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bioluminesced · 9 days
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I swallow the sound and it swallows me whole
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seejos in 2024 is crazy
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bioluminesced · 14 days
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Where did you learn to draw men?? And so beautifully too!!
to be really honest, jojo’s bizarre adventure
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bioluminesced · 16 days
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sunset over minas tirith
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bioluminesced · 22 days
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your mothers warned you of my coming
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bioluminesced · 22 days
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txf screencap study
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bioluminesced · 24 days
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Hear me out, cube trap except it's a fish tank, Strahm has fishies in there with him and he's over it
how it goes down
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bioluminesced · 1 month
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Il mare eterno nella mia anima
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very serious show with a very serious male lead
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the cat’s cradle
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bioluminesced · 2 months
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light my fire
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saw your last fanart (16 of january) and it's so good
it beats me how this kind of colouring/painting is done though. how do you pick the right colours? the right places? the value of colour and it's warmth?
i always have trouble with colouring because i have a very strict basic knowledge of shadows and colours and no visual imagination
sorry for such a long ask
hi anon!! no need to apologize this is such a kind ask and i still really struggle with this sometimes. i didnt start experimenting with color in my art until around summer of 2022 and before that it was so frustrating to color that i almost didnt produce any colored work.
i also have complete aphantasia so my visual imagination is very limited! this leads to a lot of trial and error in my work because i cant tell what looks good until i simply try it lol
i will try to answer about my process as thoroughly as possible! but a lot of it is seriously just vibes, and playing around. a lot of what helped me was studying how artists i liked used color in THEIR work and trying to work it into my style.
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a lot of the vibrancy and harmony in my work comes from my base layer, which i put under the sketch like im “priming” the canvas. when im coloring later on i let this base layer inform my choices and also let it show through in places for unification of the colors. its a lot like doing an underpainting except i dont go crazy on the range of values
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the hardest part for me is doing the base colors over this layer. i dont have a lot of guidance for this because i kind of just pick colors to start with and then edit them bit by bit until it looks satisfying to me/matching the intended mood and harmonizing with the base layer. i edit the colors mostly by using gradient maps and layer modes until i find a version i like and merge it to just create a normal layer with the colors i want. i keep this base layer underneath my sketch
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i render on top of my sketch/lineart always so i can better define the shapes and have smoother edges. this is the part where i really go crazier with my colors - some conscious decisions i make:
- where can i make my highlights and shadows stand out more? i accomplish this by choosing warm colors on the cool base or cool colors on the warm base. theres blue in the flesh tones of the face and orange in the blue tones of the coat.
- where does the rendering need to be more “clean”? someone viewing an art piece will gravitate to places in the drawing with finer detail, so i put a lot more work into the shapes and colors of the faces and the fish, because this is where i want someone to look the longest
another thing i usually do is pick one really saturated color and place it throughout the drawing. for thos one its that bright red, around the eye, blood, and outline of the fish as well as the characters’ hands.
this part of my process takes me the longest and can be seriously frustrating at times! something i always force myself to do is to keep working on it. whenever im like ok its done! i go back and render for another half hour and it ends up looking a lot better
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gradient mapping the final drawing! for further unification i have a gradient map i made that works for most of my warm pieces
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and i put it on top with an overlay layer mode and then adjust the opacity
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it makes a big difference in the warmth and unification of the final drawing!! so honestly i cheat a little with my colors :P
i hope this helped a little bit with your question! my general advice is to also do some color studies of movies or pictures you like it really helped me get a feel for harmonizing color (and not being afraid to use really vibrant colors!!) again thank you for such an ask and good luck to you!!
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bioluminesced · 2 months
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Redraw of my lotr triptych from 2022
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training
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why on earth are you spending your beautiful talent to draw for like,, saw lol,, womp womp
Cry harder omg
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bioluminesced · 2 months
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deep water
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