dont have a whole lot left from these years, lost my old hard drive
2020
2021 (started drawing A LOT because i was made redundant (because covid)) (i also did hundreds of commissions on fiverr which gave me a ton of practise and experience)
2022 (was streaming a lot and having fun)
2023 (got into "some" fandoms) (some we dont talk about)
2024 (starting to work on more games)
2025 (didnt draw much. was burned out working on NDA projects)
Thank you kind asker I will make a tutorial below for grass. I'll do shrubs and trees in another one, because it's a different method and it got pretty long.
🌿 How to draw grass tiles: step-by-step
Each box is 16x16, the same size Stardew Valley uses. Make it tile (how to do it depends on your software) so we can see if our edges match up nicely.
Draw 1 simple blade of grass. Many options for shape but I like this one. Feel free to copy me directly
2. Give it a shadow. Wow !!!
3. Give it a highlight! OMG!
4. Add another grass
5. Do it over and over and over and over and over
Literally just do the same or similar blades of grass, give them all little shadows, highlight a few if you want and there you have it! So easy.
It looks really complicated like this, but its literally just a few steps, repeated over and over.
Many games use this technique and it would be perfectly serviceable for a base grass tile.
Personally, I prefer lower contrast grass. This tile will likely be used for large areas, so ideally you don't want it to be too busy or eye-burning to distract from the character.
🌿 I'll show you how to do a different type of grass now that is a little more complicated.
Midtone grass colour
2. Add some lighter and darker patches touching each other (not too high contrast!)
3. Use this shape (or your preferred, but this is how I did it) on the top edge of your patches. Colour them with the middle colour from each patch.
4. Do it again a lot (this is very tedious)
5. Add some highlights
6. Add some fun extra stuff
We're done! Have fun everyone, show me if you try it!
Finally ordered some pretty cute contrasting outfits loosely inspired by pastel goth, punk and j-fashion I really like.
It's quite nice to experiment with style and figure out something that resonates with you. Trial, error and experimentation sometimes requires being a bit bold.
Life is too short to just exist, gotta live a bit too!
Finally ordered some pretty cute contrasting outfits loosely inspired by pastel goth, punk and j-fashion I really like.
It's quite nice to experiment with style and figure out something that resonates with you. Trial, error and experimentation sometimes requires being a bit bold.
Life is too short to just exist, gotta live a bit too!
