Mossy's Sketchbook

multi fandom brainrot // drawing and doodling // Procreate // dedicated shipper // beware: tentacles inside

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Ink and watercolor sketch of the old West Pier in Brighton.

On location for the sketch:

It's been gradually falling into ruins since it closed in 1975, greatly accelerated by storms and arson in the early 2000s. Now only the bones remain, ribs picked clean by time and the sun. I'm chewing on the decay of it.

Was such a fab spot and a beautiful day for it.

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A values study. I learnt A LOT working on this, still a ways to go but practice makes progress.

Gotta have the ear peeking out, always XD

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Sketching at le Petit Palais in Paris recently. This is probably the first time anyone has actually stopped to look at what I was doing lol.

Close up:

A few mistakes and uneven bits but I love it. I had a lot of fun doing this one!

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Paris my beloved.

Fineliner + watercolour, including a beautiful phthalo turquoise that I picked up at the Sennelier shop in Paris itself. This is painted on 100% cotton rag paper, sometimes I don't love the texture but it really shines for some of these urban drawings. Don't ever try and erase pencil on it though, the surface will disintegrate T_T

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Little sketch of Bethy in S4 E12 "Still"

A new Blackwing 'soft', very soft. Lots of smudges.

I'm too lazy to search for decent references online but I have a TV and a pause button which works just about as well

[awakeagainstmywill]

❌ Just draw something, don't overthink it

✅ Noodle around with the simplest of concepts for fucking ever

[factual-fantasy]

[danidarkarts]

@factual-fantasy

[fynori]

i'd like to add that the shadow color isnt necessarily dictated entirely by the primary light source, but the bounce light! so for the example of a sunny environment, the reason the shadows are blue are because of the light from the blue sky reflects across the environment; but, if the character were to be under tree cover, the bounce light would be coming from the leaves and thus the shadow would look greener.

[danidarkarts]

Yee yee!!! You got it right on the nose!

Bounce light is something I didn't cover but I adore it!

Gotta work on my bounce light 💪

[labrador-entity]

My good friends this is called using a

Gamut Mask

(image via )

James Gurney is an absolute master and gives really good clarity on colour techniques. Yes, it is traditional paint focused, but the principles are the same. Yes it is informed by the environmental colour but as a painting technique it is achieved this way!

I would also suggest that in digital processing, rather than apply a regular colour layer at a mid opacity, try out the different types of layers, Eg. Screen or Multiply. This can give you at least a starting point to help direct your colour palette.

[technecat-scratchings]

Layer Blend Modes are so so so important to working in digital art. There's a ton of math that goes into figuring out how the layers should blend together, which is why some of the modes you can pick are literally called Multiply, Add, Divide, and Difference (that's subtraction). The graphics software takes the color values of your base and blend layers and runs a calculation to get your resulting layer appearance. The ones that don't have specifically mathematical sounding names are still doing calculations, but they're more complicated (think linear Algebra and higher). Some of them, like dodge and burn, are named for actual photo editing techniques.

While it's not super important to know about the mathematical side of blend modes, I think it's worth knowing at least enough about how each of the categories of blend modes works and why they do what they do; if for no other reason than having a starting point when you start experimenting with them in your work.

An overview of the basic blend modes and how they work from Genevieve's Design Studio: Accessible with minimal color knowledge; practical and illustration focused. https://youtu.be/kMc87hQrJd0?si=TWCB365pKSfWS8p0. (16 minutes) This creator also has a ton of free resources you can download, including a Blend Modes cheatsheet, but fair warning: you have to create an account to get them!

Want to learn even more about the math-y stuff? It has great film visuals! A video from FilmmakerIQ: You need some basic knowledge of RGB color models, understanding of values/luma, and at least a tenuous understanding of Algebraic formulas. (26 minutes) https://youtu.be/F7_kaTP7_W4?si=x0urqXZ8f51nQVKl

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Paris, je t'aime. A tres bientot!

Drawn on the Eurostar on the way home

[ineffablemossy]

I got some new brushes

<cracks open my photo mode folder, it smells of petrichor and motor oil and mud and old container repair spray>

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A loose Igor because I love him. Dragging his colleague's arse out of that truck with no regard for personal safety. A good death denied him. He's so brave and so tragic I want him to chew on.

CDT 4 EVA 🖤

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Joyeux Anniversaire a mon hyper fixation préféré !!

Digital one line drawing with watercolour and oil brushes. Used the stick procreate oil brushes to work on his lovely luscious mane 🩶🩶🩶

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Dualliste.

One line and watercolour wash style in Procreate.

What can I say about Dualliste really?

Iconic

So in love with this game. And so grateful for my people in our discord server for always being encouraging and helpful with art tips.

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