#another drawing I don’t really like :

[omtai]

just some stratospheric strays 🌠

#omtai art #traditional art #pencil drawing #Rahhhhh i’ve been working on this for like. 3 days #dasher ft lydia night played and this appeared in my head #and i was like. Why not be silly and bust out the pencils #and it took fucking ages but it was fun and i liked it and it’s cute and yay #i’m really into lambs these days. yay #my hand hurts from colouring #there’s a fucking cat hair on the left lamb but i don’t feel like taking another picture so deal with it

[patheticbatman]

I haven't seen any posts about this yet but l've seen some fan art that makes me feel this needs to be said:

Don't forget Leah Sava Jeffries has darker skin when making Annabeth Chase fan art!

She is much closer to Lupita Nyong'o than Zoe Kravitz when it comes to shading, reflection, and complementary color usage :).

Lighting for dark skin is different on light skin. Light skin gets changed by lighting, and dark skin reflects the lighting. Below is a lovely shot of Nyong'o's character from Wakanda Forever in mourning. The filmmakers emphasize the umber qualities of her skin in contrast to the funereal white and (arguably harsh) light across her shoulder below.

Try to pick spots that aren't directly in or near the light, and try mixing 3 or more! You can put it into a color mixer online, or even color pick, lower the opacity, and lay the shades over each other until you find one that fits. And of course, the more 'realistic' you want to go with shading and lighting, the more shades you're going to want to be able to explore vivaciously :D.

Let's take a look at the same 3 beautiful actresses I mentioned at the beginning, with a bad color picked area and a better-ish color picked area. (Please keep in mind, these are not perfect comparisons, as I was not able to find pictures of all 3 actresses under the same kind of lighting.)

Kravitz's has a clear difference between the two, but they aren't too far apart, in comparison to Nyong’o’s and Jeffries’s. Note the dullness in the poorly picked shades as opposed to the better ones. Also keep in mind that while Kravitz has a rosy undertone (at least in that picture - it’s from The Batman, which has stylized coloring) Nyong’o has a slight cool undertone (I can’t pin down quite what, but the picture is definitely not stylized like Kravitz’s).

Jeffries runs more ochre or russet, but neither of those are pink. They are more red than terracotta or umber, but to call Jeffries’s face rosy would be wrong. Err more towards the golden when drawing her.

^^saved an image from a writing tutorial long ago, but can’t seem to find it. If someone recognizes it, I’ll link it. EDIT: it’s from this post. Thanks @autumnrowancollector ! <3

And also, the darker skin gets, the less likely warm undertones are going to appear. Don't be afraid to use blue or purple or even green on occasion!

Additionally, cool lighting on dark skin is always a win imo.

(I was going to use that picture of Jeffries as Annabeth by the lightning bolt, but then I realized the lighting on her face doesn’t quite match up with where it should hit from that angle, and I realized they kind of just turned everything bluer, so screenshot time!)

(Also if you want another really great live action example, check out anything Aldis Hodge is in, like Leverage and Black Adam)(and of course there’s Spiderverse <3 but I want to post pictures of Hodge)

Now, to here’s a list of more experienced people’s advice:

Black facial features & hair

Shading digitally for a (somewhat) monotone Black character

Stylistic choices and places to start looking for inspiration (besides a search engine).

Coloring Black people’s lips

A better coloration tutorial

Also a nice tutorial for Indigenous skin tones, just in case yall want to draw Piper or use this information for other dark skinned characters :).

EDIT: Some actresses who are closer in skintone to use for Annabeth, provided by the lovely @blackfemmecharacterdependency ! If you can’t find a reference for Jeffries in a specific lighting, maybe check out these ladies’ pictures! It’s a reblog, so scroll down.

TLDR: Don’t make Annabeth pink and pale, make her dark and golden.

#Annabeth chase #Percy Jackson #percabeth #leah sava jeffries #pjo #leah jeffries #art tutorial #percy jackon and the olympians #I love superheroes and so of course all of the actors I thought of were from superhero movies lmao #also for the record my advice is mostly from reading others’ tutorials and observation #and I don’t really use it a lot because I stick to lineart a lot lol #like down to mentioning Hodge (love himmmm) as a reference for good lighting on dark skin #there’s another post floating around here that specifically mentions him and Leverage for that #I’m tagging this as an art tutorial but really i want it to be more of a master post #master post so yall can see the tutorials I usually use #but then I ended up writing about Jeffries specifically because I’m dumb #I wanted to go to sleep four hours ago I’m dumb #I really want to draw her and ginger Percy but #irl it’s starting to get busy at school again :/

[butterscotchx98]

If you saw me repost this NO U DIDNT <3

(I had to fix the eyes 😔)

#another drawing I don’t really like :/ #fanart #supernatural #spn #supernatural fanart #spn fanart #dean winchester #destiel #castiel #dean winchester fanart #poster redraw #redraw #rebel without a cause #deancas #destiel fanart

[spooksicl-e]

hello victorian!holmes nation

edit: happy public domain day!!!! husbands!!!!!!!!

#i wasn’t going to keep the heart for sake of keeping it /gen but #the way i drew them looking at one another is a bit blatant isn’t it #whoops #my doodle of watson from a few months ago did REALLY well on here so i figured it was only fair to draw them together #my art #the @ is my insta #fanart #fanartist #sherlock holmes #john watson #bbc sherlock #obviously not but ahem #clout #johnlock #acd canon #arthur conan doyle #holmes/watson #if you don’t like the ship then that’s ok! #pls don’t send hate lol i don’t need negativity over fictional victorians

[clownsuu]

Hey I have a question but are you the original creator for mafia mob au or is someone else cause I think I stumble in a TikTok creater and they made a mafia wally au. Both arts are amazing but I was just curious to know.

I think I know who you may be talking about! There is basically two “mafia” aus lol, theirs and mine- our aus are completely separate from each other and from what I know, have no affiliation with each other whatsoever besides coincidence of universe

#Theirs is the “Mafia au” while mine is the “Mob au” #Another reason why I don’t really call mine the “Mafia” au is due to a mix of things I add to my stuff #(Cult like behaviors- psychological warfare- abdominal nightmaric horrors- etc etc JDHDD) #I think they are more focused on building Wally-? #I focus a lot more on basically everyone else LMAOOO #I probably should draw mob Wally more- #He is the face of it all smhh and his hair is fun to draw #I like making it as a “not what meets the eye” kinda au #Like oh you think it’s just this but it’s so much more deeper and fugged up JDHDHHD #Nobody remembers anything and even if they try there is a force stopping them #Is it psychological? Is it from a giant suspicious house god father? Is it the drinks? Who knows! #Well we kinda ish know but still lmAOOO #Wait that reminds me #I need to make a list of everyone’s “usual” drink is at the bar-

[looohser]

ello! For the art game can you draw pearl as a warden and/or mumbo as a moth?

It’s quite simple really!

#”it’s quite simple really” NO ITS NOT QUITE SIMPLE REALLY SIR- I DONT LIKE LOOKING AT INSECTS! #/lh /nm #i only choose to draw Mumbo because another ask requested Pearl (and wardens scare me #in an art design sense) #so Pearl will still get a drawing don’t worry! #hermitcraft #hermitcraftfanart #mumbo jumbo #hermitcraft mumbo #mumbo fanart #Lohser art!

[miahasahardname]

screenshot redraws ! yayyyyy

#i chose to colourpick the colours from the screenshots i had for reasons i don’t know myself #maybe laziness? dunno #also that first one took soooooo long #the background. is why i don’t draw backgrounds that often #the hard work payed off in the end. i’m kinda proud of these! #there was another one but i felt that the non-character parts were like. really heavily traced (they were) #because that was the first one i actually drew and was doing it for fun #anyways #td dj #td bridgette #td sadie #td noah #td owen #td beth #td gwen #tdi #total drama island #total drama #td #total dramarama

[joonytown]

Now that’s what I like to call ✨character growth✨

#ghost files #debrieffanart #ghost files debrief #watcher #shane madej #ryan bergara #garrett watts #my art #artists on tumblr #fanart #ghost files fanart #ghoul boys #I don’t think I’ll draw another background in my life after this WOW MY EYES #I really liked this weeks episode it was so fun😭 #I’m so glad they’re back

[whosectype]

What’s ur comfort character

Well uhm *cough*

#Ask #anon #He’s my main guy #My main silly fixation #My art #i did not take a screenshot of all my drawings of mugs #There were too many #I feel like it’s more like the casino cups mugman than from the cuphead show #Well I feel different abt the two #Yk yk? #But don’t get me wrong tchs mugman Is beautiful and amazing and deserves a really cozy sweater and a plate of cookies and a pretty dress #For when they wanna feel pretty #Another cc is my sona ectype #Cause it’s just me and it’s easy to draw #OH ALSO CALA MARIA AND SALUKI #I love drawing them #the cute little gays <333333 #Ok I’m going to bed now

[cashweasel]

Blorbo shenanigans

Unfortunately he does things like that all the time and I think kiara should get him back for it every time 💀😂

@night-triumphantt 😘🥰

#hi judie kdkskdjd element of surprise post? djsksjdks well only kinda bc you’ve seen a bit of it anyway #dropping two blorbo arts in one day before I fuck off back to studying tomorrow and you don’t see me for another month sksksjdkdj #tw she’s just trying to eat bruv djsnksjdksjs #so sorry kiki he’s like that sometimes 😂 #I love these idiots so much they’re so silly #the last one was my favorite to draw 🥹 #look at themmmm ugh #please help #they get the sillies anywhere really shskakdj and that’s a problem for people 😂😂💀 #yazan trying to shoot mashed potatoes into her mouth #guess they still need to be sat away from eachother even as adults sometimes #judie I gave him his nose ring back I hope you’re satisfied SKSKSJDKDJ #it does look good on him #probably saw karima has one and decided to steal the vibes too #yazan stealing everyone’s vibes for himself #my art #ocs #kiyazan

[teddy-bear-d]

And with a turn of events due to the multiverse collapsing Ariana Griande and Ratsune Miku hold a hit revival concert tour

#grian #martyn inthelittlewood #martyn ratsmp #ratsune miku #ariana griande #like I said #one person asked for them together #so I drew them together #perhaps next one person will request ratsune miku in an actual hatsune miku outfit #one person #and I will do it #enjoy the chaos #but also beauty #I really make Ariana griande too pretty for a minecraft man’s funny joke #the whole time I was drawing this I thought #how would I explain what I am doing to my family #I don’t think they’d understand the appeal of a minecraft man’s drag pop star #and another Minecraft man’s rat drag vocaloid persona

[chibishortdeath]

Uh ok catching tumblr up on some drawings I’ve posted elsewhere part whatever, I’ve got a lot of Simon’s Quest stuff to go through. This one is mostly a single sketchbook page I think, maybe one is from a different page, but yeah all made around the same time. Also lol idk how to post anything so I just kinda dump things into the same post I guess, hope that’s fine d(^^ ; ) I’m keeping all the serious ones to the same post tho

This one has a really long explanation, but I just can’t think of it on the spot rn. I like it still tho :3

Just some little doodles, some of these have a lot of scribbled ones around them cause I was struggling drawing him again at the time and couldn’t figure out why, turns out I was just drawing his hair the wrong direction lol

Bro’s a little hysterical here, I don’t blame him, I imagine rotting alive would not be very good, hmmm I should rant about that sometime. I have too many ideas for curse’s effects and stuff hehehe >:3c

Speaking of:

These are all attempts at depicting some effects of the curse. They’re cool I guess, but I think I need to work on my depiction of it a little bit more to get it to look more like rot rather than just wounds if that makes sense. It’s really hard to depict with just red gel pen tho, rot is really mostly a lot of colors and rounder patterns idk it’s hard to explain. I guess he’s like ���nude” but it’s just Ken doll level detail for anatomy practice and so that the curse is visible.

Idk if I should like tag for something or put a nsfw or content warning on this????? I also don’t know if this is too long and I should cut it shorter or not uhhhh yeah

Idk uh anyway bye that’s it

#castlevania #castlevania games #simon belmont #art post #my art #simon’s quest #sometimes I just gotta draw Simon covered in blood #it’s a necessity #there will be many more dumps like this #so many #my phone is so low battery rn lol #uh anyway #maybe eventually there will be another non Simon’s Quest post #hopefully soon #I’m drawin soma rn so yeah #I really don’t know what to say lol #enjoy I guess <3

[unicyclingdogs]

I finished skyward sword recently and the demise fight is really cool 👍

#lu fanart #lu sky #sky linked universe #linked universe #man what can I say I really like sky’s design and I keep drawing it #like sailcloth as a cloak is so cool #there’s another version of this drawing where there’s like a big shadow on sky to make it look backlit but I like this version better #much less muddy this way #also sky has a normal amount of fingers in the hand with master sword‼️‼️‼️ #do NOT count them though don’t worry guys it’s fine 👍 #in other news #dude my birthdays tomorrow and I pretty excited and yeah :) #I’m so bad at captioning my art guys help 😭 like idk what to say like I could do a quote from the game but do I want to look that up? no #so then it’s always like yeah uh here it is or just a single word with emojis 😭 like what else do I say??? #ok ok I gotta stop adding tags bc I don’t want it to be too long on anything #sorry to the people who clicked see all for the tags #they’re getting more than they bargained for #my bad my bad #ok I’ll stop #uni art :)

[teetering-dinosaur]

it costs zero money to draw aziraphale fat btw

#it’s free!!!!! #you can just do it #like you don’t need permission or a special permit #you can just look at michael sheen and say #oh he’s chubby #and then draw his characters chubby too #that’s all it takes really #it’s so easy and free #another day another angry post about y’all skinnify-ing aziraphale!! #i scroll past so much beautiful art and it physically hurts to see him drawn skinny #aziraphale my chubby princess #aziraphale #aziracrow #good omens #azirasheen #azirafell #michael sheen

[kev-smell-my-fart]

Sorbette fanart for @totallyradicalmucky bcuz I think she’s very neat :]

#art more like fart #my art #artwork #artists on tumblr #oc artwork #oc art #original character #another ms paint drawing *shits myself* #i usually queue my posts but i’ll make an exception I don’t really feel like it rn

[medi-bee]

What if there were these characters that I loved so so much….. what if they wouldn’t leave my brain until I drew them….. would you guys still like me…………..

characters belong to @lanternmice and @saturncoyote respectively!

#my art #me expressing my affection through pictures instead of words like a normal person #you guys are both so cool to me…… hi #it didn’t work btw these guys are still in my brain. they’re stuck in there #I want to draw EVERYONE’S characters!!!!! #but oh. ohhhhg. I am an anxiety creature and I have so many things I want to do all the time but no energy to do them #I can feel my art skill leveling up the more art I do? who could have predicted that #but that just makes me want to go back and redraw everything I’ve ever done auughhhh #the hardest part of drawings are the idea sketch and lineart. everything else is mostly therapeutic #but I will never understand clothes wrinkles. I really peaked there with that one tlai fanart I'll never beat that #SORRY I LIKE TO TALK IN TAGS IGNORE THESE #tags are nice because I can just jump from one topic to another and no one cares i don’t think #I need medication and I don’t care what it’s for at this point