Hi. Watch me try to art.

Hello, my name is Gwen, and I like to draw. I'm new to doing commissions, so please be gentle. I can only seem to draw people though. I try.

[geekitygeek]

Doodle of Niwyss with her hair down and a scribble of one of my friends while we were having some downtime on our weekend trip :D <3

[geekitygeek]

got some paint markers for christmas so here's my first attempt at using them. drew my girl niwyss for the first time in a while!

she's biting a strawberry if that's not obvious - there was gonna be more of a fruit motif but i chickened out lmao

[geekitygeek]

Did some Connor studies to help with more casual art of him, he's so perty <3333

[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)

[rainycraze]

Reblogging to check this out later

[geekitygeekart]

hehe funny meme

[geekitygeek]

It's Garnt looking cool, innit :D

[geekitygeekart]

Inspired by Tori no Uta - Lia, from AIR (2005)

The art style for AIR hasn't aged well but the scenery and aesthetics have always stuck with me, it's a big part of why I love sunsets, summer and just looking at the sky <3

[geekitygeekart]

Quick self portrait to help me feel good about myself whilst my period tries to make me feel crappy <3

[geekitygeekart]

never done much with colour palettes before, thought i'd give some simple ones a go with references from pinterest <3

[geekitygeekart]

Doodles of random folks I saw on Pinterest <3

[geekitygeekart]

Thanks to the Gladiators reboot, I get to have a bisexual panic every week, so I started doodling some of them. Hoping to fill a full page with these :D

[geekitygeekart]

This was one of those cases where the sketch was much better than the finished product. Plus, while I love my fine liners, they take an absolute AGE to dry and end up smudging all the bloody time. Just rolled with it and made the whole thing kinda messy.

Anyway, been listening to Käärijä a bunch lately. I just think he's neat.

[geekitygeekart]

marla & niwyss

y'know, gal pals!

[geekitygeekart]

Inspired by Vampire - Olivia Rodrigo

Those chords speeding up at the end of the song immediately gave me the image of someone screaming.

[geekitygeekart]

The music video for I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE is fucking cool and and I just HAD to get some practice out of some screenshots I liked <3

[drawingden]

How to Paint Light by jonhuangart

[geekitygeek]

it's the trashy boys!! <3