#katekaion

[ladylaguna]

katekaion replied to your post “So excited about ART that I can’t get back to sleep. This is how I...”

Bb wat u doin

I went back to sleep and dreamt Disney wanted to take me into an internship. But they wanted me to pay all my expenses and I yelled at the lady through the phone. Oops.

WHERE ARE YOU I'm lonely *paws at*

[badassbarmaid]

((Here's what the bottles will look like for my wedding! This is only a couple of them; still have to buy the other bottles :D))

[tpwrarchive]

Home II Locke & Faris

It was the dead of night when he arrived on Dragon’s Landing. The wind blew up from the sea in gusts, cooling his overheated skin as he picked his way through thick brush toward the tree house that loomed on the edge of the bluff. Never in his life had he seen this place, but in his heart of hearts he knew—

Faris is here.

In fact, Locke had no idea how he managed to get to Tycoon at all. Fugue states were like that. During his time as a Returner, he’d crossed continents and barely remembered, though this was the first time he’d traversed to another world. Ultimately, he felt little concern over his lack of awareness. Or anything, for that matter.

In the days since Rachel left him, Locke spent little time dwelling on the negatives. He took inventory, cataloguing and sorting all of his treasures from the cave, and made plans for what to do with Rachel’s abandoned home. His home, as far as the deed was concerned.

Come home, Locke. Come home.

Faris’s letter sat in his hands for a long while that evening. He pored over the words, his addled mind trying to decipher Faris’s meaning. Where was home? He went to sleep with the letter in hand, and woke up on the bluff.

The oaken stairs echoed loudly as Locke traipsed upward, boots heavy on exhausted feet. The wind chimes complained as he passed them, touching various ropes and wires to pull himself upward. More bells and knocks and other trinkets called to him. A dog’s bark could be heard.

Smiling from ear to ear, he pounded on the door.

“I’m home, Faris. I’m home.”

[themdelakrem]

  katekaion commissioned me to do a haughty Faris, and I was happified to do it bc Faris is purdy. bc Faris will kick your ass. Faris will kick my ass. Faris will kick their own ass. asses will be kicked.   I had two designs to pick from which to base the thing on, but I noticed that their flooffy blonde hair was less used, hence I went with that. I hope sempai is at least 5% happy about this bc I had a blast drawing this. ;u;

[tpwrarchive]

We're a thousand miles from comfort, we have traveled land and sea But as long as you are with me, there's no place I'd rather be I would wait forever, exalted in the scene As long as I am with you, my heart continues to beat ... If you gave me a chance I would take it It's a shot in the dark but I'll make it Know with all of your heart, you can't shake me When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be N-n-n-no, no, no, no place I'd rather be We staked out on a mission to find our inner peace Make it everlasting so nothing's incomplete It's easy being with you, sacred simplicity As long as we're together, there's no place I'd rather be

[kashuan]

I suppose specifically what your painting process is like? Like if you have a method for laying down colour or picking a palette, and what you do to practise figures - do you take classes or use online resources? (thank you for getting back to me <3)

My painting process is still suuuuper crude, I don’t feel like the person to give advice about it hahaha. The most I do for picking a palette, if it’s a person, is to get reference of the lighting and skin tone I want to shoot for, then eyedropper a few colors at random to get a sense of varying values. Essentially a version of what this tutorial suggests (there used to be one with photos of people but I can’t for the life of me find again). Of course, having backed up knowledge beyond a ready-to-go palette is important, so you know why you’re laying the colors where you are (such as the explanation here) and ideas like cool shadows/warm light or vice versa (such as here)…I don’t know what level you’re at, but I might suggest working with black and white first before you confuse yourself too much with color if you want to take your coloring beyond flats or cell-shading. Doing a lot of portraits and figures in charcoal/digital monochrome helped me understand balancing value, where shadows generally fall in a lot of scenarios, etc. Once you’ve got all that worked out mentally, it’s eas(ier) to translate those values into color.Also I am all about the one layer painting! I know some people like to split things up into like 20 layers but personally I think 1 is great not only because it’s less confusing but it kinda forces you to be bold with your choices and and to deal with your mistakes (well, to the point your Undo button won’t go any further :`)). A good recreation of what it would be like if you were using traditional paints. Practicing figures: both! I take at least one figure drawing class a semester, and on the side I do a lot of studies from this site (usually give myself 3 minutes max per figure). I think they both have their merits. Online is nice because you can pick your own pace, pick and choose models, etc. Class= teacher help, and ours are 7~ hour sessions, so you Have to dedicate yourself for that long… tbh, the best stuff comes in the last couple hours usually, but that’s far longer than most people wanna do studies on their own. So it’s good to be in an official setting like that to get your work ethic into gear (if classes aren’t an option for you, you can check this site out to find public workshops near you :) really good resource)I will mention one of if not The most helpful classes I took though was Anatomy. I supppper recommend doing anatomy studies, drawing the muscles, drawing the bones, doing overlays of one on top of the other…once you understand what certain bumps on the body actually translate to underneath the skin, where muscles actually connect and insert with one another, etc, life becomes SOOO much easier in my opinion. Seriously, you can improve leaps and bounds in a matter of months this way IMO. I think even if you did tons of figure practice to get to the point you were Pretty Good, the artists that don’t know their anatomy still stand out pretty obviously (cough a large chunk of comic book artists cough)Here are two of my absolute favorite books for!! I hope any of that was helpful! :) If there’s anything else you want to know, just ask.

[katekaion-blog]

"Was it not you who was las’ night touting that we’d best not jump t’ other things?”

[tpwrarchive]

"There's a lotta ways a man can use his lips, y'know. Tongue.. Hmmm... am I forgettin' anything?"

[katekaion-blog]

But swimming is effort. 

"Barrrrrtttz~~" With a huff they scrunched up their face, acting more like a stroppy child than a fierce pirate ‘king’. "Fine - I just bored and angry and want t’ ruin someone’s face."

[bokokokoro]

"Well we could go fight some monsters if you really want to brawl." He set his bread down and leaned over so he could peer behind their folded arms, "What are you angry about?"