#and mind you my art improves

[bixels]

I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

#not art #dungeon meshi #rant #i'm someone who can get obsessive over colors in my own art #will stare at the screen adjusting hues/saturation for hours #luckily i've gotten faster at color picking #but yeah modern anime's color design is saddening to me. the general trend leans towards white/grey desaturated palettes #simply because they're easier to pick digitally #this is not the colorists fault mind you. the anime industry's problems are also labor problems. artists are severely underpaid #and overworked. colorists literally aren't paid enough to do their best #there isn't a “creative drought” in the anime industry. this trend is widespread across studios purely BECAUSE it's not up to individuals #until work conditions improve anime will unfortunately continue to miss its fullest potential visually #don't even GET ME STARTED ON THE USE OF POST-PROCESSING FILTERS AND LIGHTING IN ANIME THOUGH #SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK. I HATE LENS FLARES I HATE GRADIENT SHADING I HATE CHROMATIC ABBERATION AND BLUR

[puppyeared]

The garment, worn by those in good standing with Hyrule royalty, has been reworked with the latest improvements, such as a new shoulder guard.

#I miss my wife tails. I miss her a lot. I’ll be back #I love the champions leathers design but the story behind it is so sweet too like. she wanted to thank him so she went and #got some improvements added to it?? and she wanted to see his face when she surprises him with it hello????? #I think my favourite part is the half chest just for angst. I like imagining she was very particular about the armour placements #and had a chest piece added because yknow. right over the heart might I add #originally I wanted this to be more angsty but halfway through I was like wait this would completely miss the point #in my mind the armor isn’t just ‘I don’t want you to die again’ but also ‘I want to keep you safe as best I can’ #in her diary she was like links armor is wearing down so you know what? I’m gonna add more armor to better protect him!!! #and with her upbringing in mind (and the conversation she had with him about whether he would still choose to be a knight if things were #different) she could have totally asked him to stop doing it altogether. but she made the armor for him instead #sidenote she also got to be a teacher and scholar like she wanted and that is so. dont look at me I’m crying #I don’t know if ANY of this makes sense I’m just rambling. yes I wear the champions leathers every chance I get why do you ask #btw if you squint the leathers chainmail and sweater are taken from the hylian armor chestpiece! slightly modified on the tunic but cool #my art #myart #tears of the kingdom #totk #totk spoilers #totk zelda #totk link #botw spoilers #botw #breath of the wild #loz #loz fanart #comic #tw blood #blood

[noodles-and-tea]

Cant think of a cool quote but pretend I’ve written one here

#redraw of some art from 2020 #yet to do luke and anakin as well #but nothing quite soothe a restless mind like an old redraw #like yes you have improved #my art #kylo ren #Ben solo #Star Wars

[whereismyhat5678]

Guys, the new year hasn’t started for me yet, I still got a few hours to go but I’ll mine-as-well make this post since I’ll probably go to bed anyways- 😂

First, I’d like to say

WE GOT A NEW BANNER LET’S GOOOOO‼️‼️‼️‼️

HELL YEAH! -I mean it’s just the characters but- HELL YEAH‼️‼️‼️‼️

SECOND. I want to show you something AMAZING and that something I’d never expect??

321 FOLLOWERS????

YOU GUYS ARE INSANE THANK ALL OF YOU SO MUCH MY GOD‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

It really makes me think how all of you guys really like and appreciate my art, and the fact that so many people encourage me to keep doing it, it brings me to tears! 🥹

Every one of you are the best thing in my life!! The first time I got Tumblr I started in:

March 30?? That’s insane- 💀

And the fact that I’ve improved SO MUCH is just INCREDIBLE!

You wanna see the FIRST drawings of Peppino??

YEAH THAT’S ME I DID THIS-

And you’re telling me that this was in what- THE START OF MARCH?? (Or February I don’t remember-) But this is just the PINNACLE of how much I’ve changed in terms in art style and experience.

I bring this up because I think Tumblr is the REASON why I improved so much! I experimented with brushes (digitally) and I found my brushes!! I learned how to EXAGGERATE AND ACTUALLY DRAW CARTOONY LIKE I’VE WANTED TO FOR SO LONG!!

(And NEVER took an art class. That’s fucking what- 💀 I need to take one I actually need to at this point-)

Also also also- I’ve learned a lot of things! Anatomy, exaggerative expression, stretchy cartooniness, ALL OF THESE ARE JUST- I can’t believe I’ve learned all this because one day I decided: “Maybe I should ACTUALLY get a social media for my art? 🤔” AND I DID IT AND CHANGED MY LIFE‼️‼️‼️

YOU GUYS CHANGED MY LIFE!-

My followers!- My mutuals/friends- I NEED TO SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL MY MUTUALS, ALL OF YOU 💖💕💖💕💖💕💖💕

Everything about Tumblr has changed me in SUCH a positive way in not only terms of art but with how many people (TALENTED PEOPLE) I’ve made FRIENDS with AND ACTUALLY got to know!!!

I already said it but you guys are absolutely AMAZING and I just CAN’T FATHAM how much this year has just been a BLAST.

My mutuals:

@noodletime @moon9931 @marclef @margarita-the-pizzeria-worker @lucia-the-mii @lovestryke @lord-yiikes @ijusthavefun @linhfoxmoive @kate-bot @nomlioart @boogiestronic80s @zedortoo @jarroyave4637 @atlaslovesedm @alaskacoolkid1 @remaking-machine @average-amount-of-chaos @cherryxsapphic @dingle-dee @eyeballdrawer @tailsdollsnewlife @radaverse @gongustheawsome01 @fluffygiraffe @qwertykeyboard045 @w00den-h3ad @the-little-knight @oddpizza @misdreavusplush

(OKAY- I may have added some people on here that I think ARE REALLY COOL, I may not talk to you much but I’ve seen you guys like my art and I think ya’ll deserve to be on here 🫶💖✨)

AND IF I MISSED ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME I’M SO SORRY BUT JUST KNOW I LOVE ALL OF YOU THE SAME (Platonically) I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR AND HAVE A GOOD ONE 🎉🎉🎉

GOOD NIGHT TO ALL YOU LOVELY PEOPLE YOU GUYS MEAN THE WOLRD TO ME AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT 💖💖💖💖

#HAPPY NEW YEARS‼️‼️‼️ 🎉🎉🎉🎉 #(Even if it hasn’t started for me yet- 😅) #For all the people I tagged I really hope you don’t mind- I seriously love you guys and since some I see VERY OFTEN on here- #And again for anyone I did not tag I appreciate you just the same 🫶🫶🫶 #MAN my art has improved- #If I did one of those art of the year thingys my art would look SO DIFFERENT you’d think that someone else did it- 💀 #I still like it tho- as much as I like how I draw Peppino now I still actually like how the first time I drew him #He looks silly and rounder- And I kind of like that- 😂 #I’m not gonna ramble as much in the tags since the actual post is- DAMN- #Still. Hope you guys have a wonderful New Year 🎊🎊 Gonna try and do the most in terms of art this year. And I can’t wait for this Tumblr’s #birthday! 😄🎉💞 #I love ya’ll so much. 💋💋 (If you don’t do platonic kisses hugs will do if you consent 🫶🫶)

[yellowistheraddest]

people on internet say use references when drawing, and im tired of being stubborn for no reason this is the end of yellow as you knew me

#besides sometimes using pose refs ive just had this voice in my head that always told me to not use them #and well today im gonna get to that motherfucker and chop him up to bits because its getting out of hand and i just want to be a silly goob #who can draw what ever they want even if it means referencing something #also this is so stupid because when i talk i love making obscure refs but as soon as it comes to art my mind is just incapable of #comprehending that as long as art has existed so have refs and you NEED them to improve - imagination and occassional observations #only get you so far and i feel like ive reached a plateau and i want to fucking move #anyways stay awesome everyone 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎 #rambles

[cupidtxt]

no color :(?

#art #my art #the stupendium #stupendium #room for improvement #house flipper #house flippers #btw if anyone misgenders/uses the wrong pronouns for stupes i am exploding you with my mind

[semi-sketchy]

Metropolis is one of the prettiest Sonic stages

#my art #sonic forces #infinite the jackal #sth #anyways this has been a wip FOR 6 YEARS #I started painting this in november 2017. you know. a week after forces came out #this was meant to be like ''what happened after infinite's last fight'' #hence why he doesn't have the ruby anymore since eggman takes it for the final boss #but also he kinda ''made'' the ruby?? but no there was an original he found and he made copies to ''improve'' it but uses the original anyw #look it's been years and i'm still confused about that #anyways infinite was cool but didn't live up to his potential and i wouldn't mind him coming back #who knows if he's alive though

[shriggy-the-rat-king]

Hello, my name is Shriggy and I make art :)

I do sfw and nsfw, canon or OCs. If there's something you aren't sure I'll do, don't be afraid to ask about it!

If you're interested or just want info, you can DM me here @shriggy-the-rat-king or send an email to [email protected]

I'm on other social media too, find my links here.

Buy me a coffee if you want!

#reblogs are appreciated <3 #artists on tumblr #commission sheet #commission prices #commission info #updated sheet! #my art #my ocs #here we go again #sorry but i couldn't look at the old sheet anymore #my style has improved a lot recently and i think this one better reflects that #thanks a thousand if you rb this btw #i must reiterate that this is my job! you can pay me to draw anything your mind can think of! go wild!

[mjtheartist04]

@mariusroyale here you go wifey💙 hope this cheers you up! you deserve it☺️💙💙💙

#AUHSSHKSOSK #I LOVE DEM‼️‼️ #ah I hope I drew him alright😭 #been wanting to draw you something for awhile #just was waiting for the right time to improve my art #not one #but two drawings😌 #becuz I love you💙☺️ #AND YOU DESERVE THE DAMN WORLD🫵 #art #digital art #drawing #artwork #aaron hotch hotchner #aaron hotch #aaron hotchner #criminal minds #self ship #gift for mi wife💙

[marblerose-rue]

click for better quality!!

rosetail + bonus kits / request

name one thing better than a good story . ill wait . there isnt

#my art #do not copy trace or steal #rosetail #cinderpelt #brightheart #brackenfur #thornclaw #THIS ISNT MY FIRST TIME DRAWING THE FROSTFUR KITS TOGETHER but i think it got deleted with my old art blog #i kept all of the files of course but . i think ive improved a lot in terms of anatomy and design #BUT ANYWAY do you think the elders told kits/apprentices embarrassing stories about themselves to make them feel better about like. how #theyd do in their apprenticeship/as a young warrior #or just embarrassing stories to get them to laugh #LEADING TO THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE my grandma told me she met her life long best friend when they got into a fistfight in high school #idk who won but but ohh my god it was always my grandmas favorite story to tell and she loved her best friend so much #i dont think my grandma would mind me telling tumblr i think shed find it funny . i also was her favorite grandchild so i also get an extra #pass on that . and it was never up for debate either everyone on my dads side knew and when she passed and my grandpa brought her jewelry #up for us to come get he called for me first and said she wouldve wanted me to get first pick #WHICH SOUNDS LIKE I GOT MORE THAN I DID but i didnt i cant wear normal earrings and thats what she had a lot of #this is just me talking about my grandma at this point in the tags BUT its relevant (to me) and she was also a hoot

[a-drama-addict]

KEEPTILES KEEPTILES KEEPTILES

(and small shoutout to @dungeons-and-dragon-age who sent a ref for textures like. AGES ago. somewhere last year SJDBF)

#if anyone remembers the first version of the chronos and chloe keeptile no you dont #im glad i improved but SHEESH dont like that #gunjar is. blorbo now #he's been on the mind a lot #same goes for chloe and chronos but they were already blorbo #the bg shape thingy was kindaaa with the thought of gemstones for gunjar #then i just kept it for the others because i was like 'yeah that works' #anyhow brainrot. my babies and children take them. #my art #dragon age #dao #da2 #dai #oc: gunjar aeducan #oc: chloe hawke #oc: chronos adaar #my ocs

[chiropteracupola]

a little pain now, to save a great deal more pain later

[flintlock fortress is a collaboration with @dxppercxdxver]

#em draws stuff #flintlock fortress #team fortress 2 #blood #today on the em cupola show: wild self-indulgence. but hey I feel Bad so I'll draw what I Like. and today that's medical procedures. #someone leaned over my shoulder while I was drawing this and asked 'is that bloodletting' and they were Almost Right so I'm endlessly proud #in fact it is smallpox inoculation! #sorry to everyone who I have bothered with my Smallpox Talk in recent memory but It Will Happen Again. #the game style itself is kind of rockwell and leyendecker-y to me so I wanted to do something with a similar look to their work #had a lot of goals for this piece and I think I really did achieve all of them quite nicely #could I keep these guys recognizable without showing their full faces? yes I think so! #could I make 'getting a mild case of smallpox with the lads' seem a bit romantic even? yes to that too. #also. scout tattoos make an appearance. (do not go looking for them in any other art of him on account of I Forgor) #and a new look for ansel (this man dresses Boring but that is no fun for me to draw) #'backstory relevant' I say as I do not discuss any of these guys' backstories again. #'that's for us to know and for you to find out' I say while giving you no way at all to find out #have been in a constant state of 'by gosh having a little less blood in me would make this situation better' for several days now #and while I am using Normal methods to improve the situation drawing such things does work a bit to heal the mind #'we're doing just fine' says local guy who is madly drawing the same guys over and over again

[hyakunana]

Lethality

#fire emblem #fe3h #fire emblem three houses #fe16 #sylvain jose gautier #ignatz victor #sylnatz #tw blood #or how i'd like to call this comic: the wayseer pt2 #remember when on the wayseer comic i said on tags i was taking a break bc i wasnt liking my art #AFTER TWO YEARS OF STEPPING AWAY FROM FE3H I RETURN TO MAKE SYLNATZ REAL IN MY BL RUN #AND WITH AN IMPROVED ARTSTYLE THANKS CSP #THANKS W3H FOR THEIR SUPPORT AMEN #can you believe tho even tho i stepped away this idea still lived in my mind rent free #this is for my supportless ship crews HOPE YOU'RE ALL WINNING LIKE SYLNATZ ARE #no kiddin tho aside my boys i'm pretty much clueless about other new supports #i recall seeing mentions of one or two but no idea about the themes and interaction #but guess what again I BEGAN W3H THIS WEEK AYYY

[ceresria]

study ✨

#digital art #hope you dont mind these! #i gotta improve my environments and lighting haha

[louderfade]

if you decorated your apartment/house/homespace to be beige/grey/off-white/basically a noncolor i automatically do not trust you. why are you afraid of colors. why do you want to live in a realty photograph or a hampton inn. i asked my sister why people do this (she's my go-to for explanations of normies bc she would've been one except she does drugs and was raised by me so got early immunity from full frontal lobe shut down) and she said "people find it calming" like wow really how strange. expressing zero personality/taste calms them down? that shit makes me feel like there could be a threat lurking near. it puts me on edge. it sets off alarms in my instinct center. i feel like a dog who senses an approaching animal has rabies. warning: some shit is deeply wrong with this organism and they pose a threat to your well being. flee without engaging. my grandparents are 90 and conservative and even they had a house with colors and patterns and art they enjoyed. millennial apartments terrify me. our boomer parents were hit or miss with their ticky-tacky suburban houses. some of those houses had a soul but many didn't. "hanging stuff on the walls decreases the property value" and other such statements that prove you're already dead. millennials seem worse though bc they do it to rentals bc they LIKE it. maybe those old women haircuts all the girls had in hs in the 2000s (this is my fav gen z criticism of us millennials bc so fucking true in hs i was like wtf are these middle aged hairstyles how did this become cool everyone looks 35) are responsible for this particular variety of brain damage. from now on i believe in this link. 32 year olds live in light grey horror boxes bc sporting 40 year old hairstyles at age 16 makes you permanently boring and unable to display any taste or personality. these are people who get uncomfortable looking at art or when a friend cries. these are the people who say "i'm sorry for your loss" to a grieving person instead of "life is cruel af my brother no answers come still we must try to survive do you need a fierce hug at this moment or not also i brought you a xanax" like a real human being would. the craziest thing i ever saw my mom do was pay to paint our foyer "eggshell" when the damn walls were already white. this is actual mental illness. not me screaming in the road about how the modern world makes no sense and all the food is microplastic poison. not a single child on earth says their favorite color is light grey or dark white. your soul is sick if beige calms you down. i diagnose you with a severe deficiency of humanity. you need to be hospitalized and forced to discuss philosophy and engage with music until you remember what is valuable about consciousness, which is beautiful as well as cruel, both a gift and curse but it's worth it. i'd rather be awake and have to go to the hospital sometimes when it becomes too much and i end up sobbing drunk in the yard than lobotomized to the point of trading my precious time on earth for money i then spend on beige curtains and a sign that says "caution: caffeinating" to hang in the kitchen proving i am a corpse whose bland heart forgot to stop beating. i mean they shoot horses don't they.

#my sister bought a 3000 dollar grey couch bc some people have way too much money #but she also asked me to make art for her bathrooms and guest bedroom which is human behavior #i made the art and all those rooms have bright colors but her living room is grey and ugly #she's a strange case: half boring popular girl but half formed by my influence bc we're eight years apart and super close #music is the most important thing to her proving she is sane and she does psychedelic drugs to keep her mind healthy #girls without sisters have a harder time i firmly believe this. i would've liked having a brother i think #but sisters help you improve your self-awareness and develop your gender identity/personal way of being female #it's prolly the same with boys and brothers but men are a mystery somebody else can try to solve #personal #text #important facts #live laugh lobotomy

[cl0ckworkpuppet]

i think we all need to collectively remember again that art can also be a hobby and that not everyone who draws wants to be a professional artist

#artists on tumblr #art criticism #art critique #i think i will explode all mid-2010's art ''critic'' accounts with my mind #not everyone wants to draw realism and that's okay #you don't have to want to be a professional to do ANYTHING. art included #and so what if someone has done art for years and years and it's still not perfect??? who cares???? #did a 12 year old on deviantart in 2013 kill your grandma or something #it's okay to not be good at something and it's okay to never want to be good at something as long as it makes you happy #and plus if you consistently work at it you'll naturally improve on your own #GOOD critique can help you achieve that. BUT ONLY IF YOU WANT IT. #you could get the kindest most helpful critique in the world but if you don't want it then it won't help you #rant