#technically not my art but I did color it

[jackie-gremlin-ghost]

I couldn’t resist coloring in this sketch @candyheartedchy did the other day because OMG, MY HEART! 🥺

This poor touch-starved ghost… he deserves ALL the cuddles.

[zondearts]

There will never be enough Saki

[ricky-mortis]

Hatchetfield @femslashfortnight Day 1: Make It Sapphic AU

[emry-stars-art]

Might i humbly request the jelly!neil au??

I really like neil's design as a jelly fish (also have you ever considered giving him other colors outside of orange for his jellyfish-ness??)

Well I have NOW, this was perfect to doodle after a long day

I also learned while doing these that Portuguese man o’ war are not technically jellyfish but we included him anyway 💕

Also mentioned was a species swap (thank you @jtl-fics ) so I have shark Neil and jelly Andrew too :D

[remxedmoon]

You should tell us about color psychology that sounds cool as hell

YES… HA HA HA… YES!

GGGOD I WISH I WASN’T OUT OF THE HOUSE RIGHT NOW. but i’ve been thinking about colors literally all day so you all get to be subject to my madness! sorry this is long and rambly wauaua. nightmarishly long post under the cut.

okay. first things first, a few basics. color theory and color psychology tend to get confused a lot in discussions, but they usually refer to different things. color theory is more about we physically perceive colors (color wheels and color schemes the like), while color psychology focuses on our emotional response to colors. if you’re familiar with the children’s hospital color theory post, that poster wasn’t actually talking about color theory, but color psychology (and also it’s incredibly surface level and heavily misunderstands the subject because in what fucking universe does the quantity of positive associations with a color matter more than the context it’s used in and sorry i have personal beef with this tumblr post).

color theory is also a special interest of mine but i’m not gonna touch on it too much here because it’s not entirely important. mmmaybe another time…

essentially, certain colors (and color combinations) have associations in our brains and that affect our behavior and emotions. these associations are also very much affected by the context a color is used in. colors don’t exist in a vacuum! so while red can symbolize passion and love when used in something like a dress or a bouquet of flowers, it has a very different connotation when it’s, say, splattered on the walls or smeared on the ground in a snail trail.

or for a less Children’s Hospital Themed example, i’ll put my euphrasie and king designs here!

(of course the saturation and brightness of these blues play a massive part in how they’re perceived but this is not a post about color theory this is n)

and, of course, combining colors in a piece can also change their meanings!! i’m about to get real fucking normal.

i’m gonna be focusing on the color combo of red and yellow here because it’s the one that’s most relevant to my art (and also it’s really interesting.) basically, seeing these two colors together activates the part of our brain that controls our appetite, making us actually feel hungry. this is why so many food companies use red and yellow in their branding! it’s neat stuff!!

also, if you’re familiar with it, this is why the mv for butcher vanity uses this color palette!! along with red’s general associations with danger and blood, the color combo also physically induces hunger. pretty fitting for a song about cannibalism!

(there is also red’s association with lust and passion and how that intersects with the double meaning in the lyrics but i cannot derail this post into being an analysis of butcher vanity i’m sorry. we’d be here all week. maybe another day... wipes a tear from my eye)

and i think this might be the reason why some people feel hungry when they see my art, even when i’m not drawing food. while i don’t tend to use red outright, most of my art has very warm undertones (red-oranges and yellows especially), which could be activating that hunger response??

(ah fuck color theory managed to weasel its way into this post again)

admittedly this part is just speculation on my end. i think my rendering style and Shapes also play a role in it, but it’s interesting for me to think about!!

this is only scratching the surface of how complicated colors can get. i was going to go on an entire tangent about color grading and how green lighting can make a scene feel unnerving but this post is already Too Fucking Long. aaaa super sorry if this is Rambly or hard to understand!! i’m not Entirely sure how much the average person knows about color theory and psychology so if there’s any confusing terms here i’m fine with adding stuff for clarity!

wauauuaa thank you so much for asking!!!! i love talking about colors.

tl;dr colors have a bunch of different emotions and meanings tied to them, but you’ve gotta pay attention to the context in which it’s being used. so maybe take a step back before you put that thick red trail on the floor of your children’s hospital.

[stresslitzia]

Here in a sanctum long abandoned, Unto the tinder falls a spark. I have a holy call to answer, to be an Angel of the Dark.

(Sparkle on, btw)

[glitterfish1272]

stuck with him

[dorkfruit]

shessss the mannnn in the box !! and i think in AtN she should get to rip john's head off as a little treat

+ the full body sketch that i couldn't be bothered to paint in its entirety

[grif-hawaiian-rolls]

When in doubt, phone a friend your bizarre hodgepodge family of colorful space marines Or Junior gets some help for Halloween costume ideas

Part 2 to this >:3 Transcript below the cut for my handwriting

Tucker (in a teal text bubble) : Got any fun plans, kiddo? Junior (in a light blue text bubble): Kinda? Stel and Zach invited me to do Halloween with them! But they want me to pick costumes and... well, I'm too big for- Kai, interrupting: WHO TOLD YOU THAT I'LL KICK THEIR ASSES YOU'RE NEVER TOO BIG FOR HALLOWEEN!!! Tucker, being shoved out of the way by Kai: FUCK Caboose in the background: HI

LATER (in its own little box above Jr's head) Junior: I know Aunt Kai meant well but once she got started, she wouldn't stop Doc (in a light purple text bubble): Oh gosh, yeah. We could hear her from Red team's side of the base! Donut: You came to the right place! No one does costumes like the Red team! Doc (O'Malley): YES!!! WE SHALL MAKE YOU A TERROR SO OUR ENEMIES COWER BEFORE YOU, MY PROTÉGÉ Doc (O'Malley): MWAHAHAHA Junior: Nothing super scary or over the top please? Junior: Uncle Mal? Uncle Donut? Donut: Just leave it to us, Junior! Doc (O'Malley): Boo. Fine. (outside of the speech bubble/under his breath) We'll work up to it.

[propertyofhog]

My little butterfly

[mango-fizz]

I DID AN ART TRADE WITH @kiora06 !!!!!!! she colored my lineart :3 LOOK AT HOW PRETTY IT IS AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHJ i actually really like it a lot thank you so much im gonna cry ,

[zondearts]

au niigo bases or something

[aroacesetitoff]

Were any of you guys gonna tell me i gave bart the aroace color palette or was i supposed to realize that on my way to class today

[biblically-accurate-dca]

@vanweek2024 day 4 - food

peep the vanny

[pinksilvace]

“It’s cold." “I know. I know, but we’re going to be alright. Do you hear me? You’re alright now. You’re going to be okay.” “I want to go home.” “We can’t go back home. We’re—we’re orphans now, remember? Nobody’s waiting for us back there.”

[shellclan]

ShellClan’s most pathetic little creatures have been turned into reference sheets :3