#if not a bit monochromatic

[emietook]

It’s snowing in the south, you know what that means!

If I hear any northerners mocking people for taking extreme precautions because our infrastructure is NOT prepared for snow or ice I will start biting people

We aren’t stupid or overreacting, we literally do not have the resources a northern state that sees a lot of snow has so we just kinda shut down in order to stay safe. Keep your uninformed comments to yourselves.

[femmeleatherface]

the love which i feel for the design of erik in phantom of the opera: the graphic novel. endless.

bonus:

[m-s-justice]

big fan of Dempsey being complete Dogshit at flirting but it works on Ed anyway because he's just That head over heels.

[upsidedownsmore]

Witnesses

Color schemes assignment part 1 out of 6: Monochromatic

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[r-aindr0p]

Year of the Malleus in less than a month weeee ✨

Alt ver under the cut

[windydrawallday]

CYBERHYENAS!

Companions I designed for Lockdown based on the AoE Steeljaws plus Megafauna suggested to me by @sug4r-melon ! Not a perfect design tbh but it works-- And made me try fun shenanigans with them:

Because they still retain behaviors from their wilder origins (similar to our modern cats are still miniature fierce predators) in contrast to other types of cybertronian pets, to "program" them properly their owner needs... to start from the very beginning AKA HYENA CUBS!

Yes, like that!

Don't worry... they get better.

Awww! ... Until Prowl arrives with his ability to tame any creature (to Lockdown's chagrin)

"I'll take the kids and leave" becomes a common threat to the bounty hunter if he tries to shoo away the pets x'D

EDIT: The Hyenids got names btw!!! Originally Lockers put something to cryptic so, Prowl renamed them based on flowers and their meanings:

(Astra)Galus: "Your presence softens my pain."

(Jon)Quil: "Return my affection; desire."

Magno(lia): "Perseverance; Love of nature."

Lockdown of course ignores completelly this and calls them in short forms for making his life easy.

That's all! I'm tired of waiting the time to paint these how I wanted and my artblock just GRRRRs at me so... There, hope is enjoyable anyways 🐺💚

[wardensantoineandevka]

I also saw a mod called No Parrots that took away the vibrant colors of the griffons and changed them to be muted and mostly-grayish, and out of spite, I desperately need someone to recolor the griffons to match various macaws

[whatudottu]

Sketchy sequel to this little thing I drew on an 8 hour plane trip without references because no wifi :(

Shockwave's logic tree of 'only breakdown's brave/stupid enough to call him breastie' and 'breakdown saying "hey breastie" is in reference to him' meets Breakdown's rarely seen mischievous side like a downball piffed against a wall-

[starflungwaddledee]

I couldn't help but notice you color your line art sometimes. Do you have any tips on colored line art?

hiii there! thank you for asking!!

just a heads up that i'm notoriously bad at "teaching", and i'm assuming an amount of general knowledge of art programs + layer modes!

i actually don't often "colour" my lineart, at least not in the way a lot of other folks do! i'm used to working as streamlined as possible and developed quick-fire workarounds for most steps during my time in webcomics!

i also have multiple lineart styles! a more textured one with thin lines which i typically use for more polished pieces, and a soft-brush sketch style (inspired by my pal @moonverc3x's lovely lines) that i generally use for less detailed works, though i sometimes get carried away 😅💦

my textured lines don't lend themselves well to those nice and thoughtful coloured lines most folks do. but here's a quick breakdown of my techniques using the soft-brush style!

lines and flats 1) make lineart + flat colour it. my lines are never at 100% opacity, so already some of the colour shows through them anyway! 2) set the lines to multiply mode. because my lines are typically in a colour and not black, this usually works well enough for me, as you can see in the second image! i frequently just call it done here!

hand coloured lines a) if i do want to take the time to colour the lines individually- often things like metals, especially warm golds, require this added detail to really help them pop- i'd just lock the layer opacity and pick a colour that suited and apply where needed. this is fairly standard! b) a second version of the same technique, with higher contrast/more saturation to suit my tastes and a little extra finessing (especially around the eyes). this is very much a "to taste and time/energy" thing! sometimes at this stage i'll add high contrast slaps of colour such as bright purple or blue

my overlay-lines technique a) the second technique that i use is actually very fast and usually gives an okay-enough look. it's what i use for high-speed professional webcomic work (with my textured lines) to give the illusion of individually coloured lines for basically zero effort. so starting with the base lines set to multiply, as seen in (2), then, b) duplicate both the lines and the colours (with shading, if you have it). clip the colours to the duplicated lineart layer, ostensibly "colouring" the copied lines the exact same colour as the colours. set this duplicated layer to overlay, and adjust opacity as needed

you can kinda see that the overlay lines method is not as specific in colour as the hand-picked ones above, and it will suffer from overlap based on where your flats come to underneath the lines. but i find it helps especially when you have high contrast light colours in the work (ie starstruck's face mask) as the lighter colours brighten up the linework in those places significantly.

for highly polished works i would come back and still pick out areas to finesse individually. there's ultimately no quick substitute for spending more time on your work!

there's about a thousand and one other combinations of these effects you can do, such as using the duplicated lines on multiply instead, or further painting over the top, etc etc. but duplicating the colour layer and clipping it to the lineart is one of the techniques i developed that sped up my work process most significantly over the years!

[07734-143]

This picture was accidental, but it looks so much cooler in photo than on paper, so I won't show you the original drawing lol

[op3ra]

girl u are so heart coded

[applealchemist]

[t-u-i-t-c]

never gonna forgive you guys for sleeping on this gira look

[theposeknowsart]

Me when Michael Shelley…Me when Gerard Keay…Me when The Magnus Archives

[punkrockisafulltimejob]

Okay yeah getting high and chilling in the office/craft room and listening to my current musical obsession is a fantastic time and I forgot how nice it is getting high and existing somewhere other than my bed

[floorpancakes]