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Rex | He / him | Profesh tumblr | I post paintings n' studies here | art is posted out of order

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ask away!

Somebody here asked about some advice for drawin’ backgrounds, I’m plannin’ on makin’ a thread(?) about it, though I need some input on what else I should put in that thread.

If you’re a fella who has some questions about bgs and want some advice, (ie; perspective, planning, colors, etc), be free to ask, would appreciate the input ^^

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Saguaro,

June 30th, 23

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Happy Birthday!

June 10th, 23

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Small Poll

Do you guys want extra drawings or textposts to go along or continue the paintings I post? I wanna clarify the stories in the paintings I make but I dont wanna clutter up my page.

(They most likely will be a little low quality but finished)

Extra drawings along regular art posts?

yeah

nah

Voting ended onMay 25, 2023

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work in progress while I struggle

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if you haven't answered this already, What app/site and brush do you use to draw?

I use Krita!

Though if I want to mess around or study I'll use Rebelle 5.

I also use the brushes that come with Krita, FizzyFlower's essential brush pack, GDQuest's brush pack, and Wortryb's brush pack. (All of these are free!)

(krita's default brushes, where and how I use em')

(GDQuest Top to bottom; GDQuest Oil Paint, GDQuest Oil Paint Impasto)

(FizzyFlower and GDQuest brushes, where and how I use em')

FizzyFlower - https://fizzyflower.gumroad.com/l/tdtlr

GDQuest - https://github.com/GDQuest/krita-free-brushes

(Left, right, bottom; Horizontal DA pat, Painting Smudge pat, Square impasto pat)

(Wortryb's brushes, where and how I use em')

Wortryb - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ab_pK-lKZtu9FOhjdYC2XdDZjthFgPYL

Hope this helps ^^

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Seasons End,

May 1st, 23

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Neighbor

March 30th, 23

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your art's super pretty!! how do you pick out color palettes?? /genq

(I'm real sorry for how late this response is, I didn't know how to respond)

Thank you ^^

My favorite colors are dandelion yellow and navy blue, so most of the colors I use for art are those or mixtures of them!

But in general, when I'm picking out colors, I'm thinkin' about what just makes sense + character colors + tone/mood,

What makes sense: common color of something (or what makes sense for it to be).

Character colors: self explanatory, but important to acknowledge when your characters have similar colors to elements in your drawing, either change character colors or other element colors to compliment or contrast w/ each other.

Tone/Mood: what color is associated with the atmosphere/environment (like warm is yellow/orange and cold is blue/purple, or something like happy is yellow, sad is blue, angry is red(really helps when trying to capture character emotion)).

for what made sense, the sky and water are usually blue, trees are mostly green, and rocks are grey

for Steelhead, I had to make sure County wouldn't blend in with the already blueish sky and water, so the bg colors changed to be more yellowish with the tone/mood and to contrast w/ him (the colors were also darkened to make it seem like it was late noon),

County also changed slightly to fit the tone but still stayed the most blue thing in the bottom half.

so then my main colors ended up being these dudes,

because I focused mainly on yellow + blue most of these are complementary, which helps make everything come together nicely + every other color painted could just be made by mixing these together!

(I don't know how to end this, uh, I'll add to this again probably)

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Crafty kid 

Aug 17th, 22

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I met a violinist today

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Another Day, Another Year

Dec 31st, 22

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A bit different than usual, lesser dog

Dec 21st, 22

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Nicolas!

December 11th, 22

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Cross-Countryside,

September 4th, 22

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Steelhead,

‎October ‎2nd, ‎22

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‎Lonely Castle

May ‎4, ‎2022