I Wanna Make A Funny Little Guy

Caroline | she/her | thecolorline.net

[fucktonofanatomyreferencesreborn]

A mouth-watering fuck-ton of hand angle references.

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[000marie198]

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HAND REFERENCE!!

[knighthearts]

i watched one (1) video on how to draw hands that changed my life forever. like. i can suddenly draw hands again

these were all drawn without reference btw. i can just. Understand Hands now (for the most part, im sure theres definitely inaccuracies). im a little baffled

[knighthearts]

for those of u asking for the vid!

[sorushing]

ayo @lil-dragon-draws

[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

[asieybarbie]

Long time no see Tumblr. Quick guide on coloring deeper skin tones

[occultopossum]

Drawing in mspaint? Cool, impressive,  But whenever I see that, I think about the person who makes their art in power point  Every time I see them it boggles me

(their account)

[allstrangenature]

I can barely contain myself right now

holy shit

HOLY SHIT

[27dragons]

holy CRAP.

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[sartorialadventure]

The archive includes fashion images!

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[vetyr]

how do you make ur art look like its glowing?? it's gorgeous!!

I’ll give you a weird secret.  After you put the glowing object on a dark background, surround the white parts with a halo of highly saturated color.  Observe:

It doesn’t have to be that blatant- smaller outlines of color, blended properly with the background, can make an equally effective glow-y look :)

[mekakusi]

鎖のめんどくさくない描き方

[kultasieppo-blog]

fuck where was this tutorial i’ve needed it my whole life omg

[poobuttface-deactivated20120604]

FUQ U CHAINSSSS

[slugbox]

MOTHER OF GOD…

[paintbucketresources]

….well then.

[corantus]

an important thing that i feel like a lot of people don’t know when getting commissions is that. when an artist asks for visual refs of an oc, it doesn’t have to be polished art or anything it can literally be something like this

[salamencerobot]

wait really?

[grifalinas]

Yep! Even if it’s just a quick concept doodle, anything that communicates what you’re after is helpful. We can work with you to get the details right once we have a mockup going, but anything you can do to give us a starting point is a big help.

[coloroline]

Another one

Eirika

Lyon

[coloroline]

Bit of a sequel to Lyon I keep forgetting to post

[coloroline]

[shiroxix]

It is not the prettiest but here is a little chart I made of skin tones.

The idea is to eye-drop anywhere on the chart to get a unique skin tone instead of getting stuck in the loop of “white, tan, dark”.

[drawingden]

Flame Tutorial free to use - Kurero by silentkurero

[larndraws]

I was asked how I made the rainbow light effect in my last piece, so I put together a quick step by step.