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[mutiger-seemann]

[ani-is-struggling]

🐉 LIUTANA WEEK DAY 4: OOD X UOL 🪭

I can't believe I posted this by accident on Sunday 😀😀😀 Sorry this happened but let's say some of you had an early peek 😉 The hc that the revenants/OOD are massive freaks will live forever

[pregnanthudsonwilliams]

not naming names but some of you are so creative and talented it's an honor to have you in my phone

[wormsermonizer]

horse

[theesteppenwolf]

How to you manage using multiple brushes in one illustration? Deciding what to use where, and such. I'm so used to just using my one brush for everything, from sketching to rendering. I've been trying to study artists I admire (hey, one of them's you!) who use a broader toolkit in their work, but I'm still struggling to wrap my head around it. I'd love to hear a bit of your thought process <3

Sorry for the late answer!

Ultimately it comes down to constant experimentation, literally just picking a random brush in a pack and seeing what it does then storing it in my brain for later usage.

Sometimes I have a general idea of what kind of effect I would like and go on a brush hunt for something that fits. Here is a quick breakdown of a recent study I did to sort of show how I often go about it.

Instead of blending I often use a brush with soft textured end, often dotted like this, to achieve a dispersion effect I would need for skin shine like this while also maintaining skin texture.

Then when playing around with soft and hard transfers. Harder textured transfers would be used on where plane separation would be more apparent and where I would like more focus on while a softer one would be used somewhere where I don't want the viewers eye to wander and where the separation is less drastic.

Then when I am doing added effects to add on to the feel of the piece I once again play around with soft and hard transitions. These brushes are usually very specific meant and only really applicable in situations like this. No "traditional rendering" is done with them. Here I used a slightly textured smudge tool on the soft fade outs.

Another version of going about transitions but applied to hair. Using the spaces in the rake brush I do transition from hair to skin without drawing a harsh line or spending a larger amount of time blending out and rendering the area. Effect over anything else is what I go for. What is the most interesting way to trick the eye.

Also the way you use your eraser brush is very important! I do the same soft/hard trick when erasing and keeping the contrast between transitions.

This is a very quick messy rundown that I hope helps a little. If you are very stuck in not knowing what to do literally start picking random brushes while painting and go ham, see what each one does.

And don't get hung up on style and whether or not it looks "correct". It cramps your style homie.

[eldritch-blaest]

Liutana Week, Day Three: Gala

[ani-is-struggling]

🐉 LIUTANA WEEK DAY 3: GALA🪭

I would call this my magnum opus if there weren't days 6 & 7 (avoid 67 jokes please). But these are still SOOOO hot I can't function normally

[novicedraws]

Wow late the party as always 😀🫣

Day 1 - yearning and Day 2 - MKII / MKIII

I don’t usually draw a lot of these characters in general but I really wanted to participate in @ani-is-struggling liutana week!!

[ani-is-struggling]

🐉 LIUTANA WEEK DAY 2: KLASSIC 🪭

Oh no! Kitana gives Liu Kang her deadly kiss! Or...

[eldritch-blaest]

I wish you good luck, Liu Kang, on all your journeys

Goodbye, Kitana

Liutana Week, Day One: Yearning

[ani-is-struggling]

🐉 LIUTANA WEEK DAY 1: YEARNING 🪭

FINALLY the event has taken place, I've been DYING to post the stuff I prepared. The start as you can see is a little lazy, but I came to the conclusion that fully rendered art pieces for each day would be too much for me to handle, so I altered them with simpler sketches :) The rest will be more interesting I promise!!

So the inspiration for this was Birds by Imagine Dragons, the song I assosiate with liutana and keep in my liutana playlist. The symbolism is pretty clear here I assume

[ani-is-struggling]

🐉 LIUTANA WEEK 2026 🪭

Looking at how positive reaction to this whole idea was, I decided to give it a try! I thank everyone who participated in the poll, this made it much easier to make a final decision about prompts. Here are some things you need to know: 1) You're welcome to participate even if you aren't an artist (writers and editors, for instance, can also try!!) 2) Most of these prompts can be easily applied to any version of liutana (titans, OG, 3D era, etc.) 3) Of course there's no obligation to post regularly 4) Use this tag: #LiuTanaWeek2026 I scheduled the event this way bc I believe it tales time to prepare and consider what you wanna create ^_^

Don't forget to mention me when you post! :3

[podcastwizard]

LIKES TO CHARGE REBLOGS TO CAST

[the-goddess-of-annoying]

you people aren't CASTING

[the-goddess-of-annoying]

NO

[theslowesthnery]

when someone is completely fucking wrong about your blorbo but you don't want to argue about what basically boils down to opinions about shit that doesn't matter so you just sit there like

"that guy's wrong tho"

[theslowesthnery]

you get it

[shiximi]

2026 Artfights so far!

[owlyjules]

Added some prints to the shop!:D A lot were previously work I did for zines and other projects but now I can add them to the store! Hope you find something you like!;) Link here!

[ladysantos]

its that time of the month 🌕