Doodling Fun

Ship art will be tagged accordingly, Twitter @lapisorchidart

[sugarmint-dreams]

Finally turned some of my favorite real brush and stamp textures into a custom brush pack!

This set includes 16 texture brushes (.abr) that work in Photoshop, Procreate, and Clip Studio Paint (v1.10.5+). They’re beginner-friendly and great for adding subtle grain, texture, and depth to digital artwork.

What’s included: ✦ 16 custom texture brushes ✦ 3 process video tutorials / time-lapse demos  ☁️ Cloud  ⭐ Shooting Star  🍳 Fried Egg ✦ 3 beginner-friendly step-by-step tutorials to follow along

The tutorials show how I use the brushes in actual illustrations so you can easily recreate the effects or adapt them to your own style!

✔️ Can be used in personal and commercial artwork ❗ Redistribution or reselling of the brushes themselves is not allowed.

If you have any issues downloading or installing the brushes, feel free to contact me with your receipt at [email protected].

You can find the brush pack in my shop! 🌙✨

[doodlemancy]

hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage. (for future editing convenience i am just linking my blog post on dreamwidth.)

✨ good places to find art reference that are not full of AI trash 🌈

[super-autism-death-ray]

reblogging for personal use

[theunsureartist]

ART REFERENCE NOT FULL OF AI?! YESSS

[drawingden]

How to Paint Light by jonhuangart

[lapis-orchid]

Felt like drawing her 💖 in one of her beach shoots.

I used alcohol inks brush for MJ’s dress and then warped it to make it move more and then tried out a new chains brush and shading technique. All and all, I’m happy with how this turned out!

[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 :)

[almakrowan]

So I posted a silly doodle yesterday on twitter and now people think it was a tutorial. So I got upset and made an actual tutorial so noone says I halfassed the yesterday's one 😡😡😡

Here you go: ~How I draw braids~ 🩷🙏

[lapis-orchid]

Couldn’t sleep so have a MJ Watson modeling a Spider-Man line.

[lapis-orchid]

Finally finished drawing the scene in Closer Still chp 8. First version is with Miguel’s lab lighting and second is without.

Excerpt from chapter:

Wearing Jess’ yellow glasses, Peter wall crawled up the ceilings as quietly as possible.

‘Look at Miguel through my glasses.’

He knew they were tech glasses so he went ahead, clicked on the sides to zoom in like she had shown him until he could see Miguel properly. His eyes widened. It was a known fact that every universe had a different look to them, a different style, so to speak. Nueva York was not an exception and Miguel. He’d noticed the curved lines slightly coming off Miguel’s shoulders before but looking at his face with Jess’ glasses - Miguel’s face had curved lines mapping out his features.

[lapis-orchid]

If anyone was curious about *some* of the layers that went into Gabi’s quinceañera dress (CS chp 10 spoiler).

Base purple, then about four layers of magentas/blues/purples, then a layer for the tulle (only used one color) but i changed the opacity of that layer so the colors underneath could be seen, and then the sparkles.

[lapis-orchid]

Inspired by Efecto by Bad Bunny, Miguel and MJ dancing (set in Come a Little Closer au).

Translated lyrics from YouTube:

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence that i feel like this. Always when you are near me.

Tell me what you did to me. What drug did you give me. Bc since that night I’m not the same.

You look at me and i begin to sweat. I feel that i can fly. Baby the high it’s already taking effect.

[lapis-orchid]

Working on something for the next chapter of Come a Little Closer (Miguel/MJ).

[lapis-orchid]

Thought I’d draw MJ and Mayday, mother and baby. 😊

[lapis-orchid]

Ok, this is a scene in the first act of @enigmacatinspace ‘s fic, Of Spiders and Music (a Phantom of the Opera au, Miguel/Peter/MJ fic).

Excerpt that inspired the art (MJ and Miguel talking):

Her smile turned mischievous as she plucked the single rose from her vanity, untied the navy blue ribbon, and used it to tie the end of her braid.

The voice behind the mirror gave a ‘humph’. “Mujer descarada”

“You’re the one who sent it to me. I’m only enjoying my gift.”

[lapis-orchid]

A reference to chapter seven in Come A Little Closer (when Peter says Miguel already tried breaking up with him and it didn’t work) annnd also spoiler for Closer Still. 😬

Y’all can thank Halsey’s ‘Sorry’ song for the angst:

Sorry that I can’t believe that anybody ever really

Starts to fall in love with me.

[…]

Someone will love you

But someone isn’t me.

[lapis-orchid]

From chapter two of Closer Still:

“What is it that you like about me?”

“What are you-?”

“That’s what I was trying to ask you in the raspado shop. If I’m not your usual type.”

[…]

“Because you’re Peter Parker,” Miguel murmured. Peter turned his head to him. “I admire him.” Peter sat up wide eyed. Miguel didn’t look away as he emphatically emphasized, “I admire the fuck out of you.”

Peter kissed him.

[lapis-orchid]

WIP Wednesday: Drawing the boys this time. The amount of colors in Peter’s hair is insane. (Hint: the bench kiss from Closer Still.)

[lapis-orchid]

Inspired by the shower scene in chapter five, Come a Little Closer. 🫣