#like. simplified semi lineless but textured

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 302

so APPARENTLY book of life is ten goddamn years old. which is insane. but also a good excuse to rewatch it and look really fucking hard at the art for reference because it's gorgeous SO here's aradia cosplaying la muerte.

[winters-sketches]

some drawings of the beans with experimental styles! i'm not too happy rn with my art cause it either a) looks weird with too much soft shading or b) takes waaaay too long

thus, style shenanigans. you can use these as icons if y'all want, just be sure to tag me!

analysis for myself under the cut:

Aubrey: slightly thicker lineart with hard edges and inked shadows; half-painted shading with harder edges

+ combination of graphic contrast and painted strokes which looks awesome to me

+ QUICK!! very fast and easy to do, took like 30 minutes

+ works well with airbrush effects while preserving sharp edges

+ so much room for color shenanigans

there are no cons i love this one

Basil: thin penciled lineart with detailed coloring and shading

+ textured and full of detail

+ highly conducive to airbrush effects and shading because the details make up for the loose shading

+ it just looks really pretty and intricate

- takes. so much time. too much time.

- cannot be paint bucket filled easily at all

Kel: semi-simplified lineart style with hard shading and strong focus on color vibrancy

+ great result with the near-lineless look

+ very vibrant and colorful

+ graphic vibes, which i like; seems to be from the simplicity of the lines and shapes

- few issues with contrast and the whole image feeling a bit dull

- takes VERY LONG to do the whole colored lineart thing, along with just coloring in general

- doesn't work super well with airbrush effects because of the low contrast

Sunny: old style with airbrushed shading and thin minimal lineart

+ works well with airbrush effects and layer modes

+ easy to paint bucket fill

- lineart isn't detailed enough to accommodate for airbrushed parts; looks blurry and lazy

- not much room for color experimentation and difficult to shade without layer modes

- takes kinda long to do

Hero: slightly thicker lineart with soft edges and transparency; painted shading and color

+ beautiful painted textures...

+ open to color expermentation

+ also easy to line

- more difficult to ensure contrast due to softer edges

- takes a long time to color

Mari: loose thick "lineart" with round brush painted coloring

+ extremely open to color experimentation, i can mess around with this as much as i want

+ very fast lineart

+ works pretty well with airbrush effects

- coloring takes a while cause it's painted

- may not work as well for more "realistically" lit pieces