NightCatRW

https://en.pronouns.page/@NightCatRW

[nightcatrw]

hi

im Night

and i wont shut up until the world knows who Hornet and Tsai are

uhh other socials that are basically empty:

he/him, one/ones/oneself nonbinary cat who loves rain world, inanimate insanity, and a whole host of different fandoms! sometimes i draw

and my youtube which one day i may post something. one day.

https://www.youtube.com/@nightcatrw

. why doesnt that. embed. what. whatever

[cioror]

rivulet for the soul

[wawamono]

[boy-gender]

I think barracudas should be transmasc icons because in high school my best friend tried to kill me with her car bc she didnt like that i was transitioning to a man and then 10 years later on her honeymoon she almost lost her leg in a barracuda attack even though attacks on humans are exceedingly rare

Barracuda transmasc ally

[set-for-deletion]

first non reblog on here but can we please just go back to the mentality of "anyone who tries to convince you that other trans people are the problem holding us back is a fed", trans community infighting is so exhausting

all trans people have unique experiences with oppression, transmisogyny and transadrophobia are both real, and ALL OF YOUUU need to listen more to intersex ppl and their experiences

trans women are affected in a way that is unique to them

trans men are affected in a way that is unique to them

absolutely no trans people have male privilege, ur lack of it came with ur rejection of gender norms, which is an inherent rejection of the patriarchy

"male-socialized" is terf-speak and using it against trans women to invalidate their expressions of femininity is disgusting.

trans men trying to build up their own community culture is not them trying to "be" trans women.

intersex people do and will have contradictory and complex labels because our experiences simply cannot be compared to that of perisex ppl, there will be afab transfems, or amab transmascs, and how they chose to label their experiences of sex and gender is simply not something which should up for perisex people to debate

honestly NO ONE'S gender identity or experiences of sex and gender are something which is up for anyone to debate.

[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)

[midiport]

[viyojo]

"Hello, my name is-"

My piece for @spectrumobligatozine.

[nightcatrw]

also I AM JOINING ARTFIGHT I PROMMY. i uh. i need to make like. 2 more refs? one of which i have to design a character. BUT I WILL DO IT!!! ill post the link once ive got it

[nightcatrw]

i love toxic yuri and yaoi and yaori as much as the next guy but also i need azureshipping to be healthy and happy and loving or else my entire brain structure will disintegrate. no one knows who those are because I Made Them but theyre my everythings