#I watched that show Turn a year ago

[druidonity2]

[ilovedthestars]

I wasn't kidding when I said I spent an hour just trying to sketch out the pose for this drawing! Sometimes you just gotta go through like 8 sketch layers to figure out what you're doing.

I also ended up looking at two references--this one from The Pose Archive, which I traced the legs from after struggling for a while to get proportions that looked right, and a photo of myself that I asked my roommate to take so I could figure out what to do with the arms. The process got significantly faster when I remembered I could use references and started working with them.

I think it's good to show some of the behind-the-scenes of your artwork every now and then, both because process is cool and because it removes some of the sheen of "whoa, i could never make that." I know I get discouraged at times by artists who "make it look easy," when really I can't see all the time and hard work that went into making something. I don't want to create that feeling for anyone else!

So, here's a glimpse into how much I struggled to get the pose right, and below is the timelapse where you can see how much I fiddled with the colors until I had something I was happy with. It was probably at least two hours of "i am spending way too much time on this" and "why does this still not look right" before I got to a point where I started thinking, "wow, this looks good." But I got there eventually, and I'm really happy I stuck it out!

[bigassbowlingballhead]

star trek is just american doctor who. the captain is the doctor, the crew is the companion(s). they travel through space/time helping people while getting themselves into silly little situations. there's decades of lore. every handful of years they reboot with a new cast and keep the story going.

[duahauuoplanh]

Oh thank you very much.

[jaarijani]

am i in my joost klein era? maybe. maybe. if i have to personally be the reason our weird little guy breaks out internationally then i might just have to

song recs of the day under the cut :)

i can go off about these lyrics, this man is an artist and i am.... maybe a little bit obsessed

[gobstoppr]

and btw im in my hater arc rn. as time goes on the more i find a lot of 'fandom' stuff insufferable (i like art n stuff. just the way that fandom refits every media to fit a single mold and set of boring archetypes is exhausting.)

i just get really easily annoyed lately. and have been unfollowing people on a whim a lot. its not personal i promise

[miutonium]

Aaaa hello!!! 💕👋

I’ve adored your art for such a long time!!! I was wondering if you might be able to share how you texture your art, and how you make lighting so warm and natural? /not forced

Your ship is everything to me btw!!!

-Pluto 🩵

Hi hi! I'm very honored that you liked my art and my ship 😭😭😭💕

Anyway, of course! Although I have to skip on the texture part because I don't feel comfortable sharing it rn (and also I had a hard time explaining my steps too zzzz) so perhaps I will open up about it one day

As for the lighting, I sat down for hours thinking of ways to explain it but i just dk how to explain it in English so I recorded the basic lighting I do most of the time:

You can get the shadow tree thing here on csp asset (although I bought it when it was cheaper I didn't know they raised it to 1000 clippy now 🤧) Another one that I use almost religiously is this one from creative market (my lect gave the file to us in class hhh I'm not insane enough to pay that much for an overlay). You don't need to pay at all though! I've seen tons of it in google for free its just a normal shadow overlay lol

I don't usually draw my own shadow and lighting and even for rim lights I just select the layer and use the shrink tool and gaussian blur the heck out of it. I think the last time I actually draw the shadow and lighting by hand is when I draw this one a few months ago (cw suggestive but link is here if you want to see the lighting)

Majority of the time I spend whenever I draw on my laptop is the lighting because it's mostly a trial and error process and it does takes time for me to figure out which one looks nice in the end. For the sake of time and simplicity of the video I just show the basic way of me doing the lighting but I did ended up working on the render more after I'm done with the video lol

Personally, I think doing color blocks and determining the overall tint of it (Like this one I set it to be like a warm pinkish tone) really helps you focus on what you want the end result to be and saves time on figuring out the color while you paint.

here's the sketch and the end result:

I wish this is helpful enough for your or anyone to understand and try out! :3

[ungroomedcat]

I took off work today. I thought it might help my mood but I've only felt guilty. I'm feeling kind of down, not because of work, but a combination of returning there full time, the monotony of it all, my brother ill at home, I read this fic yesterday where the main character's watch got stuck as a symbolism for his life growing stagnant, and it really rubbed that old wound I'd thought I'd healed. I'm thirty one now, I didn't think I would still feel this way. And for a long time, I didn't. This year particularly had been going really well. But tragedy struck and I'm sitting here with an ache in my chest feeling pity for myself. If I could drink, today would have been a good day to.

[artsy-n-smartsy]

Y'all ever watch something that's like, new to you, and you're enjoying it because hell yeah it's new and it's cool, and then you get to one scene and you're like...

wait a minute I've seen this shit before

[gabriestat]

was talking a few days ago to my friend about malcom in the middle because she recently started watching & she said "wow francis really has some complexes, hm? his wife resembling his mom in character and shape and all of that. isn't that like your thing?" i was like the oprah gif to be loved is to be known but at what cost

[wikipedie]

The way Merlin is a tragedy disguised as a comedy

[philtatosbuck]

i've been watching 911 since it premiered and i live a life of peace (i interact with very few people outside of reblogging their edits and i ignore this fandom entirely during hiatus)

[hauntingblue]

Why do they say dragon is luffy's father but doesn't look much like him... I mean it is true but why point it out... in that way he doesn't look like garp either

[lockedtowers]

listen idk anything abt l/ord of the r/ings but even i know f/rodo and s/am were in love l/ego l/otr made that v clear

[gyubby99]

This song feels like a big warm hug 🥺

[ashiyn]

just had my monthly rewatch of martyns aha compilation from last life. it never fails to make me lahaugh