#qarameiio tutorials

[qarameiio]

Hello! you are one of my biggest inspos and i want to try painting like you but i'm so confused as to how you add in color after painting in grayscale, and how you manage painting in such little amount of layers. I have a really hard time painting in only one layer, I use a lot for everything. Also, do you just paint over the sketch? I'm so sorry for this many questions!! thank you in advance <3

ok i will answer in point form

how do i add color after painting in greyscale

i paint greyscale first then i add colour with clipping mask overlay layer (usually). this prevents the colours from spilling over your greyscale. see screenshot:

after i've put all the colours on there i usually merge the clipping layer down into the greyscale for painting. sometimes if the colours come out gross i use hard light or pin light, or if the character is very dark-skinned i might use multiply, but usually it's overlay

2. how do i paint with like 2 layers

first off it's totally okay to paint with like 500 layers, league artists do that all the time LMAO - this unfortunately just comes with practice and figuring out what's best for you. i paint with very minimal layers bc i don't label my layers so it's a mess otherwise

3. do i paint over the sketch

i don't paint over the sketch off the bat, i usually paint underneath and then merge afterwards so that i can clean the lines and give it that painterly look

feel free to ask more if u want :D

[qarameiio]

process breakdown!

[qarameiio]

ACTUALLY IN LOVE WITH YOUR ART and curious to what brushes you use on cps?!! sorry if you’ve already been asked this

i use 1 or 2 custom brushes + the default csp airbrush:

i paint mostly with airbrush and then add details/edge control with the custom colouring brush later!!

[qarameiio]

i’ve spent hours trying to decipher your emerald duo paintings and i have to ask- do you color completely in overlay or do you overlay the flats and then do a normal layer on top to add extra color bits?

hi anon, its your lucky day, bc i actually have screenshots of that painting's wip stages! i actually paint in grayscale first:

once im happy with the values i clip overlay layers to their respective characters and then airbrush colour onto wherever theyre supposed to go:

after that its just a matter of cleaning up the edges and adding details & additional shading wherever necessary!

also i usually spend a hot minute mucking around with tone curves and colour balance/hue sliders because the colours never look good from the get go

[qarameiio]

a fun little before and after thing -- i always paint in greyscale before i do things in colour so that i dont get distracted by colours ifyk what i mean

[qarameiio]

Hello! Your passerine paintings w techno and then Wilbur carrying Tommy are so,,, idk how to describe it! The anatomy and sense of shape and depth is so satisfying and cool to look at! Do you happen to have any advice off the top of your head on how to get a better sense at atmosphere and anatomy in a piece? Thank you for sharing your drawings with us!

hello anon thank you for this lovely ask ;w;! honestly the best way to learn to capture the Vibes™ is to see how other people do it

i love looking at concept artists like Felicia Chen (@/77fchen on twt), Aliya Chen (twt@/chenalii) and Yun Ling (twt@/lingy000) for inspiration - just off the top of my head!!! i also keep a very fat pinterest board of visual development artist references to stare at for hours

other than that i like to also make my surroundings as fitting to the piece as i can. if im painting something sad or emotional i make my room as cold as my AC will allow and then put on madoka music LMAO

[qarameiio]

what brush do you use to sketch with do you have settings you can share? :)

i usually sketch with whatever airbrush tool i can find shgsoehwkd nothing fancy. the flavour comes in the paintbrushes (which btw are usually also airbrush or gouache brush from csp. trying out new brushes tho)