#traditional inks and digital coloring btw!

[eggfruitart]

Made this in 2021. I still haven't beat this game

[kewpiekills]

PIGGIRL CYBERGOTH!!!!!💥💥

[possessedpasm]

Thank you!! I use Clip Studio Paint, but an older version that I refused to update/upgrade LOL don't tell them I did that 😳

I made a post about this, actually! Some things that I keep in mind while drawing vintage digitally are color pallette, wear, yellowing, and imperfections/ bleeding of ink. Thinking in terms of how you make traditional art and then translating that to digital the medium is a big key. Traditional art isn't super crisp like digital art is, unless it's been digitally tampered with.

Here's <= the link to that post btw!

Thank you sm!! :D

There's some places you can get free overlay files for your art! All you gotta do after importing them is adjust blend modes!

Here's One

And here's another :)

[chechula]

Hey there! I just discovered your art, and oh my goodness! I see that you usually do traditional, but I was wondering what brushes you use when you do digital art? I especially love the watercolor effects of your paintings btw!

I am too lazy to search for digital brushes so I use a basic Clip Paint studio brush set :D mostly basic pen + oil paint flat brush (it has no textures but is great for mixing colors together :) I know people can do great watercolour effects in digital but I never found out how! :D So most of the textures in my art come from actual watercolor or ink underpainting(here it is... under paint is soooo ugly,...ug...I usually don't look at it... but for the studying purposes I am sharing x_x)

here is the final version

but I think I draw each of my pictures differently? :D So if you were asking about different styles, just send me the link for the picture and I can explain :D

[eldritch-liminal-entity]

The Ultimate Plushform!

A redraw! This was a traditional sketch that I kept revisiting because I liked it so much, but I never finished it (ala inking and coloring) until now! Circa 2022, btw. I decided to finish it digitally and keep the og sketch as the background (sorta, I know it's obscured). I had so much fun picking out a nice soft palette for this, and chunky sweaters are one of my favorite things to draw. I think I also have some older art of Shadow in chunky sweaters and pleated skirts, too. Oddly, that seems like a favorite combo of mine to draw lol! Might have to redraw some of those, too. No promises but I do have a few more old Sonic arts I'd like to redraw, and some newer stuff I want to make.

[danger-jazz]

Hi! Do you have any tips on starting a Tumblr and being consistent? ALSO!! Do you have any art tips? Like what app do you use, how'd you pick your style, just really how do you do what you do so awesomely?

I'm not the most consistent artist tbh, especially after I developed tendinosis in my right arm BUT I try to draw what I love when I'm able, fanart is a big thing if you're starting off cause it gets your art out there to a bunch of different people, and it's also a great way to get out of an art block, it has helped me in many ocasions.

• As for art tips, I'd say first of all take care of your body and specially your arms and hands, cause that's your most important tool in the world, so please STRETCH!!! AND TAKE BREAKS!!! Believe me, I say this for personal experience.

• Try and draw everyday, even if you only got like 10 minutes available, and practice specific things for long periods of time, don't overwhelm yourself trying to learn anatomy, perspective, hair and color theory all at once. I'd say anatomy is a great way to start cause you can draw basically any character when you get the hang of it.

• Some people are too perfectionist and spend months in one artwork, which is fine, but when you're getting started and trying to get the gist of things, I'd say that quantity beats quality. That's some great youtube videos with the theme fail faster, check it out if you're able! • And always remember to never compare yourself with other artists, everyone has their own journey and background, only compare your current self with your past self, and you'll see how much you've grown.

Edit cause I forgot to answer these:

As for apps, I mainly use photoshop, and it's mostly cause I'm comfortable with it cause I've been using it since I first started drawing digitally. But I don't think the app matters all that much. I also love to do traditional work as well and I mostly use copic markes, watercolors and indian ink for those.

Regarding style, I just let it develop, drawing a lot, and testing things out, it's always good to have 3 artists you look up to for reference, this way you won't be literally copying one artist's style, you'll be mixing different things you like from each one and coming up with your own thing in the process. Don't focus too much on the style tho', it'll come naturally!

Btw I have no idea if this is a bot ask but I felt like sharing some things.

[ink-the-artist]

Commissions for @RanchRaccoon on twitter!

[francy-sketches]

I haven’t used my markers in forever so excuse the quality skdmdk but I kinda missed using them so here’s a lil sansa doodle :>

Not really a big fan of the neon orange hair but my color selection is what it is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[jonahmagnus]

Ok I think this is the most done this bad boy is gonna get

[ravenbraid]

Artober Day 7: Dinosaur

[kianlonart]

Hunting monsters with bae, what could possibly go wrong?

October 2021

[hikarain]

I love playing with my overdramatic friend. Having a pocket lucio is not the same as a mercy or an ana...

[possessedpasm]

Been absolutely obsessed with your vintage inspired designs, i have been staring at them for the past hour just trying to wrap my brain around how you are able to create something SO CONVINCING that im incapable of distinguishing your designs from legitimate works from 70’s indie zines(great work btw) so i have to ask, how do you do it, how long do you spend on an average piece? How the HECK do you make your color halftones identical to news print? I have so many questions!!!

Gee Willikers! Why, Thank you!!

I think the time I invest into submerging myself into the art of that time really helps! I accumulated a library of old print media that I study up and down-- I love it, I love seeing the process in the works, themselves 🥺

So, I tend to take what I learn from that and apply it to the processes that I use to make my art :D I layer the colors separate on different blend modes (which makes it look like printed ink!), shade the canvas like a piece of paper, bleed lines, desaturate and fade colors according to age and wear... And work with the idea that I'm not making digital art per se, but rather working with a digital medium while using traditional techniques!

And I spend about 3-5hrs give or take on single piece! But I've been doing this for abt 2 years now... dang.

This is how I started! ^

And one of my more recent pieces :3 there's a lot more going on, but you can still see similarities

It's super fun when you get into it! Next time you're at an antique store, pick up an old magazine or book. Look through the art and see if you can figure out how they made it (which colors they layered, if they printed it using riso, what tools were used: ink pen, brush, pencil...) I GO NUTS FOR IT IF IT'S NOT PLAIN TO SEE BY NOW LOL

And thanks for askin! :3

[laurelnose]

i have a question about your art style, whats the inspiration for drawing in primarily the same colour with darker shades for the line work (like you did in your recent young eskel/ geralt prompts)? it looks great btw im just always curious about other peoples reasons for their art

oh interesting question! if you’re talking about why everything is blue—i sketch almost exclusively with colored pencils (either these or these) simply because they are the most fun to sketch with! i like the feel of them much more than regular graphite, especially the minimal smudging and how nicely they play with ink. i switch color according to my whim but blue is traditional and also just one of my favorites. i do use the colored pencil sketches as bases for full-color drawings, but the doodle prompts & ask responses are meant to be quick(er) so for those i leave the pencils as they are! that is, blue.

if you’re talking about the solid fill color particularly, it’s just something i add in digitally to complement the pencils when i don’t intend to finish a drawing in any other way; the contrast against the white background helps the characters’ silhouettes pop! see the difference:

it also makes the thing look more finished despite still just being a sketch. plus, a non-white fill color lets me add some subtle noise or texture if i feel like it! i think it looks the best if it’s roughly the same hue as the lines—imo for something like this a contrasting hue adds visual confusion—so, also blue.

i’ve been doing this for a while so i don’t really remember but i’m about 95% sure i picked it up after using clipping masks for digital coloring? you know, filling a figure with a solid tone and then clipping layers to the base fill layer so you can color without going outside of the lines. the solid base fill always looked pretty rad even without colors so i started making it a purposeful aesthetic choice!

[ahiddenpath]

Chatterbox

Lalala, nothing much is happening, but I wanted to check in.

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW SHIPPED ME A BIRTHDAY CARE BOX FULL OF BAKED GOODS, I AM SO FULL OF SUGAR, IT’S A PROBLEM.  A DELICIOUS PROBLEM.

I ordered some new ink and two fountain pens for my birthday, plus a Galen leather A5 folio.  The pens and ink came today, they’re nice!  I’m laughing because I didn’t notice how elegant my existing pens are until I received this chonker, but I filled it with soft pink ink (Pilot Iroshizuku Kosumosu), and it looks so pretty and juicy.

BTW, my whole “I don’t collect pens and ink!” is starting to look more like BS -_-

I’m struggling with work, as per usual, but I’ve managed so far?  I don’t like feeling tired and irritated, but I’m... well, managing is the best word.  The good news is that I’m group 1-C for covid vaccination, since I work in biopharma, so hopefully I will get my first jab in February!  Oh my god, it will be the best thing that’s happened to me in aaaaaaaaaaaages.  I’m hoping work will go better when I have a normal schedule again and I can talk to my group in person.

I’ve been doing some coloring with my markers, which I enjoy much more than digital art.  I’ve also been working on adding more line weight variation to my drawings.  I haven’t figured out how to do that with Photoshop, but I can do it with pens.  I think the traditional art versions of my drawing of Tai and Eimi in overalls look pretty cute as sketches!

I want to draw Izzy’s Four Year’s profile next, so I can publish it on the relaunch next weekend!  

I hope you’re all doing well!  Mwah!

[juiche]

How do you get that paper bg/overlay effect in your art? is it a png with low opacity or is it a brush? Love your art btw I've always seen it around but never knew the op so I'm glad i found you♡♡

Hello @4am-bangtan ♥ thank you for liking my art! (っ*´∀｀*)っI use different techniques for different images, so just let me know if there’s any drawing you’re interested in particular. Imma just explain my workflow on this one :)

I used to smash a paper texture onto my drawing as the very last step once the piece was finished, but I feel like you can always tell it’s just a digital piece with paper texture on top. As of recently I like to actually start out with the paper - imitating a traditional workflow.

So I took a photo of a piece of paper and edited the contrast a bit so the structure of the paper is more obvious and there were no visible shadows or gradients on the paper.

This is my background layer. I drew the sketch and then outline on top of it, using a fitting brush that mimics traditional media. In this case a runny inking pen.

Now there’s many different techniques to colour you work. Most of the times I combine several, since each one has its pros and cons.

50% OPACITY

This one is easy. You set your colouring layer to 50% of opacity, so 50% of the texture layer underneath is going to shine through.

CON: This doesn’t look too realistic.

MULTIPLY

You adjust the “blending mode” of your colour layer to “Multiply“, to make it blend with the paper texture underneath and make it shine through. If you don’t know what blending layers are, I strongly recommend you looking them up :) They’re super useful. Multiply darkens the underlying layers, it works a bit like adding a tinted foil on top of your drawing.

CON: Colours come out darker than you expect, picking the right colours gets some time getting used to. The colours turn out not as saturated and a bit dirty looking.

HARD LIGHT

Hard light is an alternative blending mode you may use. Colours appear nicely vibrant with this one.

CON: It’s very hard to predict what your picked colour is going to look like, since this blending mode strengthens contrast and vibrancy. It’s just a hassle to use.

TINTED

This one is the most realistic looking and easiest to control. You create a so called “adjustment layers” (you got these in photoshop), that can edit the colour of what you see below. So to achieve the skin colour I “colored” everything seen underneath into a light pinkish colour. I feel like this one looks the most natural.

CON: You need to create a new adjustment layer for each colour. It’s a bit more work and if you’ve got many colours, it gets hard to tell which layer is what :D

Okay now to the last step: Again, pick some nice brush that mimics a traditional media and paint away with your prefered colouring method. I picked a copic here and used the tinted method. Then I duplicated the layer for some added effect ♥

Looks pretty convining, right? 😜

All the brushes I used are standard in photoshop 2018+. If you have an earlier version you can still install them manually. Hope this helped you out, have a nice day! :)