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im-creature · 7 months ago

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Mark Maggiori painting but I turn the cowboys into Johnny and Gyro

(WIP still gotta finish the horses and Johnnys chaps and such)

#steel ball run #sbr #jjba sbr #johnny joestar #gyro zeppeli #gyjo #mark maggiori #I love his art so much #literally staring at it for hours #it’s been really cool to appreciate it in such detail while I re-work it #please check out his other stuff it’s stunning

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bixels · 10 months ago

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I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

#not art #dungeon meshi #rant #i'm someone who can get obsessive over colors in my own art #will stare at the screen adjusting hues/saturation for hours #luckily i've gotten faster at color picking #but yeah modern anime's color design is saddening to me. the general trend leans towards white/grey desaturated palettes #simply because they're easier to pick digitally #this is not the colorists fault mind you. the anime industry's problems are also labor problems. artists are severely underpaid #and overworked. colorists literally aren't paid enough to do their best #there isn't a “creative drought” in the anime industry. this trend is widespread across studios purely BECAUSE it's not up to individuals #until work conditions improve anime will unfortunately continue to miss its fullest potential visually #don't even GET ME STARTED ON THE USE OF POST-PROCESSING FILTERS AND LIGHTING IN ANIME THOUGH #SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK. I HATE LENS FLARES I HATE GRADIENT SHADING I HATE CHROMATIC ABBERATION AND BLUR

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4ndeka · 10 months ago

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these guys are outrageously fun to draw

#literally was supposed to be a warm up #several hours later...#hazbin hotel #alastor #niffty #charlie morningstar #angel dust #husk #sir pentious #egg bois #how obvious is it that sir pent is my fave LOL #vaggie #yes i gave alastor a tail #yes niffty is staring right at it

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sweepingboy · 2 months ago

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ZHANMADAO IS THE ONLY SPIRITUAL WEAPON WITHOUT A NAME IN TGCF AND I ALWAYS WONDERED WHY MU QING DECIDED TO KEEP IT LIKE THAT.

Like, the cultivation and training meant a lot to him, he always tried to act properly regardless of his status AND YET HE DIDN'T GIVE HIS SABER A NAME??? naming a weapon is a big thing for a cultivator, the sword have spirits, yet he keeps calling it by its type???

NEED YOUR THOUGHT ON THAT

#i personally think it subtly demonstrates that mu qing felt like an imposter even after all of his great achievements #he got it and was staring at it for hours trying to come up with a suitable name but each and every one felt ridiculous #yeah sure some “ray if justice” in a sweeper's hands #sounds completely legit not stupid at all #eventually he just left it the way it is and grew comfortable with the fact that the name illustrates nothing but the type of the weapon #and that there are thousands of other zhanmadaos around #just like thousands of sweepers #and they all just do their jobs #xie lian learns about it and says that he finds it poetic because the blade gets to be whatever mu qing wants him to be without any label #mu qing #tgcf #tgcf mu qing #'i cant wield a blade of justice or some shit my father was literally beheaded by the crown“#mxtx tgcf #tgcf headcanon

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vessel-token · 6 months ago

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no thoughts just his eyes

#source instagram #boba eyes #look at him #god he’s so pretty #could stare at him for literal hours #no thoughts just him #sometimes i miss their old masks bc they looked so CUTE #sleep token #ii sleep token #ii #worshitposting

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chandralia · 5 days ago

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they remade hori’s popularity poll art 😭😭

#this literally gave me an excuse to stare at the og for hours againFUCKCKFK #hori’s comment about deku joining his childhood friend’s bandit brigade #THEN LITERALLY NOTHING ELSE SHDKDGSJ #he said bkdk then dipped #bkdk #dkbk #bakudeku #dekubaku #:’)

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marvey-sideblog · 6 months ago

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#I am literally going insane!#gif three is giving. practicing a presentation or pitch. or statement. specter ross era. they're a team!!!!#and mike's like. analysing but also. the touch so familiar gentle 🥹🥺#and GIF FOUR. I HAVE STARED AT THIS FOR HOURS NOW?#happiest they've ever been because they're! in! a relationship! now! open close comfy loose happy happy happy themmmmm them them #they're just??? they're literally each others. couldn't be more compatible. more simpatico. with any other.#they invented being in love. no one will ever be it like they are #anyway thank you t-mobile for my monthly put-them-in-situations + remove-the-context + brainstorm-it-from-there -athon 🙏#suits #suits tv #suits usa #marvey #harvey specter #mike ross #gabriel macht #patrick j adams #harvey x mike #mike x harvey #tmobile #t mobile #t-mobile #late to the party on this one lol but I am turning up the music! marvey party never stops

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roguelioness · 7 months ago

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I'll be your king, you'll be my queen Unbelievers get down on your knees

I've been incoherently screaming over this gorgeous art of Vittara and Astarion by @tadpole-apocalypse - thank you so, so, so much ♥ Des was so nice and super patient despite all my ramblings, and her art is stellar, you need some of her art in your life!

#bg3 #astarion #oc tav #y'all have no idea how many literal hours i've spent staring at this #can we talk about the details #the pattern!#the HAIR omg its so floofy ahhhh #his lil fany smile!#and the way they're looking at each other #HANDS TOUCHING #please i'm so weak for them and this is so beautiful i weep #vittara sinfel #commissioned art

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amelia-yap · 11 months ago

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AUEGH

#ruby rose #rwby #obligatory tiny distressed ruby #my art #HELLO I HAVE OFFICALLY FINISHED YET AGAIN ANOTHER ONE OF MY SEMESTERS #and holy shit it was the most awful by far #i felt like absolute shit the entire sem and was behind in literally all of my classes #it was so shit that i actually skipped a class because of the stress of being behind on work. which i had never done before.#i am a criminal now lmao i feel so bad #also a little mad at myself because i know i could've done better. i've been doing the bare minimum and cutting corners #which was very noticeable lol #im gonna actually split my upcoming semester this time my ass and health cannot do this anymore #BUT ANYWAY I FINISHED MY SEMESTER RAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #COUGHS OUT BLOOD AND SINKS BACK INTO EARTH'S CORE AND EVAPORATES #IM DONE!!!#also my eyes are really red now for some reason #probably from the lack of sleep or the long hours staring at my bloody laptop idk #probably both #yeah i should go sleep now lol bye #ranting in the tags because i don't know how to talk like a normal person lmao #sorry if you read all this nonsense jkdhkfsdhfkhd #but i should be more active around here again!

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xxplastic-cubexx · 7 days ago

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Snap, pls 😭 Thanks for the slaying ｡^‿^｡

FRANCESCA PL E A S E

#fave #snap chats #FRIEND OF MINE PL E AS E THANK YOU FOR THIS GIFT JVKLEVJKLE #i have the most Inexplicable headache (it is NOT from hunger i swear) and yet i feel at peace now #my bitchass friend said the food at the dining hall is terrible today but a mans gotta eat #AND A MAN EATING NOW this is so cute PLEASSEE i love this so much .... thank you again.....#charles when we say Slay we dont mean it literally </3 its out of his control i fear ..........#anyway gonna stare at this while i wait in line for food THANK YOU im blessed today ...#franny please get off erik im CRYINGLKEJAEKLJ #obsessed. .. obsessed TRULY i am ... i gotta look at this for the next hour then ill be ok ..

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fiveredlights · 1 month ago

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is it weird and evil that i feel a sense of joy watching other people experience the patented VCARB God Awful Strategy (or as I like to call it, the Daniel Ricciardo Experience™️) that we’ve been complaining about for literal months… i said may everyone get what they deserve… much love and light <3

#y’all remember how they’re strategy for the last three races were let’s put softs on (he doesn��t vibe with the softs) then we have to pit #early but it’s okay because there’s going to be a safety car (there is no safety car) oh we have to pit again. oh well.#it’s like maybe we weren’t insane you know… maybe we were right all along and there’s nothing more in this life i like then being right #yuki i do like you but your fans do not and that’s okay it’s like a mutual haterism we’ve got going on #literally scrolling the dash like this is not my circus and not my monkeys and boy have i never felt better #idk where the anger has gone usually im a vengeful bitch and will hold a grudge ala fernando alonso style but now im giving wellness #maybe writing old habits has broke me i spent two hours yesterday staring at different fonts and fistfighting adobe stock

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blueeofsl · 1 year ago

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Was thinking a lot about the two animatics, especially the newest one, @tapakah0 has made and it kinda… inspired me to create this video edit haha. Could have not been made without (L.O.V.E, Episode 5) and (L.O.V.E, Episode 11)! Thank you Tapa for your amazing works and the effort you’ve put into this lovely comic 💙💙💙