Iris' Ink

Hey, this is my art blog, I will be doing comissions and requests pretty much all the time! If you feel interested in one or the other please let me know! 

[kazu-fart]

you really do make the cutest art out there! am i bothering if i ask for advice on drawing in shapes? im not sure if im like, making sense (not native, suck at english, sorry for that) but i really love your style and the shapes thing really catches my eyes! have a good day, dad! 🌻

ah thank you sm!!!! i made u this thing

im sorry its p simple and its only based on profiles and maybe its not very helpful but im not good with art advices ahh 💦💦

[tenoni-references]

Library books art hack by @danarune on Twitter

[ukulelekatie]

oh hi thanks for checking in I’m still a piece of garbage

[pirate-cashoo]

@AiPandra made a tweet about Vroscaz and I had to make a lil comic out of it

[onimille]

The big texturing tutorial

1. Definition

Texturing is a technique that involves adding local shading and details on surfaces to better represent the material of an object. This technique is of course closely linked to shading in general. This is usually applied after defining a global shading.

From left to right :

Lineart

Global shading

Completed sprite

One of the big differences between global and local shading is homogeneity. The very principle of global shading is to give a sufficiently contrasting effect between the shaded and lit areas to bring out volume and depth. Conversely, a texture must be as homogeneous as possible. It must be able to be applied on large, uniform surfaces, without making it look bad.

2. Applying a texture

A texture being homogeneous in terms of its luminosity/contrast, if it is applied to an object without taking into account the global shading, we will lose any effect of volume and depth.

A texture applied to a sphere without shading. Only the deformation of the texture can give us a clue on the shape of the object, but it is still difficult to discern. Homogeneous contrast When applying a texture to an object, shadows must also be taken into account. It is therefore important to maintain a uniform contrast between colours. A dark line separating a light zone from a dark zone should not keep the same colour between these two zones.

The color of the line will be lighter on the lighter side and darker on the darker side to preserve its contrast with the background. In the same way it is possible to apply a texture or pattern on a shaded object, by proceeding to a simple color shifting in our palette.

Combination of a texture (left) and an object that is not textured but shaded (middle).

3. Local shading

Since shading is used to highlight the bumps, there are generally two possible cases:

A groove

A bump

Each of these cases can be more or less accentuated by playing on the colors, the intensity of shadows and lights.

On the upper line, troughs ranging from the weakest to the strongest bumps. On the second line, these are bumps that stand out. The mastery of these light bumps is very important, it is the basis of the textures, and will make it possible to manage all the simple cases, such as wood or matte plastic. Example of application on a simple object:

4. Reflections

The application of a reflection is done in a simple way, by applying diagonal strips of light of varying thicknesses, and following a few rules.

A trough or bump will create an offset at the reflection level (proportional to the height change). As for the shadows, there is no absolute, depending on the palette or the material represented, it is possible to lighten or not the area at the reflection level. It is also important not to have parallel light bands on faces that are not oriented in the same direction, as on this cube:

Concrete example of the application of a gold texture on our drawers:

Or, added reflections on our previous crate:

5. Dithering and granularity

Dithering consists in creating a new false color from a checkerboard or other regular pattern of two colors close enough to give an illusion of mixing. The closer the colours are, the stronger the illusion will be. The more the colours are contrasted, the stronger the granularity effect will be.

Dithering is basically used to obtain fake intermediate shades on limited palettes, but it is also very useful for making complex and rough textures.

Example of complex dithering separating 3 colors over a wide area.

The nature of the pattern totally changes the roughness aspect. Example of the application of a sandy rock on our drawers:

Or add grain to our crate:

6. The art of destruction

The more complex a texture is, the more it will combine fundamental techniques such as bumpiness, reflections or granularity. However, some materials need to go further, by cutting, slash or breaking the base support.

Cuts It works much like bump, but on a much finer surface. We are subject to the same rules, of which here is a summary image:

From the finest to the most pronounced, on the first line of the cuts, and on the second of the bumps. A concrete example on our crate:

Exercises

Since nothing beats practice to learn, here is a series of examples from the simplest to the most complicated.

For each exercise resolved, post your results.

Mastering tools

Add a strong bump on the text of this image, except the ‘x’ which must be a groove (the center must be dug more strongly than the rest of the ‘x’):

Palette:

Add reflections on the image obtained between the two red lines shown below:

Now cut and break the letter ‘e’ as well as possible.

Add grain to the letter ‘l’.

Finalize a sprite

Texturize/colorize this sprite:

Palette:

Add reflections on the inside of the doors to give the impression that there are windows.

Add damage (cuts etc) on the right side of the wardrobe.

Make a variant of this cabinet by redoing it in gold using the palette of the gold drawers example in the tutorial. Palette:

Do the same with the sandy rock. Palette:

Sample solutions

Here are some solutions by a talented friend :

Gif process

The end.

[anatoref]

Vanishing Point Tutorials by Bruce Consolazio

[liteee]

A character I’ve been spending a while trying to design..

[coffeechicken-deactivated202211]

Here’s a little Vao doodle to celebrate the new Patreon!

[maguro000]

和風っこ～☺

[kawacy]

preview version of May 2016 pants vs skirts tutorial. full version will be available here later.

[kawacy]

preview version of May 2016 pants vs skirts tutorial. full version will be available here later.

[lunarmawsarchived]

this is going to kill my hand jfc why did i decide this was how I wanted to do the hair wh y 

[dizmama-deactivated20250402]

here is a MUCH HAIR tip that will probably make your life %10 easier! pick any brush u want and freely sketch yo hair

ctrl + click the hair layer to select it

increment by 1 or 2 depending how thick you like your lines

make a new layer under your hair layer

fill with desired color

[huiro]

Typhlosion is asleep

[chromalogue]

Hey Windows 10 users...

A couple of updates ago, I turned on my computer and my files were gone. 

I went to the Microsoft site, to their help forum, and found there was already a topic called “ Q:Automated Windows 10 updates deleted all my documents and files.”  Eighty-three other people had had the same problem.

Fortunately, I was able to get mine back.  They’d been moved to a sort of ghost file system, and I just had to move them back to the regular desktop.  The ghost file system is still there, and it’s hard to find things sometimes, but everything still exists. (And now it exists in a couple more places than it did before, just to be safe.)  Not everyone’s been so lucky.

The update that happened a couple of days ago (today being May 24, 2018) sparked a whole bunch of new traffic to the thread.  Now people are getting nonfunctional desktops, or black screens.  The numbers of people who report having the same problem is up to 205.  One of the people who posted in the thread was a tech guy who said that the same thing happened to eight of his customers, and the only thing he can do is pull their hard drives, copy the important files, and reinstall Windows 10.  And the Microsoft people agree that yes, this is the thing that has to be done, even if it costs you money, even if they were the ones who caused it in the first place.

I guess what I’m saying is, if you’re using Windows 10, do not go gentle into that good update.  Postpone it and back things up, preferably externally.  Probably you’ll be all right, 205 out of all the people who use Windows is infinitesimal, but something is going very wrong with some of these updates, and Microsoft doesn’t seem to be taking it seriously, even though people are losing data.  

[galaxybutler-deactivated2018121]

This is happening to me and it’s suffering. Please please please don’t let this shit update until they figure this out

[diversegaminglists]

Signal boost for my fellow Windows 10 peoples.

[deletingpoint]

mine wouldn’t start again and then after trying multiple times in different ways finally restored to the previous working version of windows. i am not touching those updates again, at least not in the near future.

[magnificent-winged-beast]

Signal boosting this, please don’t update till there’s an official release from Microsoft addressing this issue, and explaining it’s been solved.

[cosmos-kitty]

Here’s a new tutorial on stars, specifically the glaring kind that you see in a lot of deep space images! ✧

Support my art on Patreon you’ll get exclusive tutorials like this one along with other rewards such as full-res artworks, process images, and wallpapers!

[mehbewehble-deactivated20200411]

Stuff I worked on last month

I need to do more quicker and get my work ethic in order

[amphiaria-deactivated20250226]

this is the most sophisticated phishing e-mail I have ever received and if they had sized the logo correctly and actually proofread the fucking thing I probably would’ve clicked that button

[amphiaria-deactivated20250226]

actually please reblog this because someone else got it too. do not click on the links in this e-mail if you get one like it, just forward it to [email protected] and delete it