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I love the way you draw the Rubies' boots! Its such a little detail but it is so unique!
Thank you very much! It’s nice seeing your name in my notifs whenever I post Ruby fanart. And I drew this back when I received your ask, but forgot to reply!
do you have a tutorial on your coloring? I'm having a hard time with finding out my color style or shading with filters or such. any tips and tricks that can be provided? thanks for reading :D
I actually don’t have any coloring tutorials available! This is something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time, but the daunting task of compiling screenshots of my process often scares me. But should I find myself getting a piece beyond the sketch and ink stage, I’ll make that tutorial!As for any tips I can suggest for now, here’s some to consider:
Collect your 10-20 best/favorite pieces and see what kind of color/lighting theme comes up. This can give you an idea of what direction you’ve been leading your art in and help you figure out where you wanna go.
Put your art into a pallette generator to get a better idea of what colors you’re using. Some sites can show which colors are more prevalent than others! Sites like Pallette Generator and Toolki are useful for this!
To keep things simple and consistent for me, the filter I use most for my shading layer is Multiply. Opacity is usually between 50-80% depending on how intense I want my art to be, especially if I’m using a dark grayish red or some other deep color. For a softer piece, a lighter shading color will do.
Lighting/Shading and color are important storytelling tools. Films that heavily rely on color for evoking emotion in scenes are worth studying.(I really, really love Kung Fu Panda 2 and what it does with color!)
Study what your favorite artists are doing with the color and shading in their work, and ask yourself if their styles align with what you personally want to show in your art.
Study how light and shadow works in real life. Even if you don’t do any plein air painting/drawing, at least internalize what you see. Have a sense of wonder for how nice early morning sunlight looks.
From what I’ve seen, your art already has a color style! It’s easy to look at your art and see that things could be better or need some kind of definition. Having an improvement mindset is good, but it can just be nice to let your art evolve naturally as you see fit! I hope this has been helpful!
I'm guessing that the Eyeball Ruby from the Ruby Squad AU was tricked by Aquamarine to fuse with her under the notion that they'll be able to "protect" Steven? When in fact, Aquamarine wants to destroy Steven.
If you’re talking about the Ruby Mom Squad AU that I drew art of a long time ago, I wouldn’t say that’s something I would’ve plan for if I had Aquamarine involved (though it would make for some interesting tension). At most, destroying Steven was her plan until eventually Aquamarine grew to adore him.I’m the kind of SU fan who likes to think about gems who go from wanting to destroy Steven out of revenge to tolerating his presence... and then eventually being won over by his charm, looking at him, and going “Son Boy!”
Hiya! If you don’t mind me asking, I was wondering what really drew you into making art of Eyeball Ruby, and what pulled you into being into her character so much, as opposed to the rest of the cast in the show?
Prior to Eyeball’s debut in the show, Crystal Gem Ruby was a character who I was really attached to once ‘Jailbreak’ aired due to sharing a ton of personality traits with her, like being hotheaded, anxious, and protective. And this kind of kinship would extend to Rubies in general, but especially Eyeball.Most art I make of her is the result of analyzing (and overanalyzing) episodes in which she appeared in with my friends, creating private AUs exploring the potential of her character and developing it further, drawing inspiration from her design, and just honestly... a whole lot of self-projection.‘Back to the Moon’ and ‘Bubbled’ showed me a grouchy-ass veteran who was desperate for love and fame who fails to capture Rose Quartz due to her own shortcomings. I tapped into that because of my own insecurties. And I love the playing around with the narrative of an old, exhausted soldier learning to ease up on the false confidence and find some solace in a quiet peaceful life.
Hi there! Are you 4ND from the Steven Universe Amino?
Hi. I’m actually not, so I’m curious as to why you think so.
I've been seeing all the positivity on your blog lately and was prompted to confess something: I got Tumblr a year ago just so I could look at your art. It was totally worth it though ^^'
OH, thank you! I hope you’ve found plenty of cool blogs to follow since then!
This may sound cheesy, but I love coming home from school everyday to see your work 💖 even if you dont post much, even after you dont post anymore ill still enjoy coming back to see it again 💖, it makes me so... Calm, happy, hopeful that things might get better. I like you too, you seem like such a good person to meet, I just hope you know that ❤️
It took me too long to reply back to this, but... it made me feel really happy and even accomplished that my work was a source of positive feelings for you! Knowing that sharing my art publicly can brighten someone’s day helps remind me that it’s worth doing.Thank you so much for the kind words! 💖- - -(While on this note... I know I’m not a very interactive person on social media and that gives no one any reason to start a conversation with me, even if I’m posting art here. I try to expect nothing more than brief comsumption of the things I share. However, I do read every ask I receive, every reply, and every tag I see on reblogs of my art.I’ve seen funny/silly comments, compliments, as well as words that validate the emotional effort I put into my drawings, even if they’re just vent sketches. I do remember certain people who regularly check out my work. It means a lot to someone like me, who can get kinda trapped in their own head sometimes and think what they make is ultimately worthless.So thank you all who follow me for my art and enjoy what I put into it.)
Oops, I loved your art so much I scrolled to the bottom of your Tumblr page!
That’s alright! Thanks for taking the time out of your day to enjoy my work!
