#art hack

[datcravat]

quick tutorial on how I shade with solid black (a lot of people ask, hope this helps)

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[art-tnt]

Palette tip form Elicia Donze

[robobrainrot]

Clear sticky notes. Highly recommend

[shadowcaststudio]

Where's the Floor

So lately when I do thumbnails for my comics, I play a game called "Where's the Floor". Basically, put a grid down to represent the surface plane.

I picked up this trick from watching animatics from "Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" from Nickelodeon. This leads me to this helpful trick, it's the grid pattern on the floor to show perspective.

Whether it is the floor or the ceiling, it's an easy way for me to know where the camera is in relation to the surface plane. Therefore, giving me an idea of how to draw the characters in that perspective. Also leads to dynamic shots and amazing high action scenes.

There was one other set of videos on youtube that uses their cameras pretty affectively, and that's a dance troupe from Russia.

You put a grid on the most important surface in that shot and it's basically the same principles!

Even their bird's eye camera, zoom ins made me think of shots taken in dancing scenes from Disney.

If you break down a shot from your favorite animated series, you can guess where the grid is, how it's tilted, and how the character should be in perspective to that.

Having this concept simplified really has helped with layout, perspective, and taking steps into more dynamic action scenes for me.

[lesiasmadness]

I've seen this trend where people would squish the face of their anime drawing to make it into the drawing's mouth, and I figured if I did that with Sonic the result would be a smile cause of that signature eyebrow curve

... a scowl. It came out as a scowl. Not that I'm complaining

[immortalsalmon]

"With you, I forget my goddess."

[moomkarts]

See the difference?

Adding variating thickness to certain areas of your art-- like around silhouettes and bulky clothing-- helps give your art more depth and dimension. You can experiment with line weight if you feel like your lineart is too flat or missing a certain je nais se quois. It's a simple tip, but it's something my art has been complimented on numerous times for and does wonders in improving lineart!

[rellwo]

testing art hacks!

tried using watercolour paint on top of graphite pencil drawing to prevent smudging/transfer, it did help to stop smudging and transfer onto the next page when I close my sketchbook but I find it does take away from the overall look

[blueboxbeagle]

Don't post you art on Tumblr as PNGs!

Ok this is important: Tumblr, at least in my experience, will desaturate PNG images but not JPEGs! For proof here's screenshots of some of my art as both a PNG and a JPEG on Tumblr.

Top is PNG, bottom is JPEG. Notice the difference, especially on warm colors.

PNGs might be better for storing images but please upload them to Tumblr as JPEGs!

[cyborgraptor]

stupid simple artist hack: send your images to your phone to check their color. since phones are more regularly up to date and higher tech with screen usage, they are the best out-of-the-box calibration wise. I'm saying this to save future headaches with trying and failing to calibrate your personal monitors with bullshit programs and whatnot

[alteredsu]

This is just a little post cause I updated the art in this pic and the original post. Because lighting and color make a huge difference. This is just for art people to see a difference

[curleefriess]

Metal Rendering/Painting Tutorial

[leomitchellart]

Here’s a useful tip for my fellow artists. When you have one cup for drinking and one for dipping your paint, make sure they’re in different kinds of cups. We’ve all had a moment where we accidentally put our brush in our tea or took a swig of Prussian blue. So make sure you use one with a handle and one without. Or perhaps one that you drink from a kid and straw, whatever your preference.

‘Cos when you’re getting into the zone you’ll reach for it without looking as muscle memory will take over. So it’s wise to have the two containers that need to be gripped differently. Like here, when I’m reaching for a drink, I know to reach for a handle, not pick up the whole glass.

[duchesscelestia]

this week's video discussing the good and bad sides of art hacks is now live!

[ehh-all-the-good-names-r-taken]

sketch something with a light-colored pencil. Do the line art with a dark-colored pencil or black pencil. Paint over it with the paint color matching the pencil that you used for the rough sketch.

IT WORKS

[redd956]

Military OC Art Posing Ref Hack

Search up N.E.E.T. swat on pinterest, tiktok, or Instagram and you got what you need.