#also tested out a new brush for lineart

[swiftbell]

Finished versions of a bunch of Shadowpeach sketches I've done over the last few months

[puppyeared]

is this your card? ♦️♣️♥️♠️ it isnt but you dont wanna hurt his feelings

[pyrodraws]

My current avatar, drawn for Pride this year!

[tobiomin]

kuroo is here!!!

i had this sketch for like a month and finally had the courage to color it, also tested out a new brush and made this whole drawing (besides the lineart) with it

[squidpedia]

Hey! How do you do lineart & Sketches???

You’re one of my biggest inspirations for drawing and I really love your art style!

UM??? THANK YOU?? I 🥺🥺🥺

I’ll try to word this as best as I can but I am honestly terrible at text descriptions/explanations sometimes, so I’m sorry if anythings unclear or odd. My process also varies sometimes depending on the artwork

Sorry for somewhat long answer ahead!

Usually for any artwork that I know will take a longer amount of time, I start with a really quick 1 minute sketch to get the proof of concept down. It doesn’t have to look good and the proportions may be very off and really messy but thats ok, my main goal is just to get the whole idea down and interpret it again later. I write notes next to the sketches sometimes if I have a specific thing I want to include later like for the coloring or lighting.

After that, I usually make a revised sketch on top of that and keep tweaking or redoing the sketch until I get something I like. This is also where I reccomend you start checking proportions and flipping the canvas. The first and third image had to be revised before I was able to make lineart I was happier with. Some other times I just jump straight into the lineart if I think the sketch already looks ok (but this is kinda risky as I usually end up having to resize a lot of the lineart later when doing this, which can end up dropping the quality of the selected area and making it slightly blurred compared to everything else. Sometimes I just end up redoing the lineart entirely for the selected area when this happens).

When coloring the lineart I try to mostly color lines that exist inside the silhouette of the person, but I’m also kinda loose with this rule and also will color anything on the edges if I think it looks better in a certain instance.

I’ve been trying to keep my lineart much thinner and enjoy using Procreate’s ballpoint pen for lineart. For sketches I usually use whatever feels most satisfying or convenient or just try a new brush for sketching to spice up my process every now and then.

In worst case-scenarios, if I’m really struggling to get something I like when sketching, then I just keep redoing the sketch and trying to figure out what I don’t like about it. The undertale the musical gif had something around 6 redo’s before I finally liked it enough to give it lineart

Sometimes I also try making quick messy color mock-ups of my sketches to plan out colors or specific effects for later to test what colors I like and what I think would look good for later. I also might write notes if there’s any extra details I think of that I want to include later

Thats everything I can think of, I hope this helps and sorry again for this being a pretty long answer, its the best way I could think to explain my process, but I hope its a bit helpful at least!

[bingzstudios]

HERE HE IS

the boy!!!! the cat!!! the sopping wet meow meow!! Nari!!!!!!! hes so angy i love him sm. kinda testing out new brushes in photoshop and i dont care enough to do clean lineart but whatevs. I also really like the lineart on its own here

also bonus sopping wet man ignore the shoddy cropping

[akaiitori]

Attack Dog - Rendering Breakdown

OK here's an attempt at explaining how I go with illustrations. This isn't necessarily an 'effective' way to paint, but rather it's a process to maximize my personal enjoyment. I encourage you to do the same! Find those steps you have the most fun with, and exploit the hell out of them.

For this post, I'll be going step-by-step for this illustration

1- Sketching

A Mess. I don't like making lineart unless I'm super in the mood for it. In this case, I couldn't be bothered to spend a lot of time in the sketch. I often use 3D models as a base for paintings because, if I'm making a painting I only want to paint, not to stress out on anatomy.

2- Blocking values

I only start painting with colour if I'm certain about what I want to do. In this case, I wasn't. When it comes to visual information, values (light and shadow) are more important than colour, so it's easier to block those out first than trying to improve the values in an already coloured piece.

This is a very insightful video if you want to see if a greyscale-first process could be useful for you. Marco Bucci's content in general is a treasure.

Here's a link to the head model used for light reference

3- Paintinggg hell yeah babyyyyy

Not much to say here except, look at a lot of reference. I only limit my canvas to one or two reference pics to not get it super crowded, but I'll always have more pictures open on my browser, tablet, etc.

There's this little app you can use to compile reference pics. I don't use it because the act of opening it is too much work for me but, it's a neat tool.

The main brushes I use for rendering are the following:

Regular round brush with pen-pressure opacity.

Custom triangle brush. It's just a triangle with some texture layered on.

Clip Studio Paint's textured paint. Unmodified.

Custom square brush. Same as the triangle, but it's a square.

Clip Studio Paint's gouache brush. Unmodified. Good for blending.

"Fur block-in" from this pack. Excellent for blocking in feathers.

"triple line" from this pack. Very good for adding texture.

You don't need this many brushes, but I like the variety to keep things interesting. I'd say that only #1, #2 and #7 are essential to me.

A quick trick I used for the muzzle was to make the wires with a white brush, on a layer with border effect.

I considered explaining how to shade feathers here but, it was making this post a little too long. Even more than it already is. But, let me know if a guide on drawing feathers is something you'd be interested in seeing!

4- Colours

For this one I kept it simple. I liked the values and I wanted to have a very stark contrast with the red blood. I made some quick tests with gradient maps trying out different palettes, using gradient maps and overlay layers.

While I enjoyed #1, at the end I went with #5 as it worked better narratively. The clinical white and silvery shadows give a stoic indifference to the blood, which fits with Blackbird's character.

The muzzle and situation on itself aren't a canon event happening, so it also felt more fitting to keep a more stylized 'colouring' rather than actually putting in the character's colours and scene. For this colouring, I only used a single gradient map, but it's not rare if I end up using several, placing masks for areas of different colours.

When it comes to colouring greyscales in character colours I follow a different process, for which I'll use another illustration as an example.

(this is Loketh, he belongs to my partner)

So, for this drawing I also started with a grayscale, but started adding colour in much earlier.

1- Black and white base render

2- New layer with a flat colour, put it on overlay. This will serve as a base for colouring, kinda like glazing on a canvas for a traditional painting

3- Adding character colours, in a new layer on overlay mode. You can do this in a single layer, or make new layers for each new colour. Just keep it loose, no need to add all detail yet.

4- Colouring the shadows. I used a gradient map adjustement layer, set to overlay. Made the lights green, and the shadows purple.

5- Flatten and paint! Now this is the step to add all intricate colour details missing from step 3.

5- Post-Processing

This is a term more used in 3D renders, where it refers to colour corrections and final tweaks. Things like adding depth of field, motion blur, vignette, any final filter.

For almost all my art I'll add a grainy noise layer and chromatic aberration, I just think it looks neat. You can also add paper textures or flat colours on top of you image and set that layer to overlay, it helps to tie everything together.

AND THAT'S ITTT

I hope this was useful, and remember to just have fun with it :)

Further reading:

Marco Bucci's youtube account

Jason Rainville's blog with breakdowns of his illustrations

Sinix Design's video on colouring skin

Anatomy For Sculptor's 3D models for muscle reference (cw nudity)

[caspiangreyling]

Colors! Colors! Colors!

A sample of some sketchbook color practice I've been working on lately. Apparently, I like purple and blue a lot.

I'm also trying to draw random characters more often. It's good practice, and who knows - I could find a new character in the process like I did with Joachim!

Also, I've been playing around with some new digital brushes in hopes of combining traditional lineart with digital color. I've really taken a liking to a watercolor/ink wash look, so I tested the brushes out on some random doodles.

I do love greyscale, but I wanted to see what would happen if I used the color palette I'm pondering for The Halcyon Blade. Tried it out on this sketch of Joachim:

Also, if you are wondering - I try out colors and new brushes on sketches because it feels like there is less pressure to 'get it right' or 'make it perfect.'

The two brushes I like most seem to work together really well, although they have very distinct looks when used on their own. Lots of experimenting remains to figure out their best uses, but I'm really encouraged with the early results.

That's about it for now - thanks for reading! Until next time!

[demonibestia]

The painting you posted of testing out that new brush set are so incredible! I love your use of colour and lighting, especially on the second piece! What brushes are those?

😭😭 oh hey thank you!! Honestly it was kind of a try and error thing since the brushes that i used are more suitable for lineart than for building shapes but!!! I think they did well there hahah

Theyre @/emilyamiao 's brushes (that you can get here!!!) and theyre amazing. I should use them more tbh.

I really liked how the texture looked on the part of the flames from the second pic (i thinkkkk i used the wet inky there). I also used the default pastel brushes from procreate to create that mushy sort of feeling on the trees, and to add texture overall. Besides that i think i used the spectra brush and the airbrushes to compose the pics :") idk its been a while since i did those and i kinda forgot sry :""")))))

[meirimerens]

sorry if this has been asked before, but i was wondering what brushes you use for your painting pieces? they look really nice!

hi bestiiiie ok yknow what let me make a list

i use Procreate almost exclusively these days so all of those are procreate brushes. i also use many brushes depending on the vibe the mood the intended effect etc etc. ones with * my most-used these days.

i use a lot of procreate defaults + i have downloaded the Jingsketch Basics and Nadiaxel Basics sets, both of which can be gotten for Free, one of them is a pay-what-you-want (including Nothin if you can't afford it), the other asks you to sign up to the artist's newsletter but you can unsubscribe from it directly after

for sketching:

Sketching > Narinder pencil*, HB pencil, 6B pencil Nadiaxel basics > Pencil

for lining:

Inking > Mercury, Tinderbox, Dry Ink Drawing > Gloaming, Eaglehawk, Moorilla Calligraphy > Water pen* Sketching > HB pencil, 6B pencil Organic > Hemp Nadiaxel basics > Sharper lineart Jingsketch basics > Sketch round, Clean sketch

for filling in:

Nadiaxel basics > Standard airbrush*

for painting/rendering, texture:

Nadiaxel basics > Dry brush and blend Jingsketch basics > Flat square* Painting > Wet acrylic, Spectra, Tamar, Old brush, Turpentine

for fucking around and finding out/adding a lil bit of spice:

Painting > Wet acrylic, Jagged brush, Spectra, Tamar, Old brush Charcoal > Charcoal block Artistic > Plimsoll, Old beach, Larapuna

my advice: don't hesitate to test out new things and be yourself <3

[thegoldenshi-shi]

Listen here you beautiful golden lion looking being *cracks knuckles* I am prepared to do more than 250+ words, don’t test me(I don’t count my words I just ramble them off)

But i’m sure all my messages together is 250+ words so I win >:D

Also! Take all the luck you want and Twst mag not be an otome game(dating style) but it doesn’t stop the simpingness

And I love Floyd and his unhinged behaviour

Now it’s complementing Art time

The way your lines look soft is amazing, like even with sketches and full arts, the lines look soft somehow(probably the brushes you use)

Also your shading is so good! Soft in some areas and bolder in others and how they blend together is just *chefs kiss*

Also the egyptified Savannahclaw boys are super pretty!! And I love what you did with Leona and how you styled him and 10/10 would smooch the grumpy lion

Also back to the lines, you make them seem huggable as well, it’s a really nice thing! Also looking back at the comic where Fort Max is holdinh Sunstreaker like an angry cat is quite funny and his face promises death but can he? Probably not

And Sunstreaker deserves better than what he got in the comics, someone give the boy a hug

Also Fort Max deserved a lot better

A lot of bots deserved a lot better

🗣️Let 🗣️war 🗣️criminals 🗣️get 🗣️therapy 🗣️2023🗣️

Also I love the way you drew the Elite trine! They all look so good and the way Starscream’s wings wiggled/fluttered was adorable and I had the mighty need to hold him gently in my hands

-Sunny Simp Anon

And the word count goes up again hehe

I actually worked hard on softening my lineart. So I'm very happy to hear that you think it worked!

It's not just the brushes actually (though I obviously have special ones I prefer) I have a few secret techniques that I use to soften my artwork. (careful use of the blur tool mostly)

The same thing goes for my shading, I use airbrush+ink and/or watercolor brushes primarily.

I never expected anyone to think my robots were huggable/kissable, but I am thrilled that you see them that way.

I keep meaning to draw more Elite Trine pieces, I love them a lot. And I want to maybe come out with some new content for Fortress Maximus and Sunstreaker that may or may not feature more angry cat Sunny hehe

And of course, I'll keep interspersing my robots with TWST fanart too, I have another Leona picture finished already.

Thank you so much for the ask. I'm glad for the feedback~

[mel-addams]

HEY there's new folks here since I last rambled about Rebelle, and they've got a HUGE sale going on for the preorder of the next version, SO

TL;DR: amazing traditional-paint-emulating drawing program on huge preorder discount, $30 for Pro version GO GET YOU YOURS

I've been using the digital art program Rebelle for a bit over a year, and it is SO GOOD at emulating the feel of working with traditional paints, pencils, and pastels! It's got thick (or thin) impasto texture for oils/acrylics, water physics (!!) for watercolors, and can actually use the texture of your canvas to affect both wet and dry media brushes. It feels SO MUCH better than hooking a texture into a brush and working on a canvas that just...doesn't match it, or applying a texture afterward. BUT ALSO they're gonna be updating it soon, and adding not just standard digital niceties, but also METALLIC. PAINTS. Plus more texture stuff you can control, and even better texture reactivity, but METALLIC! PAINTS!! USING THE BUILT-IN LIGHTING AND TEXTURE SHENANIGANS, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO MESS AROUND WITH WRANGLING/OUTSOURCING EFFECTS YOURSELF

And the pre-order price from now until November 30th is ONLY $30 for the Pro version (which I absolutely recommend!), when the price is usually $150 (!!). The Pro preorder price will increase to $50 from December 1st to the 13th, then full price when it releases on December 14th. And they don't do subscription! Just free updates (typically good and/or requested features, as well as bugfixes), in between full upgrades like this that have been HUGELY discounted on release.

You can check out further info on Version 7's upgrade features, as well as the link to buy it, via the link at the top of the post. BUT if you wanna test out basic watercolor simulation, and/or test the trial version of Rebelle 6 (I think) to see if you like how it feels? You can check out this link: https://www.escapemotions.com/products/rebelle/try/

(Also they often do this sort of thing with the free bonus papers for spreading the word, as mentioned at the beginning of the Version 7 info link. I think it's happened...at least each time they've done a version upgrade, maybe once or twice in between? And it's been a different set of papers each time. But I already did my shared-post earlier. This post is genuinely just 'cause I think stuff like the feel of brushes reacting to visible texture and water physics (which you can pause!) are SO NICE, and the preorder price is bonkers-cheap. I still need side stuff like Affinity for like...fonts, but Rebelle is my current favorite for actual drawing and painting.)

PERSONAL EXAMPLE TIME

Playing around with watercolor drips, because you can control the "tilt" of the canvas (via either a tablet's features if it can, or a disk in the UI if not): Bakuratober Ghost prompt

Using canvas texture to get a RAD cracked-paint look on a dark canvas (I used the Straw canvas from the "Mulberry Coconut & Straw" purchasable paper set): Bakuratober Vampire prompt

Taking advantage of thick acrylic texture (plus watercolor which flowed into the brush streaks for emphasis), to simulate both muscle and sand texture (body horror warning): Bakuratober bonus prompt (Nightmare)

Combining a mildly textured pencil with a subtly textured canvas to emulate how I use physical colored pencils (plus layer effects for glowy ghosties): Bakuratober Dancer prompt

Combining wet canvas and watercolors to let the pigment feather out to create a "blurry" foreground effect (plus setting lineart as a masking fluid layer to keep colors contained): Disco (Elysium) Harmony

[kinosansart]

My personal views on art software as a hobby artist

So lol the next art post is text based.

But considering this is my art account and art related I figured that this post should go on this art blog.

But aware these are my own views and other artist views may vary.

Ok I swear I'll try to upload some art on this blog soon!

So what I look for in a art program (free or paid) when I draw stuff

For colored illustrations

Be able to draw straight into the program or process lineart from tranditional media well

To be able to fill color with the bucket tool on different layers with ease

To be easily blend/render coloring

For manga/comic panels

Make panels easily

Apply tone easily

Have a lot of free use/references/assets (ie backgrounds) to be able to be used

Have a good text insert tool

General

Be able to transfer illustrations back and forth easily (ie from ipad to laptop)

Have a good basis of tools, ie brushes, line tool.

Bonus points if they have a good intergrated soical media platform.

So I was going to go through some art software (free and paid) that I currently use for my illustrations, go through some postives and negatives.

Before that..

Software I am not mentioning

Photoshop (because I think it's too difficult to render plus I mostly use it to alter image sizes)

Gimp (never used)

Krita (Never used)

Sketchbook (hardly used)

Many other programs I don't mention

Medibang Paint (Mobile + Desktop, Free + paid)

I feel like this program does'nt really get a lot of attention. It's free and always requires so many "updates" but it's a program I use a lot currently. Mostly on ipad I use this program.

Positives

Really easy to draw on and simple to color on

Bucket tool is the best in this program works on every layer

The text tool IS AMAZING to use (I use it currently for my fancomics)

My artwork looks really bright and colorful when I finish coloring on this app

Negatives

The uploading on to their soical media platfrom is bad

Cloud upload is a little slow/glitchy

Text tool needs online/internet to work

The desktop version is not as good as ipad version

Not good for drawing manga/comics

When online, ads are really annoying

Color blending/rendering is not really good apart from using the watercolor brush

Even though there's so many things I don't like about this software. I USE THIS PROGRAM A LOT. I think it's been 3-5 years snice I've used this program up to this day. Still very under-rated this program is.

IbisPaint X (mostly mobile but there is desktop, free + paid)

The "alternative" to procreate for android users. I don't see many users talk about this program neither.

Positives

AMAZING for manga/comic drawing. It's my current default program to draw my fancomics right now

Screentone layer is amazing

Really good bucket tool, works on different layers

Good resources/assets for manga/comic creation

Negatives

A pain to transfer files back and fourth, snice this program is mobile exculsive (unless you pay for desktop)

It's not really good to do colored illustrations on (no good blending tools, no dual colors can be used)

Text tool is not good.

A new program I came across and I honestly was SO IMPRESSED with the manga tools that I bought the ad free version. I honestly recommend this program for manga/comic creation over clip studio paint.

Procreate (paid and on ipad only)

Speaking about Procreate I have it! I also don't use it as much as Medibang + Ibispaint lol. I honestly think procreate is over-rated.

Positives

Animation is the most simple and easy to use (I did my own test animations on them)

Good customisation with brushes

Good blending tool

I like the timelaspe function

Amazing color palette creation

Negative

THE AUTOFILL/BUCKET SUCKS BAD (the main reason I hate drawing on this app, every drawing I do I have to color in manually like a 5 year old and it takes me ages to finish a drawing on this app)

For some reason every drawing I do on this app my colors are dull and washed out compared to medibang

Transfering files back and forth is a pain as well

I mostly don't use procreate because for me the bucket tool NEVER works on my lineart (even setting reference on the layer) which results on me keeping the drawing simple because I have to manually color every section myself. I don't understand why it's so popular. I rather use medibang than procreate for my drawings.

In my view apart from it's animation features it's not really worth the price. Considering I bought it and hardly use it.

Paper by WeTransfer (Free + paid, on ipad only)

I BARELY see any artists use this app, I think I might be the only person who uses this app lol. It's got good/bad features and I still use this app for rough ideas/doodles

Positives

AMAZING organisation of art (can make unlimited journals with pages to add to them)

Can hold unlimited art pieces, don't have to name files.

Good color mixing/color picking

Takes little space on your device so I hold all of my doodles in here

Negatives

Barely/never updates

Outdated/limited tools

BAD AT MAKING FINISHED COLOR PIECES OR EVEN COMICS

NO LAYERS

Color palette is REALLY BAD

washed out/dull look when doodles are finished

So because I DRAW A LOT, I use this app to draw rough doodles/ideas. I mostly use it as a art reference for my OC designs or dumb doodles like the one above. But yeah I understand why it's not popular, no layers is like art mode HARD. But I enjoy drawing on it.

Clip studio paint (mobile and desktop ,paid + limited free?)

I recently got this program because I heard so much about it from soical media. So..I acutally think this program is over-rated lol!

Positives

AMAZING for colour illustrations, bucket tool is great, color picker good, great blender/render

MASSIVE online/asset resources the most I've seen so far

My finished drawings look bright and colorful and just as good as medibang

Negatives

You have to pay monthly for ipad version/ newer version (which I don't have)

I don't think this program is good for manga/comic drawing (restricted screentone layer, limited material layer, bad text tool)

I am disapointed with the manga creator, I think it's BAD! I can't FIGURE how to add panel or even draw on a manga page, I had an headache trying to figure out the way screentone works. I personally think Ibispaint is WAY more simple and better program to create manga than CSP.

But I understand why it's good and worth paying for. The blending tools are amazing as well as resources/assets. I have yet to test the animation feature.

Programs I don't use much/anymore

Paint Tool Sai (paid, desktop only)

A program that existed before procreate or clip studio got popular

Positives

Working Bucket tool

Good blending tools

Amazing color palette creation

Negatives

limited assets/resources

only good for colored illustrations

I honestly did use paint tool sai for a number of years before moving on to medibang. I think this program is good, but it felt outdated as I moved on to other art software.

Overall

I just wanted to say this is my own view and so please don't get angry lol. I mean every artist is different and have their own program they like to use. This is from my own view.

I am not saying to use medibang more and use procreate less. It's just in my view sometimes I don't see why certain programs are more popular than others.

Don't take this as advice on what art program to use either. I don't know just use the one you like.

[leelarots]

hi!! i used to struggle with this too so here's how i combat line pixelation

for the sake of not clogging my page info is under the cut

1] canvas size

when you press the new canvas button you have a couple of different options, "for printing" or "for illustration". "for printing" includes dpi (printers use this, it basicially means dots per inch, more dpi more ink) so a higher dpi = higher quality. 300 dpi is a good quality without canvas lag. "for illustration" is for artwork you don't intend to print out.

I usually go for the "2k" or "3k" options on the presets. 2k means that at least one of the sides is over 2000 pixels, 3k means one side over 3000 pixels- so if you're using the slider at the top keep that in mind! you CAN use 4k canvases of course, but they do tend to lag the app (even 3k can do this with too many layers)

2] brushes

I cannot stress enough how much grief the default dip pen on ibis paint gave me! it took me ages to find a pen that suited me, which certainly could be the case for you. I recommend looking around at different community made brushes as well as testing the ones built into the app. my main brush is soft falcon pen (bleed) but if not that, typically any textured brush works for me.

Having a textured brush makes lineart look cleaner as wobbles are less obvious without a clear cut edge but it also negates some of that blurring visible when you zoom into lineart. that being said! as an artist you will always be more aware of flaws in your lineart than the people consuming it, the likelihood is that to your followers your art looks cleaner than it does to yourself.

practice also makes your lines cleaner, along with the stabiliser (but of course, we ibis paint plebs only get up to a 10 power stabiliser unlike firealpaca users going up to 40, so there's that)

i hope this helps :']

Yall I need help so I'm begging for comments/reblogs

If you use IbisPaintX, what brush/canvas sizes do you use to get smoother lineart?

[magickedhat]

lou doodle!

[dexaroth]

hrrng pixel brush good