#but I do miss coloring

[notherpuppet]

The lonely loner takes time to heal in his broken radio tower

[lotus-pear]

mourning black and the death of ideals

[crescentfool]

december 31st but i make it silly (based on a tumblr post, below the cut!)

everyone say thank you xenia, i made adjustments for the december 31st context but nyx avatar is still fitting.

original draft of the last panel. i considered putting the bi flag but i didn't know how to squeeze it in. we love ryoji mochizuki in this house.

[chiricat]

i think you’ve already lost, dear detective

[demaparbat-hp]

Character design for Katara in Soundless.

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

Hey hey hey may 31th anon! How's 2024 going? ☆ヾ(*´▽｀)ﾉ This year I have for you a leaked Sherlock season 5 image. Thinking of you!! And everyone!!

[kathaynesart]

I’m back in my coloring kick! NOTE: This is not my drawing. I like to color the art of my fellow moots whenever I get the chance and I finally took the moment to color a piece by one of my favorite TMNT artists, @thegunnsara, of their Mikey and @abbeyofcyn's Donnie doing battle. It’s such a cool fight sequence and you can see the whole thing: HERE

Also here’s a few of my other colored pieces from other amazing artists: Leo vs Krang - @/giantrobotslug Babysitter Leo - @/spectra-bear Future Leo and Tots - @/abbeyofcyn CTIYS

We’ll have to wait and see who my next victim is!

[newttxt]

apartment shenanigans

from utilities included, ch. 9 (mind the tags and rating!)

masterpost

[payasita]

kill

original post

[zokenyu]

[bixels]

I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

[ricky-olson]

SATORU GOJO in Jujutsu Kaisen: Kyoto Goodwill Event Arc (2021)

[linipik]

Witches ✨

[nipuni]

Once again I bring you some Eriks 😊

[kiekiecarrera]

JJ and Kiara in the Obx 4 teaser

[deimcs]

I guess I'll grow used to the new me, horns and all. The people will see a curiosity, maybe even a beast hungry for their souls. But I will slay their monsters, keep them safe, and one day they will see The Blade of Frontier again!