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just lowkey impulsively ordered a new drawing tablet for me because why the fuck does a replacement wacom intuos pro pen cost $70….

it sucks that i cant use the wacom tablet i have now because it rolled off the desk ONCE and the rim around the tip chipped off… this huion tablet better be worth it 😔

i havent drawn on a proper drawing tablet in a long while because of how stupidly expensive wacom pens are.. could not justify spending that much on a replacement

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aventurine 3

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aventurine 1

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aventurine 2

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"Good Morning, Rose"

My short story for the wlw anthology GLIMM*R!

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cute <3

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… sunday on a tuesday

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i hope it is real

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⭐ Pixel Art Fundamentals - Hue Shifting

This technique is not uniquely specific to pixel art, but it's a very common term to hear when starting out watching those "dos and don'ts" videos. So what is hue shifting?

Hue shifting basically means to change the hue when making your shade darker or lighter. In this context, 'hue' = colour!

You may hear 'you need to hue shift more' when getting feedback on your art, but what does that mean really? Here are some examples:

We can see even with just a bit of hue shifting, we have quite a different vibe for each drawing. In warm / daylight settings, no hue shifting can sometimes look a bit muddy or grey.

If we swap the image to grayscale, you can see that they look much the same:

As long as the hue shifted colours have a brightness that makes sense, they usually will work. You can get quite wacky with it.

But is hue shifting always good? Not necessarily.

Below is some of my art where I intentionally didn't hue-shift at all. You can see it gives them an uncanny, digital, or photographic kind of look. As always, techniques are about your intention, or personal style.

I recommend trying different hue shifting methods! I especially love to use a cool blue or teal for the lighter shades.

Thanks for reading and I hope this helped a little! Have fun with it!!

⭐ Read my full pixel art guide here!

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… sunday on a tuesday

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“Ascension”, comic panel 3/X 🕸️💜

Continuing Rosemary’s backstory with her sister.

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can you believe there's someone actively making a ratiorine visual novel??? omg.....

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The gang is all here…….!!!!

I’m going to hopefully be making them as stickers and keychains, but I’ll try to make them as affordable as possible since I know how tight money is right now. Y’all deserve to have silly things that you can enjoy that won’t break the bank

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Some personal design notes I made for comics speech bubbles and on dialogue!

Conclusions were drawn from their dialogue sounds and manner of speech in general in addition to my personal flair and interpretation.

And here's an incomplete list of mental notes on actually writing dialogue for characters:

Curly

expresses genuinely what he feels and what he means, though he's reserved and leaves a lot unsaid

casually playful and whimsical when talking to others or commenting on things

smooth talker

speaks delicately and de-escalatory when faced with a stressful situation

using british slang on occasion, yeah?

Anya

often encouraging or reassuring those she talks to

teasing, witty and playful with anyone not named jimmy

stutters when speaking to those named jimmy but outside of that, speaks smoothly with enthusiasm

speaks with implications, basically says iconic deep meaningful shit in a non-direct way

Swansea

mean, harsh, sarcastic and taunting

like anya, he says some deep shit but in a poetic and direct way

reminds me of Disco Elysium dialogue in terms of vibes

speaks grandiosely

" ain't, goin', el capitano, downstairs longnose, hear hear, ol' codger, rumb-a-tumblin' " very fun to write

Daisuke

unfocused, emphasizes words, informal

speaks at the same time as he thinks, most of his dialogue feels like a stream of thoughts

filler words like, totally like everywhere man

Jimmy

dry, spiteful and bitter remarks, always sounds like he's annoyed at everything

no whimsical or heartfelt comments about anything

uses metaphors and veils his words, spinning them in ways to fit his goals. twists his own words as well as others'

steals phrases from others

persuasive

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HHDDHDHDJ mouthwashing sorry this kinda sucks and jhgnore Anya's left eye idk what happened there erm.. it doesn't look that horrible irl

close ups;

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I still don't know how to take good pictures of my art

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hi!