Shading - Blog Posts
I don’t know what this is, But enjoy.
Process
Sketch
Line Art
Base Colour
Shading
Shine~✨️
Rendering
Background (Finale)
And that, my friends...is how I did it!(though nobody asked...)
WIP for drawing 1 class, any advice?
(Original pics)
I drew another Canada/ Mathew 🇨🇦 from Hetalia! I tried to be accurate in the uniform 😄
Inspiration:
My fanart of Switzerland from Hetalia!
Inspiration:
I decided to put his hat on his head. 😋
Thought it would look cuter!
My fanart of England from Hetalia!
Inspiration:
I added the fairy! 🧚♂️😄
My fanart of Canada from Hetalia!
Inspiration:
His hair was SO DIFFICULT!
My latest fanart China from Hetalia!
My God! Shading is harrrrd! It was my first time ever shading one of my drawings… please give me feedback and advice! 🥺😄
This was the finish product of my grip tape!!
Finished the 1st Buddha drawing I've ever attempted.
But yeah this is where I'm at with it at this point. Its coming along I guess, in the beginning I wasn't planning on doing any kind of finished piece of anything. I feel like I gotta see where I might b able to take it or just Fuck It All Up. Hope for the best but Shit Happens right ppl!!!!
My quick older pen sketch of Samurai Jack.
My Art skills are very rusty as hell. The last almost decade has been the most trying of my Art life. Bipolar depression & anxiety etc. has really taken that passion away from me. I want that passion & drive back again for Art.
was watching one of yr speed-paints and im so confused on how yr chopstick pen blends colours?????? i’ve been using the brush for a whileeeee and it does not blend the same beautiful way do you use any custom settings?
that's because it doesn't blend!!
my favourite activity is picking a random spot on the colour wheel that's close to the colour i'm trying to render and just praying it looks good for either lighting or shading. i also take advantage of the brush's slight transparency to create the blended look (i have the brush set to around 70% opacity) AND i also colourpick in the area where two colours overlap and go back over it with the brush so it looks smoother
a visual will probably help explain ,,
little doodle of darrell as a treat C: i also make the brush itself way bigger when it's time to render and take advantage of having opacity by pressure turned on! that way it's easier to cover more space at once and the low opacity helps blend better
i hope this makes sense i realize i have a very odd way of doing these things and i've never really taken a step back to actually analyze my process before
brush settings for your purposes (whatever those may be) C:
any shading tips?
AH I LOVE SHADING AND RENDERING let me see what i can dig up from my brain for you
i say....... single colour blend mode layer is a good starting point for shading but i'd also manually pick colours to make the shadow more dynamic, if that makes sense..
left has a yellow-y hard light layer as its only shading, and right has the hard light layer alongside some colours i added myself
also, i like to mess with the saturation and hue when i add the extra colours.. it adds depth (life??) to the shadows that you wouldnt get with a flat colour
IN ADDITION TO THIS desaturating your colours makes them look lighter, and hightening the saturation makes them seem darker! i play with this a lot it's fun
not shown here is also using completely different colours than the one you're shading, like green/teal for blue, or red for purple! this is especially helpful when shading grays and whites
basically get funky with your colours and try shit until you find a formula that works for you!!!! this is just what i do and im a self-taught nerd so
My friend drew a character and then I re drew her, I think they both look really good, what do you guys think?
Recent piece I did for u/emoakseli on r/drawme
Trying to get that contrast right
Practicing stipple shading
Happy birthday to Stefano Valentini