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How to Make Your Art Look Nice: Lighting

Think your drawings are lacking that extra “oomph”? Maybe adding a little bit of lighting can help!

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The “How to Make Your Art Look Nice” Series

Flow and Rhythm | Thumbnailing | Mindsets | Reference and Style | Color Harmony | Contrast

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Lighting is often underestimated in illustration – a lot of illustrators and beginning artists look at it as a decorative element, or as purely a tool used to showcase the form. A lot of beginning artists are afraid of shading and of using harsh lights. But even with the lighting mastered, even with perfect rendering and good understanding of form in space an integral element of the light remains missing in their pieces. 

Look at the samples above: the same character’s head has been used in every thumbnail, and the only thing I have tweaked was the cropping and manner of light used on the features. Every single one of these frames tells a different story and gives off a different vibe simply by using light to focus on the features I want you to focus on.

Read how lighting can be used to enhance character, mood, and interaction within your pictures below the cut.

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PRAISE CUTE CARROT! I love her and her bunny ears~ I’m glad that I could sketch her. One Piece is one of favorite animes. I hope everyone is doing well and stay safe. 

-Lazy Sheep

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Finally done with this art work. I hope this is good enough... I’m still practicing on the tablet. I need to get better. 

Spudgy is a great dog and a precious thing must be protected. I love Spudgy’s draw my life video, it made me cry like a baby. I hope Simon and Martina gets to see this...I will be happy if they do. 

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...Maybe I should try art submissions in the future..

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Tutorials by Fenris Lupin

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Second drawing on tablet. I hope this is good. It took me a while to sketch and make sure everything is good. 

Note: This Oc is built for the anime One piece. She is a maid for the Donquixote family. She is not a devil fruit user. I’m not sure what name I should pick for her. 

I need to adjust her power level and what weapon I should give her. 

-Lazy Sheep

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Hands Row 1 & 2 Row 3 Row 4(by CG Cookie) Row 5 Row 6 (by Damai Mikaz) Row 7: Left, Right

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Whole-body, Skeleton, Muscle, Man, Woman

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Welcome to all

To everyone who visits this blog, I welcome you all with open arms. This is a place where I dump all my artworks or reblog art references to help other artists. I’m not talented with drawing on a tablet but I want to try and improve. 

Don’t be surprised if I decide to reblog funny stuff cause everyone needs a laugh once and awhile! 

This is Lazy Sheep. Thank you all for reading.