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good night sketches

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I freaking LOVE your art dood. It’s so damn lively and zingy and engaging and really genuinely stands out. It’s such a delight to look at,

I went through your asks and really appreciated you sharing your artistic influences.

I have an artist question I gotta ask.

How do you go about planning your compositions/arrangements? Like it’s one thing to just draw ship art but I noticed your /compositions/ are really strong and consistently visually interesting. They have a great energy to them,

and I was wondering if you had any tips or could share the things you thing about when you’re arranging those boys on the page, It’s something I really felt stood out!

Thank you!

I want to give you good examples  but my art changes a lot depending on the projects I work on so, apologies if the style differences are a bit jarring xD

Here’s the things I think about the most when it comes to composition.

-INTENTION

I find that choosing a specific feeling or little story I want to convey trough the drawing helps giving it focus.

Ask yourself, how do I want the characters to be perceived?

Is there a conflict, a relationship? What are they feeling, physically and emotionally? How is the environment affecting them?

Every answer can help you choose things like the camera angle, the poses, and the placement of each element.

Want a character to feel helpless? > when we’re looking down on them, that feeling is dialled up. When we’re looking up to them on the other hand, they look in charge. 

Are they being subdued by another character?>  You can convey that by giving them a hunched posture, or putting them physically below their oppressor if the environment allows it. The way one touches the other (or doesn't) can also tell a million things.

-DIRECTION

I think art looks best when it has flow to it, and this is also something where intention helps you make the right choices.

I highly recommend reading Mike Mattesi’s “FORCE” book series on the subject.

The direction of your character’s energy and movement is dictated by “lines of action” (actual concept that you can research!);

If you keep them in mind during the sketching process your final piece will look much more dynamic, and you can harness this energy to guide the focus of the art.

Shadows and lights work similarly: your eye is naturally drawn where the light is is more intense, while concealing elements with shadows will make them look ambiguous and mysterious… you can use that!

-BALANCE

Hard for me to explain, but experiencing lots of good art will definitely give you a feel for it.

You want your arrangement to fill the canvas in a pleasing way;

Pushing too many elements on one side will make the piece feel unbalanced, but spreading them too evenly might feel boring…  you want a little movement, but not to an unpleasant degree.

My personal tips: know  the aspect ratio of your canvas and work with it.  If characters are making the piece lean too much on one side, use background elements to balance it out on the other. Make thumbnails!

I also block out the silhouettes during the sketching progress, it gives me a clearer idea of the area that is being covered and how the “puzzle pieces” fit together :)

I hope this helps! I actually think about these 3 things a lot for the coloring process as well, but I’m not confident enough with color theory to make a post about it haha. 

The two posts with my influences are here and here!

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I can't stop guyz

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⚠️ TW: old man yaoi ⚠️

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Posting this here as well ! I love these two grown ass men >.<

Did I draw too many artworks of them in the past few days ? Yes. Will I stop ? No.

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not beating the puppy allegations

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in a fandom called my unnamed oc world

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Saja Four

Jinu went out to grab something...

Doodled - 16 July 2025

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The OP uses he/him pronouns.

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Almost forgot to post the full colors of the final pages for tmmt bishop vs the boys - here yall go

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(Part 1? lol)This got more ridiculous than I intended but here we are, a little rujinu aquarium date shenanigan inspired by @galaxyspeaking ‘s great aquarium date concept! I have a part 2 sketched out that’s more romantic and sappy but we’ll see if and when I get to it 🐠

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They’re so silly

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what if we were a demon boy band and we all ran like goofy guys? haha jk...unless? 🤔

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It's my farmer and Elliott at the flower dance. He was dressed for dancing, and I was dressed like a leprechaun.

♪( ´∀｀)人(´∀｀ )♪

And the second one's just because I really liked the pose. :3

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Formatting on mobile is kinda annoying. ( `皿´)

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:-( Died in skull caverns again.

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finished daki commission for LightLaurein on twitter of Elliott from the game Stardew Valley