#I like the texture of the papers and the paint

[lazydayslivin]

Oh my god I was just scrolling and saw your art and ITS SO BEAUTIFUL 😭😭😭😭MY EYES WERE BLESSED WITH YOUR AMAZING SONIC ART ! LOVE IT SO MUCH ! How do you color your drawings dude?! It reminds me a lot of watercolors,give me relaxing and calm vibes idk why 💙💙💙💙💙✨Hope not bother you really ! Pls keeps doing it🫂

oh this is so sweet, thank you!!!🧡and its no bother at all, i wanted to make a guide anyhow. so sorry for how long this post is, the readmore tab fucks up the formatting :P

watercolor guide

program: CSP brushes: dry ink (lines) & round watercolor + a color mixing brush of your choice (these brushes come with CSP and should be in the "dry" tab for the brush tool)

go ahead and make your sketch!

2. make a coloring layer and go straight to coloring with the watercolor brush!

to shade: recolor over areas you want darker (note that the intensity of the color depends on pen pressure/how hard you press!)

i like to leave white spaces for "highlights"

i also usually keep the color pallete as small as possible (ex: use the red from amy's dress for the blush on her peach fur!)

3. lock opacity on your lineart layer. now use your mixing brush to color the lineart however preferred. i recommend bright saturated colors to make it pop.

i used red for highlights and dabbled in green for some shadows.

4 (optional). these brushes are VERY light, so i like to merge the layers and duplicate it to increase the intensity! you can also just use a grouping layer if you prefer that.

5 (optional). now you WOULD be done, but i like to clip a random FREE stock photo ontop of my art to make it fun. i prefer colorful paint/paper textures.

this is usually clipped to the extra layer i duplicated so the base colors are still strong. you can change the clipped art's blending mode and opacity to whatever you like! (i used vivid light 44%)

6 (optional). if you'd like, you can go back to your mixing brush and use a light neutral color to wash over parts of your piece that are further away from the focus point.

awesomesauce, we're done! good job! ive also included a video of my process:

oki hope this helps. peace

[oscararcane]

I wanted to try out rebelle 5, so I made a portrait of my Sherlock for @doriana-gray-games's story. He's a bit of an ass, but not on purpose. He tries his best. u_u

Very likely to romance Lestrade. Love a grumpy character with a heart of gold. <3

[krustykrabfunfair]

friendship between two drummers with glasses can be so beautiful

[estrangedandwayward]

Alicent and Helaena in the sept, moments before chaos

[skunkes]

qhenever i use watercolor theres exactly one moment where it actually does what i want it to do and then it doesnt happen again and idk how to replicate it LOL

[averlym]

"one day, i cut him an apple. when he saw it, he laughed" (click for better resolution!) ,,, tag from @elliotly

[kheyys-worms]

Plucking away at your happiness.

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Another fic fanart, this time it's inspired by another @merakiui's masterpiece: His Blueberry Eyes 💙💙 Go check the fic out! But do read the warnings first cause, boy... ngl, this one's heavy--

[who-is-riley]

Orchid

[ambivartence]

something i drew recently for my friend's bday 😌 + bonus silly hinge profile bday card

[gale-force-storm]

I absolutely adore that vintage chocolate ad that's been making the rounds and just had to do a version with Gale and my Tav, Morrigan

[macabre-discotheque]

oh my god FINALLY PYRO HAS DRAWN

LIKE 2(?) MONTHS OF NOT MAKING A FINISHED PIECE AND HERE WE ARE WOOOOO

anyways i'm gonna disappear for another million years hehehohoho

i love it when the colors do the color thing and the paper textures do the paper texture things i love drawing i love art i love partaking in the process of creation i lo

[dazzelmethat]

I missed shading with pencils. Ah I need to buy a new brush pen

[mortiscausa]

i'm going to start putting stuff up on inprint in addition to my etsy soon. my plan (for now) is to use the etsy more for my traditional art stuff like etchings and original paintings etc, and use inprnt for prints of my digital art, so there will be a difference in what's available on either

[villowstar]

:3

[skunkes]

ended up splurging on good watercolors when i went out of town and like whyyyyy did i do that lol this is still just as impossible as it was with the cheap supplies

[baekuras]

so there are super textured paintings right? and some ppl who take it to the next step and basically make literal 3d shapes on the painting coming out right?

could you technically make an opal out of paint? so that the insides are all colourful and the outside is a solid or like marble mix of a different colour-smth cool but unassuming

could you cut into that or would it crumble? i need to know or try but i do not have anything beyond watercolour which is the least textury paint for smth like this