#values

[philosophybits]

It is the picture of life contrasted with the fact of life, the ideal contrasted with the real, which makes criticism possible. Where there is no criticism there is no progress, for the want of progress is not felt where such want is not made visible by criticism. It is by looking upon this picture and upon that which enables us to point out the defects of the one and the perfections of the other.

Frederick Douglass, "Pictures and Progress (1864-65)"

[free-my-mindd]

Just because they’re nice to you, doesn’t mean they value you. When you value something, you deeply understand it’s worth. It’s precious and means the world to you. If someone values something, they take good care of it. They’ll check up on it, make sure it’s needs are met and keep it safe.

[inarticulatechoes]

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[8pxl]

Hey! Just wanted to ask, got any tips for highlights in pixelart? Ive got shadows down decently enough that i can at least stand looking at them a week later, but i have struggled with highlights and brighter lights in general. Also, awesome stuff, your space elevator piece got me into trying pixelart and it has been a fascinating journey so far

honestly when i first started i worked a LOT in black/white/values. i also tend to work dark to light, so ill build a piece up from its darkest areas, then finish with the highlights.

here is some of my art edited so you can see the values:

contrasting highlights against shadows will always make them stand out more and be more striking. i usually add a lot of rim lighting to pieces bc it’s like easy mode for focal points so i def recommend looking that up and learning about that!! truly though working in EXTREME values will help you get to more nuanced values so def try to work with a small color palette for a few times and seeing how that changes your understanding. when i first started out a LOT of my art was monochromatic just because i was focusing on values instead of color and i think that helped a lot!! examples of that:

[kingoftheu]

William Laurence truly has one of the funniest character arcs of all time. He does a complete 360 over the course of the series. Totally turned around yet somehow exactly where he started. He completely changed his worldview while being absolutely steadfast about it. He undergoes impressive character development while his character does not change at all. He is so damn stubborn about his preconceived notions of honor that he is willing to abandon his preconceived notions of dragons, gender, and race. He transcends the regency society he lives in not by breaking the confines of rigid values but by expanding those confines to include everyone.

[succulentsiren]

I am luxury. I never lower my values.

[bloghrexach]

WORD!!

@hrexach

[vitagraphia]

Mariame Kabe // Art by Olly Costello (2023)

[usefulquotes7]

For all the people who think no one loves them, as long as I'm alive and human, you have someone who loves you and values you for who you really are, even if you don't love yourself. Don't forget it. I'm here for all the ones that have nobody. Joy

[secondblooms]

"'Why did you do all this for me?' Wilbur asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' "You have been my friend, replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die... By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle.

Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.'"

~From Charlotte's Web by Elwyn Brooks, "E.B." White

[thirdity]

No one recognizes their faults or their virtues when these are stated by another, any more than they recognize their own voices on a tape recorder. The world transmits back to us only the asymmetric form of our vices, as a mirror reflects back the asymmetric form of our faces.

Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories

[philosophybits]

One recognizes one's course by discovering the paths that stray from it.

Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

[tradmidwestman]

[inarticulatechoes]

“What is to give light must endure burning.”

— Viktor E. Frankl

[ramonn90]

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[explore4adventures]