Okay so i got a few notes on how i go about Environments/Landscapesβ¦so iβll share a method thats easy to work withβ¦.bare with me its been a little while since ive drawn them Lol
First thing you want to start of with in your gradient backgroundβ¦use what ever is your preference. Depends on the setting, ima do some type of desert/dusty place.
Youβll learn that the Lasso tool is gonna be your bae when it comes to environmentsβ¦that and its pretty useful. Now your going to be working in three tones, 1.Dark 2.Mid 3.Light and it will always be the darkest at the front fading to light towards the backβ¦make sense? So you will have three layers for each one to make your life easier and Lock those layers so you will only color within that area. Make sure the dark layer is on top.Β
Here is where the fun kicks inβ¦we add our dets, try to stay with each tone and dont end up making it all muddy so you cant distinguish each one. Now you can go about this any way you please, you can paint it all in with one brush ( for some reason people get anal about shit like that, thinking there great for using one brushβ¦i think if you got tools use em if you know how to do it right.) Or you can use custom brushesβ¦since this is a tut ill mostly use custom brushes to slap stuff around. Its up to you really, also use the lasso tool like i said its your bae.
The lasso can help define things better for you, so i wanted to add a structure type on the third layer. If you want to give an effect that the selection ive made is in front of the background right click your selection and invert it, add some lighting around the edgesβ¦only a little though you dont want to over do it.
Also if youβve done something on a layer you dont want to mess up or paint on what you can do is create a clipping mask on that layer. Its kinda like locking the layer to that one so you dont go outside of the layer or ruin what you worked on. Make a new layer above the one you wish to attach it to and right click the newlayer, a menu will pop up, your looking for clipping mask. Once you clicked it the layer should look like what ive circled.Β
Once your done working on each layer we are gonna put in some mist effect, this is something that helps separate each section. So make a new layer between each of your three as shown in the image. Like i said you can use what ever method you like, i just use a soft brush or cloud/mist brush to get what i want.Β
Now we are going to add some definition to the image a good one to use is Curves. You can find this where your layer menu is, at the bottom youβll find it, ive circled what your looking for. On the third image is what will appear when you click curves, all you need to do is drag the little square and youβll see some magic happen. So adjust it to your preference. If you want you can also mess with brightness/contrast too. ALSO i would recommend adding a person in the image, it gives you an idea of the scale your environment is.
I was going to end it there but hey, ill show one last thingβ¦its pretty simple. and that is some water reflection, we are going to turn the middle into water instead cause its a little boring right now. I merged all layers but the first one, you then want to make a selection and copy/paste. Free transform in the shortcut is ctrl T and do a vertical flip on it then adjust so its mirroring the top.Β
Now make a clipping mask like i explained earlier on the reflected surface and use the radiant toolβ¦i think its called that lol it gives it more of a water surface like you see. For the image below it i used a custom brush which creates a water effect, aaaaaaaaaand bam you got you water now covering the areaβ¦easy huh.Β
And so this concludes the Tutorial and you have the end result. Hopefully that gave some tips on how to approach landscapesβ¦they can be confusing sometimes on where to start. Enjoy and let me know if it was useful or not :P
Since someone requested it, here is the stained glass window piece by itself! It's very much inspired by christian theology and symbolism with the fruit of knowledge and serpent staff ect.
I'm actually really happy with how this came out along with designing it! I will probably be adding stained glass style characters as an option to my commissions in the future :]
I AM CONVINCED THAT SHADOW MILK COOKIE AND PURE VANILLA COOKIE ARE THE SAME PERSON
And I don't just mean metaphorically or in the way that their stories pan out, I mean literally. There is too much weird stuff between them, for me not to draw the connections.
The fact that barely anybody has extended upon this idea is insane because it's so interesting.
When I said it before i'm convinced, it's like, 65% bc i could see them meaning it metaphorically. Even if it doesn't turn out to be canon, I still think it's really interesting.
I feel the need to Yap about it more but i don't want to impose
To begin I must explain why I imagine pv to even have obssessive behaviours
In canon we know pv has an unholy amount of lily flowers. He's practically addicted to their scent and by extent white lily. "He could just find it comforting, they remind him of his beloved friend" NAH THAT SHIT AINT NORMAL!
it's WEIRD and he's clearly not normal about her even dialogue wise. He doesn't. Shut. Up. About her. When smilk says "you will become me" he probably meant be just like him, evil. But smilk displays possessive and obssessive behaviours too.
Eg
The use of "my" he consistently uses. The nicknames and shit. Not normal (and he's doing the same pose lmao) (there's other I don't have screenshots, I screenshot crk too much to the point I have a place to store em)
now while I imagine that wl maybe feels the same for pv (actual love not obsession like him) I feel like they're doomed lovers, aren't meant to be their paths stray too differently. He. Can't. Have. Her. He wants her so badly.
It's fate! They just can't be so he dreams about having her even in it's in a fucked up way, I mean lillies are toxic. So here's a tad bit of a theory I have. He dreams about her and him being together. Y'know how the wl pv costume set has a story about pv essentially being drugged. What if. Hear me out, he was dreaming about her wanting him so badly she was willing to force him to love her.
Wl doesn't scream the type to do that. She cares about pv, she's so gentle and she doesn't keep millions of vanilla orchids. Like maybe the love potion relic was from her when they were kids. Who knows.. I don't lol but even then that's when they were children. They were a bit stupid lmao.
Yes pv cares about wl but he also..wants her.
It's an addiction. And canon backs me up π (kinda. I sound insane)
About obsession for smilk: he's his other half of his souljam. His SOUL. It's not whole..
He wants to be whole again. Constantly craving this feeling of wanting to be whole again is odd to him as if shadow milk's words weaseled into his mind. It's not that he wants his soul. It's his other half. Feeling comforted by the smell of milk or the sweet scent of blueberries.
He finds this odd, he doesn't know why he wants it. He just does. Constantly thinking about shadow milk, in his dreams. Thinking back to everything he said or did. The words "my cookie" and "my puppet" plagued his mind. He knows he's being toyed with, he knows shadow milk curated pure vanilla's false life. He knows shadow milk watches his every step and move, maybe even his deepest darkest thoughts and regrets. He knows shadow milk must know he thinks about him.
But he loves it.
He doesn't know why, he knows he should but he obsesses over this fact. It's a powerful urge he can't fight. He knows one day he'll come crawling back to his other half, the former fount of knowledge. He'll get exactly what he wants but pure vanilla will too.
He can't fight the obssessive thoughts. He knows he'll be strung up like the poor little recluse he is, facing the harsh truth of what fake love and admiration is.
Creds to anon here for some ideas~ (I should make a fic...idk..art? Tell me what you'd want ^^)
He's extremely protective of the things that remind him of smilk or wl (applies to either, not both at the same time)
Example he'll yell at you if you break a lily or damage one, probably even if you dared touched it. He'd apologise right after, feeling horrible for his outburst. Not really knowing why or what's gotten into him.
Same would apply to trinkets or memorabilia that reminds him of shadow milk. Blueberry plants, books, tomes etc. but he wouldn't know how to explain his out burst on that one. Or even why he has the items.
He'd probably lie to you. Deceiving you as the true reason is something he wants to keep secret. As if he knows why he feels this way.
If he's caught in the lie he wouldn't apologise instead double down insisting he's not. Why would you know him differently? He knows it's wrong but something is telling him it's not.
If this power isn't his, would using it being him to him?
thinking any time he bares witness to the depths abyssal of his soul he'll hear his voice again. This yearning slowly kills him mentally but he doesn't care for it.
He seems..normal and okay but some times the cracks show.
You can't help him though, he's already too far gone. His mind and heart corroded into longing for something that doesn't want him the way he wants it. Or something that only wants to drag him down with it
Even if you figured out what's going with him he doesn't want your help he's "fine" he swears up and down.
He's not himself at all. It's sad to see but what can you do, you can't help someone who doesn't want it. You can't force it. You're helpless just as much as he is.
hes chosen this life and he'll seek it through. He can't move on he doesn't know why. pure obsession is all he has now.
He'll accidentally blurt out their words or names. Stammering when questioned.
Mistaking someone who looks like them, sounds like them. Acts like them. His mind playing tricks on him. it hurts him everytime but he struggles though it. he "won't falter" afterall.
And as stated he's not safe in his dreams but it's more, remembering those false memories planted into his brain by shadow milk. Weirdly wanting them back. Being disappointed that when he dreams about being a young Shepard caring for his dear cream sheep one doesn't have odd eyes. Thinking about cookies pleading with him for happiness and to be well. One doesn't yell at him that his powers aren't is.
Even memories of the spire. The silver kingdom. He wants it back.
That statue of shadow milk before he became the beast he is now. He even thinks back to that.
Why. Why does he want that cookie so badly he'll never know.
This has been a genuinely insane ramble by jester π (I'm not normal about pv as you can tell I need him to match smilk's freak and somehow be worse, I want my peepaw fucked up)
But also like the idea of him obsessively pining and craving for something to the point he's no longer himself (or at least who he used to be) is funny
Its probably exactly what he wants.
Like damn peepaw you really became a tad fucked up because you couldn't stop thinking about shadow milk or white lily you're so normal π
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