#hihereami

[pocketsizedquasar-3]

sahar, you can absolutely tell me to fuck off and you don't have to answer at all. i just want to send you the biggest hug and this song from a singer from my country. it's folklore, a genre that's pretty soulful and cathartic for me https://youtu.be/p7YpVl35pac?list=RDp7YpVl35pac

thank you. i’m listening to this now and it’s very nice. i really appreciate it.

[hihereami]

My piece for @tapesdidntcatchzine! 

It’s based off @magnetarmadda’s beautiful fic IN THE TUNNELS! 

Go read if you want a paranoia to friends to lovers speedrun 🤾‍♀️🤾‍♀️🤾‍♀️

(+ details because LOOK AT THEIR SOFT GAZESSS)

[dingdongyouarewrong]

genuine question from a place of utter love and respect: do you think you'll ever make a video about the voltron fandom because i'm truly scared of any youtuber hitting that wasp nest

nah

[kayleerowena]

Hello! Been following your work for awhile! It's sooo good and I'm so happy the kickstarter went well!! May I ask a cheeky question? How do you choose your colors? What are those tints you give your art sometimes? Do you have any advice on coloring?

hi, thank you so much!! choosing colors is always one of the hardest (but most challenging) bits for me; i loooove seeing a good palette come together, but sometimes it takes some work for it to get there.

i'm putting this under a read-more since it's sort of long! i'm by no means an expert, but i hope this helps!

some things i do are:

find art or photos whos palettes you like! think about why those palettes appeal to you — is it the balance of light and dark, warm and cool, etc? when i'm drawing a haunted house, i usually have an extra photoshop document open next to the drawing where i can have the photos of the house and any inspiration pictures i find.

here's an example of what that might look like! (credits for the art here: orange sky, cornfield, church at the bottom. you can also see that i went in with a curves layer over some of the reference pictures here to give them more of the vibe i wanted for this specific piece!) this was my references sheet for this house!

i also find it really helpful to abstract any color references i have — it makes it way easier to see the relationships between the colors without getting bogged down in the details of what the picture is actually of. to do this in photoshop, i go to filter > pixelate > crystallize, and make sure to set the crystals pretty large. i end up with something like this!

generally, i like to pick one or two colors to build a piece around and go from there. the above piece was orange, my most recent one was a pinkish-purple and the blue of the house, etc.

also, don't feel like you have to get colors right on the first try. i usually lay down some basic colors just to get the relationships right, and then either fine tune them by going in with the replace color function (image > adjustments > replace color) or adding a curves adjustment layer on top. that can really make a difference in making something feel more cohesive!

this is my most recent house before and after i added adjustment layers (shadows, curves, etc). i almost always have at least one curves layer on top of any given piece, if not several. i find those really helpful to edit palettes without having to change each color individually!

also, the tints you mean are probably "photo filter" adjustment layers! i like playing around with those to bring the colors together and give them all the same vibe at the end of a piece. i usually keep the opacity on those pretty low (on this one, the violet photo filter layer is at 20%), but i like them a lot as a finishing touch.

generally, i think my main advice is to study the colors of art you like! (and art you don't like, too! if you look at a piece and immediately hate the colors, try to figure out what about them doesn't work for you).

when i started trying to improve at color palettes a couple years ago, i brought about 50 drawings from other artists whose colors i liked into one massive photoshop document, did the crystallize technique i mentioned above, and made a bunch of color swatches from it.

i don't usually use those swatches anymore, but i do think that can be a really good jumping off point for figuring out what kind of colors you enjoy working with! you can definitely see the influence of this palette in a lot of my work from a couple years ago.

please note that this is just what works for me and what i've found helpful; your mileage may vary, and i know a lot of people have different methods for coloring, so this isn't one size fits all advice by any means. but hopefully it's at least a little bit helpful!

i hope you have a nice day!! <3

[lylahammar]

ROBIN'S LANDINGGGGGG THEY HAVE WINGS THEY TRANSFORM!!!! AS AN ARTIST/ANIMATION STUDENT I CAN SEE THE CRAFT! THE TALENT! OH WHAT A PANEL

THANK YOUUU I've had this scene in my head for so long, and the best way I could think to show the wing transformation was as a sort of animation sequence! I'm glad that it's giving everyone the effect I was going for 😁

As a little bonus, here's that page with just the lineart (because I like the lines a lot and I think they get lost a little in the final)! ✨

[judesstfrancis]

Gabby have u watched the new queer jock show (a league of their own) because i feel it might appeal to your interest

I haven't yet but I'm hoping to start it as soon as I have a day off!! I loved the original movie and hearing about how much queerness is explicitly shown in the show is making me so excited to watch it

[dudeiwannasleep]

I love how at least the last one of the tiddy meme is post mag200..... yessss

they’re okay :DD they’re somewhere else, married, in therapy, and thriving :DDD

[timeloopfemme]

JIM IS LIVING THE DREAM

LITERALLY THEY ARE IM GOING TO SCREAM AND SHOUT AND BITE SOMETHING