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Goose Crab and Hydra Goose! They still need names but I woke up from my nap with ideas
Whatever artist is reading this, I want you to know. When you're dawing eyes, draw the eyeball first, then cover the eye you aren't working on and place each pupil separately
little study for myself when I forgor how to hands
Ironically, hard light is bad for recording sexy time.
It will highlight every pore, every vein, every wrinkle on your nutsack.
One day I will end this ring light fad. It is my ultimate side quest.
It seems my lighting advice has given people a mistaken impression...
So... I'm the porn photography nerd guy now.
And a lot of people are happy to hear I am not dead.
I have not stopped posting in over a decade, but I sort of retired from the viral comedy I used to make, so I guess it makes sense that people haven't seen me around as much.
My personal tumblr is @sirfrogsworth where I post more frequently. And I have a photography Instagram here. But I promise I am still alive.
ANYWAY...
This post has made me think deeply about porn lighting.
And I thought even deeply-er about how I would actually light a porn.
I think it would be an interesting challenge but the one time I took a topless photo I was uncomfortable the entire time. I suppose that is something I'd have to get used to with experience, but I'm generally more interested in other types of photography.
But light is light, and I am always happy to help people get better results. I've even thought about starting a consulting business where I help people pick out lighting and gear and advise them how best to use it for their circumstances. I think there are a lot of small creators who could seriously up their production value with a small investment and some knowledge. YouTubers, streamers, and OF models who want an edge.
I'll try to give some general advice in this post. But if anyone is interested in a more specific solution, feel free to message me.
This post is about lighting entire bodies.
Quick review...
Large light source = soft light.
Small light source = hard light.
You can make a light larger by moving it closer, adding a modifier (softbox/umbrella), or bouncing it off a surface.
You make the light smaller by moving it farther away, adding a reflector, a grid, or a snoot.
Most lighting is designed for faces and maybe torsos. But when you need to light entire people, you are going to need more than a ring light. Ideally, you are going to want a light source at least as big as what you want to light. You'll notice a ring light is a little bigger than a face. A beauty dish covers head and shoulders. An octobox is roughly the size of a torso. After that, modifiers can get large and unwieldy, so you may have to think about bouncing light off walls and ceilings.
I was going to show some examples, but then I realized Tumblr would give me the naughty tag for this post. So I'll try to be creative about keeping this safe for work.
First, let's quickly expand on why ring lights are not ideal for photos and videos of entire bodies that are... comingling.
Ring lights are not bad. They were just designed to do something very specific. In the beginning, they were actually used by dentists to help photograph teeth without any shadows obstructing the view.
The magic of a ring light is shining light from all directions from the camera's POV in order to get a shadowless effect. You also get circle catchlights in the eyes which some people enjoy.
In order for this to work, the camera needs to be in the hole, and the light needs to be close enough to be directional.
Stripped some wires out of a broken appliance and tried to make a tree. That was too hard but made a decent flower! I'm happy with it.
I made some tips on how to draw eyes in a side profile. I am not a professional artist.
i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors
“red and green are opposites 🥰” cool now how do i paint a tree with pinks and blues without it looking like a child’s finger painting or incongruous blobs of rainbow vomit
ok i can’t explain it very well but im looking for tips and techniques for rendering art like
with specifically the highlights and colors being hues that compliment each other, don’t distract from the scene, and make it more interesting/visually appealing
is it too much to ask
gonna drop some sources I have saved on Pinterest! I don’t know if these all link back to the original sources so apologies for that
cohesive but still contrasting
This kind of talks about color and composition
This is a bit about landscape specifically
Values & composition
Contrast in composition
Balance in colors & values
This one’s more for palette building but I think it’s useful and can be applied to the other ones
Cohesion within compositions/lighting
“Chromatic fringe” - I also see people using this with shading, they bring in a transition color that is a different hue than the base color or shadow, it makes it so that less vibrancy is lost and it doesn’t get muddy!
This one specifically has a lot of process behind the style of painting you’re looking for!
Also one of my favorite artists who makes bright and colorful art like this is Not Sorry Art on TikTok & YouTube, her website is here and it’s<3 my fav. She has some videos where you can see her process
With the oranges painting you put as an example, I noticed they painted the lighter values more toward yellow - they also exaggerated the hues of the undertones of the photo, so I’m guessing they either did it in their head or bumped the saturation up to get a closer look! I really love these paintings you shared and I definitely share your desire to paint/draw like that :)
thanks this is super helpful! /gen
If you’d like 2 Print books that I absolutely reccomend to every visual artist regardless of Media, Color and Light and Imaginative Realism by James Gurney are basically religious texts for artists, even the 3-D people because his understanding and explanation of how light and form work is that damn good.
If you’re wondering about Mr. Gurney’s chops:
James Gurney is the Dinotopia Guy (that link includes his Dinotopia books, prints and online classes too)
How to Paint Light by jonhuangart
i know we joke about cis artists having the weirdest sense of anatomy, but also even when the anatomy is fine, no one seems to want to draw women doing normal things
Drawing challenge: draw your favorite male characters like this
this is exactly why i’m a huge fan of posemaniacs!
you get 3d model pose references with the option of having a male or female anatomy for each pose
they have a WIDE VARIETY of poses that you can search for using a TAG SYSTEM
(as you can see by the scroll bar in the second image there is Even More Tags)
you can select a pose you like for larger viewing and the convenience doesn’t stop!!!
you have full 360 viewing range of the pose plus zooming in and out
and what’s that? a TOOLBAR?? MENU?? THING??
Correct!
the eye button hold a very fun menu
negative space blacks out the background and fills the pose with a solid white silhouette
the “texture” refers to the skin situation of the model with the “color” and “grey” shown below
(i usually use color personally)
then there’s the option of different sized drawing grids(4 and 16 below)
idk wtf bounding box is about but it looks like this if it matters to you
“floor” toggles all shadows on the floor, “floor grid” you guessed it puts a like perspective guide grid on the floor that goes to forever, and “shadow” toggles ALL shading. there is NO lighting happening if you turn that off. NONE.
NEXT ITEM! that box thing with the line through it? flips the pose horizontally.
the little person symbol? lets you switch anatomies
camera icon? you can choose from a selection of preset camera angles PLUS an option for … idk what to call it but you can do this!
less flat right!! i’m sure there’s a word i just don’t know but this is maximum *that* so there is less *that* if you want it
the lightbulb gives you a menu like the camera one but it offers a selection of lighting styles with variable intensity
CHARMING!
and that’s not even everything this site provides!!!!!!! they have tutorials, instructional videos, lessons, all sorts of shit!!! (although they are vast majority if not all in japanese just a heads up)
AND ITS ALL FREE
DONT EVEN NEED TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT OR APPROVE OF COOKIES JUST GET IN DO YOUR THING GET OUT NO STRINGS ATTACHED
and if you don’t have ad blocker or are on mobile(like me) NOT TO WORRY
the ads are few and far between! ZERO video ads, NONE take over your screen or glitch you at all, they are of no concern i forget they’re there!
(this is not at all sponsored btw i’m just a genuine fan of this site and i’m happy to spread the good word unprompted)
“Drawing techniques for the structure and appearance of the fingers when the hand is extended”
Source: Twitter
A master post of Thomas Romain’s art tutorials.
There’s not enough space to post all of them, SO here’s links to everything he has posted (on twitter) so far : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12.
Now that new semesters have started, I thought people might need these. Enjoy your lessons!
archive.org links (because fuck twitter):
1: interior design
2: detailed buildings
3: drawing streets
4: eye level
5: shadows
6: characters in layout
7: lens views
8: background shadows
9: eye level
10: street slopes
11: futuristic city from reference
12: animation layout stages
support artists and the internet archive!
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local colors!!!! relative hues!!!! listen I love a good adjustment layer they are so helpful especially when you need to work fast. but I also love picking special colors myself so here is a crash course in that--as I understand it, anyway.
Cool painting tip I learned: do your rough sketch in the same color (doesn't have to be exactly the same) as the under paint color. Draw clean line art over in a darker color (I used blue). Add your under paint and the rough sketch is basically gone.
I posted this to Bluesky and folks found it helpful, so I thought I'd share here as well.
Part 2 of the notes on Mood
The simple act of drawing can change the way you look at the world—and the way you understand birds. Get started with this video series.
The simple act of drawing can change the way you look at the world—and the way you understand birds. Get started with this video series.
People often ask me which came first: my interest in drawing birds or watching birds. I have to answer, “both.” The two things have always gone together for me, and they complement and support each other. Drawing forces me to look at a bird more completely and to ask questions that I would not have considered if I were just watching. In that sense, drawing becomes a way to interact with the bird.
Here are some tips I’ve learned over the years, as well as 10 video tutorials to help you get started…
are you or a loved one expecting to use a fountain pen for the first time this holiday season? you need this information.
fountain pens are making a comeback, with good reason. fountain pens require virtually no pressure to write, and many people used to ballpoint, gel, or rollerball pens will actually damage a fountain pen on their first use because of how much pressure they are accustomed to using. on the flip side, many people with joint pain will find that they can only write without pain when using a fountain pen.
fountain pens are customizable, reusable, ergonomic, comfortable, and utilize fantastical fountain pen inks containing shading, sheening, and shimmer.
using a fountain pen correctly for the first time just elicits that ever elusive and emphatic "oh." you will, with likelihood, understand why people use fountain pens just by using one yourself. it cannot be put into words.
but before you learn how to use a fountain pen, you need to learn how NOT to use a fountain pen.
here are my top 3 tips for how not to use a fountain pen.
several people have been curious, how much does a good starter fountain pen cost?
~$12.50 USD (pilot kakuno) -
~$20 USD (pilot metropolitan)
for a first fountain pen, I recommend the medium nib.
these pens will last you many years if treated properly.
some anatomy tips for drawing cat legs - works for big cats too