#wavyduckling862

[astrolavas]

Im literally obsessed with your artstyle, ugh its so PRETTY! I love the kind of blocky? look to how you colour your pieces, and how you draw toh characters makes me so happy, they all look adorable omg (ESPECIALLY EMERALD TRIO!!)

Anyway that's my rant, love your art <3

THANK YOUU

[smallpapers]

Hey, absolutely obsessed with your art style! Just wondering if you have any tips for making colour palettes for art pieces (or anything to do with the colours you use because your art always has the nicest colour schemes) tysm!

Hello!! First of all tysm!!! I don’t think my colours are that outstanding so this is a neat lil surprise!!

So, for the colour picking itself I’m not sure how to help because I go by instinct, leaning towards muted tones! I rarely use colour palettes and tend to just save colours that I think are pretty and stick to those!! I’d recommend looking around tumblr, Pinterest, etc, for inspiration and studying the ones that you like, e.g. the colour contrasts, use of certain colours to highlight/shade something! However I can give some advice to sort of toning the overall drawing!! Disclaimer, I’m not an expert I draw for fun!! This is just what I do personally yea!

Firstly here’s a quick tip to toning an overall illustration to get the colours to gel together! Usually adding a coloured layer with a layer setting over the whole piece really helps the colours be more cohesive! It’s best to experiment depending on the mood of your drawing, but usually I use ‘overlay’, ‘soft light’, ‘colour’, and ‘linear burn’. The opacity usually ranges from 5% to 20% depending on the desired intensity.

I also want to say that when shading, I’d recommend using a reddish tone on a lower opacity with the Multiply setting! I used this for Willow’s shirt, arms, and nose, which helps bounce of the original colours. Using grey to shade often comes out as a murky imo.

Secondly, here’s a small tip for monotone colours featuring a Luz!! Using the same colour on a Multiply setting helps keep the colours cohesive and prevent clashing colours that are jarring!! And masking a different colour over at certain areas helps to make it less flat quickly!

I don’t know how useful this is but I hope it helps!!

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hey just wanted to share that 2024 so far has been rough for me too (mental health sucks) you're not alone, i think a lot of people feel this way too. You're going to get through whatever is happening, trust me, I'm living proof.

(Im sorry if it wasnt all that dramatic lol)

Hi!! Tysm for the message!! I'm alright, just had some bad news on something that could affect me in the future but it's all out of my control~ but I'm a worrier and get stressed easily haha

I am sorry to hear that 2024 has been tough for you too!! I hope you'll feel better soon 🫂🫂 mental health is a rough rollercoaster 😔