#literally staring at it for hours

[im-creature]

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

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

[chandralia]

they remade hori’s popularity poll art 😭😭

[bixels]

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!]

[4ndeka]

these guys are outrageously fun to draw

[solariex]

silly red dancing gif i made !! :3

originally i was gonna add cat headphones, because it was based off someone sending red music recommendations on the red askblog (cough cough @kittycatred sorry self promo) but its literally 5am as im typing this so i didnt feel like adding that right now :,) also i realized after making this that it looks VERY similar to this by starrypawu and that was purely by accident oops!! i think i got unintentionally inspired though so im linking it just in case for credit !! :D also timelapse ?? speedpaint ?? (whatever its called for animation lmao) below !! !! FLASH WARNING !! THOUGH cause i flip the canvas ALOT and switch frames alot and its sped up !! (also ignore the timeeee....ignore the time....shhhh i wasnt up until 5am at all....)

its 3 minutes long but i sped it up AS MUCH AS I COULD sorry its like 5 hrs of footage originally so thats why </3

[sweepingboy]

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

[vessel-token]

no thoughts just his eyes

[wormswurld]

thinking about that damn kiss between art and patrick. GOD. !!!!!! they were going at it hardddd nghmmmmm…….. so aggressive n passionate FUCK! art’s pink wet lips crashing into patrick’s all desperately, patrick’s tongue ! both of them wanting to consume the other.. i’m dizzzzzyyyyy 😵‍💫

[rockpaperscissuhs]

Band of Brothers Episode 5: Crossroads

for HBO WWII Rewatch: Week 10 - Black

[angelcak-3]

not to Beat a Dead Horse but Rick not at all addressing how he he gave percy the craziest prophetic dreams out of anyone we ever see, including a guy who learned how to dreamwalk from the son of the god of sleep, makes me lose my Mind

[marvey-sideblog]

[roguelioness]

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!

[amelia-yap]

AUEGH

[xxplastic-cubexx]

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

FRANCESCA PL E A S E

[44del]

save me shauzia save me

[blueeofsl]

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 💙💙💙

Song: Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men