#i also used a lot of gifs lmao

[meltedmush]

[charmac]

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia DVD Menus (S3-10)

[patheticbatman]

I haven't seen any posts about this yet but l've seen some fan art that makes me feel this needs to be said:

Don't forget Leah Sava Jeffries has darker skin when making Annabeth Chase fan art!

She is much closer to Lupita Nyong'o than Zoe Kravitz when it comes to shading, reflection, and complementary color usage :).

Lighting for dark skin is different on light skin. Light skin gets changed by lighting, and dark skin reflects the lighting. Below is a lovely shot of Nyong'o's character from Wakanda Forever in mourning. The filmmakers emphasize the umber qualities of her skin in contrast to the funereal white and (arguably harsh) light across her shoulder below.

Try to pick spots that aren't directly in or near the light, and try mixing 3 or more! You can put it into a color mixer online, or even color pick, lower the opacity, and lay the shades over each other until you find one that fits. And of course, the more 'realistic' you want to go with shading and lighting, the more shades you're going to want to be able to explore vivaciously :D.

Let's take a look at the same 3 beautiful actresses I mentioned at the beginning, with a bad color picked area and a better-ish color picked area. (Please keep in mind, these are not perfect comparisons, as I was not able to find pictures of all 3 actresses under the same kind of lighting.)

Kravitz's has a clear difference between the two, but they aren't too far apart, in comparison to Nyong’o’s and Jeffries’s. Note the dullness in the poorly picked shades as opposed to the better ones. Also keep in mind that while Kravitz has a rosy undertone (at least in that picture - it’s from The Batman, which has stylized coloring) Nyong’o has a slight cool undertone (I can’t pin down quite what, but the picture is definitely not stylized like Kravitz’s).

Jeffries runs more ochre or russet, but neither of those are pink. They are more red than terracotta or umber, but to call Jeffries’s face rosy would be wrong. Err more towards the golden when drawing her.

^^saved an image from a writing tutorial long ago, but can’t seem to find it. If someone recognizes it, I’ll link it. EDIT: it’s from this post. Thanks @autumnrowancollector ! <3

And also, the darker skin gets, the less likely warm undertones are going to appear. Don't be afraid to use blue or purple or even green on occasion!

Additionally, cool lighting on dark skin is always a win imo.

(I was going to use that picture of Jeffries as Annabeth by the lightning bolt, but then I realized the lighting on her face doesn’t quite match up with where it should hit from that angle, and I realized they kind of just turned everything bluer, so screenshot time!)

(Also if you want another really great live action example, check out anything Aldis Hodge is in, like Leverage and Black Adam)(and of course there’s Spiderverse <3 but I want to post pictures of Hodge)

Now, to here’s a list of more experienced people’s advice:

Black facial features & hair

Shading digitally for a (somewhat) monotone Black character

Stylistic choices and places to start looking for inspiration (besides a search engine).

Coloring Black people’s lips

A better coloration tutorial

Also a nice tutorial for Indigenous skin tones, just in case yall want to draw Piper or use this information for other dark skinned characters :).

EDIT: Some actresses who are closer in skintone to use for Annabeth, provided by the lovely @blackfemmecharacterdependency ! If you can’t find a reference for Jeffries in a specific lighting, maybe check out these ladies’ pictures! It’s a reblog, so scroll down.

TLDR: Don’t make Annabeth pink and pale, make her dark and golden.

[sandreeen]

Koshiro Shimada as Sanji || One Piece on Ice 2023 Open Rehearsals

[ishikawayukis]

Every reason and path Is beautiful because of you.

happy 8th anniversary seventeen 💕

[royalarchivist]

Turned the Judgemental Cucurucho Stare into a gif because it made me laugh too much.

Bonus version:

[empty-dream]

Isn't the world already full of immoral behavior? Grabowski, what do you think is necessary to change such a world?

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth episode 10. Truth

[stellarspecter]

jatp discord profiles – template by @seaoftr

[a-random-warrior]

Texty time!!! Ft. The limbs they deserve and Taylor

[kaidanalenkosprmanager]

THE BEST OF MASS EFFECT: VIRMIRE

Featuring: Cmdr. Sophie Shepard and Cmdr. Dominik Shepard With: Lt. Kaidan Alenko, Gun. Chief Ashley Williams, Urdnot Wrex, and Tali'Zorah nar Rayya Ft. Special Guest Appearances by: Spec. Saren Arterius and Sovereign There is a realm of existence so far beyond your own, you cannot even imagine it... Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (2021)

[pharawee]

[sophsun1]

🎨 Before and after colouring challenge 🎨

I was tagged by @ajcrowleys tysm for the tag lovely!

I never save my psd's unless it's for a particularly hard scene I've manged to conquer and the psd can be used again in general. These are all coloured from scratch as I gif them. This is a selection of things I happened to gif recently. As you can see it's either a really, badly lit show with no lighting, fighting against red/yellow filters or if you're really lucky, both!

Tagging if you'd like to take part @freckleslikestars @cinematicnomad @nick-nellson

@ncutisgatwas @psychicpinenut @providnce @carricfisher @skulandcrossbones

[mo-ok]

top 10 sentai blacks yes its important that Junichi Haruta is here twice

[soaps-mohawk]

Hiiii! 💛 Sorry if you've got this already but just passing on the fun! BTW I'm in love with CRCB and omg the depth of lore you have for it.

Anyway:

You've got mail! 📨 Share 3 songs from a fic's playlist. Then send this mail along to another! 📤

Aww thank you!!! I'm glad you're enjoying the fic!!

So...I don't have a fic playlist 😅 I do have 141 specific playlists so I'm gonna pull three from there lol

Chokehold - Sleep Token from Simon's Playlist

Shake That Bagpipe - The Sidh from Johnny's Playlist

Everytime We Touch - Cascada from Kyle's Playlist

[ratatatastic]

and what does a lombo do with free reign of a camera? apparently take the most gorgeous shots ever committed to film

SoFlo Hockey | 7.26.24 (x)

bonus lombo shots!

[brick-van-dyke]

My dad, jokingly: "I'm badman"

Me: "haha sure" (not thinking he's anything like batman)

My dad: *left/ separated from my mum when I was a teen, started a GTA gang that helps bullied kids, ended up emotionally adopting like 8 kids and helped them through bullying, suicide, abuse, etc.*

Me: *was hurt by an abuser and had to deal with said abuser being forgiven by family around me*

Me: *gets into Batman lore*

Me: ...

"Wait a second..."