#im enjoying these leyendecker studies

[diam-etrical]

"They're all looking at you." "Believe me, they're all looking at you." [ref]

[guiiay]

quanxi

[tumbly-s]

I’ve been meaning to practice my renderings, and thought Laudna would be a perfect character for this!

Wanted to try and implement some of my favorite characteristics of @zmeess ‘s paintings, specifically the Leyendecker-like hatches. This was actually really fun to work out! I want to continue trying this style out, and i’m curious to see how it might evolve.

[toydreamer]

Leyendecker that Charmes

This sketchy piece is the lightbulb baby that kickstarted my longest personal fan project, I’ve been working on the Leyendecker X Hades crossover series for 2 years now. The idea is to paint every single character from the first Hades Game and I’m leveraging off this as a master study of Leyendecker’s work Cus I’ve been an ardent fan for years. So I thought why not marry my two fave things into one?

While im still working on spiderverse stuff in the meantime I’ll be posting pieces from this series to fill the gap. Enjoy!

[saw-facts]

your post inspired me so here's who I think certain saw characters favorite artists would be with no explanation at all:

hoffman: george bellows

amanda: paul cezanne

john: osman hamdi bey

lawrence: allan kaprow

adam: marta minujin

lynn: doris salcedo

strahm: caravaggio

oh i like this!! i want to add some:

the eerie quality of henri de toulouse-lautrec's work (at least imo) feels like it'd be appealing to hoffman. along the same vein, i'd say edvard munch too. ALSO FRANCISCO GOYA. im surprised he wasn’t also painting fucked up shit on his own walls.

amanda would love louise bourgeois, ana mendieta, joan mitchell, and eva hesse. i feel like she'd also be really into fiber arts in general (tamara kostianovsky, kiki smith, raija jokinen). also we know she likes some renaissance/stylistically classical art bc she has the birth of venus print next to her bed in saw 3! i think this is more for gay reasons but i bet she'd like john william waterhouse’s mythological paintings.

i love this one for john! the obvious one for him would be da vinci as well- john's drawings actually remind me a lot of his. i think he wouldn't be into abstraction because “it lacks intellect” or some shit. probably dark, dramatic, pensive baroque art.

i feel like lawrence would be into impressionism but NOT post impressionism!!! he'd be so annoying about it. monet, degas, cassat, etc. i also think he'd enjoy botanical illustrations. probably a fan of edward hopper too.

adam would like jc leyendecker. just based on vibes. others i think he'd enjoy include john singer sargent, norman lewis, lee krasner, yoshitaka amano, salman toor, yayoi kusama... these are all over the place uhhhh i just think he'd enjoy a wide range of styles. now ofc he has favorite photographers, but that is not at all my area of study and the only one i could think of off the top of my head that would fit him is robert mapplethorpe.

for lynn, andrew wyeth makes sense to me- the lonely, empty, desolate feeling his paintings give you would probably speak to her :( agnes martin (ESPECIALLY agnes martin) and louise nevelson would probably appeal to her too.

strahm liking caravaggio is basically canon to me. like of fucking course. for one, he'd just loooove telling people that the Old Master painters are the finest of fine artists just bc he's a dick (and doesn't know shit about art made after like the 18th century). but also caravaggio was gay and killed someone and was murdered so. it fits. he'd probably scoff at rene magritte paintings but deep down he'd really enjoy them.

im obsessed with this ask and i've been drafting this response for a hot minute bc i wanted to put some real thought into it. VERY fun and a great way to procrastinate on work as an art history grad student

[rendevok]

i just found your account and wow i love how you color your pieces!! do you have any tips for coloring? especially clothes? im having a hard time myself (◞‸◟；)

Omg i hope im not late to answering this (it's been a while since I've been on here)...

First of all, thank you! I'm flattered and honored you enjoy my work so much! However, I'll be honest with you and say that anything that i do that you think is good is really just me searching for those same answers, especially with regard to clothing!

I started studying Leyendecker because i was trying to improve my skill with drawing clothes and when i saw his work i went absolutely bonkers! Obviously, along the way i found a way to make it really fun for myself, but at the heart of it this has always been about studying - im trying to better my skill by studying the masters and gleaning what i can from their techniques. So, that is one way i would recommend!

I've also found on my journey, just how valuable it is to have references. I know you always hear it but it really is true. On works that are not direct studies, i often have that one limb or angle that just makes me turn my head like an owl all topsy-turvy trying to understand how it works. When it gets like that i run to Uncle Google and search like nobody's business for any kind of pictures that suit my needs. Also, it might just be my taste but i never trace my refs because i think it helps me with my skill in drawing what i perceive (plus i think it makes it fit in more naturally with my work since it's technically coming from me)! Some of my favorite references for clothing are from miyuli, but i actually have so many from so many different places it's hard to name them all. In short, save refs and hold onto them! They will be useful!

The advice i think i can impart in regards to color in painting is that i have a palette that i try to stick to when i work on a single piece, and i work in phases (layering*).

I find base colors that i like before i start, and then as i go, i start to add shadow, make the colors agree more and more, so by the time im adding highlights I'm usually pretty satisfied with where ive gotten. But the starting palette is never the exact same as the finishing palette. The beautiful thing about digital painting is that i can just color drop to modify my colors, so if i think it looks better with a different shade of brown then so be it! In the end, you just want to make sure your colors agree, so the best thing you can do is give yourself parameters to work within (a palette!) so as not to overwhelm yourself.

The phase/layering part i was talking about is actually something i picked up from studying so many paintings - i work in phases. I start with flat color, then shadows, then highlights and i am blending ALL throughout, so in theory im layering* all of these colors together. BUT!! it's important to note that *they are not separate layers! All the work I do is for the most part on a single layer. You might think "Julie you're mad for doing that" but i will argue that separating your colors is the easiest way to make them not agree with one another. Throughout all of my process i am blending, and that is all a part of what makes things mix together and agree so well, i think.

Alright, this has been quite a lot of blabbing on my part, but i hope this helps a little. My last piece of advice to impart is... be kind to yourself and remember that growth takes time. So long as you keep at it, you will definitely improve! ♡ ^u^

[99centthoughts]

Kel! Seeing you draw Tyler and jc and fay and emmet always makes me smile and I love your art so much. You’re one of the first accounts I found on tumblr and even though I’m not on here that much anymore I still come back occasionally because of this blog. Been feeling a little down about my own art recently, but after looking at your art I feel so much better now. I remember discovering jc leyendecker thru your studies and I’m going to pursue art as a career in college. Ty for being you! Ily 💕

Ahhh THANK YOU that is so sweet of you and Im honestly so flattered that u like my art enough to come back every once in a while!! IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU ANON I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOURSELF IN COLLEGE AND THAT U KEEP ON DRAWING LOTS!!! im glad my doodles could cheer u up!! (also yes i love jc leyendecker so much HES KIND OF LIKE MY IDEAL FOR what i want to be able to draw like tbh LOL) TAKE CARE ANON!!! ILOVE YOU TOO 💗💗💗

IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE A SECRET but i wrote his name once in a comic so people know anyway LOL & I wouldn’t want you to read it as jesus christ forever HAHA It stands for John Charles! He doesn’t like it because he feels it’s a plain name so he goes by Jc. ALSO IT’S rly strange bc ive never noticed before Jc, but a lot of famous people have the initials JC omg 

1) aw THANK YOU ANON WADE IS rly fun to draw!! there’s only been peeks of him so far so im glad u love him already!

2) THERE’S SO MUCH TO TELL ANON!!!!!!! but im rly happy that you love him!! UMMM HE’S ALLERGIC to peanuts and his favorite disney movie is treasure planet!!  

[villaill]

Wow you are amazing at art!!!! :D Care to talk about your art and maybe some tips???

i am very flattered that you think so, anon!!// however, im a really shy and negative person, so i dont think theres really much to talk about, especially considering this blogs collection. its just a place where i collect my doodles and sketches for fun, and for you guys to enjoy~!

im not too great at giving out advice, but if youre interested in tutorials or anything considering my workflow - my inbox is always open! o/ 

longer thoughts about my art are below the “read more”!

personally, i dont think this lil blog has anything special on it - ive mostly used it as a storage stash for all my loose doodles and traditional sketches (but you guys seem to enjoy these, so dont worry about them disappearing!). when i finally do post something digital, the lineart is shaky and the colors/shading are often rushed… even though i can do both normally, if you look at my dementia drawing lmfao– im just lazy

mostly i draw content for fun, and for you guys to enjoy! sometimes i feel like theres pressure on me to “draw better” or “post better content”, but why? i feel like this is a big learning curve for me – im balancing fun with providing content, but im also exercising my self-esteem. sometimes i post things that i drew but am really unhappy with and keep them on here, because someone asked me to! someone is bound to think “oh, that looks so cool” or “oh, i love this idea!” and then get sad when the post is eventually deleted - and i dont want that.

as for art tips… again, i dont think im really the best for that, as a) im really bad at explaining things and b) everything here is, imo, subpar (in comparison to other refined pieces and my own art).

the biggest piece of advice i can give is to study professional artists (self taught or schooled!), but take inspiration from the old masters as well. my personal idols in that regard are j.c. leyendecker, vlaho bukovac, charles courtney curran and a myriad of others!