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DEAR ARTISTS, PLEASE READ THIS POST I STUMBLED ACROSS
IF YOU ARE NOT DOING THIS ALREADY, YOU SHOULD TRY IT
I even tested it out myself, it works great
#art#artist tips#artist tip#digital art#colors#color pallete tips#color pallete#art tip#art tips#drawing tip#drawing tips#digital art tips#digital art tip
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I have decided. Not only will I pirate any product that uses Gen A/I (you use mine for free, I use yours for free), I will also put it on my Resume under "Concept Designs and Illustrations".
You DID use my art.
It's only fair.
No worries, you will get a LOOOT of exposure! <3
Cheers! dra
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idk who needs to hear this but if you're a writer looking for a webcomic artist and the best offer you can come up with is a 50/50 split "after gaining revenue", then that's literally asking for free work just with extra steps.
like first of all (and i'm sure people are gonna fight me on this) writing a webcomic and drawing a webcomic is not a 50/50 split, a scene that took you a half hour to write will take them hours to draw so it's literally more like 30/70
but also even IF your comic gains revenue, it's still not gonna pay for that labor, there are comic projects out there that have been going on for upwards of 10 years and beyond who are still maybe only making like $30/month on their patreon... and you only wanna pay them $15 of that?
please just consider writing a novel or short stories, or doing tabletop campaigns, or pitching scripts to comic publishers, or learning to draw yourself (even if you're bad at it! webcomics are allowed to grow and evolve in their art!), or doing RP, or doing anything that will get your ideas and stories out there without being at the expense of a whole ass other human being doing the brunt of the labor for free
no matter how dedicated you are to an idea or how convinced you are that it's truly a unique one that's worth working on, none of that will pay for the labor and time and efforts of people who you're asking to work for free to make your dream a reality. They have their own dreams that they're working on too.
#sorry i know this is very curt but i see this all the time#pls just be aware of what you're asking for if you're looking for a webcomic artist#i know you prolly really like reading webcomics but there's so much that goes into them that a lot of ppl don't realize#you're asking a LOT for someone to just love your own idea enough to work on it for free#sorry but most of us already have our own babies that we love and care for#self post#rant post#artist tips#writer tips#writing tips#hot take
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but as a painting student I suggest:
Dish soap and boiling water is WAY better than terpentine or paint solvent to fix dried out brushes.
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Put the brushes in a cup.
Pour a dish soap.
Pour a boiling water to the level it doesn't reach the wooden part.
Leave them to soak and soften
Try to separate the hair on two parts, then on smaller and smaller parts.
At the end, carefully try to scratch off the paint and "break" the hair by carefully pushing it over a surface and moving (like over your palm). If you can't, repeat the previous steps.
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Works even with dried out oil paints. Stronger fluid doesn't mean better.
Tho in harder cases you'd have to repeat the steps a few times to restore the brush fully.
So if you can't afford new brushes, don't throw the old away. Even if they seem helpless, there is a hope for them to be like new.
#painting#oil painting#acrilic painting#paint brushes#art supplies#painting supplies#art#art tips#art tip#drawing tips#artist tips#drawing tip#reference#art reference#drawing reference#artists on tumblr#no gatekeeping#fuck gatekeeping
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Hello! Nice to meet you. Been following this blog for a while and I've become a big fan of your work~♡
So, about this question here, could you elaborate a bit more about using references and "editing" the colour palettes? Also, what is colour dropping?
As a (not digital) painter I also often struggle a lot with finding the right colour scheme to make what I want. I think that's partly why I have trouble finding inspiration too.
color dropping is using the eyedropping tool on an image and taking the colors from it directly!
so basically i find a picture i like the vibes of/think it could be pretty and just edit the color. I draw with photoshop so I edit the colors with it as well! i use the curves tool usually and just mess with it until im happy! above is an axample.
first image is the original then i color edited it, then i used the color dropping tool on photoshop (pictured in the top right corner) to create the palette then i usually edit the colors a bit more!
generally when i color pick i start w the lightest then go darker! this isnt what i do every time, this has gotten me to the point of being intuitive enough with colors that I can pick my own now, but I think its a great way to learn abt colors digitally!
#color tutorial#color#artist help#artist tutorial#artist tips#pixel art color theory#digital art#digital art help#pixel art#reference#art reference#art tips
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Drew this to facilitate class discussion on ergonomics for digital illustration, but y’all can have it too.
Honestly this is mostly a note to self.
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My tiny go-to drawing tips I use personally
- Ears are as long as the BOTTOM OF THE NOSE and THE EYEBROWS. The ears come BETWEEN THOSE. Give or take facial proportions.
- Fat and skin folds. It folds over bones, it piles over itself. All positions affect this. Huge huge benefit to all your anatomy is to learn to draw fat according to gravity. The human body has way more folds than you might initially think, adds just a touch of realness to put a few here and there
- There's different eyelid shapes and they can easily be drawn on by just a few lines above or next to the eye.
- Soft parts you might not think about but do squish: noses, cheeks, anything around the eyes (The appearance of eyes is affected by squish!), ears, necks, the fat under the jawline (even on thin people there's a layer that can and will double chin-ify itself), LIPS and MOUTHS, arms, back of the neck, WRISTS
- Hands are probably bigger than you think. The average human palm w/ the fingers spread can reach the size of the whole face. Hand is damn near as long as one's face, from chin to forehead.
- Nose! Bridge! Scrunches! Remember SCRUNCHES
- The chin can in fact come as far front as the nose. Some noses may be longer and pointier, some chins may be more protruding.
- There's usually if not always a small dent under the lower lip, right between it and the chin. Especially so for bigger lips!
- Hair isn't as heavy as you might think (Except things depending on texture such as locs!!), and will drape and stick to fabric or skin easily
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He's my silly pookus <3
Hey.
Read light-bringer v v v
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Artist advice!!
mirror your art when you are in the sketch stage, then use the warp tool to correct it!
This has helped me everytime when the sketch felt off. Hope this helps! ✨
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Don't get discouraged if you see pretty sketchbooks online.
My sketchbooks are pages and pages of me having no idea what I'm doing and doing EXACTLY that as badly as possible, in ballpoint pen, caffeine, and neon markers.
If your sketchbook looks like you chewed on it, you did it right. <3
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(Keep in mind you have to duplicate and merge down this layer a good amount of times)
And that’s how I do it!
(Imma post a quick vid of me doing it in case this makes no sense :))
OMG.OMG.OMG!!!!! LETSS GOOO! Thank you so much purple :DDD this is wonderful! I know there’s a few different ways to do it but yours sounds easygoing ❤️💖🦇 thank you so much 😊 🥰💕🌸
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a tip for beginner artists!
woah this post isn't a drawing?!?! yeah, i thought i'd just share this nugget of info i was reminded of today that might be helpful!
if you're wanting to get some advice from another artist, the most important thing (in my opinion) is specificity. if you're just commenting on an artist's video asking "what's some advice for beginner artists?" you're probably only gonna get a generic response like "practice" or "use reference."
because if the person you're asking has nothing to go off, its hard to give anything more applicable. If you want a more worthwhile answer, consider asking something more particular, like "how do you make your lineart look clean" or "how do you make shading that smooth?"
overall, getting advice from people who make/analyse a lot of art is one of the most important things for improving. so as difficult as it might be, showing your art to people and asking what they think of certain parts is really helpful.
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How do come up with the outfits for the characters you draw??? They are so cool and I strive to draw fashion like you draw fashion‼️
References!!! I use Pinterest specifically to organize inspo pictures for fashion, seeing as it’s easy to create and add to boards with diff fashion styles. Once I find something I like, I will typically reference the “shape” of specific clothing items, then color according to the character/setting/lighting I am going for. Practicing figure drawing helps with shaping as well!
On top of that, I watch rupaul’s drag race and other fashion-centered shows a lot. I’ve found the best way to figure out how to use clothing to enhance your art/character design is to watch the real life professionals!
I am a big reference guy ;D
#my asks#hotdogstandz#artist tips#also#@asker#thank you for all the sweet words you leave on my page <3
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hello! i admire you sm and youre one of my biggest inspirations!
and as a beginner pixel artist i was wondering if you had any advice or tips? thank you
aw this is super sweet!
and honestly, my biggest advice is to download a program and just try making pixel art. start with a small canvas (125px by 125px is good for starting landscapes) and just draw something you're interested in! once you hit a barrier, like color choice, you can start googling specific tutorials! thats how i learned and it was rly fun! you can also start by following tutorials too, theres a lot on lospec.com !
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Another method of forcing creativity during a bad time when you SUPER don't want to draw anything 🤬
I studied a photo of a yawning rain frog, but made him look VERY ANGRY!! In a box!! I love incorporating text, and slashing a pencil across my surface. But most of all, this is a green that makes me very happy, so when I'm done being annoyed, I can at least brave a little smile in the end...
#angry frog#desert rain frog#expression in art#gelato stick#sketchbook#art block tip#artist tips#at my absolute limit#angry art
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whenever i see people make art of poc and it Does have the correct lighter palm color, it still doesn't look right and i think it's because people always draw a hard line of separation between the main skin tone and the hand one. like it needs to be very evenly blended or else it just kind of looks like kind of uncanny valley
a bad drawing but it illustrated my point. no human has sharp color lines on their body. even moles or birthmarks would be depicted kind of fuzzy so skin tones should be treated the same
#sort of a psa for artists#and also a recommendation: always use references#art#artist#poc#people of color#digital art#procreate#tutorial#drawing tutorial#tip#artist tips#im black btw im literally looking at the shades blend on my hand#tag for when i write posts
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