Oh You Need A Tutorial On Splatters By A Non-expert? Then This Is For You!

oh you need a tutorial on splatters by a non-expert? then this is for you!

I have a little bit of experience with splatters both from painting a lot and from nosebleed-related health issues. So I know a little bit more about splatters than the average person.

anyways

if you’re not sure how a splatter will… well splatter then I recommend flicking paint from a brush onto paper. But not everyone can do that for various reasons. So I used both acrylic paint and watercolors for this.

Oh You Need A Tutorial On Splatters By A Non-expert? Then This Is For You!

I call these “side splatters”. So, the more liquid-y the splatter is the further the “tail” goes (as shown in the image). As you can notice, the splatters with acrylic paint stick together more because it’s less of a water-texture and more of a blob.

drops

basically, the middle (the “mother splat” in the image) has the most liquid in it. And it trails off into smaller drops, which have “arms” lead to them. It’s pretty common that drops and side splatters can be combined, so the mini-drops can have tails similar to side splatters.

warning: talking about bl00d in the rest

Now, specific red bodily liquids can have different textures. Nosebleeds are often more liquid-y than for example gore-related liquids (judging from gore that I’ve seen in movies). And the solution here is to google it! Because I’m not a doctor and I don’t know why the texture can change. But please, even if nosebleeds are more liquid-y the flow can still be slow. Liquid-y splatters are more sensitive to movement than other splatters. So if someone who is having a nosebleed (without anything stopping the flow) for example nods, the “liquid” will run down faster.

there are a lot of different types of splatters, but these are ones that even I struggle with sometimes. There are probably better tutorials out there.

hope this helps!

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