#paintover mindset

[toontime]

SYCRA IS BACK! so glad to see his channel has been recovered after being hacked a few months back. this is a great video from about a year ago where he talks about viewing your own work as if you were helping someone else on their work. i've found it much easier to give others advice than work on my own work, so this really hits home for me!

#drawing #art advice #paintover #paintover mindset #sycra #Youtube

[sagescider]

your art is absolutely stunning!!!!!! what!!!! i hope u don't mind me asking but how did you hone such incredible rendering skills?? where there any tutorials you found helpful?? or was it fruit of you experimenting around a bunch???

AHH thank you, i don’t mind at all!

most of what i know comes from a combination of Learned Observation Skills and copious amounts of art youtube!

by learned observation skills i mean like? training yourself to be hyper aware of how things look, and why. For example, looking at the green shirt of someone in front of you on the bus and paying attention to

1) the way the folds form around their arm, how they differ based on different points of tension, etc

2) the shadows forming because of the folds. i like to think like “what if i took a picture and color dropped this area, what color would it be?”

a resource i reccomend specifically for understanding this mindset is Sinix Design’s video on pre realism vs post realism

along with this, i try to be aware of the reflected light in the shadow? is it slightly gray from the overcast sky reflecting in through the window? is it affected by the surrounding surfaces, such as skin?

this kind of observation, even though it seems trivial, i find is the most instrumental in being able to paint surfaces without reference (i do recommend using reference like. always. but i never follow my own rules 😭 )

second ! here are some of my favorite resources!

i will be mentioning Sinix’s channel again because i love his content it is SO useful

i recommend watching his design theory series, as design and art theory are the fundamentals to pretty much any good piece of art, as well as paintover pals which i find super helpful! i think listening to critique of the type of art you want to make can help you see what you need to improve to get to that place!

of course, though i didn’t use them myself when learning painting initially, i recommend proko’s videos about digital painting, as well as a couple episodes of their podcast Draftsmen, specifically the one about “finding your art parents”

honestly those are the only specific resources i can think of in that area atm, but i will update with more links as i remember! just any creator in that general sphere (like rossdraws, ahmed aldoori, etc.. as well as just watching speedpaints by industry professionals, like bo chen )

sorry this was long and kind of convoluted, i hope it’s helpful in one way or another! also, take everything i say with a grain of salt, i’m fifteen and have never had any type of formal art education whatsoever, so i’m not particularly qualified 😭 that being said, if you have any specific questions feel free to ask i love talking about art so much :]

#sage’s art stuff #art talk #digital painting

[vhvrs]

im genuinely confused, why refer to a character you 'made' trans with she/her pronouns?

i say 'made' because they seem like OCs that use league lore?

im asking out of genuine curiosity, sorry if this is mean

its a fair question, no worries!

its... kinda hard to explain and i haven't prior bc while i use she/her (and they/them) for my vik, i generally dont care nor want to tell anyone what to refer to them as bc the original point of my viktor was that they do not clarify their pronouns or gender bc they dont care. i just... kindve went off on my own thing a bit lol.

so that's one reason ig?

my academy viktor is also intended to be this really tricky period where they know they arent cis but arent willing nor in a space to explore it further than through jayce. she/her has a level of safety when coming fully out is scary and, again, dont really want to think abt it too hard. on top of her only real means of exploring being trans being through jayce alone in their dorm n hes already seeing them as transmasc despite presentation and pronouns so a need to explore further isnt really a priority.

another reason that trying to deconstruct the gender behind certain things like pronouns can just feel really good. she/her can be feminine or it can be masculine or it can be neither! viktor and jayce have that understanding n i mean me as the guy behind it does too lol. (n my mh using it is just extending that safety n gendervoid further now that they have a body they feel more comfortable in and can wear that she/her w a sort of pride? something thats now hers to do with whatever and bc by then most ppl default to he/they so she/her becomes something no longer normative and able to become unattached to their afab. she can weaponize she/her now in a way they only got to test out as pre-herald?)

another, another reason is tldr i was a really awkward she/they transmasc when i first came out n it feels good to explore what that felt like through viktor, you know? (that was my original intention for her at all actually...) n get more comfortable in still being a kindve gnc they/he through a character who took their afab scenerio to the furtherest it can go and let it remain a valid agender thing. that kindve tints a lot of why i do that i guess + being in very... genderfuckery free for all spaces where this stuffs just very normal.

i usually tend to go out here to a certain extent with characters i relate to or like ie making them nonbinary, changing pronouns, and presentations (making them into ocs rip not denying the oc with league paintover allegations) this is just an extra step for me personally to have a safe, contained space to explore gender stuff myself... its a nice feeling to have created a scenerio where she/her doesnt void being transmasc/agender or can... idk enhance it even?? idk im not trying to reflect the nauces of reality rn im just trying to have fun.

this is v long winded bc im tired n felt this needed a proper explanation so. thank you if you understand this and i appreciate you asking bc id rather ppl just ask vs possibly get more confused not knowing my intentions n mindset. take care ♡

#me when i drop this horribly ooc thing tomorrow #sorry sorry #but yeah idm answering questions abt stuff im doing like this i understand ppl arent orivy to the wheels churning/my 4am private twt rants #also just enjoy gender play n the scenerios vik n jayce can end up in bc of them #also ngl she/they discourse was frankly really disrespectful n annoying last yr in a way that made me reflect on being a former one #n tyen boom viktor.