#1derpu2

[eggs-can-draw]

HELP ESRGSJHEGRHG

Never heard that man in my life. Cough. Augh. Hm. It seems I have cognitive tuberculosis

[othervio]

I hope you don't mind enlightening us on shading and lighting 👀 I love how you shade (especially with all the fancy double light sources you do--)

Absolutely!

When it comes to shading and lighting- I could blab all day about colors and color theory, but in the end, a lot of it comes down to understanding 3D forms.

If you’re struggling with shading something and can’t tell if it’s turning out right, I would suggest turning it to greyscale to see if it’s working or not. Even practicing shading in greyscale can be immensely helpful.

I’d practice shading different light sources on the same face to get a feel for how a face works in 3D. (The far left drawing has lighting directly in front of the face, the middle one has light coming from below, and the far right one has light coming from the side.)

I tried to do a mesh drawing on top to show you how you want to think of things as 3D, not 2D, but I’m not sure if it worked well haha.

Anyway. Moving on. I don’t have a strict method of coloring things, but this is generally how I go about it. I start with flat colors, and then choose where I want my light source to be by adding in shadows. (Shadows naturally tend to be cooler in color, and highlights tend to be warmer, but it’s fun to experiment with different lighting conditions!)

On top of that, I add highlights, and then add a little more depth to the shadows by adding a few darker spots where I think it needs it. 

Then I tell myself “Stop adding double light sources to literally every drawing you do” and then I promptly ignore myself and add a double light source :D (+ here’s what it looks like when I convert it to greyscale to check it)

Adding a second light source can really make a drawing pop. I typically add it on the opposite side of my main light source.

This specific secondary light is referred to as a “rim light” because it’s just barely touching the outline of the figure. It’s totally possible to have two light sources that are the same strength though!

Like in this Red drawing I did, I focused on only adding highlights from the two light sources as opposed to shading. I only added some shadows afterward in places that needed it.

I hope that helps! Lmk if you have other questions!

[otherviosmainblog]

Eggplant!

!!! That’s actually the color I picked for myself too! :D

[pansexualkiba]

hi hello i was looking at the reblogs on The Klance Poll™ out of curiosity and saw your tags on it, Lance's last name is actually McClain!! but yea Klance . Klance was just . oh boy </3

from what i can tell the only source for this is the comics for Defender of the Universe, which in itself is a 2003 reimagining of the 1984 series. Like I get the concept of a legacy character, but in the 1984 run no one had surnames. Which carried over for some characters but not others. So it's kindaaaaaaaaaa

[vanikey]

your profile picture is impeccable 10392/10

THANK YOU 💕✨️✨️✨️

made by the incredible @476b

[numberonegorohole]

your username is absolutely impeccable AKDJAHSAHDJ

Thank you. I spent three minutes thinking about it before clicking confirm when making my account. Probably my best work, next to my ao3 handle AKECHISLUT

[vanaqua]

I just noticed that the queue tag is "Queue FREAK!" and I just. love that So Much that is Beautiful

LOL that's Miescha's auto queue tag so anything she queues ends up with that tag. It's so good though I love it

[miescha]

lavender <33333333333333333333

You know what Derpu you get me <333