martin knife blackwood appreciation hour (24/7)

hey! i'm aspen they/them 🏴‍☠️📼🧛

[ryucreates]

baby

[ryucreates]

YAHOOO

[ryucreates]

hehehehe

[ryucreates]

i drew him so stuffy looking hahaha

[mothmansboywife]

jonathan sims is so funny as a protagonist bc he acts and talks like the tortured mc of a 19th century gothic horror novel while everyone else around him just talks like a regular person. extra funny because they all make fun of him for it and it still doesn't stop him.

[lonelyslutavatar]

life it never die

[pnkrathian]

[808-bantar]

thousands have been slaughtered

[alpacawoool]

just got all the geoglyph memories and i actually cried so thanks nintendo

[sreegs]

[vikingofficial-deactivated20241]

The "My Eyes Are Up Here" hat but with those alien googly eyes bouncing above it

[vikingofficial-deactivated20241]

Outfit idea

[alpacawoool]

i drew cecil palmer in this because he would absolutely wear it <3

[alpacawoool]

i colored it :3 i tried to use outrageous colors so it's a bit eyestraining lol

[vikingofficial-deactivated20241]

The "My Eyes Are Up Here" hat but with those alien googly eyes bouncing above it

[vikingofficial-deactivated20241]

Outfit idea

[alpacawoool]

i drew cecil palmer in this because he would absolutely wear it <3

[alpacawoool]

digitized an old self portrait of me doing the thing where you pull your face down bc you're tired

[alpacawoool]

tumblr pls stop recommending goncharov posts from lasr november to me i don't understand them 😭😭😭

[gayvampyr]

i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors

[gayvampyr]

“red and green are opposites 🥰” cool now how do i paint a tree with pinks and blues without it looking like a child’s finger painting or incongruous blobs of rainbow vomit

[gayvampyr]

ok i can’t explain it very well but im looking for tips and techniques for rendering art like

with specifically the highlights and colors being hues that compliment each other, don’t distract from the scene, and make it more interesting/visually appealing

is it too much to ask

[moreclaypigeons]

gonna drop some sources I have saved on Pinterest! I don't know if these all link back to the original sources so apologies for that

cohesive but still contrasting

This kind of talks about color and composition

This is a bit about landscape specifically

Values & composition

Contrast in composition

Balance in colors & values

This one's more for palette building but I think it's useful and can be applied to the other ones

Cohesion within compositions/lighting

"Chromatic fringe" - I also see people using this with shading, they bring in a transition color that is a different hue than the base color or shadow, it makes it so that less vibrancy is lost and it doesn't get muddy!

This one specifically has a lot of process behind the style of painting you're looking for!

Also one of my favorite artists who makes bright and colorful art like this is Not Sorry Art on TikTok & YouTube, her website is here and it's<3 my fav. She has some videos where you can see her process

With the oranges painting you put as an example, I noticed they painted the lighter values more toward yellow - they also exaggerated the hues of the undertones of the photo, so I'm guessing they either did it in their head or bumped the saturation up to get a closer look! I really love these paintings you shared and I definitely share your desire to paint/draw like that :)

[gayvampyr]

thanks this is super helpful! /gen

[alpacawoool]

got a wtg hoodie and grifter's bone t-shirt bc my hyperfixation on tma is never going to end <3

[thatrandombystander]

My current personal wish for Magnus Archives 2/The Magnus Protocol is that it is post-canon, but in one of the alternate universes.

Not one that's too different from the original series' universe, but just different enough that we can see slightly different incarnations of older characters whose lives played out a little bit differently (and maybe get an appearance or cameo from JonMart?)

[yescking]

hii