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A year in review! What I found interesting putting this together is that some months I barely drew at all, and some other months I drew so much I had a hard time picking a favorite to put here.
Some of these have been posted, some haven't. I'm very inconsistent with posting and that is something I want to do better with in 2024. (also it'd make dating pieces much easier for this) Template from Katha.
comments under any httyd movie content be like "HEY disney take notes, this is how you do a live action!!!" how about no one does any live action ever again
"but the original director made it" "but it's a frame by frame replica of the original" stop making a fool of yourself
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This!!
"It's a frame by frame replica of the original" ok so watch the original then. why did you need them to remake it. was there something wrong with the originals art? no? it looked good? it was a masterpiece? then why the fuck did you want a live action remake.
I can now officially share the artwork I made for @dcpridefanzine! I was so excited I got to work as a pin-up artist for this zine. I drew Traci 13 as she's one of my faves who doesn't often get much of a spotlight. I really wanted to do something with her concept of "urban magic" and visualize her magic in a fun way! The zine is free for everyone to read on the 24th! Go check it out! There are a lot of awesome comics and art, it's a whole fan-made DC Pride special!
Contrary to popular belief the biggest beginner's roadblock to art isn't even technical skill it's frustration tolerance, especially in the age of social media. It hurts and the frustration is endless but you must build the frustration tolerance equivalent to a roach's capacity to survive a nuclear explosion. That's how you build on the technical skill. Throw that "won't even start because I'm afraid it won't be perfect" shit out the window. Just do it. Just start. Good luck.
I'm getting jumped in the notes here with "easier said than done" and that's true, so I am by NO MEANS a professional with professional-level art off the top of my head here's some tangible things to help with your frustration tolerance.
6. This is a really tough one but you'll have to substitute motivation for discipline.
7. I mean. You don't have to be good at art man. It's fine. You do have to weigh in how much you actually want to get to a certain skill level and weigh it against the amount of effort you're willing to put in. If you're fine where you are that's fine!!! It's fine!!!
Sneak peek of the piece I made for @dcpridefanzine! You can find more information Here. The full zine will release online on June 24th! Can anyone guess which character I drew?
We are so grateful to all the support this project has received and cannot wait to share it with all of you! Preorders close on the 29th of January, and we cannot gurantee that there will be leftover sales, so if you've been eyeing the project now is the time. We are also 1 order away from meeting our first stretch goal! Thank you everyone <3
I got a little obsessed with Frequency by @cryptocism over the past month and maybe made a fake comic book cover for chapter 1. You should totally go check out their fic and the art they've made for it.
With over 50 pages of content and a beautiful cover by @bunnvoid, Symphony is the place for all your Jericho needs! We have two options to choose from, plus some exciting stretch goals in store.
Plus our stretch goals, with stickers by @jaynotwayne and a print from @samix-asb !
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Something I try to keep in mind when making art that looks vintage is keeping a limited color pallette. Digital art gives you a very wide, Crisp scope of colors, whereas traditional art-- especially older traditional art-- had a very limited and sometimes dulled use of color.
This is a modern riso ink swatch, but still you find a similar and limited selection of colors to mix with. (Mixing digitally as to emulate the layering of ink riso would be coloring on Multiply, and layering on top of eachother 👉)
If you find some old prints, take a closer look and see if you can tell what colors they used and which ones they layered... a lot of the time you'll find yellow as a base!
Misprints can really reveal what colors were used and where, I love misprints...
Something else I keep in the back of my mind is: how the human eye perceives color on paper vs. a screen. Ink and paint soaks into paper, it bleeds, stains, fades over time, smears, ect... the history of a piece can show in physical wear. What kind of history do you want to emulate? Misprinted? Stained? Kept as clean as possible, but unable to escape the bluing damages of the sun? It's one of my favorite things about making vintage art. Making it imperfect!
You can see the bleed, the wobble of the lines on the rug, the fading, the dirt... beautiful!!
Thinking in terms of traditional-method art while drawing digital can help open avenues to achieving that genuine, vintage look!
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YELLOWING!! Digital art is very blue-light based. Cold, clean, flat. But traditional art has warmth to it. Why?
Over time, paper gets yellowed with dust, oil, dirt, and nicotine from cigarettes! So colors got warmer. This makes art look pretty aged, on top of the slight toned papers and hand made/factory made inks they printed with.
YES! YES!! THANK YOU FOR THE SCIENCE!
A lot of knowing your traditional materials goes into making digital art, too!
It's also great to learn the methods, shortcuts, workaround, and materials used all those years ago to familiarize yourself with them and also... it's pretty freakin' neat-o
Come join us as we put the spotlight on the entirely adorable (and badass) Jaime Reyes and his really kick-ass supporting cast. Bring fanworks to share! Come discuss the issues. Watch his appearances in Young Justice (or any other media!), or maybe join an online watch party of the movie!
Whatever it is, we'd be thrilled to have you!
