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@calonarang I adore these! I also really loved the seagull ones. Any chance we can see a process video? For study but also I think it would be super calming to watch haha

Unfortunately, I don’t record my process. But I can offer a step-by-step for this one, on account of it being a commission.

@ink--it #i genuinely thought this was traditionally done #love how good digital brushes have become at mimicking physical materials #awesome art

@paperbirds #OP. THIS IS. STIPPLING? OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD??#FAV #OP THIS IS FUCKING INSANE IM. HOLY SHIT THAT'S INCREDIBLE. AND YOU STIPPLED THIS!! #owls #NO SERIOUSLY THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL

I don’t want to mislead you, so here is as succinct a break down as I could manage. I’m usually more chaotic when doing art. I don’t tend to plan ahead much, unless it’s a commission or a larger project of sorts. 

Firstly, I make a simple line sketch and plan the values. With stippling, the illusion of a darker shade is determined by the concentration of dots in one area -- with ‘white’ having no dots, and black having only dots.

1) Simple sketch

2) Value sketch

In Clip Studio Paint (go here for free trial) there is a default airbrush tool called Tone scraping. I believe most painting programs have something similar to this, including the airbrush in MS Paint. The only thing it does, is create many small dots. 

You can vary the size and spread of the particles in the tool menu. Here are my settings for the owl, which was drawn at ~4000x4000 pixels and 300dpi. Vary the brush size to focus the intensity of the spray. The smaller the brush, the more concentrated tones you’ll get.

3) Draw the rest of the fucking owl

I’m bad with layers. I constantly merge them throughout and honestly prefer to paint on only one, if I can choose. However, this is fiddly work, and if you make a mistake, it’s easier to correct if you keep the main elements separate. 

I used three layers here (background, owl, and shadows), and I still managed to draw on the wrong one a couple of times. I used the lasso tool to section off areas in which I wanted a sharper edge.

I didn’t use any solid white while for this, only black dots. I recently learned that to “erase” with the same brush, you can switch from the colour swatches to the transparent square underneath.  I’m sure this was common knowledge to most Clip user, but it was news to me. This makes “digital stippling” a whole lot easier.

Hope this was helpful. If any of you do something similar, I’d love to have a peek!

[yharnamsnewslug]

I didn't mean to bully you into changing themes 😔

VDJRVFJEVFJWBD NOOOOO IM SO SORRY SGDHDVHW

I changed it because I've been wanting to change pfp for a while and just didn't know what, so I just went with another Lore fragment!!!

[cartoon-goon02]

commission for @paperbirds !!! their oc’s Denmark and Matthew :D

[libraryfag]

Why do you like Hamlet. A little freak, he is

what if i like him because he's a little freak. a little freak and a little meow meow

[samuraisharkie]

YOU AND KITTY ARE TWINS???????

YEAH lol we don’t broadcast it but we’re twins ✌️

[jitterbugjive]

I used to watch your videos back in 2013 and you were the first time I ever heard of a trans man (I'd heard of trans women, but had no idea trans men existed) and a year later, in 2014, I first came out to friends as a trans man. So thank you for being such an incredible influence on my life :)

Isn’t it crazy how little we can know about this sort of thing? I also knew about transwomen first but not really transmen, for a good while I was calling myself a drag king before I knew what it meant to be a transman

anyway you’re welcome, glad to have helped

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