#or like. rly big pieces? things tht i Want to look finished

[tiredrobin]

sometimes i get all "oh my art is consistently very messy because i never put in the effort to draw cleanly and that kinda sucks of me" but then i remember that, like. whatever. who give a shit

#robin rambles #when it comes to things like commissions n whatever ofc i put in a lot of effort #or like. rly big pieces? things tht i Want to look finished #but a lot of my art is just straight up For Me #so i can be lazy with it if i want #yet. sighs. i really do want to explore more dynamic art things. push myself more. expand my skill range n stuff. #there are so many things i wanna try my hand at #i really need to push my creativity actually cuz its gotten kinda inflexible and i gotta stretch that muscle some more

[phankatsu]

The lighting in the cake scene is LIT! (im not even sorry) I am also going to draw a scene for the tatinof project and I wondered if you could give me some tips about lighting :))

Thank you!! haha i doubt tht im the best person to ask, i dont usually draw “finished” pieces, but alas this is how i light (ill make this in bulletpoints)- I play around with hue and saturation a lot (also light/dark, contrast) and keep different versions in separate layers to compare later on (i think i have 3 versions of the cake?)- instead of painting with a white bg, i used a grey one (i guess this varies with the sorta lighting u want)- i paint color blocks first, like. general colors for each area?- after i have the whole drawing colored out, i look at parts i want to highlight (looking at the cake i wanted to highlight the phils sleeve, legs, and hat brim. for dan it was just the top of the face and the hand)-certain parts where u want to highlight even more, push the colors even further. like. u can go out of ur way to make it super bright. if u look around, white irl is usually a grey or beige of some sort? i use white only for glints/reflections/super bright stuff in paintings.- same thing with shadows too? perhaps this is for dramatic lighting. i turned up the saturation and tweaked the hue a bit-light also bounces and reflects, plus adding a bit of light in dark spots helps break up the color- to make glowy light i use a big airbrush (one of the ps presets they give u)- also determining a light source is rly helpful - when ur drawing light for objects. think of the object as shapes and prisms? helps make it feel solid- and ofc yknow. use references although i had a hard time looking for stage refs

theres many other ways to light a scene, this is just how i learned to do it. good luck!!!

#anon #wow thts a lot imma sort it out later #art shit #i guess #idk how to light #i couldnt get how other ppl did it in like. yt tutorials and i was just like fuckit ill do it my own way i have no idea how i decide lightin #it just comes to me in my head and i make plans and dif drafts in head?? does tht make sense idk #but solid color block coloring is wht i learned n always do so thts a qual tip i guess #hlp #also thumbnails r good if u dunno wht to do first #like visual brain planning but not in ur brain #ACTUALLY i did draw a quick color clock thumbnail idk wht its called