#art styling tips

[pixelguzzler]

i has a question.

how do you manage to make pixel art fit with the drawn parts of the art pieces? i think you're amazing and i love your art style, but it's amazing how you manage to make it feel like they fit in the same universe even being different styles (being pixel and drawn parts)

you are amazing <3

Thank you so much, I think you're super amazing :3 this is just a rough guide mostly on how to achieve the mixed resolutions, I hope it's at least interesting!!!

[hinamie]

can't believe im saying this but long time no megumi

[simonrudd-blog]

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[frog-in-a-cookiejar]

Blade of The Blood God

[ninjasmudge]

im just fucking with him your honour (read: trying to figure out how to draw him)

[stroobooree]

Very messy and bad lineart tutorial I made a couple days back. I hope this is helpful to someone even if it’s a bit incoherent LMAO

Take my advice with a grain of salt, of course. I wouldn’t want anyone to think that my way of doing art is the only “right way”. There is no right way to do art! Just make art!!! Dingus!!!!! /lovingly

[viyojo]

You're a kid now…🧍‍♂️still a kid now!

[northstarscowboyhat]

Tested some lineless things with the 'roba

[theoldkyokodied]

Hello! I really love your art! I was wondering if you have any tips on how to capture the person the facial features of the person you are drawing so well?(!) Your Billy and Stu are is amazing! Although it is in your style (which I absolutely adore) you still keep their likeness/resemblance which is very hard for me to do when trying to draw them in my style! (Sorry if the wording is confusing, any tips?) Thanks!

Ah thank you so much and sorry for taking so long to reply, but I needed to figure out how to answer this.

I have put some general tips together, but I need to point out that none of these replace the time investment of learning art. It is merely a suggestion of direction for practice, and I don’t want anyone to feel discouraged if any of these tips don’t immediately make them into a master of arts. Art practice is not easy and it can be frustrating to not be up to your own standards yet, but you will get there! :) In the meantime: be kind to yourself!

That said, let’s get to the tips I can share:

1) Use references!

I usually create a reference sheet for any character I want to draw more often, with their face in lots of different angles. Being able to know how, for example, someone’s nose looks like from the side and from the front can be essential when it comes to recognition. You basically want to be able to create a 3 dimensional object with these references. I tend to need the references less the more I draw the character, after a while i just memorise their key aspects for drawing them from most angles :)

2) Figure out key-features of a person

Try to figure out how to simplify someone in a drawing. What are their most striking features that NEED to be included? Sometimes it helps when you try to think of what features a caricaturist would accentuate in a caricature of them. Here you have some features that I personally try to focus on when I draw billy:

As mentioned in the bottom right corner, the placement of these key-features is also important. Try to figure out where things are placed in relation to other facial features and mind their size as well. this becomes easier the more you do it!

If you struggle to find out what features are important you can also look up other fan-artists stylised work you like and try to see what they chose to highlight :)

3) Do studies!

4) focus on values and contrast before considering color

doing a study without a sketch by blocking in shapes can help you figure out the planes of a characters face

as you can see here, stu’s eyebrows kind of blend in with the shadows of his brow bone, which is why I usually draw his eyebrows pretty light/in a color that doesn’t have high contrast with the skin tone, it makes him instantly more recognisable in my opinion

5) Draw (a lot)

I have been drawing basically every day since I was a child, but my ability to actually draw someone recognisable has only developed in the recent years. And I don’t think I’m done with learning. In the undying words of Bob Ross: “Talent is a pursued interest. In other words, anything that you’re willing to practice, you can do”.

I hope my tips can help a bit and and perhaps lend you some motivation for the never ending practice that every artist has to face :’) <3

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[feminineenergylife]

French Tips 🤍

[iloveacronix]

Made some Lego tutorials for my friends and anybody else who would like to learn, (at least a bit!) Sorry if my explanations are a bit funky😭😭

Tagging my pookies @yourlocalkitkat @captaintacosworld

[pixelguzzler]

Quick little bonus tip if you wanna experiment with my style! When handling the transition from pixel to vector art, it helps immensely if you line up the vector shading and lines with the edges of pixels! This can help prevent that dreaded "mixel" look many tend to avoid in traditional pixel art.

[mossizi]

Gauhh I forgot to put this here

[itsonlypolite]

it's official. your voice designs have invaded my dreams. I I was dreaming last night and I went out onto my back porch and opportunist was there sittin on one of the chairs. cheated was also there but he'd fallen off the chairs onto the floor so I didn't see him right away but they were there!!! on my fucking porch!!! I went out there again later in the dream and smitten was bleaching broken's hair?? I cannot stress this enough they were All Your Designs. I've never even had a dream with the voices in them before. I literally Just got up so I'm sorry if this isnt coherent but I had to tell you

WAIT IM SO JEALOUSSSSSSSS (also like so happy to hear that that's so fun!!!!) also those interactions!!!! So fun!!!!! Had to draw Opportunist and Cheated on the porch

[intotheelliwoods]

I’ve been drawing for years and I feel like I’ve made 0 progress, what should I do? Any suggestions?