#art helpies

[todoyamas]

Hello 👋 I have a question:

See this shuake fanart you made? How did you render the middle chess piece in the way you did? I'm curious to know as I'd would love to use this rendering technique in my drawings

oh hi!!!

looking up references is pretty important, specially for reflective surfaces like these, so i chose some reference pictures and tried to break it down in simple parts aka main light source, secondary light source, and the bounce light

every segment of the chess piece is basically a repetition of the same light pattern, but i did end up making some stuff up as i drew it tbh because unfortunately there is no chess piece shaped in that exact way in the world

this is kind of my thought process when looking at references, color coded because we're not animals:

also the textured brush gave it an extra flavor i think

i hope this helps!!!

[todoyamas]

someone asked me how i color manga panels so here it is!!! graphic design is my passion

[todoyamas]

process gif of the giyuu panel i colored!

[todoyamas]

process gif of the jeanne panel i colored!

[todoyamas]

hey rina... you're amazing. i was wondering if you had any tips on drawing bakugou's hair? because i kinda unlearned how to do it? and you draw it so soft and nice aaaa, thank you either way,, sending smooches

thank you so much anon!!!!! ok so here it is:

since hair is usually soft, even when spiky, i try to make my lines curved and quick! don’t care about the shape, just do what feels right and it’ll turn out ok!!! it doesn’t have to be perfect, it’s hair after all ;v;

it’s good to avoid doing those stiff ugly manga spikes tho´´´

[todoyamas]

hi, sorry if i'm bothering or if someone already asked it, but how do you make the shading part? like, i can draw but shading is such a problem :(

don’t worry, it’s ok!!

i don’t know how to explain properly so i made a gif with my process!! i tend to switch between cell shading and soft shading so i made both:

cell shading:

soft shading: 

please note that i like making my soft shading really rough, and i’m no expert at shading in general, so don’t use this as your sole reference!

if you’re having trouble with shading, i recommend you to start with cell shading (the first one)! it’s better to get used to basic shading stuff! also, it’s better to use multiple layers in the beginning

for cell shading i use the regular pen tool on SAI, and for blending/soft shading i use this custom brush. DON’T USE THE BLUR TOOL FOR BLENDING, it will making your drawing look dull´´´