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Tumblr wouldn’t let me post that before for some reason, so I’m doing this now

I’m moving to twitter, gamers, and I will also post on instagram, but I don’t think I will be going back to tumblr

It was fun when I started, but gradually it became more of a chore to post here, sometimes it would take me days if not weeks to post after I finished an artwork

Maybe I’ll pop a drawing every now and then, but if you want to see me actually being active check out the links below

I’m posting some shitpost on twitter and you can see my wips in instagram stories

https://twitter.com/LicorneAtelier

https://www.instagram.com/atelier_de_licorne/

As for the picture, I had to draw something for uni, but we had really limited time and I ended up not liking it, so I figured I’ll fix the composition and turn the character into Arthur, and there he is

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Help a fellow gamer out and leave an upvote for the best horse

https://www.reddit.com/r/PewdiepieSubmissions/comments/ce0miv/heres_to_the_best_horse/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

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https://www.instagram.com/atelier_de_licorne/

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Redraw of an old piece from 2014, og: http://fav.me/d7yxx9m

https://www.instagram.com/atelier_de_licorne/

EDIT: I just realised today is the 75th D-Day anniversary, big respect to all the heroes and veterans! 

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A scene based on a Polish movie/ book “Nights and days”

Also my first time with digital painting

It was commissioned by a friend, if any of you is interested in paying me money pm me/ send me an ask

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Shading and colouring tips

So I’ve been asked to do a tutorial for shading and working with colours, and here’s where I have to disappoint you, I am not the right person.

To understand how to shade and colour you need to understand shapes, forms, anatomy, texture and colour theory. I will not explain it to you, because:

a. I’m shit at explaining stuff and

b. I don’t understand them fully myself. 

So before we start I need to ask you to go and watch some tutorials on youtube, just make sure they are made by PROFESSIONALS (e.g. Proko) and not just self-taught young hobbyists like myself. Sure, we can give you some tips, but you need somebody with years of experience to fully explain the basics to you. I just don’t want to hurt you by teaching you to do something in a terrible way.

What I can do is to tell you a few tips I’ve learned that seem to work really well for me. Please remember, this is not a tutorial, these are just tips on how to make your artwork more colourful and shiny. 

Having said that, let’s just jump right into it

1. Using colours

If desaturated colours are your thing, that’s fine, but don’t be afraid to use bright colours as well. You don’t have to go to town and use neons in every piece like I do, but think about using a brighter colour as an accent. For example, if you’re using blues and purples try throwing in some yellow, it will give your artwork some life, variety and will catch the eye of the viewer, so you can draw their attention where you want it to be. 

If you have problems with figuring out which colours work the best with each other try using colour palettes, you can find plenty of blogs that post them on tumblr, or use a website that will create one for you (e.g. https://color.adobe.com)

Also, colour theory, go and learn colour theory.

2. Contrast

In my opinion, contrast is the most important aspect of your artwork (except for composition maybe), it doesn’t matter if your using greyscale or colours, without strong contrast your art will look dull, flat and boring. 

Here’s the quick comparison I made of one of my older pieces. On the left side, there’s an original version I painted, but then I decided it didn’t look appealing, so I kicked the contrast up a notch, which you can see on the right side. 

If you’re not sure if the contrast is right, change your file to greyscale, it’s much easier to see it that way. You can also pick the darkest and lightest colour from your work and put them side by side, as you can see below.

3. Shading

To shade something properly you need to know what its form and texture are, a lot of time I struggle with it myself, so you need to find a better tutorial for this.

What I can tell you though, is how to use colour in your shading. Beginners often use black to shade, well, don’t do that. It will make your image look uninteresting and, a lot of times, dirty. 

Instead, use colours, the easiest way is to use the same colour with multiply effect or darker shade (left side), but it would look even better if you’d use a slightly different hue (right side)

(btw I only change the shading on his face, hair and jacket are the same)

(oh and I still used multiply on the right side, it’s on full opacity but you may want to turn it down a bit, depends on what you need)

Recently I started colouring shades with the airbrush to get subtle gradients and interesting differences in colours.

4. Lightning

As you may or may not notice, I like my light shiny. My secret is using very bright colours with effects: luminosity, overlay and screen. Now, you need to be careful with this, it’s easy to make it too bright, that’s why it’s important to make sure everything has the right contrast.

For lightning, most of the time, I use yellow, cyan and magenta. Often I make a layer on top with overlay effect and gently add colour with the airbrush.

Just remember to experiment and see what works the best for you! 

5. 👏bonus👏neon👏

-dark background

-a very light, almost white shape

-the same shape but now with airbrush and colour

-optional overlay layer with different colour, just to be extra 

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It wouldn't seem so dead if you'd actually tag things you reblog

Tags are super important! And reblogs mean so much more than likes!

Is the Hetalia fandom seriously dying??

If that’s so, I suggest you reblog this post if you still post Hetalia (be it fanart, PWGBTA, fanfiction, edits…anything as long as it’s Hetalia-related.)

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A thing I did a while ago (I wasn’t sure if I should post it), France and evolution of his hair

The second one is my favourite, long hair really suits him and the colour seems more natural than the one from Axis Powers and World Series (almost as if he was dyeing them)

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I’m not a huge fan of 2ps, but my friend loves Allen and I decided to draw her a peace offering (we bicker and joke about which America is better #teamAlfred) 

Also, I’m so sorry for inactivity! I’ll try to upload more stuff but it’s mostly on paper lately and I have to find a way to make it more presentable for you

And one last thing, I know there’s one person waiting for that shading tutorial (I hope you’re still with me, pal), no I did not forget, I just didn’t have time, I’ll try to make it my priority and finish as soon as possible! 

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So that’s it for this year, 2018 was good both for my art and personal life and now I’m looking forward to 2019, hoping it will be even better!

Off we go!

previous year: 2017 

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I almost didn’t finish on time, but here it is! 

Happy Holidays everybody! haha

It’s a redraw from last year click

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I doubt 17th of December Purge will affect me, but just in case

If you like my art please follow, ‘cause if something happens I will let you know about it there 

(if nothing happens, feel free to unfollow) 

Instagram

As you may or may not know I have Instagram

I usually post pictures from my everyday life, but also traditional art and stuff I draw for university

Oh, and from time to time you can see some work in progress for this blog in my stories

So check it out if you’re intersted

https://www.instagram.com/flashie_flash/

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Do you think you could do a tutorial on how to shade and work with colors?

I’m not that great at explaining things, but I’ll try my best! 

But you’ll need some patience, I have a ton of work for Uni I have to finish before Christmas, sorry!

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Love’s such an old fashioned word And love dares you to care For the people on the edge of the night And love dares you to change our way Of caring about ourselves

~Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie

Another redraw, this time from 2017 click

Couldn’t decide which version I like the most so here are all of them 

There’re so much little lights they look like Christmas tree haha 

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Redraw of this monstrosity from 2015 http://fav.me/d8j7jlh

Turned out a bit too red, but I still like it