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reflexicon · 2 months

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Was feeling the undershade vibes

#my art #undershade frisk #undershade!frisk #undershade #not gonna tag it ut but yeah this is a undertale au

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itsredwritinghood · 2 years

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Here are my painted and finished cacti 🌵 from yesterday. I experimented with masking fluid and color pencil details on the first and pencil under-shading and dip pen/ink details on the second. I still need lots of #practicepracticepractice but I like how these came out. #saillustration2 #storytelleracademy #watercolorpainting #watercolors #painting #learningtowatercolor #experimentingwithwatercolors #mixedmedia #dippenandink #maskingfluid #undershading #learningtoillustrate #journeytobeanauthorillustrator #watercolorillustration https://www.instagram.com/p/CidZ80OPleg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#practicepracticepractice #saillustration2 #storytelleracademy #watercolorpainting #watercolors #painting #learningtowatercolor #experimentingwithwatercolors #mixedmedia #dippenandink #maskingfluid #undershading #learningtoillustrate #journeytobeanauthorillustrator #watercolorillustration

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barananduen · 2 months

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Art Advice: The Misconception Behind "Study Realism"

Most people who draw anime/cartoons have, while asking for ways to improve, at one point or another been told to "study realism." A common response to this is, "But I don't want to draw realism!"

But, did you know that the purpose behind this suggestion is NOT so that you draw realism? They're not suggesting you change to a more realistic style. What, then?

Let's look at this through an analogy:

Say you don't know music yet and decide you want to learn how to play the Happy Birthday song. You're not interested in playing anything else, just the HB song, and you haven't started learning anything related to music at this point. OK, that's fine, and now we have our situation set up. Once you've decided this, you set yourself to learning the sequence of notes to the HB song. You practice and practice, and, after a while, you can play it really well without a hitch. After a few years, it starts feeling bland to you, and you ask, "How can I make my HB song better?" And someone tells you, "Learn all the other music notes," and "Study classical and other genres of music." And you reply, "But I don't want to play that type of music; I want to play the HB song!" (And that's FINE! It's valid; it's what you want to do.[*Footnote 1]) But without having learned all the other notes and other types of music, you can't make a remix of the HB song, or an "epic version," or a hip-hop-fusion version; you've capped at the end of the first paragraph of this story.

So drawing anime or cartoons is like playing the HB song, or any one song in our example.

And here's where our misunderstanding comes in:

"Study Realism" DOES NOT MEAN "Draw Realism"

Yes, you'll have to draw it to study it (not only your brain, but also your hand needs to learn the skill), but it doesn't mean that's what all your artwork will look like. It is meant to give you more tools to make your anime and cartoon work stronger, more appealing, and more unique.

How will it do that? The more music notes you know, the more types of music you understand and can play, the more original a remix /version of the Happy Birthday song you'll be able to make - and it will be unique. Because you will be able to take all that diverse knowledge and apply it to your song, making it stand out, and the next time you play the HB song, people will go, "Wow! This is a really cool version!"

So now we can be clear: There is a difference between learning something and performing it. You can perform whatever you choose, but by learning all the things, your performance of your "Thing of Choice" will be stronger.

What, Exactly, Will Studying Realism Teach You, Then?

I. VALUES

If you learn how to paint/shade with a full range of values (by learning realistic shading) that properly depict both volume and lighting, you will have no trouble simplifying that to cel-shading or gradient-shading in your anime or cartoon drawings, because you will at once spot when something is undershaded or the shadows are in the wrong spot.

On the other hand, if you try to do cel- or gradient-shading first, you are way more likely to a) undershade, and b) have an inconsistent light source. And when these things happen, you won't be able to tell *why* your drawing looks "off" or bland.

II. COLOR

By studying realistic coloring, you'll be able to learn how color varies across an item (say, a shirt) that is a "solid color." Example: you're drawing a character with a pink t-shirt, standing in the sun, at the end of the school day. The t-shirt is solid pink, however, the colors on it will vary from orange-ish to purple-gray, with some areas almost a bright red (and that's not even considering items around the shirt that would bounce light back onto the shirt and change its color). But you'll only know this (and how to do it) if you study realistic coloring.

Then you can apply that knowledge to your stylized artwork and make it stand out more.

Painting of a stylized pear, where I studied real pears to understand their coloring and texture. See how studying realism can enhance your cartoon work.

III. MAKE BETTER STYLIZED ANATOMY

By studying and learning realistic anatomy, you will be able to make stylized art that, for example, doesn't have one arm longer than the other, because you will have learned how to measure proportions, even if you don't draw realistic proportions. So that if you decide you want to draw unrealistically long legs (eg: Sailor Moon), you'll be able to make them look good and keep them consistent.

You will also be able to draw figures in any position, because you will have learned how body parts are made up and how they move, as well as foreshortening/perspective. Then, when you go to draw a pose you haven't drawn before, it will be WAY easier.

IV. UNDERLYING SHAPES

Although this is one of the least-mentioned aspects of art-learning, it is, in my opinion, one of the most important, because when you learn to see underlying shapes (the quasi-geometrical shapes that build up a figure), coupled with learning how to measure a form using other parts of the same form as reference (measuring the length of one body part by the number of times another body part fits in it, as mentioned in Section III, above), you will be able to DRAW. (Period.) You won't be able to draw just people. Or just wolves. Or just cats. You will be able to break down a new subject into its building blocks and come up with a very reasonable likeness. And whatever's different, you'll easily be able to make relative measurements to spot why and fix it.

Once you learn to identify underlying shapes and how to measure proportions in anything, you will also be able to pick up and reproduce any existing style without much trouble.

[link to Tumblr post with this artwork]

For example, this was my first time drawing anything Peanuts. I didn't have to do practice sketches for it (though there's nothing wrong with doing that). But I knew, from realism, that to achieve a good likeness, you need to measure body parts relative to other body parts, so I looked at Schulz's drawings and was able to determine: OK, Charlie Brown's head is roughly this shape, his body is so many heads tall, his eyes are this % of the head, the ears are this far in, the arms reach down to here, etc. I knew what to look for.

V. FOR THOSE WHO WANT SEMI-REALISM

If you want to do "semi-realism," you'll have a way easier time of it by learning realism and then stripping it down as much as you like, than by starting off with "100% anime" and trying to build it up without knowledge of realism. People think the latter is easier, because it *seems* less intimidating, but it's like trying to drive to a store you've never been to without knowing its address: you'll be driving around forever trying to find it, and it will be frustrating. What people call "semi-realism" is stylized realism, and you can't really hit it without knowing how realism works.

CLOSING NOTES

It also doesn't mean you should stop drawing anime/cartoons and focus solely on realism for X amount of time - you can do both concurrently. In fact, the most fun way to study realism is to do so on your favorite subjects; you can even turn your reference into your favorite character!

Studying realism is also one of the best ways to help develop your OWN, unique style; one which, when people look at it, say, "Oh, that's [your name]'s work!"

[*]Footnote 1: It is fine as long as you are drawing for yourself. As soon as art is a job and you're drawing for an employer, you have to draw in the style they tell you to. So, in this case, it's to your advantage to be flexible.

I hope this was helpful and helps clear up a common misunderstanding people go through when receiving feedback. 💞

MORE ART ADVICE ARTICLES

You can find the index to all Art Advice Articles [here] including:

How to Deal with Art Block

How to Have a Positive Outlook

How to Develop Your Own Style (coming soon!)

etc.

#art advice #art tips #art help #art resources #art learning #artists on tumblr #art #how to #art tutorial #anime art #cartoon #semi realism

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inthecarpets · 1 month

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I love careless imperfections in art.

People always praise the perfections and fear the imperfections in their works, and i'm not going to say i don't completely fear imperfections in my works either;

However honestly, the happy and the unlucky accidents in art feel so special to me. The accidental dots that should've been removed, the wonky-choppy lines, wrong colors, rushed anatomy, an area left over/undershaded, forgetting to erase an additional pair of hands from a finished artwork.

It can be jarring, it can be beautiful, but it always feels lived, and that is so wonderful. Even if you got to erase an entire pair of extra hands after you already posted the artwork online.

#does anyone even remember that one time from years ago i forgot to delete a couple of hands from a fully painted artwork #smh #i don't think anyone would remember that tbh but that's alright to me :)#carpet talks #art positivity

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partly-cloudyskies · 9 months

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demi trainer take 2

i worked hard on color matching this time and i'm happy with the result. honestly i think i did better with the colors than the stock plastic did. and there's decals!

i botched the panel lining but i know what i did wrong. i used the wrong type of varnish and it couldn't stand against the lacquer thinner i used to wipe off excess panel liner. it's cool tho. i'm definitely not the kind of person to dwell on flaws, and i'm definitely the kind of person willing to move on from those flaws 🙃

it's def better than my previous d trainer. undershading each part does so much to give it depth

little guy standin around

#gunpla #pcs puts pieces together #demi trainer #the witch from mercury

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kelyon · 1 year

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TMI Tuesday

Good morning, Tumblr!

First things first, everybody go vote in the Chipped Cup Awards! The mods have put in a lot of work to take over from the TEAs--and we Rumbelle authors have put in a lot of work with our fics! Let's pat each other on the back and celebrate the best of the best.

Chapter 25 of Dark Mistress (Salvation) is ready to go on Friday. This is one of those chapters that both went according to plan, but also surprised me. Parts of it were exactly what I'd been imagining for the past year or so. But there's also something major that I... didn't plan, but should have. I can't wait for you guts to read it, so I've got snippets for anyone who asks!

(There are less than 10 chapters left in Dark Mistress, guys! Less than six months of real time! I'm going to begin the bittersweet process of saying good-bye to a story.)

In other news, my surprise new fic On the House posted last Friday to rave reviews. Apparently people think this is going to be angsty? Can't imagine what about my previous work or the premise of the story would lead to that expectation.

I will say I've been missing some of the 2013-era Rumbelle fics, and I'm trying to channel some of that vibe into On the House. It's not just "angst" or "darkness" or "grit," though all of those aspects are involved. But there was this layer of poetic gloom that hung over a lot of early Rumbelle stories. It's like how Batman: The Animated Series was animated on black paper, so even scenes in daylight had these dark undershades. (My theory is that this is because we didn't know how the Rumbelle story was going to end, so we kept delving into worst-case scenarios as a way to prepare for the worst.)

That's what I'm going for. If I succeed remains to be seen.

The point is, I am 2,800 words into Chapter 2 of On the House. Unless things go very, very badly, I should be able to post it next Friday, 2-17. I'm having a blast with this chapter, but I'm also getting in my own way a bit. At least three or four times I've ended a writing session knowing that the last bit I'd written didn't work, so I'd have to go up a few lines and see where everything went off the rails. (See, this is what happens when I don't plan a story out a year in advance.) But it is coming together and I can't wait to show you more!

So stop by my inbox and ask away! I can't wait to hear from you. I hope you all have a wonderful day.

My ask box is here

On the House is here

#tmi tuesday #dark mistress #on the house

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galexial-scatteredstars · 2 years

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Undershade AU & Wisteria by (Reddit) u/MintTea_fiend

Whilst colouring Kali/Chara for DST I spotted this AU starting up on Reddit and I couldn't resist! Honestly, I was struggling with artblock and this really pulled me out. I adore the theme and colours and it was fun to do! Ignore the mass typos, I'm mad tired lmao

Please go support the creator and their journey <3

Creator Links

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My media :

Twitter : CzZeru_Shiyo

Instagram : CzZeru_zetu

Discord : CzZeru#2047

#czzeru #czz #gss #sans #wisteria #undershade #darkstartale #ink #undertale au #reddit #dst #lavender #wisteria reminds me of lavender sans fsr #undertale #not me with so many typos

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cr0wbonezz-wr1ting-inc · 3 years

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Good morning! Have you eaten anything, drink some water? Have you gone outside for 5-15 minutes at least?

Remember to take breaks! Please, take care of yourself, and this goes to everyone as well.

i just ate and drank some water!

thanks for asking, dear! i appreciate it <3 /p

#cr0w chatting #undershade

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reflexicon · 2 months

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Aw reread my undershade comic. It was so good, but life got in the way and kept getting in the way :( I wish I didn't stop updating

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dnmmiesut · 7 years

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Soooooo~

In case no one knew or anything, but I live in Texas, specifically in Sugar Land, which is right next to Houston, which is on the path of Hurricane Harvey.

So if no one hears from me for the next 5 days, then I’m proabably dead.

But hey, at least I finished up this lil diddy of @betraeyal Shade Frisk and my Lore Frisk doing each other’s nails while talking shit about their respective sans’.

Welp, time to go die now I guess.

#Undertale #undershade #Overlore #frisk #Lore Frisk #Is it ok to call your Frisk Shade?#just askin #if not then that's cool #my art

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undershade-comic · 7 years

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CH 1 PG 14

Just a bunch of talkin’!

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#undershade #undershade au #undertale au #undertale #frisk #rae draws #betraeyal #undershade comic #comic

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nullifiedva · 7 years

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So it begins...

Comic by @betraeyal

#undershade #undertale #gaster #frisk #betraeyal #chromadust #comic dub

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partly-cloudyskies · 1 year

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So I said I wanted to pull out the stops. That means...

After market parts! A photo-etch set and a transparent resin bridge part (the transparent part will be important in the future!)

Working on the bridge. I really want to make it look like the real thing.

Obviously we paint it black

Yeah... looks just like the real thing...

You know what close enough.

Test fitting in the top saucer. Also I did the undershading. I think I'm getting better at controlling the airbrush. It looks splotchy but that won't matter once it's painted over.

Looks good! I mean it looks a bit blurry in the pic, but in person it looks good. Scraped away paint so that light can shine thru the screens and consoles.

Oh yeah I'm lighting the model up. All the stops.

#pcs puts pieces together #enterprise 1701

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deluxeduck · 5 years

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#undershade #tokyographer #igerstokyo #instamood #photooftheday #iphoneonly (at Tokyo 東京鐵塔) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByUY7U7g_tI/?igshid=156ovkc03697i

#undershade #tokyographer #igerstokyo #instamood #photooftheday #iphoneonly

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furgemancs · 7 years

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