Blend tool

[gusty raptor]

I advise to avoid blend in general. You need to learn the relation between soft and hard shadows. If you blend/use airbrush for everything you will never have hard shadows

[deft eagle]

Oh okay, i used it in my every drawing since beginning. When i didn't use it it looked really really sharp so i thought blend was the right choice

thank you 🙂

[quick fossil]

Er what colors are you using firstly?

[deft eagle]

umm wdym by that? Base colors or?

After I choose base colors that look decent, i go to color wheel and try to find darker one that suit the drawing

[gusty raptor]

When selecting colors for shadows you actually will want to shift the color hue to a cooler color then darken, rather than simply darken. This will make it look more lifelike and interesting.

This being specific to warm direct light with cool ambient light but for now you dont need to learn more advanced lighting scenarios

[deft eagle]

Oh that makes a lot sense, I will definitely try it on my next drawing 🙂

thank you a lot

[deft eagle]

@gusty raptor Sorry for the ping. This is why I was using blend. It looks really unnatural this way. Probably shouldn't expect to learn everything after 20 days of drawing, hopefully I will learn by time

[gusty raptor]

You can use a combination of soft and hard. But dont just use soft shadows. Or else it will look flat. It also takes time and practice. Cant master rocket science in a day

Also i feel you didnt understand what i meant by the cooler colors then darken. In instances of skin it would look more like this

[deft eagle]

Oh, i just slid outer one to colder ones instead of both

[deft eagle]

True, thank you for the tips 🙂

[deft eagle]

I will look into some tutorials for this before starting again 😅 😅

very difficult when not using blend, but won't be using it as much as i did

[gusty raptor]

I really recommend to work on anatomy. It will help you understand how the forms interact with light

[deft eagle]

I was avoiding it since it sounds really boring. I usually watch some tutorials for example side profile, hair, etc... and immediately went to drawing something else. Instead of drawing and learning one body part 100 times like I saw in some tutorials

[gusty raptor]

I promise while although its boring, its necessary. Its something thats basically like a foundation for a house. If you try and build a house on nothing, youll have to inevitably tear the whole thing down. But if you build it with, yes youll need to relearn some things but its aspects rather than the whole

The foundation of a house is not remotely interesting. But it is one of the most important parts.

[deft eagle]

I completely agree, for now I will try and look at some tutorials for just shadows, color theory or something like that until i feel like this may be my hobby for big part of my life.

and then start looking into more difficult stuff, I tend to give up early on new hobbies, so I really want to keep liking drawing like I still do. Well cant say much for future since it has been only 20 days 🙂

[deft eagle]

@gusty raptor So sorry for another ping, I found some other brush that was made for shadows apparently, so I used it this time. Tip with color wheel helped a lot (If I used it correctly) so just wanted to thank you again 🙂

[gusty raptor]

You did correctly. I still recommend studying anatomy and using a combination of hard and soft shadows based on the forms

[deft eagle]

I will take a look at anatomy, but wont practice too much so i dont burn out quickly 🙂