portrait testing!!!!! I won’t continue them if I can’t make them look better lol
#this is an art post #sorry for repetition #originals by yam
I really liked the original from last night’s post and you can’t really see the lines clearly so I decided to upload it along with versions with different layer masks visible
#this is an art post #originals by yam #color warning
I wouldn’t want my 200th post to be anything else.
#five months inactive and I will probs be inactive for the rest of the year haha
oh yeah
Winter quarter has started and I’m going to kick its ass. But that requires focus, so I’m leaving again!!!!! Sorry for not posting as much as I intended to do over break, I’ll hopefully post more in the summer (maybe)!!
thank you again for following me, I love all of you muchly!!!! u__u
I did it! I uploaded a small set of my original Photoshop brushes to Deviant Art to share with the world. If you use them, please credit me and link to the DA page. Thank you very much!
Since 95% of my work starts out as a pencil sketch, I wanted brushes that I could use to clean up smudges, get rid of structure lines, and add details, without losing the organic, textured quality of the original.
Details and recommendations:
1. Pencil line (shown here with flow set to 60%) - my magnum opus thus far. I use this to clean up my sketches, and the size is perfect for images scanned at 400dpi. (at least if you sharpen your pencil every 10 seconds to draw tiny fussy lines like I do.)
2. Spongy brush (shown here with flow set to 60%) - a variation of #1, but softer and rougher. I use it for rough coloring and shading.
3. Cloud brush (shown here with flow set to 60%) - what the title says. I also like to use it as an eraser when I’m painting with harder brushes so the textures get mixed up and don’t get too monotonous.
4. Scritchy line (shown here with flow set to 100%) - a harder line for details or more cartoony lineart. I also like to decrease the flow and/or opacity and use it for shading sometimes, for a cross-hatched or scribbly sort of look.
5. Texture… thing? (shown here with flow set to 100%) - I mostly use this for backgrounds. I’m still figuring out how to unlock its full potential.
6. Smooooth cloudy brush (shown here with flow set to 100%) A much smoother painting brush that still has just enough grit in it to make it interesting.Enjoy, and please take good care of my babies! 0u0
Figured it was time to reblog the aforementioned brushes, since a lot of my followers weren’t around the first time I posted them!!!
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#THAT'S SO COOL???? #inspiration #resources
Just thought I’d do a little tutorial.
I’m making a kick-art-block-in-the-butt- 30 day challenge with a friend, and there’s an exercise like this in the list. Keep posted, I’ll have the challenge up by the weekend!
#one of my favorite posts ever
When someone draws something for fandom, and it comes across my dash, the fact that SOMEONE DREW THIS never leaves my mind.
Not once. Not even for one second. My very first thoughts upon seeing fanart are never about the quality, or the content, or how hot the porn is (or isn’t), or whether I ship that, or if I need it on my blog, or whether or not it’s a photo and omg I should just kill myself I’ll never be this good.
My first thoughts are never about myself, quite frankly.
Because someone drew this. And that’s cool! They liked it so much that they wanted to draw it—despite whatever hangups they have about their skills. They liked it, and they drew it.
And then they SHARED IT. WITH YOU.
This is someone who can see every casual, dismissive, awesome, thoughtless, cruel comment you make. Someone who is going to adjust their way of drawing, their way of thinking, their way of sharing things with other people, their entire attitude—based on how people react. Drawing is scary. Sharing what you’ve drawn is scarier.
I’m not saying you have to make room. Or be nice. I’m not saying you have to do anything. But if you’d stop and think about what the fuck you’re doing or saying for an entire second, then maybe it wouldn’t be so shitty and terrifying for artists to share their talent with you in the first place.
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