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@bun-bunee
“don’t take it personally” how would you like me to take it then? professionally? romantically? academically?
Gift Art: Bearwithstace
Sketch I did for fun, this time for
@bearwithstache.bsky.social.
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Batoc Sketch
A sketch I made of
@knockoutlizard.bsky.social’s Batoc, clearly enjoying himself.
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Happy Birthday, Champ
※ボクシングパロ
*sees the new official Beowulf artwork for Skullgirls Mobile*
Whelp.....guess I'm obsessed with him again
A cringe Beowulf doodle i did😭
Ya'll have no idea how much i love this goofy ass man.
Life long obsession of a weird, dumb guy
@factual-fantasy
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.
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 💪
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.
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
animated the "It's okay not to smile" scene from chapter 4
youtube link
transmasc fall is coming up, you know what that means
i don't know what i was going for with this post
it was a prophecy and a warning.
Website-building resources
People are sharing a lot of resources on how to make your own website so I've updated the website-building section of my site with links to some of the best I've found. PLEASE make your own website, it is fun (sometimes)! Fast (sometimes)!! Free (sometimes)!!!
This is what's listed on my site right now but I recommend you do check the site in case I've added more since posting this to Tumblr.
Tutorials
The Quick ‘n’ Dirty Guide to Making a Website (2022) by @itsneroart
Mala's Self-Hosting Guide by @ophanimkei
A Mini Guide to RSS Feeds by @jeypawlik (video presentation with the same info)
Music on Neocities: A cheap bastard's guide
W3Schools - learn HTML, CSS, and Javascript
Resources
Neocities - web hosting service
Bear Blog - small blogging platform
Zonelets - small blogging engine
GifCities - Geocities GIF archive
Lightbox2 - lightbox script
Rarebit - open-source webcomic template (recommended for beginners)
Grawlix - open-source webcomic CMS (not recommended for beginners)
Whimsical! - graphics website
Comment widget by @kafus
Articles & Arguments
Rediscovering the Small Web by Parimal Satyal
Plain old webpages still matter by Felix Plesoianu
Cyber Mauseoleums (Or the Argument Against Deletion) by neonaut
Every site needs a Links Page / Why linking matters by Daniel/Melon
prev you are literally so right and you should say it
anyone remember this vine
Anyone else fuck with individual songs? Who is the artist? I dunno. What album is it from? Shut up. What year was it released? *tim allen grunt* What's the title of the track? Fuck you. But it goes like this: *poorly memorized chorus*
I love that song. Do not ask me anything about it.
Art gift for a dear friend of mine @bun-bunee
Boxing injury variant below, just in case: