#art secrets

[worrygutz]

How do you choose the colors for your art?

oooh fun question.

Layer modes! they make the colouring process easier, that it almost feels like cheating, but it takes up a bit of extra time. On the layer below my sketch I start by throwing down general colours, only focusing on value and checking it by switching to grey scale and back again.

Then I duplicate that layer, set the duplicate layer opacity to 50% or below and then use tonal correction and gradient maps (or u can use filters). Just to harmonise the colours together. I play around with different hues until I feel like I have a good base to work from. It has the same affect as an underpanting would in traditional art but it does some of the work for you. Adding a multiply layer above it helps with fixing contrast/shadows and a soft light layer helps lighten parts of the painting and bring them out of shadow.

I render above my sketch layer and for that it’s pretty much just colour theory knowledge:/ but these two tips I probably think about the most when colouring:

#ask reply #art secrets

[sangled]

shipping win! they have different but equally terrible coping mechanisms

#sangspeaks #sketches #shipping meme #ship dynamic #tumblr exclusive folks. do you wanna know a secret #whenever i haven't posted or drawn in a bit #i make a quick art meme like this and scamper away #and it's usually a hit #this shit's easy all i gotta draw is bald people

[avi-mation]

Apocalypse buddies

#im back at it again bois #gimme survivors roomies anytime #grian being a tactical adventage as a scout bird #fanart #mcyt #zombiecleo #ethoslab #grian #secret life #secret life roomies #trafficblr #roomies my beloved #apocalypse #traffic smp #life series #art

[applestruda]

Chemical overreaction / compound fracture

#ive been working on this forever and its all bc of the colors #no idea if i like this or not but might as well post it #goodtimeswithscar #gtws fanart #pearlescentmoon #pearlescentmoon fanart #secret life smp #traffic smp #trafficblr #my art #cw eyestrain #cw blood #oh also my propaganda to go listen to the song ofc its so good

[nezhanetwork]

distant memory

#hermitcraft #hermitcraft s10 #smallishbeans #ldshadowlady #joel smallishbeans #lizzie ldshadowlady #jizzie #my art #firstly yes i do watch hc10 im just fighting my uni and losing hopelessly atm #secondly did you ever think that secret life was the last time c!joel saw c!lizzie

[aulerean]

broke: my art is sketchy and unkempt

woke: my art is cressidacowellcore

#pearlescentmoon fanart #pearlescentmoon #trafficblr #my art #artists on tumblr #art #digital art #illustration #artistsontumblr #artist #secret life smp #scarlet pearl #red pearl #traffic smp #traffic life #traffic series #illustrators on tumblr #mcytblr #mcyt

[foxxology]

[ FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION ]

I blame Martyn Inthelittlewood

click for better quality thanks tumblr

#foxx art time #gtwscar fanart #goodtimeswithscar fanart #goodtimeswithscar #gtwscar #secret life smp #secret life smp spoilers #trafficblr #traffic smp #traffic light smp #traffic light series #life series smp #life smp series #mcyt #mcyt fanart

[sleepysebris]

:) 🖤

@mlsecretsanta gift for @thequeenofspace! happy belated holidays and apologies for the delay, had a serious family emergency followed by sickness! I had so much fun making this though, was so excited to finally draw these two 🖤 hope you enjoy!!!

#i absolutely believe emo marinette went home and made dolls after seeing the ladybug & chat noir dolls #im assuming adrien's room is the preferred hang out space in this universe #so this is his room and that is his ladybug doll #also obsessed with his quiet blushy personality #assume that when they detransform she laughs at his half-finished makeup cause they forgot what they were doing before they left #and he deserves it for poorly-timed teasing her mid-battle or something #there's the fanfic #ml secret santa 2023 #ml secret santa #miraculous ladybug #ml paris special #adrienette #emo love square #emodrien #my art #my ml comics

[mumblesplash]

i say if you’re gonna have the mysterious entities speak in rhyme you might as well commit (EDIT: part 2!)

(posting an unprecedented Part 1 of At Least 3 bc i actually have the entire script and most of the storyboarding for this done already)

#yknow. got an idea. had a breakdown. bon appetit #this was the creative impulse i was referring to on sunday #my art #secret life #secret life spoilers #slsmp #grian #geminitay #briefly #trafficblr #also #mostly bc i am proud of it and partly bc i want people to know it’s on purpose: #grian is not trying to rhyme at all in this part. he is being deliberately unhelpful #he lowkey tries to fuck it up on purpose in that second to last panel but the secret keepers just switch rhyme schemes #the one time he completes an end rhyme is because he lost his temper #anyway yeah this was motivated mostly by me wanting to see if i could do it

[cerealdog]

What are friends for

#pearlescentmoon #geminitay #shiny duo #based on #secret life smp #but also #hermitcraft #slsmp #my art

[justl-12]

something something she left the tower

been thinking about traffic pearl too much

this was done fast because i have school work to do, so thats why its messy

#pearlescentmoon #my art #trafficblr #secret life #double life smp #I FORGOT GRIAN #traffic pearl makes me go insane #i am procrastinating on my work so much #ldshadowlady #smallishbeans #solidaritygaming #zombiecleo #impulsesv #mumbo jumbo #bdoubleo100

[dappermouth]

Strange roadside buildings where you shouldn’t ever go.

#artists on tumblr #art #illustration #surreal #gothic americana #neon #signage #gentle horror #long post #you saw into a secret place #jennabarton

[schsas]

aged up christmas reveal with a baby!! happy holidays to the world's coolest person @frostedpuffs!!!

comic about frostedpuffs' minibug au (<- read more) for ashville's secret santa

⚠️ADRIEN ISNT THE FATHER! Minibug's father isn't important to the story.

#they're like 27 here or something #miraculous ladybug #my art #ladybug #marinette dupain cheng #chat noir #adrien agreste #alya cesaire #nino lahiffe #djwifi #adrienette #ladynoir #rena rouge #ashville secret santa 2023 #carapace #luka couffaine #juleka couffaine #rose lavillant #purple tigress #pigella #viperion #polymouse #ivan bruel #nathaniel kurtzberg #marc anciel

[kishdoodles]

"Are you stealing other people's beds?" "You saw nothing."

#mcyt #art #zombiecleo #etho #ethoslab #secret life #secret life spoilers #slife #secret life smp #life series spoilers #slsmp #slsmp fanart #slsmp spoilers

[applestruda]

The fallen and the freed

#secret life spoilers #ldshadowlady #ldshadowlady fanart #jimmy solidarity #solidaritygaming #solidaritygaming fanart #mumbo jumbo #mumbo fanart #secret life smp #traffic smp #trafficblr #my art

[periwinklemoonlight]

queen of nothing, wearing such a heavy crown

#my art #secret life #goodtimeswithscar #goodtimewithscar fanart #secret life spoilers #secret life fanart #trafficblr #life series #secret life smp #gtws #gtws fanart #gtwscar