#kuni rambles

[jajankenen]

so i got this clear file bc i absolutely love the illustration on here i just cant imagine what im supposed to use this for. taxes?? sweaty tiger and bunny illustration holding my dear banking information..?? my homework? what????

[kunimilktea]

if you don't mind asking, the people (me) would like to know if you can share the tiktoker that inspired you to make the new rendering style because is so so pretty or if you can't find them if you can give tips on how to render like that, no pressure for neither but I am really loving how it looks literally chewed on both the baxter and cove art fdgfdg

I actually have the tiktok saved just for a frame of ref on how the messy render style would look LMFAO, heres the tiktok that inspired this whole color style and im pretty sure they also make a tutorial on how they do that specific render style

But! I have my own spin on it so heres some tips on helping understanding and achieving this way to render

So for starters i only use the charcoal brush for the entire thing but u can use any texture brush of ur choosing

i treat this coloring style how i treat color pencils or color pastels in real life

Meaning i start sketching with like a more lighter color

Its preferable to like usually sketch with either purple, pinks or reds but i usually sketch with how the vibes are feeling rn or what kinda color i associate the chr with LOL

The after that i just proceed with flats and heres the fun part

With how i shade in general i very much rely on my color wheel

Basically when adjusting colors like lets say i wanna shade i adjust the color wheel to the left and adjust the colors saturation but thats depending on how dark you want your shadows to be, if you want them to be darker just keep adjusting a bit more to the left of ur color wheel and lower the saturation more but not TOO much

Same also kinda applies to adding highlights and the only fee changes is adjusting the color wheel to the right

So rinse and repeat and u get these colors for the base skin

Note that these is just a pallete guide on how to pick colors to shade and highlight the skin but for me usually i keep adjusting the colors anyways to like find a way to blend

Remeber kids! Eye dropper tool is your best friend if you wanna blend colors together

When all goes well the face will look like this

Few notes is that you dont want to get rid of the sketch outline even when overlaying when shading and rendering

It also adds more color and life to it if that makes any sense

Another thing about shading is that you can do hatching and shit, be free of ur strokes! It maintains the sketchy feel of the piece

One last thing to note as well is where the light and shadows could be coming from when rendering

I also need an excuse to share a lesson i had with my professor on my art college LOL

Bringing out the artist ball but these are the 4 main things you need to note

A reflective light can be made by just putting ur color wheel to the opposite side of your color wheel LOL

Understanding this could go a long way trust me

Then after that youre basically done! Again just rinse and repeat with how you pick your colors and you should be good

If you wanna better understand how to color properly theres this one video that helped me out alot with understanding how to pick colors

Anywahs to wrap this up cause im running out of brain power to explain LOL be very loose with this style, its very sketchy but it adds flare to it if that makes sense

Hopefully i was able to help explain how i do it in some way!

And if not well you can just watch the tiktok tutorial on how to do this HAHAHAHA

[sparklingpax]

man hearing recently about people's good experiences with masterforce genuinely makes me so happy.....cause my first exposure to it? was seeing it be pretty much ridiculed 😭 like

Made fun of for being "too weird for a transformers series" and therefore "boring"--skippable, even 🫤

I almost adopted that opinion myself, but ultimately my curiosity about JG1 won out and I bought the DVDs to give the trilogy a watch. And I?? loved it when I saw it, loved the whole trilogy tbh!! Like the masterforce theme played and I didn't think it was out of place or "too chill for a transformers show 🤨", I thought it was?? a nice song???? 😭 And upon further reflection, actually perfect for the vibe of this show, so no, it's not a bad choice at all, it's serving its particular purpose! And serving it well!! 😭❤️🔥 Side note Hawk is BEAUTIFUL in that first intro sequence good LORDD LOOK AT HIMMM 🫣🩷✨

On the topic of music, the insert songs/OST is all really good too 😭💕💖✨🩷🔥 The Pretenders theme is pretty as fuck and noble and lovely! and We Believe Tomorrow lowkey makes me tear up when I listen to it.......🥹😭❤️‍🩹🩵

Anyway, within minutes of the first episode I was just digging the vibe. I finished it in just a couple nights total 🫣....seeing the Pretenders and Godmasters and considering that concept and everything it offers to transformers lore.....just so cool to me‼️💗

as I've said before, masterforce also helped me cope with the recent loss of my cat at the time....

Long-term helped with developing my art and writing skills; I'm embarrassed of a lot of that older art now 😅 but...I realize those were very important stepping stones to get where I am now, and for that, I'm real grateful.

It was and is an odd little source of joy for me tbh!...so it's my mission to give people a different kinda first impression if I can 💗

It's not perfect--it's got its weird beats and things I might not even like and the animation is strange sometimes and etc etc etc. I mean. no series is perfect....but it is better than what I've seen some tf fans give it credit for. And I'll die on that hill tbh....😭💖💕

so yea that's all and thanks for coming to my tedx talk,

[torpestar]

I am so normal about them (lying)

[jajankenen]

i love you chidori.. the lack of sentai daishikkaku fans on tumblr and in general hurts my soul a little bit... 😞

[jajankenen]

okay so. i went back to this one anime store that has just a ton of old taibani merch and i went a little crazy.. sigh. 🥲🥲

THE GLASS CUPS. AUGHHHH

[jajankenen]

YOURE KIDDING ME.. THEYRE SO CUTE!!! i didnt even knowwwwwww there was a puyo puyo collab.. where the hell was i man.. jeez..

[kunimilktea]

KUNI CONGRATS ON YOUR PIECE GETTING CHOSEN THAT'S SO COOL!!!🎉🎉🎉

I just watched it and it made my heart throb it was so cute and so tender🥺🥺🥺 kori and cove are the cutest!!

OMG HI AASHI!!! ITS BEEN A HOT MINUTE SINCE IVE BEEN ON TUMBLR AND TYSM 💥💥💥

I was speedrunning that animatic like its no tomorrow she was determined to finish it 😭

Congrats to everyone who won and i hope everyone who participated had a grand time working on their pieces im 100℅ positive every single submission is very lovely ^_^