok xD later was now, i feel this is better
and anytime :)
So beautiful!!
SNEK!!! :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOAH i love the dress
Complaint: Inktober Day 13 is "dune"... wtf am I to do with that lmfao. I think I will draw from the movie dune haha
on second thought... the dune worm scares me half to death and that seems like the only great thing to draw from the story... so imma just draw a desert XD
well if it scares you then it seems appropriate for spooktober ;)
https://gyazo.com/3899a860eed54830d1dbfceccb6992e4 today's lil project :D lets see where it goes ^^
aw thank you very much ^^ im glad you like it
yumiiiii it looks so good so far
Hello. I started drawing pixelart, but still dont know most of the technics related to it so im still trying out stuff.
I would be really grateful, if someone could tell me, what i should improve first.
Also. How do you use layers and for what?
Thanks^^ There are actually 6 pumpkin pals referenced^^
i cant remember who was giving chocolates but i see the choco
Thanks a lot^^ It was a lot of fun making it^^
Aww, it was Sumkin riiii!
OH
It took me half an hour to draw pengos hat
I just coulndt get it right^^
Aww, well you did very good! 
Generally you usually use layers if you don't want something to interfere with something else, or if you want to add a certain filter that edits your colors. Once you get the hang of it you can use 30+ layers like me!
or 100 layers like me
Oh. I didnt knew that. Its all on the same layer, so it was sometimes really inconvenient to add something. Thanks
I also should look into filters.
awww thats look really cute
@sleek jungle long live 100+ layers usage
๐คฃ
https://gyazo.com/ea1837927ecfa41e37983153347d76df /o/ its taking shape yatta
omgg i cant wait to see it finished dhsj

Thats really cute^^
Oh. I just remember. Which program would you recommend for pixelart?
I also tried drawing Yumkins pfp face^^ยด Only the crown stayed in the end^^ยด
yuss ^^ thats the idea, im glad it shows
oml im a pumpkin
thank you for keeping my tooth gap xD i love it
"You are a pumpkin Yumkin"
... i need to draw that now lmao
Hehehe^^
who would be hagrid in the situation tho
also can i just say pengo looks adorable as a pumpkin?
Drawing Pengo was a lot of fun^^ I love his pfp^^
its hecking adorable 
I like how they claim that future jobs will be paid but for some reason not the first one.
my god thatโs really good
omg wdym?? it looks so good :00
morris wips, one non halloween related, the other a cross between haunted joja and the art of unnatural occurrences
I want to see it finished it's so good already!
been a while since i shared stuff here so,,,have some hands
ohmygosh yOU CAN DRAW HANDS
ye vros
I have a mix of fear and admiration gushing through me right now ..
thats my sketch ahahaha
the power you hold
currently tackling environments tho lmao

:0
fascinating
wish i could draw feet
f e e t
foot ๐ฆถ
I'm ok when it comes to hands, but legs,,, kdjfkasdhfk
whenever i draw legs it either looks way too buff or it's just straight up rectangles
foot is singular of feet lmao
I regret looking in here
why
CW: clowns, don't click if they make u uncomfy!!
But wip of a clown oc I'm working on, halloween themed ofc bc spoopy month
Budget Ishida Sui style
Bruh Tokyo ghoul
https://gyazo.com/86e423e8340b87ad30e84ae2b55c3322 today's attempt
ngl im pretty bad at painting animals, so im scared about this fox, but its a challenge i must go through
https://gyazo.com/f7d1c274c3d1824a22f39582e48a801f is this a convincing fox? 
Yes! so cute
thank you 
the shading is so good!
Very convincing fox!
did some practice, hand practice is inspired by frog's hand drawing
"What? Hm... fuck" is a mood

Those hands are AMAZING
Nice mood there also nice hands
theyre a witch
Anybody know anyone who would do some hobbyist level commissions? I have a little passion project I'm working on. And this discord has a ton of really good artists
can always scroll through the user list and see who mentions commissions in their nick
Such as... you
always good to have Options tho
looks like Nae has commissons open too
Frog king has them open too
i havent done digital art in forever but 
:0 itโs amazinggggg
thank you sm!

Great josuke!
drew a noble samurai
Draw?

Is that a yes?
yes, now prepare to fight 
thank you 

https://gyazo.com/83b9f378b15d5fb9a237a2c1bb21f9f9 who is ready for pug in a bee suit, cause i am
xD
pug :O
hm, quick question, so should art be posted on both creative chats, or one over the other?
Ikr, yum is so quick!
idk about that one, i feel so slow today
but i gotta pick up the pace, i have class at night today
but thank you
also nae holy moly 
https://gyazo.com/4a0447ff386bafc77f8d87a4d292c25f if i finish before 8, im inviting yall to dinner

Uuh. Dinner. Pumpkin soup?
can anybody tell me a cool pixel art platform for beginners? i want to try pixel art but iโm not sure where to start ๐ค ๐คทโโ๏ธ
I just used a site called pixelart for now, because it is free. I know that some people use aseprite.
Well Gimp, krita(program i use to paint :D) paint.net, piskel and i dont remember the other one are free to use programs that allow pixel art
Krita itself has a pixel art workspace which is pretty neat if you wanna start learning

https://gyazo.com/e790852fc0e8ccc4857e1b0750a9a87d i may have overdone doggy a bit much but there is still time 
Oh. Thanks for the infos
mr tophat
Very cool, very fashionable!
https://line-of-action.com/ this website is great for gesture drawings @tropic halo :D from figure drawings, facial expressions to the devil: hands and feet
bookmarked
but its a great website, also you can choose to opt out nudity if its not something you wanna see when you set a session
^^
kk
Thanks
ill check it out
one of these days ill learn how to draw a hand
@tropic halo famous last words
hands are so hard to draw but so satisfying once you get them right
its my own fault for not practicing tbh
practice helps a lot, i had to force myself to add hands or else id never learn (and i still avoid them whenever im especially lazy)
yeah im gonna take some days off from drawing and just do some practice stuff
Do y'all recommend drawing using different mediums or styles to improve your base style?
finally sketched a happy shane... might clean it up, might not lmao
i love the nose blush
Very nicely done! It will be fantastic once it's gotten a bit of cleaning.
thank u guys!!! ;o; you're all so kind!!! <3
Late but I do, Maestro
The better you understand how certain mediums would work in your style, the better your style becomes imo
Well...since I posted this for troubleshooting in the other channel and will likely need to edit anyway.... opinions please? I'm not used to editing or making pixel art.
And the default
@glacial ridge I do recommend trying out new styles to improve your base styles, and the same thing goes for different mediums! just switching from digital to traditional (watercolor, acrylic, ink, pencil, charcoal, chalk, pastel, etc.) can be a great way to expand your style. i highly recommend watercolor at least once, but anything works really. different styles too, realistic anatomy studies can help you stylize better in some cases.
;OOOOO HELL YES ELLIOTT
Just some Fluffy Pony doodles ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
@shell sphinx noice
lovely
Alexis, itโs been a while 
Hewwo
hylics fans wu@
cool!
@shell sphinx I love those wow good job, I wanna download
Random doodles
Which ones should i draw more of :V
Started this a while ago but never completed it
It takes a lot of time and patience
N i c e
beautiful :00

this is dark enough? like he is hypnotized by spooky magic idk
Spooky slime/blob
lol it's just Randy, but spooky things are happening in the valley
I beg accept suggestions
@lament turtle I like the axolotl looking one!
Adding more intense shading in some areas would make it spookier
now this looks dark
Thatโs not what I meant...
Iโll try explaining since I failed editing it 
I still donโt know much about pixel art stuff
Imagine light coming from behind the slime
You need a darker richer color in the center and fading slowly to light towards the edges
You only have two main colors rn
Making a light to dark gradient would make light and shadow more intense
It might not look like you want it to and thatโs totally fine
Itโs just a suggestion, see where it takes you
I like it (even that too much details isn't my style lol)
That's adorable
Cute
I like more clean and simple, but yours is cool too
All the hands Iโve been seeing made me want to practice my hand drawing skills, so hereโs my sketches of (poorly?) drawn hands
p o o r l y ? riii these are amazingggggggg
thanku
hsjdjsk Iโm still practicing so Iโm not sure lmao
they're beautifullllll
Looks really good to me.
riii, amazing job!!!
hands 
riiii! Those are so cool!! 
aaa thank youu
someone wants to give him a pat?
Squish pat

pat the lad

really big sketch (yes, itโs taped on a mirror, i canโt really sketch on carpet) that iโm planning on watercoloring and inking over later
Your drawn hands look better than my real hands

https://gyazo.com/6c4eae5b09d4f1cf1d2ea728769ffa95 late start today but
this sketch im happy with
Your drawn hands look better than my real hands
thank you! it took months of practice to be able to draw hands in a decent enough way (iโm still mildly unsatified but the ink will cover up where i mess up). iโm sure your hands look lovely tho
summon sexy demon
always xD
https://gyazo.com/2e536ad7700299a45b19520a8fb3023e i like him i aint gonna lie 
had to darken the lines for a bit xD
I love it
hey
you guys are very talented
So like there's this person that I see everytime I go to look for inspiration for my inktober drawings and each drawing so far has these epic patterns in it
here was day 7
INKTOBER 2020 DAY 7 - "FANCY" Inktober Drawing With Ink, How To Draw Fancy Hat | Zentangle Patterns Ink drawing very easy. Fancy Hat drawing demo. Inktober drawing step by step. How to draw Fancy Hat for Inktober 2020 Day 7 prompt? Zentangle patterns and designs for beginners...
LIKE OMG SO PRETTY

Wow that's amazing!!!!!
Cute
what a good day to learn
awwwwwhhhh thank youuu! โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
I can confirm that you're better at colouring than I am
i like the blushes
gd u draw hair so well 
How the frimk do I dress a character
wip of maru studies w/ chill beats
Woahh! amazing work
WOAH thats so..amazing
Aaaahhh! That's amazing!! 

thank you!! working on cleaning it up atm
that's so nice! uwu
https://gyazo.com/4b55fc9cf5c481e941f5133eb04fc4ae today's prompt in progress xD
how / who adds posts to #art-gallery? my SDV image wasn't posted 
Skeleah bot does the posts
Don't know how the bot works
Junimo reacts a certain emote and the bot posts it
Don't worry it can take a few days some times
junimos busy
art posted immediately before and immediately after got posted, so I worry 
oh?
Maybe they didn't think it was sdv related
It doesn't really look sdv related to me
(only sdv art gets posted btw)
I just turned the fortune teller into a spoopy skeleton, it was heavily inspired by it otherwise, colors taken directly from the game, background same as the summer fair
ah maybe you could DM bouncer modmail about it then
junimo probably didn't see the connection in haste 
progress 
if yall wanna join 'ere ya go
more hamilton art cause why not
Why do inktober when you can just draw the same oc over and over and over
So true,, i tell myself to stop drawing the same character but like
i just switch to another one
drawing real people hard
it looks good tho i think youโre doing well
I'm trying to figure out a way to draw paint moss on this drawing, but I'm completely lost, could someone help?
Assuming the bottom is a reference and this is digital...you'll want to get the basic shape of the light green moss and the dark green moss.
- Fill in the basic shape with the darkest appropriate color to to use as a base, apply below your mushroom sheet (removing the grey or cutting out the mushroom shapes).
- select a textured brush (this will vary by program) that has a sponge like texture and use that to dab color 1-2 shades lighter than the base to create the illusion of moss.
- repeat this step adding highlights in white (using dodge) or the 4 shades lighter than the base.
For more stylized moss with clean lines, try to follow the basic shape of the lightest green and the darkest green
never done tattoos before
kind liking it so far
@shell sphinx Thanks! I'll try it out uwu
Good luck! It's coming out very nicely!
idk how i got to this point but its a sign i should go to bed
LMAO absolutely fabulous
trying something different
That looks awesome
thank you!
Looks like rurouni kenshin
it is!!
needs shadows & highlights
If you want to learn how to draw in an anime style all you have to do is find one of those dozens of books from ~2005
What books? And are they good? I need to learn some fundamentals for line art. Specifically anything that breaks things down in shapes. I liked Loomis' fun with a pencil, but felt I needed more focus on body and proportions
Ah, a pity.
So... in the pursuit of scaleable art that becomes suitable pixel art---which I did not find---I ended up drafting a bunch of Elliott portraits before I gave up and just painted for fun... Any thoughts on the styles? Also, I found myself uncertain which set of eyes I like best for the semi-realism.
If you want to learn how to draw in an anime style all you have to do is find one of those dozens of books from ~2005
@tawny lynx i had one of those books
everything in it was so ugly...
i still have my old anime drawing books, only one of them seems comparable to a good online tutorial
1 doesn't look too asian? I kept getting the odd feeling I made him vaguely asian
Not really, i think the difference in the jaw stood out to me more than the difference in the eyes
Literally any art of elliot:
GD: OMG HEKDBOEKBD HE:S SO FUCKING HOT OMG OMG OMG
wip, still not done
I love it so far!!
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/709262815860359181/767628037109579806/moo.png WIP, gonna continue on the bg tommorow and maybe start the actual character
working on some clone high van gogh stuff
wip of childe and lumine from genshin impact
Stardew OCs....
Hilgaโs a straight up fish person and Desmond is a regular human :0
Lovely fish lady
curly hair
forgot to post a sketch that I did yesterday of SCP-001 "Gate Guardian"

dwarf touchup 
is that reggie i see?!
ohmygod Abigail drawing is so cute
woaa the artist did a great job that abigail is very cute
whatever you paid the artist for that commission was 100% worth it
https://gyazo.com/9145bab786cf4c3334f4a97e26f1fad7 today's attempt
lets try to make a deer
Very good so far
https://gyazo.com/d691776f70a0ec4a64b2c4077d8ce3de thank you o: a small update
itโs an epic face
ey its an amazing face :D
looks great, and wonderful shading!
https://gyazo.com/12faeb9cfc9b296288cb75ba4d2d189d my lady got a mild intervention ๐ฅด also time to paint the deer
Any suggestions about the lighting? I feel like it needs a little something to be properly done.
Omg it looks great at first
What areas you are unhappy with?
Btw thereโs nothing wrong with working with references! Not to confuse with copying, but I always do work with references
Even if sometimes I end up not using it, I always have one for a pose, for lighting, expression etc etc
What I would pinpoint myself is that you used a very soft light and shading on the hair, with changing colour hues, and it looks very good, realistic kind of, but then you have a jacket which u shaded with only black, and have very harsh lines
And it looks like two different pieces, I might been traumatised though, because I used to shade with black all the time at the beginning lol
So you think it's the jacket?
I think the amount of black on the jacket is making your eyes focus on it more, even though itโs not the centre of the piece
I'm not sure what I'm unhappy about. It's just that my senses say... somethng is off
*something
It might be the black. I added the jacket last and originally had made it black
then switched to red
You kinda gravitates towards it because of the strong colours there and not really focusing on the face? I did that at least looking at it for the first time
The structure is great! I would try to use lighter colour for the shading though, especially on that arm โflapโ
Idk whats that called
No idea but the strappy thing?
Yeah this one
Or you can try matching the rest of the paintingโa shadows with the jacket if you prefer more defined shadows?
I means thereโs nothing wrong with using black, but try to use the minimum amount of it, and put some browns into the mix too!
Like the shadow where the neck is... itโs strong but it works with the piece
Also now looking at it maybe more definition for the eyes?
I think they are kind of lost on the face
HOT
Btw thereโs nothing wrong with working with references! Not to confuse with copying, but I always do work with references
@inland hound This can never be stressed enough, references are a great source to learn how things look like basically /o/ to grasp the idea of shapes, shades, how light interacts with it and its textures
@inland hound This can never be stressed enough, references are a great source to learn how things look like basically /o/ to grasp the idea of shapes, shades, how light interacts with it and its textures
@cerulean hollow definitely!!
That looks really cool!! I would prefer you make the shadows on the jacket more define and also the hair, so its not too blended (?) But its just me
like dude, i would never be able to paint a deer without references XD i barely know how they look like
ye i agree with sylvia on how the eyes are lost on the face. Since you put so much detail and love on the rest of the piece, it feels like the face is lacking rendering but thats just workihng with the piece a bit more :)
@shell sphinx but lovely work you have over there :D
idk what i was trying to achieve but there u go
since they are very pale you need to work with the highlights a little more in my opinion, not only look where the shadow would drop but where it would reflect the light too,
and if you draw lines where the light would go, the nose would block more of it
and the hair would cast some shadow too
but overall itโs rly good work and iโm nowhere to be authority in this topic
so donโt feel like you have to listen to my advice whatsoever
No I really appreciate the advice. Everything I learned was either doing what I like, tutorials, or the occassional book (mostly loomis)
So I'm missing a lot of basics
but if you get tired of looking at your piece for too long, do a mirror reflection of it! surprisingly changes a lot
hmm that's a good idea
my art teacher always made me look at my canvas upside down
but since itโs easier with digital there you go!
i will try find some lighting reference for u
Selected colors for my stardew valley OCs
also yeah i was about to say, maybe put some highlights on the hair, especially parts closer to the light source!
my art teacher always made me look at my canvas upside down
@inland hound oh i never heard of that :0 my art teacher would just make me stand up and look at my canvas at a distance
donโt mind the models or anything, but just pay attention to where the shadow is casting on the face, what shape the shadow create etc
That's the mermaid lady from earlier?
@shell sphinx yeah! shes more like a triton than a mermaid but fish lady nonetheless
@inland hound oh i never heard of that :0 my art teacher would just make me stand up and look at my canvas at a distance
@drifting brook it was mostly for detail work when copying/recreating pictures etc. your eyes become fixated on one area and you cannot really tell whatโs wrong with it because you get use to looking at it/ getting tired from looking at it, so we would flip the canvas so you can see what part you missed
Thanks for the help guys!
@drifting brook it was mostly for detail work when copying/recreating pictures etc. your eyes become fixated on one area and you cannot really tell whatโs wrong with it because you get use to looking at it/ getting tired from looking at it, so we would flip the canvas so you can see what part you missed
@inland hound ohhhhh I see!
normally i would walk away from the canvas too, but when it was a close up of an eye of something along this lines it didnโt really help 
event spoiler ||did the group 10 heart event today and wanted to draw the expressions||
thing im doing
@shell sphinx Just from looking at that portrait, this may be a more style oriented thing but dont be afraid to use a hard edged brush to get some crisp shadows. Right now it looks like youre only using soft brushes which imo make it more difficult to depict a strong or directional light source
Name Game
I had this realization and doodled up something about it
Anyway Iโve been seriously putting off having a kid in game bc I genuinely donโt know if I want their names.....to rhyme with their parentsโ.......oops
i had a kid with sam and i just named her samantha-
LMAOOO
Let's see, Blaine and Wayne come to mind.
Yeah so far Iโve thought of Lane and thatโs about it
Or Dane
Or Kane
Yeah thatโs about it
should i just draw fanart only to get more interaction. i feel like people online just ignore when i do my own stuff
true but people have different tastes, you can never please everyone, you do you and that's about it
fan art is a way to get more attention at first I believe
the first
but i binned them after one of them overflowed a few months later and ruined my dining room table
Rip
That didnโt happen with me
It survived over a year 
Idk how tbh the other one started getting moldy 
i wonder if it was maybe the sun, not sure :/
yea the smell was pretty bad when i poured mine out haha
But the other one had clear glue instead of water
Maybe that one didnโt get bad because the coloring came from a highlighter 
these were mine just after i finished them.
thats good. i guess maybe food colouring has some food relatedy kinda stuff to make it edible lol.
yea, they have glitter in too but i don't think it shows in that pic
pretty!!
I saw the glitter after zooming inโจ
and ya anything with water can get kinda weird if there isn't anything to inhibit microbial growth, e.g. alcohol, salt, etc
If you want to recreate something like that I suggest having more loosely shaped cotton instead of cotton balls
It imitates clouds/galaxy better
yea, i wish i'd kinda fluffed them more
hhh
SO CUTE !!
Hi there everyone 
I've been working on the home of the tortoise that I saved 5 days ago
Tell me what do you think
It's all recycled, not the fanciest
But it should do
Suggestions on how to improve it would be more than welcomed
I don't know much about tortoises or tortoise habitats but that looks epic and I'm sure they'll love it
Thank you for the review, I really hope the tortoise is enjoying his home
He had a hard week after all and still recovering
Poor creature
A pack of 4 kids were breaking his shell open when I spotted them
aw is the tortoise okay?
they are 
oh shit thatโs awful, Iโm glad you were able to intervene
not sure where youโre based in but I know the us for sure has wildlife rehabilitators and such who you can talk to; otherwise maybe check the subreddits for reptile/turtle care to make sure youโve got everything you need in your tank :))
:0
Nice art slime
lmao nice uwu emote too

Adorable 
wtf am I supposed to do with "coral" for today's inktober lmfao time to look up pictures of coral XD
Y e s
Didn't do inktober but I happen to have this two that's coral-related. A scarecrow and a statue
this infatuation just never ends ๐ญ๐ญ
I really love your art style 
Some poses practice tonight
Looks good

I have this problem where I can come up with upper clothing designs just fine, but I lose my ability to think when it comes to pants and shoes
fuck it, making entire leg b o o t
b o o t
practice
yknow how the split on the bricks comes from the bottom? should that come from the top instead or is it fine?
isn't that just a stylistic choice since irl they would be split all the way through?
looks great to me!
i think it works either way, a good rule of thumb is to put it where the shading is, so i think coming from the bottom is fine
B O O T
anybody got a soft purple color pallet?
In love with colors, since 2002. A designer tool for creating color combinations that work together well. Formerly known as Color Scheme Designer. Use the color wheel to create great color palettes.
good site to make palettes
if you need palettes, this is a good resource
Say hello to Non-Binary royalty! (still a WIP, just got the colors figured out)
Woah! So cool!
lineless art is best girl
im gonna draw the character itself with lines i just wanted the bg lineless
also im still new to digital art so feedback is greatly appreciated
tried adding highlights to the bricks, i think it looks decent
i can see that lol, and thanks
i keep forgetting moonlighter is the dungeon game
ive seen some gameplay looks really cool
https://gyazo.com/5e95080c657318cce0d17549fb7a4916 :> today's prompt in progress
kawaii kitty angel neko princess chan wip
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POG
the hair----
the iconic inspo-
huh
scroll up
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kawaii kitty angel neko princess chan is gonna become the next popular character of this server




















