i want to make art

over and over and over again James | he/him | 21 Please do not repost my art! linktree

[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

[gallusrostromegalus]

If you'd like 2 Print books that I absolutely reccomend to every visual artist regardless of Media, Color and Light and Imaginative Realism by James Gurney are basically religious texts for artists, even the 3-D people because his understanding and explanation of how light and form work is that damn good.

If you're wondering about Mr. Gurney's chops:

James Gurney is the Dinotopia Guy (that link includes his Dinotopia books, prints and online classes too)

[foervraengd]

My brush pack is finally done!

Download it via dropbox: Link

Download it via Clip studio assets: Link!

[steddieasitgoes]

Eddie’s first love is his guitar and he doesn’t let anyone touch her let alone play her because she’s his. But he starts to notice Steve staring at her wistfully every time they’re in Eddie’s room and one day they’re just lazily hanging out and Eddie takes the guitar off it’s stand and goes to sit on the floor. And Steve sits up on the bed to watch Eddie play like they regularly do, except instead of playing Eddie is motioning for Steve to come join him on the floor. So Steve scrambles out of bed and goes to sit next to Eddie but Eddie shakes his head, kicking his legs out and makes Steve sit in between his legs before situating the guitar over Steve’s lap while still cradling the neck of it and he tells Steve where to place his hands and then he starts teaching Steve how to play. And this really intimate moment for both of them and now I’m going to go cry bye!

[irlplasticlamb]

STRANGER THINGS VOLUME 2 SPOILERS

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still bawling thanks duffer bros <3

prints here

[beardedvultureheart]

i've been meaning to actually post and i have also realized i've stopped worrying abt what other people think by a huge margin so...have some doodles from last night that i want to clean up today :)

thats 2 batmans, a scary spidey, and that rly handsome guy from the national Australian ballet company that was named their newest principal artist (that's him just before they announce it lol)

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[beardedvultureheart]

ah yes i've rebranded again. anyways i'm obsessed with adrian chase vigilante. this is how i would hold him if he were real and about 1 foot tall

[beardedvultureheart]

Michelangelo's FTM David, Revamped.

Michelangelo's David has been revered as an image of masculinity. He was carved from a large block of marble that had already been rejected by two different sculptors, for it had too many imperfections. Still, Michelangelo accepted the challenge, and began to carve the hero from the biblical story "David and Goliath". He chose to sculpt David before the battle, making David into an image of self-confidence, cleverness, and courage in the face of incredible odds.

That is why I chose David out of so many ancient statues. That, and a quote from Michelangelo, "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." Fellow transgender siblings—we are walking works of art, statues carved from blocks of marble. The process of discovering ourselves and sculpting our image into something not just recognizable but precious and unwavering, that is what joins us, and it should be celebrated.

Also, it's on Redbubble now with a few variants. There are 10+, if anyone is interested in uploading those, just hmu :) All money would go straight to a savings account meant to pay my college fees! (Check reblogs for the design variants)

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[beardedvultureheart]

9 variants, minus a few with more of the gold marble because the image is too big ;-;

[beardedvultureheart]

Michelangelo's FTM David, Revamped.

Michelangelo's David has been revered as an image of masculinity. He was carved from a large block of marble that had already been rejected by two different sculptors, for it had too many imperfections. Still, Michelangelo accepted the challenge, and began to carve the hero from the biblical story "David and Goliath". He chose to sculpt David before the battle, making David into an image of self-confidence, cleverness, and courage in the face of incredible odds.

That is why I chose David out of so many ancient statues. That, and a quote from Michelangelo, "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." Fellow transgender siblings—we are walking works of art, statues carved from blocks of marble. The process of discovering ourselves and sculpting our image into something not just recognizable but precious and unwavering, that is what joins us, and it should be celebrated.

Also, it's on Redbubble now with a few variants. There are 10+, if anyone is interested in uploading those, just hmu :) All money would go straight to a savings account meant to pay my college fees! (Check reblogs for the design variants)

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[lilybugmusings]

Is there a website to look up models or people  to draw, with gender, ethnicity, and age filters. (if possible)?

 For example if a wanted to make a cartoon character realistic and use a real person for reference or to edit the photo to look like them?

I’ve been just googling  white 20s male, black female 40s etc. (can’t find any good references for kids either)  and been sifting through the results.

[art-res]

https://generated.photos/?ref=producthunt

https://generated.photos/faces

This site probably has what you’re looking for!

Look at what you can sort by!

[waluigi-the-stripper]

Reblog to save an artist’s life

[beardedvultureheart]

They grow up so fast, don’t they? 

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[solsock]

when the schrodinger boy cheats on his test

[beardedvultureheart]

"i've failed to protect you again."

this panel broke into my apartment and viciously sucker-punched me, so i decided to do a redraw 😎

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[beardedvultureheart]

I'm a trans guy who named myself Michelangelo, because I'm a nerd like that, but ANYWAY your trans man David is giving me life and has made my WEEK. Thanks so much <3

i'm glad!! trans people discussing gender is so enlightened...but i'm still amazed that i struck a chord with other trans mascs :) also, i love your name?? great choice 👌

[beardedvultureheart]

YOOOOOOOOOOOO bro i fuckin ADORE ur trans statue of david!! thats like my whole fuckin thing!! legit fantastic work

!!! thank you!! i'm really happy to share stuff like that, yknow, like Gender Feelings :]

[beardedvultureheart]

a few months ago, i was pretty depressed. i wanted to boost my mood, so i asked my mom to print stuff out with her regular office printer so i can tape my gay little images to the wall. i tried looking for some trans Michelangelo’s David imagery but i didn’t find anything close to what i wanted, so i decided to just make what i wanted :] 

feel free to print this out too, if you feel like it! all i did was trace a picture of David and tweak it a bit.

print out is under the cut 

[beardedvultureheart]

wrath

Decided to stop being a coward and just post this already lmao.. I have some theories (hopes) about how the current arc might end up, but they’re probably not at all accurate. Still, I had a clear image in my mind of Izuku going full-on All for One bc I think if he’s going to beat Shigaraki, he’s gonna need some serious power.

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[beardedvultureheart]

Fall from grace

Inspired by this post. Yeah I know it's a far leap from a funny flirting post to angst town but my brain is wired like that right now lmao

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