The Art of PaulDNg

Hello there! I upload mostly my drawings, sketches, illustrations and Graphic design stuff.

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Set 1 of 2. SGDLR fanart. of Cheng XiaoShi 程小时 The Butterfly Effect/ Chaos Theory" theme because it fits the show concept perfectly. Color schemes are day time colors for CXS and night time colors for LG. Lu Guang's will be up tomorrow.

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My Fate/strange Fake Richard fanart

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My fanart of Mydei from HSR.

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Web novel cover commission for the very talented Doubleblind. Read Dynamis here:

Fiends ravage Nesharis. Their attraction to certain types of electromagnetic waves renders long-range communication nearly useless, and mer

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"It's the small, seemingly meaningless memories that we cherish the most."

Experimental artwork. practicing techniques for webtooning.

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Another experimental Illustration style. this time featuring Frieren and Himmel.

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My fanart of Till from Alien Stage.

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My WIP Alien Stage fanart. Luka, Till, Ivan

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LI DAIKUN - STUDY SKETCH

Pencil sketch with simple shading that I did as a study a couple of years ago. I am super busy and overwhelmed lately, so "older work that I haven't posted here" it is. I hope you like it nevertheless! 🤎

REFERENCE:

🟫 Photographer: [何允乐Yellow formerly known as 何允乐MOCHA] on weibo

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"Being afraid isn't a bad thing. It's my fear that brought me this far."

Experimental Illustration part 2. with a fanart of Stark from Frieren Beyond Journey's End.

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ART TUTORIAL: EASY "MARBLE" PATTERN FOR DIGITAL OR TRADITIONAL MEDIA

I made a little tutorial for how I made the marble-like pattern on the sleeves in my Mu Yu (ChongZi) chibis.

MEDIA: Both digital and traditional.

LEVEL: Basic

For traditional, read the first paragraph under each section (it's written for digital, but doesn't use any digital-only tools or processes), and then the additional notes for your medium. You can use this method for graphite (additional, graphite-only notes marked with "✏") as well as for wet media ("🎨") - I have experience with watercolor and acrylic, so I'm approaching this from that mindset for the latter. I made this digitally (Gimp + Wacom tablet), using the hard round brush set to vary size and opacity with pen pressure, with a base opacity of around 85%

1 - Paint and shade your thing.

🎨 - Wait for the paint to dry completely before moving on to the next step. For watercolor, that's at least 24hrs, even if it will seem dry before - you want the paint to set completely to avoid it being picked back up with water.

2 - Pattern.

On a new layer in normal mode, draw trembly, squiggly lines (make sure to check that line stabilization is turned off). Make some parts thicker, and you can add some "splotches" for interest.

✏ - Use a dark, soft lead (B-grade) pencil and mark lightly, in layers, so you don't carve grooves into the paper, and to make the next step easier (because H-line pencils won't smudge as easily).

🎨 - Wet on dry technique. Try completing steps 2-4 by sections instead of each step all in one go, so your paint doesn't dry out.

3 - Smudge.

Increase the brush size a little and turn on jitter. Tap or nudge lightly along the lines to smudge them; drag lightly in some places to fade them. You can opt to smudge only one side of a splotch to create a fade effect. I still used the hard round brush for this.

✏ - Using the side of the pencil, or drawing very, very lightly if you're using a mechanical pencil, draw some fade along the lines as described above. Then, smudge using a tortillion, Q-Tip, tissue, or finger.

🎨 - Paintbrush with just water. You can experiment letting the lines dry out more or less in different places to add variety.

4 - Eraser.

Set your eraser tool at <50% base opacity. Go over the lightest parts of your subject (the ones hit hardest by the light) and lightly erase a little of the lines to make them lighter, if necessary.

✏ - Kneadable eraser or normal eraser using a patting motion.

🎨 - Pick the paint up with water on your brush, or with a tissue (only if watercolor), depending on how much water you have on your painting surface. If using acrylics and the paint has already dried enough that you can't pick it back up, apply a wash (very diluted paint) of the lighter color on top.

That's it.🙂It's really basic, but if it helps anyone or can help give them ideas, here it is.

INDEX OF ART ADVICE ARTICLES AND TUTORIALS:

https://barananduen.tumblr.com/art-advice

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Experimental Illustration style with a fanart of Stark from Frieren Beyond Journey's End.

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My fanart of Flins from Genshin Impact

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My fanart of The Knight of Boreas, Varka. ✨ I hope you all like my take on him!

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The Hero of the Penal Unit. ⚔️

I’m still not over the concept of "Hero’s Punishment" in Sentenced to be a Hero. There’s something so compelling about Xylo’s relentless energy and the weight of his sentence. I really wanted this piece to capture that grit!

DM for Commission info! Reblogs are appreciated

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There is something so tragically beautiful about Durin’s lore. A child of Gold who only wanted to be friends with the people of Mondstadt. My fanart of Durin! I’ve been meaning to draw him for so long. Hope you like it!

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My fanart of Mihawk from Onepiece. a bit messy but had so much fun