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fleur & shinoa
one of the best things about making friends with people who read your fics isn’t just that they usually review, it’s the energy for your writing they have, the way they hang on even your maddest ideas and help you refine them or just help you stretch your mind a little with “what if” back-and-forths
y’all are great
“Sleep tight, M’Lady”
i know it's been a while, but thinking again of mikayuu after a stressful day clears it all away
Tutorial and or tips in color studies?
Hi there! Sorry to keep you waiting on this ask!
I do have another post about landscape painting which overlaps slightly with this. But here I’ll talk specifically about the observational color studies I like to do. Other artists might have different ways of approaching them (and I still have a lot to learn myself), but these are some of the ideas I’ve found useful.
1. Don’t seek perfectionObservational color studies are just that – studies. Sketches. Note-taking to reference later. They’re not supposed to be complete paintings, so you shouldn’t feel pressured to make them “perfect”. I like posting them sometimes (and hopefully you like seeing them) but there are TONS of messy, scribbly studies I haven’t posted anywhere. They’re primarily a tool to help me learn, and if messy studies help me learn, so be it!
2. Simplify your shapesSo how do you avoid getting overwhelmed and lost in the details? Focus on the BIG IDEA. Decide what is most important to include in the study and leave out everything else. Start with big shapes, and add details at the very end, if you have time. Personally, I’m often interested in the sky and the color clouds become when light passes through. So I might make the study about the clouds and ignore buildings/details on the ground. or I’ll add only a very simple ground plane. Other times, I’ll rearrange a composition to include all the important information (like making an object bigger or smaller, or bringing two objects closer together).
3. Step by stepIt helps to find a good workflow, especially when you have to quickly prioritize what information to include. This is relevant especially when you’re painting something like a sunset, when the light changes RAPIDLY and you’ll have only 3, 4, 5 minutes to put your colors down. For me, this usually means I build my study from background to foreground: sky, clouds, ground plane, background shapes, foreground shapes. Since I work on iPad Pro, I also keep those parts separated out into layers. In the case of those quick sunset studies, I also observe the parts I haven’t painted yet in case the lighting changes enough that I’ll need to work from memory.
4. Some fundamentals to keep in mind:
Value structure: Even though these are color studies, value plays a major role in the colors you’re observing. Pay attention to the difference in value between subjects. Sometimes this can solve color-related problems when your study seems “off” somehow. (For example, maybe that sky isn’t as light as you think it is? A darker value might mean painting a more vibrant color.)
Lighting setup: Identify the different light sources in the environment. Is it cloudy and overcast? Sunny? Are you indoors, with multiple different light sources? A little study about lighting theory can really help you know what colors to look for in different lighting conditions. For example, in overcast light, you’ll see more of the objects’ local color, while in bright sunlight you’ll see a strong direct light (the sun), blue diffused light on shadows and top-facing planes (from the blue sky), and a warm bounce light (from sunlight reflecting off the ground). Will forever recommend James Gurney’s book “Color and Light” for help learning this.
Materials: Different materials reflect light sources in different ways. Being aware of how light passes through or reflects off different materials can help you understand the colors you’re seeing.
5. Going beyondAs you become more comfortable making observational studies, the more you might wish to push them even further by not just copying from life but communicating a feeling. A few ways you might accomplish this:
Exaggerate your colors. Suppose you see a hint of color you wouldn’t normally expect to find, such as notes of purpose or red near the horizon of an otherwise blue sky. Try making it brighter/bolder than you really see it. Bump up the saturation, maybe. This is a delicate balance, as you don’t want to exaggerate to the point where the colors become garish. But putting emphasis in certain places can remind yourself, or show whoever’s looking at your study, that you found certain details interesting.
Think about mood. A color script from an animated film follows the emotional beats of the story. As you’re making your studies, consider: how does this moment feel to me? Take a cloudy scene, for instance. Is it cold and miserable? Windy, full of movement and energy? Calm? Dark and ominous? A moment of anticipation or hope with the clouds about the break apart? Each of those conveys a completely different mood. So you might decide upon one and push your color palette to support that idea.
Don’t just copy: communicate. This last one is a bit of an abstract idea I need an example to explain:
This sunset study here gave me difficulty because it involved not just color but the properties of light. The sun didn’t actually appear white to me - it appeared a bright red/pink color, glowing brighter than the sky around it. But that wasn’t something I could reproduce, because if I only painted the color, it wouldn’t appear glowing and would blend into the rest of the sky. Instead, I had to think critically: how do I communicate the brightness of this sun? In the end, I opted to make the sun white, with the color I actually observed the sun to be surrounding it.
On my Instagram, I’ve posted a lot of process videos to accompany my studies, if that interests anyone! They’re always second image on the studies’ posts.
I hope you find these thoughts helpful!
On Writing Flawed Books
If you’re a writer and you’ve thrown yourself into learning the craft–following writing blogs, reading craft books, attending workshops–there’s this thing that is very likely to happen.
Armed with newfound knowledge of what makes a piece of writing fantastic, you’ll realize that your writing.. isn’t.
It may even start to feel like your writing is the worst writing that has ever existed. It may make you scared to put a single new word on the page in front of you. You’ll see exactly what you’ve been doing wrong, and you may very well not know what to do fix it.
I’m here to let you know that it’s natural to feel that way when you’ve reached a point where your knowledge surpasses your ability. A secret for you? Your knowledge of craft–any craft–will always surpass your ability if you do what you should and continually study said craft. It’s a good thing.
It’s okay for your writing to be flawed.
You can write a book, know it has flaws, and still be proud of everything you’ve accomplished.
Published books are flawed. Best selling, critically acclaimed books are flawed. Readers love books with flaws, because those flaws tend not to matter as long as the story connects with them.
There are people who complain about all the adverbs Rowling uses for dialog tags in Harry Potter. Features in Harry Potter can be used as examples of “bad craft.” Does it mean the books are poorly crafted? Does it lessen their value to the literary world? To the world at large? OF COURSE NOT.
No book is perfectly crafted. Not a single one. The book you’re writing will never be perfectly crafted. So what do you do about it?
Tell your story.
Do your best.
Keep Improving.
But don’t let the fact that your work has flaws stop you from writing–or worse, stop you from being proud of everything you’ve already written.
I’m kicking off this little tutorial series with one of the best tips I ever got! More obvious tips coming soon ~
Art credit (left to right): Victoria Joh - Maciej Sidorowicz - kaylabarart
WHY IS DRAWING HANDS SO FUCKING HARD
a grass tutorial!!
i like to make grass this way :y
it’s not painterly, but it’s fun!
Guren and Mahiru:
Everyone:
di ko na feel owari no seraph kaya hindi ako makapag-post ng iba pang art, eh... baka siguro pag nag-update na ang manga baka bumalik... huhuhuts.
may iniisketch din kasi akong last artwork para sa fandom na ito. eh dahil nga sa pag wala ng motibasyon ay napipilitan akong tapusin ngunit 'di ko yun gusto kasi mararamdaman ko na pangit yun. walang emosyon, kumbaga.
mamimiss ko yung mga nakilala ko rito - yung sa discord servers na tinuring ko nang pamilya. 'di ko sila malilimutan. ang dami kong natuto sa kanila, hahaha!
kaya sa mga nakakaintindi ng aking sinasabi ngayon, sana maintindihan mo, kaibigan. nahihiya kasi ako, eh. parang goodbye letter hahaha. kaiyak.
If you're a creator and you needed to hear this today:
You have no idea how many people lurk on your work. No idea how many times people go back to revisit your work. How big they smile when they simply think about your work. How fast their heart beats, how excited they get when they see that you posted something.
People are shy with their feedback. Sometimes it’s because they’re simply shy. Other times it’s because they assume you already know how great and talented you are. Could be both.
My point is, even if you barely have any likes or reblogs, don’t get discouraged. You have a lot of silent fans, but they are still your fans. Keep on creating. Because there is always someone out there who will love what you have made.
Tips for fight scenes
If you get punched in the nose your eyes will water, a lot, even if it didn’t really hurt
Your body follows your head, your head gets pushed one way and your body will want to go that way
Getting hit in the stomach isn’t good, it hurts, getting hit in the diaphragm is worse. Causes your lungs to kinda spasm and make it hard to breathe (diaphragm is between stomach and chest)
When fighting a larger person they will have an easier time forcing you back
The jaw is the knockout button. Hit it hard enough and down for the count
Back of the head is very vulnerable, can cause serious damage if hit there
Kidney punches. They hurt. A lot.
People with experience will try to be where they are comfortable. A wrestler will try to get their opponent on the ground, a boxer will stay on their feet, etc.
Easiest counter to a kick is to get closer to whoever is throwing it, then they won’t have enough room for it to be effective
If you want realism, avoid fancy, flashy moves. They’re less practical and easier to counter.
IMPORTANT
PLEASE DO NOT SCROLL PAST THIS
PLEASE VOTE YES FOR GAY MARRIAGE IN THE PHILIPPINES!!!
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My headcanon is that this is the real disagreement between them:
… our love that’s like playing with fire …
(now burn baby burn)
listen friends. the squad loving mika. that's it.
HEY ARTISTS!
Do you design a lot of characters living in not-modern eras and you’re tired of combing through google for the perfect outfit references? Well I got good news for you kiddo, this website has you covered! Originally @modmad made a post about it, but her link stopped working and I managed to fix it, so here’s a new post. Basically, this is a costume rental website for plays and stage shows and what not, they have outfits for several different decades from medieval to the 1980s. LOOK AT THIS SELECTION:
OPEN ANY CATEGORY AND OH LORDY–
There’s a lot of really specific stuff in here, I design a lot of 1930s characters for my ask blog and with more chapters on the way for the game it belongs to I’m gonna be designing more, and this website is going to be an invaluable reference. I hope this can be useful to my other fellow artists as well! :)
Did you find this helpful? If you’re able, maybe buy me a coffee please? :D
Only recently started reading manga Owari no seraph, but completely dragged into the story!!
Hey, guys, what do you think about this story?
P. S. Ferid, Crowley and Shinoa is just gorgeous!!!! My darlings… I love them!!!! <ЗЗЗ
The legend says I always draw Yuu giving Mika flowers on his birthday
happy birthday mika
Yuu: Nice, dude! Give me five!
Mika: *high fives him*
Yuu: *entwines their fingers*
Mika: Wh-
Yuu: I'm in love with you, Mika
💖♥️💕❤️❤️😭😭
“ etherealgrape is one of the nicest people in the fandom and I adore their cute art!”
he’s beautiful, no matter what you say.
tell us about the typing styles please,, i need to know ;o;
ahem… thank u for letting me indulge like a nerd
mika & narumi type with proper punctuation and usually reply short as if they would irl. when they type “I’m fine.” they don’t understand the anxiety the receiving end gets because that’s a clear sign that they aren’t fine right—
shinoa and yuu both use twitter slang and keyboard smash. u really cant change my mind
mitsuba doesn’t capitalize, but she uses periods and commas. she likes to be hip but also seem formal and collected
yoichi does whatever his phone tells him to. he uses emojis a Lot, keeps autocorrect on, auto capitalization, and when his phone highlights the word to show an emoji counterpart he often presses it bc its fun
kimizuki has auto capitalization on but he turned off autocorrect because it has no idea how to type any of their names and he gets annoyed.
also me and my friends decided shinya would overuse emojis, learn how to keyboard smash from yuu and spam guren with keyboard smashes if guren had a ‘funny text’ and it’s the purest thing actually