#no photoshop bc im lazy

[princemick]

what I image was going through lewis's head in this moment after seb beat him with 11 seconds after the 2018 belgian gp

[storytellering]

if it's okay, would you mind sharing your art process? your style is SO gorgeous dude. keep it up spardacest nation!!!

Thank you so much anon, and of course! I kinda posted about it on twitter a while ago, but for anyone not also on there, here's a paraphrasing of what I said there! (under a cut bc it's gonna get a bit long)

(speedpaint video from procreate mostly bc like I also said in that post, it's one of the few pieces I've done entirely on procreate and thus entirely recorded kdfjhdk I usually don't do the sketching + painting parts on there but every now and then I get lazy and want to get it all done quick in one program lol! It's not as good as it would look if I were using krita to render (which is what I normally use) but it gets the idea across decently of what it is that I do)

The short version of my process is: sketch, clean up sketch for lineart, then flat colors, then paint over the flats (i make the flats my shadows and paint on the light), then a multiply layer for skin details (like lips, eyebags, etc), then an overlay layer for skin transparency details (red over the ears/nose/fingertips etc), then i do hair over the lineart, then a multiply layer with the contact shadows in a light beige/grey/neutral tone on top of everything else, and then i unify layers, paint over the details, and color correct the HELL out of it The longer version is: SO, first of all, I will say, my entire process for a finished/fully redered piece is pretty scattered and uses a lot of different apps, because after many years of trying out different drawing apps I found that I just worked better when I could incorporate the parts I liked best from each individual one rather than having to adapt to another app entirely! In total, what I use is: autodesk sketchbook and procreate for the first half I do on my ipad, then krita and photoshop on my computer when I'm actually rendering (but any photo editing app instead of ps will do, I'm just used to photoshop bc that's what I learned as my first drawing app WAAAY back in the day lol), and then meitu on my phone for color filters (also any phone editing app with filters in it will do), AND also optional just for references: blender and daz3d on computer + magicposer on my phone The actual step by step of what I do: First of all, if I want to do a detailed, well rendered piece I will start by getting my references ready. That means either just grabbing a screenshot from the game if it's like, a simple portrait, or a photo reference, taking a picture of myself in the right pose/lighting, and if it's something more complex I will recreate the scene in Daz3D to simulate a realistic lighting, OR even just blender (i have the game models for the dmc characters downloaded, so I can just pop them in, pose them and change the lighting to get a realistic idea of what shadows their faces will cast in that specific angle/lighting.) Note: references are pretty essential to me, and there's nothing to be ashamed about for using them! Personally I don't struggle a lot with the drawing/sketching part of art, but my tiny little pea brain cannot fathom how to make an object 3D in my mind, and how to visualize shadows realistically... thus the reliance on 3D programs to do that for me, and then all I have to do is draw what I'm seeing lol. My art improved significantly ever since I started making 3D refs so I could get /exactly/ what I needed - there's still a lot of leeway you need to learn though, because as realistic as the lighting will be in a rendering program, you'll never really get a fully natural looking image, as far as stuff like the body stretching/squishing/pulling when it's in movement, facial expressions, folds in clothing/fabric, etc... so really it's more a guide than something meant to be followed 1:1.

Then, once I'm confident I know exactly what I'm gonna draw/have the idea in my head, I start sketching it in sketchbook. Not really getting very in depth, just blocking out rough shapes - I like sketchbook and to be on my ipad for that because it feels very reminiscent of traditional sketching on paper to me, which while I'm not super confident on my traditional art abilities, I do get the most natural/fluid/non-stiff figures out that way. Then when I think I have the general idea ready, I export the sketch layer as a png and import it into procreate - which is where I kinda start picking at the sketch and polishing it like i'm carving it out haha. Lots of liquify tool, flipping the canvas to check if it's even, blending out some of the lineart to help out with the rendering later, and then polishing up what was once the sketch into serviceable lineart. I usually reimport it back into sketchbook at this stage - while I like procreate for drawing I don't love the brushes I can use for lineart there, and so I usually only draw the "base" naked figure in there - when I'm in sketchbook I use a hard pencil to refine the details, then on a separate layer add all the things "on top" like hair, clothing, etc - usually I can get it pretty easily in one go, and once I'm satisfied I erase the naked body under the clothes and unify the lineart layers. Then I will just do the flats with a hard brush, turning the lineart layer into an overlay layer and coloring things in with the shadow colors. At this point, I export the file as a psd and import it on my computer - I give it a once over in photoshop first to see if there needs to be any adjusting (like whether any layer that has an effect needs to have a different effect, if all the colors look right since the ipad screen isn't the most faithful, if i wanna change the background color, etc), and once I think it's ready enough, I open it up in krita, where I do the actual bulk of the painting/rendering (as to why specifically krita: it's because I've gotten very comfortable with the brush/painting brush dynamics there and cannot seem to get as good results anywhere else, it's just the goldilocks spot of a brush for me haha.) If anyone's curious, here's the brushes I usually use for painting:

The one in the middle is my go to painting brush, left one for tinier/more refined details, right one for blending out soft shadows (though I learned the hard way to not overuse it, or it will look like I went ham with an airbrush tool lol). (I don't change any of the settings on these brushes, so if you wanna try out the exact ones I use! Just fresh off how they come out the app haha) I paint on the lights on top of the shadows, and just focus on that for the time being - once I'm done with the basic painting, I'll make a separate multiply layer for details like lip color, eye waterlines, makeup if there is any, eyebags, etc, and then adjust the opacity until it feels right - then I'll make an overlay layer with skin translucency details (like, when you hold your hands in front of a light and see the tips of your fingers become bright orange - many parts of your body are always a bit translucent to the blood underneath, specifically parts where the skin is thin like noses, cheeks, joints, knuckles, etc, and I found it makes the character look a lot more alive to add that subtle coloring in) - then usually I do hair on a separate layer on top of the lineart (because that way I can add small flyaways, more details, etc, and just use the lineart as a guide) After that, I'll usually make a multiply layer on top of everything where I'll add contact shadows in a neutral color (usually pretty pale, it'll be darker anyway since it's multiply), and once I feel like I've rendered everything out properly, I save the psd and re-open it on photoshop.

In photoshop, I'll mess around with the layers a little bit more (changing hue/saturation, opacity, etc), fuck around with the background to make it look pleasing, and once I'm happy with it, I'll unify the layers and start color correcting - usually by duplicating the unified layer and messing with the curve/hsl of the image and then changing the opacity of that edited layer until it's as strong or muted as I want it to be - then I also edit the RGB curves individually and adjust the opacity of that also (because I just really like how it ends up looking if I give a bit of a red/warm tint to the shadows lol), and at that point often I will reimport the finished image into procreate for some finalizing touches! Like, blending out shadows that came out too harshly, painting over anything that came out not the way I wanted it, redefining the lineart if it got messy during painting, and adding any extra small detail that might have gotten lost like catchlights, hair shines, hair flyaways, tears, etc. I also do one last round of flipping the canvas and liquify if needed! At this point, I export the finished image both to my computer and my phone - on my phone I open it up on the photo editing app, and add a bunch of different color filters - I don't hesitate from going completely balls to the walls here, and just kinda applying as many filters as will make an image look pleasing to my eye. Once I think it looks good, I'll export the edited image to my computer - and then open both the version without filters and the one with them on photoshop, and use the filtered version as an opacity layer, and adjust it until it doesn't look as crazy anymore lol. One last step I recently started incorporating was also changing the image to grayscale after I'm done, and doing one last round of curves in greyscale to make sure the values look right, and nothing is getting too lost because the values are too similar (because i know i get a bit swept up in getting repulsed by harsh contrasting lighting and can end up washing out all of rendering if I don't check myself kjdfgk) AND that's it! Yes it's a pretty long and chaotic process, but it's coming from years of trial and error and realizing I can just let myself fo whatever makes me happier with the results, and I don't have to stay constrained to one program if I don't like every tool it has to offer/don't have to accept the final image fresh off the painting app as the "finished" image with no adjustments allowed after, lol. I don't find it takes a lot more time than if I didn't do it this way, but YMMV. Hope this was helpful and sorry for taking so long to explain! I just wanted to give a thorough explanation dfhdkhkx

[taniushka12]

i need an alwake icon but im terribly attached to jimmysaul w/ the argentine flag......... considering photoshopping alan's face there and be done with it 😌

[sivunas]

sivir is definitely another one of my muses who fall into the demiromantic basket but like. i was going to say she was also demisexual but like, if.

if you held a knife or sword to her throat, or literally any weapon at all or threaten her with violence, and especially if you do try to beat her ass and draw blood and give her a LOOK she's.

she's gonna be a problem!

[gyunikum]

[tinogiehd]

can you make dnf wearing party hats😖

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youget these bc im too lazy to photoshop a picture

[stinkrascal]

get to know me sims edition tag thingie ! tysm for the tag @rebouks <3

1. What’s your favourite sims death? ummmm getting eaten by a cowplant tbh. gets me every time

2. Alpha CC or Maxis Match? maxis match hair, preferably the kind with the hair strands, and then alpha everything else

3. Do you cheat when your sims gain weight? when im doing gameplay then no, but if im taking screenshots for my stories then their weights dont really change bc i dont play w them anyways so they dont change much. so i guess the answer is still no

4. Do you use move objects? always!!

5. Favorite mod? probably slice of life? idk i think its so fun!! i also like mccc for the utility but thats a boring answer so sol wins

6. First expansion/game/stuff pack you got? ive basically always torrented ts4 so i got the eps when they first came out and idk which one i played first. but the first one i bought on an origin account was cats and dogs!

7. Do you pronounce “live mode” like aLIVE or LIVing? like alive!!

8. Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made? breanna!! caspian!! vaughn!! i like them all can that be my answer

9. Have you made a simself? yeah!

10. What sim traits do you give yourself? lazy, goofball, geek

11. Which is your favorite EA hair color? the white/blonde color!!!!

12. Favorite EA hair? that one hair that came with the luxury stuff pack that was vlad's hairstyle for like 3 years before i changed it.

this one!!!

13. Favorite life stage? young adult duh. thats why i have vampires so they can stay young and pretty forever

14. Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay? both duh!! it's all fun for me :D

15. Are you a CC creator? no but i can make simple recolors and adjustments to meshes if i need to! id love to learn how to make meshes from scratch. i really wanna make my own trees for story stuff but i dont really know how to start that. but one day!!

16. Do you have any simblr friends/a sim squad? all my mutuals of course :)

17. What’s your favorite game? (1, 2, 3, or 4) honestly probably 4 because even if the gameplay is lackluster, w all my mods its pretty fun and i always gravitate to it. i think ts3 was the first game i ever played from the series and its great too. i played ts2 about a year ago and it is also fun but its too ugly for me so i never wanna play it lol. and i never played ts1!

18. Do you have any sims merch? no

19. Do you have a YouTube for sims? yes but all the videos are unlisted, you can only access them through my tumblr. i just upload random silly things and tutorials sometimes, but i havent uploaded in years. im still gonna make an updated editing tutorial vid i promise aha

20. How has your “sim style” changed throughout your years of playing? i think my sims are more blushy now, and they have more skin details and textures since i use alpha skins now. but besides that not much

21. What’s your Origin ID? actually its stinkrascal but i dont use it for ts4. i just have my dragon age games on it ha

22. Who’s your favorite CC creator? umm idk!

23. How long have you had a simblr? since 2017 :) but i made this blog in 2019

24. How do you edit your pictures? photoshop 2022! i promiseeeee im gonna make an updated editing tutorial one day

25. What expansion/game/stuff pack do you want next? i want horses, fairies, and a new city world like san myshuno! besides those things im pretty happy w what we have

25. What expansion/game/stuff pack is your favorite so far? growing together or werewolves! obviously i like vampires too!! oh or island living that ones great too. idk i like a lot of them

im gonna tag @gothoffspring @woohooincoffin @itsmariejanel @pxltown @omgkayplays @lucidicer @barbieaiden @void-imp and anyone else who wants to do this!! <3

[vindictes]

i rarely close my photoshop bc im lazy and sometimes i find weird things i’ve left mid-editing 

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[hxdrostorm]

@15-44​ has sent: 🐶

munday no-no and yes-yes list [Accepting]

Send  🐶 for a role play related pet peeve.

// I know we all love to dunk on rp graphics. I’m specifically talking about banners, that are impossible to read or even tell what the contents of it are. Or those super tiny icons, with PSDs plastered on it which also make it impossible to see anything. ESPECIALLY, if it involves stealing fanarts for them.

But I’m here to talk about how, y’know. Contrary to what most people are led to assume, making edits/graphics is time consuming and it requires actual knowledge & skills on how to use edit programs. Even when it comes to using readily available resources, you still need to have a degree of understanding on how to use it. Which isn’t there, unless you have some kind of prior knowledge or you studied it (I sure as hell only started using PS, when I was taking classes of it in college).

It’s not instantaneous, it’s not all done in a simple click of a button. Depending on what you’re going for, it can take 2-3 hours to get it done. People who say shit like ‘i haVE pHOtOSHoP iM JuSt LazY’, are more often than not come off as if they are trying really hard to flex or hide their insecurities. I hate to break it to some people but, just bc you have a hella expensive program installed in your devices. It doesn’t make you into a pro graphic designer, with a degree in the field & all.

Anyway it is time to shower gifmakers/editsmakers/designers/etc with some much needed love, because they have to deal with a very bitter and envious side of the RPC.

[manilaluxon]

Gottmik on Puff Puff Sessions

[1-800-i-ship-it]

I have no regrets, none at all, but you probably will after seeing this :D

Remember the fboy post?

I plead the fifth present to you:

‘I’m a 6.9 out of 10 and you’re a 5 but I’ll give you a chance if you come home with me’ - fboy kdj

huge shoutout to my friends for supporting me in my shitty shitpost endeavors <3 do you regret befriending me now /hj

Original panel under cut + inspo, some in tags:

gloves inspired by taemin dream concert 2019:

and from fucked up lil half gloves post 

[astyrra]

a dragon fueled by my desperate need to do something other than work

[moonavem]

Trying out Procreate

[magicaes]

oops

[teena-rps]

ᴘᴏᴘᴘʏ ᴘᴏᴍꜰʀᴇʏ · 33 · ʜᴏɢᴡᴀʀᴛꜱ ᴍᴀᴛʀᴏɴ · ꜰᴏʀᴍᴇʀ ʀᴀᴠᴇɴᴄʟᴀᴡ · ꜱᴛʀᴀᴅᴅʟɪɴɢ ʟɪɴᴇꜱ

❝ she was one of those girls who breathed fire when confronted but loved so gently that it made you forget she could. ❞

ᴀᴇꜱᴛʜᴇᴛɪᴄ;

peter pan collars; swing skirts; delicate lace; brushing fingers through tall grass; whiskey in a tea cup; pressed flowers; butterfly wings; chocolate squares; knitting needles working quietly; warm tea on a cold day; always carrying plasters; lavender; hand-written notes; sweet cream; ruffles; the smell of antiseptic; cool fingers; slim gold chains; leather-bound journals; protruding collarbones; mary janes with socks; pomegranate seeds; embroidered cardigans; homemade preserves

ᴘᴀʀᴀʟʟᴇʟꜱ;

jane eyre; anna bates; katara; ann perkins; elinor dashwood; meg march; eliza hamilton; dr allison cameron; dana polk; rosalind walker; linda martin; jane villanueva; dr sara tancredi; joan watson; marge simpson; jane bennet; clarice sterling; james gordon; catelyn stark; sailor mercury; molly hooper

ꜱʏɴᴏᴘꜱɪꜱ;

born to a half-blood witch and a squib physician; grew up in a small irish village with her father; sorted into ravenclaw; good grades but unremarkable presence; knitting club member; frequent library haunter; became matron after training at st mungo's; very good at her job; lost her father in her mid-20s; keeps helping out at the village; very unimpressed that she's still matron, unmarried & lonely after a decade at the school; order supporter but professionally neutral and oath-bound to help anyone who asks

ᴛʀᴀɪᴛꜱ;

calm; strict; kind; quick-witted; quiet; caring; sensitive; protective; withdrawn; understanding; pliable; forgiving; trusting; soft; hospitable; dependable; discreet; tender; humble, thoughtful; impressionable; indecisive; responsible; cautious; loyal; undemonstrative; trustworthy; open-minded; idealist; fair; emotional; strong sense of self-preservation; demanding; jealous; possessive; polemic; intuitive; perceptive; subtle; crafty; insecure; sentimental; hard-working; gentle

ɴᴇᴇᴅꜱ;

· several friends to pull her around, probably other hogwarts staff (gimme support staff bff irma maybe??) · former students that she still keeps up with and pesters like a mother · the auror/hit-wizard/witch she's been pining over for like a decade (listen i have a lot of screaming to do about this bc who doesn’t love some long, mutual pining, and self-sacrifice between hypocritical idiots?? and i’m not saying paranoid moody or disappearing dearborn would work gr8 for this, but they would, but poppy is also bi af so totally open to strong ladies for this too) · a slew of people that she will have/have had crushed on in the past & future · order members she's healing on the down-low · people of questionable morals she's also healing on the super down-low · tba

[frisbee-tingz]