#contour and highlight

[juliet-ohara]

1644 cowboy mural at cota !! 🤠

(cred @/alylora44 on twt)

[gothoffspring]

You dont need to make renders to have your posts be appreciated! If all you do is post your screenshots, no editing at all, you're still extremely valid. If you don't feel like painting individual hair strands, adding custom lighting/shadows, learning how to meticulously edit things, I still want to see what you have to post. Some of the edits and talent I've seen on simblr is out of this world. But I feel like it's also important to have some validation for people who don't like editing, and still want to share their sims with us. Obviously renders and highly edited posts are the norm and whats most popular, but it doesent make anyone else's posts less worthy of being liked/reblogged. 💗

[simphic]

The power of editing y'all

[angelnumber27]

☾𖤓.𖥔 ݁˖𖦹࣪✧ 𐦍 ❀

[allysr00m]

Lol I parodied Blueberry here when I noticed how nicely I'd done by contour/blush/highlight today, lol Blueberry can say it abput his natural features but I'm not so blessed.

[loubella77]

[wolfy1298]

Hello! I saw your post about taking asks and questions and I wanted to say that I really love your art, especially your rendering techniques. If you could give advice to someone who can only do linear but wants to get into rendering, where would you recommend that they start?

Thank you for all the beautiful art you share :)

I’m going to preface this with that I didn’t start to seriously render stuff until a few years ago and even now I don’t know what I’m doing.

ANYWAYS

The best place to start from what I found/experimented with is to begin with “cell shading”. Think like how cartoons/ early anime would color everything. You got the base color, a color for shadows, and a color for highlights. Cell shading doesn’t rely on airbrushing or realistic blending, it’s all just blocking out the darks from the lights to make things look like they have more dimension than they actually do. It’s also a great way to train yourself on where and how the light falls on a given object or form.

Once you have a grasp on cell shading, then you can start adding in airbrushes or soft brushes to blend where shadows and light meet if you want to make it a more 3D look.

I would also recommend trying out lighting and color studies if you want to start adding characters in specific environments or mood lighting. Knowing what your “light sources” are or where they would be will help you figure out where to put the shadows and highlights. Color theory is also important the further you get into rendering but that is a whole other can of worms. There are several coloring tutorials out there but if you wanted to try and figure stuff out as you go, try playing with the different layer types found in most art programs. Each type affects color differently so try to see what works best for the look you’re going for (I abuse overlay and multiply layers all the time)!

It’s a lot of trial and error but it’s definitely fun once you get the hang of it! And don’t worry if you feel like you aren’t learning fast enough! I have plenty of incredibly talented classmates who are just now learning how to render their art.

Hope this was somewhat helpful! I’m still learning how to do stuff myself so I may not be the best source for learning.

[lightasthesun]

raise your hand if you didn't really wear makeup as a teen and now you're in your twenties and you think about sitting down to practice just because you don't fucking know what you're doing

[icewindandboringhorror]

characters wearing a full face of 2020s era makeup bronzer smoky eye lined lipstick mascara modern hairstyle while in a fantasy/historical setting in media... my enemy... my beloathed...

[fentybeauty-cosmetics]

IG: fentybeauty_cosmetics

[nervoussubject9000]

sims players trying not to yassify a 3 month old baby

[daenystheedreamer]

thesis statement

[starlooove]

It’s so funny when u ask ppl to elaborate on opinions and all the biases come out

[tintysun]

♪ Gave up who I am for who you wanted me to be ♪

Linkin Park | The Emptiness Machine

[thatsecondperson]

My awful first attempt at blind self portrait. (we basically couldn't look at our paper until we were done drawing)

Title: Gender?

[apolloverse-art]