So, this is mostly for my own future benefit because I keep forgetting my own methods. But I'll try to explain things enough that it might be useful to other people too. You should be moderately competent with whatever art program you're using, and have some idea about colours and shading ( Read more... )

So after Various Life Hurdles(*) I have gotten back to drawing more non binary fanart prompts and was feeling a bit blocked on two involving games I haven't played. And I thought it would be fun to ask you all for suggestions. Including the original prompters, of course, whose opinion counts extra ( Read more... )

If you want your colouring to look really great, colour theory is an invaluable tool. Here's a tutorial I found super usefulBut if that's all a bit intimidating and you just want some tips on how to make your colouring look ok without having to learn much theory, then the half-assed method I'm about to describe is a good place to start. I've used a ( Read more... )

Neural Network/Deep Learning/Style Transfer art is this sort of thingThis is mostly for my own reference when I next feel up to poking at the problem some more ( Read more... )

Perspective is hard, and redrawing the same design from different angles is frustrating ( Read more... )

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I am teaching myself Blender for making game backgrounds and it is haaaaaaard. So hard. Like learning to draw all over again, or learning to use a new limb, all these new instincts I have to learn. Usually when I watch tutorials for things I spend a lot of time not really listening because most things are kind of obvious, but with this I appreciate ( Read more... )

I was boggling that I hadn't done one of these since June then looked at my post titles for the last few months and remembered how sick I was for a while there. But I managed to draw some stuff anyway through the fog :) Also I got a copy of Manga Studio 5, which does some lovely lines and painting...that make my computer cry ( Read more... )

Wrote some semi original fiction omg! One for the Jukebox "write a story about a song" exchange, another for a writing meme I made up myself. Also did some art for that limited palette meme that's been going around tumblr, which was super fun.

Spare Change (1393 words), The Man Who Sold the World, Teen And Up, Horror, Fantasy, Original Fiction, ( Read more... )