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This is so helpful and in depth oml. Reblogging this for if I ever decide to put some braincells in. I can only hope.

How do you come up with your compositions? They are so cool I wanna know if you have any huge inspirations :-) your art is so lovely

Hiiiiiii! Awww thanks for the appreciation!

I'm actually working on a more comprehensive art tutorial rn (bc someone asked here earlier), that would include composition， but I'll do a shorter answer first for u bc you're asking sth. more specific ?( hope it's okey (❁´◡`❁))

(Oh and also I've seen ur req! don't worry, I'm doing that as well, it's just there's still some before yours( ´･･)ﾉ(._.`))

Um and when the long tutorial is out, feel free to check that out ~

On Composition:

Goal

For me the goal of my illustration r Storytelling n full on Emotional experience.

(It's something I've been trying to achieve but cannot guarantee I hit it all the time, sometimes bc of my habit I'll lost myself during the process and looking back find out I miss something important, so the following is the best theories I could provide. Most of improvement r still in daily practice(●'◡'●))

To paint with beautiful compostion, you'll first have a solid story in mind, it can be simplified into " who when where n what", writing them down on a note n stick it near by would help.

And as to emotional experience, is something I can't get hold of all the time... music might help I guess? I have headcanon playlists for every chatacter or ship I wanna paint, and extract emotions from them everyday.

But there's some practical methods too.

Methods

I've worked storyboard n director for 2 years in the past, even though I'm not proud of the projects I worked on, some knowledge might still be useful.

It's mostly 2 methods: Silhouette & Movement

Well for silhouettes there's already bunch of books discussing this, one of my favs is Framed Ink, I'm sure u can find a pdf somewhere on the net.

(I find this photo on the internet bc mine is not around)

Basically it's that, think about the objects within your image, by using shadows n their original colors, you can split it into interesting shapes. This will visually elevate the overall feeling of composition.

Also, there's a cheat build in humem's understanding of an image.

basically this, putting important object on the 1/3 points of an image is the fastest cheat.

Also, contrast your silhouette. If you're painting sth that has no background, try giving your silhouette a constrasted design.

(like in this one, the right side is smooth but I'm putting lots of variation on the left.)

For movement, think about your image as a shot taken when your characters r doing sth.

They would each have a direction to move to, and that forms their movement. Your job here is to arrange them into logical or emotional lines.

If it's a series of work, u can plan out the movement toward the same direction.

(the only time you're seeing their car facing left is when they stopped, I was trying to say that their trip kinda ends here)

Also for manga, comic n movie, make sure your important information is within safe area.

(the area within dotted lines is the safe area, u want your character's expression to be mostly within it. if it's like extreme close-up, the certain area u want to emphasize should be within it.)

I have some examples for these two theories.

First let's analyze this screenshot of one of Kurosawa's film, Seven Samurais.

The story here is that these guys r about to fight, possibly some big conflict. There silhouette can be sumed up like this, within the orange line.

We see this guy sticking out from this shape, implying he might be the head of this crowd.

Movement wise, their spears n heads face the same direction, telling u that the enemy will come from that side. Even this is a still frame, the movement is implied perfectly.

Another sample from Synecdoche,NY by Charlie Kauffman

This is a minimalist way of conveying emotion, u only see one main character here, and hardly any movement. Why is it so powerful?

Our main character, Caden, is in the almost center of this shot. He has a clear n simple shape. You don't normally put your main object in the center, so we'd assume he's very important.

Then there's this repeated notes in the background. When something is repeated a lot, it giver u an impression of pressure. Especially when he's surrounded by them, and they take more space within the frame than he does.

Also, this is a down shot, the camera is pointing down and behind him. You'll feel your character being watched or at his lower point of life when u do that.

Inspirations:

Movies mostly, and traditional artists.

Back when I was in film school I watched a bunch of movies n that slowly became a habit, movies r very good sources for ideas.

Even if you're not having enough time, watching reviews n analysis would also help, (but I'd suggest u try to consume the films not listening to critics to get a unique experience.)

Some of my favourite directors are:

Kelly Reichardt (First Cow)

Apichatpong (Tropical Malady, Memoria);

Charlie Kaufman (Synecdoche NY, Adaptaion);

Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Perfect Blue);

Kurosawa Akira (Yume, Kagemusha );

Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz );

Kusturica (Black Cat White Cat, Underground 1995);

Carol Reed (The Third Man)

Errrm I hope it's helpful? (❁´◡`❁) The next tutorial is gonna be even longer.

#art tips #art theory #geniuses and their stupid studying #YOU CANT FOOL ME #I KNOW YOURE NATURALLY GIFTED!!!

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I'm fucking sobbing 😭

A Crime too terrifying to perceive

#why would you do this #why would you make this #eric cartman #? #south park #south park fanart

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KYMAN REDRAW

KYMAN REDRAW

#south park #sp fanart #kyman #my art style oscillates like an actual wave

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OMGMGMISINDNISNID THIS IS SO WONDERFUL LOOK AT HIS DUMB SMUG FACE I WANT TO SMACK HIM

Just a reminder that I haven't forgotten raccoon fic and update might be here sooner than you'd think 😏

#south park #eric cartman #sp fanart #this shading I’m sobbing #we’re so blessed #konosubarashisekainishukufukuwo(´；Д；`)

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Tiny little wizard Eric doodle

I keep catching myself calling him witch not wizard for some reason lol

#south park #sp fanart #eric cartman #sp eric

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I feel like Butters would read this and go- "aw shucks... that's mighty grim, but I suppose if the little sheep finds happiness that way and not frollicking in fields and stuff that's okay. Jeez I'd hate to love getting hurt, man that'd really suck, poor thing..."

Kyle would probably get tears in his eyes in angered grief and go on a rant about how someone needs to teach them that they need to stop being content with and rationalizing their brutalisation and victimisation(his logic has bypassed the fact that they are a lamb) and will do everything in his power to make sure think so to(in his mind for your own safety) and don't share their viewpoint. He goes home to mald and research malicious religious practices; maybe deepdives into the implications of circumcision and has an existential crisis for a bit

Stan is confused about the religious subtext but starts bawling his eyes out blubbering "wtf-! That's so sad-! That poor sheep...! That poor sheep...! They dont know..! Is that what they all feel?" He vows to never eat lamb again

Cartman is the one who showed this to the rest of the group. He actually just finds it mildly funny and vaguely likens himself to the priest in his mind, but anticipated greatly entertaining responses. Anyways he proceeds to pointedly pack lamb chops along with his usual lunch which he eats every day for the next week at school, chewing loud and slow, making a point to always offer some to Stan.

Kenny gets even quieter than usual. He doesn't make any sound at all for a while. Contemplating. Eventually he shrugs and carries on in typical Kenny fashion.

i'm literally the priest's favorite sacrificial lamb because i am so docile and sweet and i hold very still when they put the rope around my neck and i trot along so happily while they lead me to the altar and they do not even have to tie me down because i lie so very still and only bleat once or twice in my lovely lamb voice and when the knife comes down it cuts through me like butter and i offer no resistance and i bleed so prettily all over my new white wool and my guts all unspool like the most beautiful shining yarn and my eyes are animal and dumb and hold no accusation and every time i die i come right back as another little lamb because the priest loves me so so much and he always chooses me for the sacrifice every time and he always places one hand on my small and twitching nose to calm me while he lifts the knife and he doesn't do it for the other lambs only me because i'm his favorite

#sp headcanons #south park #lambpost #sorry about this #i just wanted an excuse to repost this #god i live this type of writing #this is peak prose for me actually #i nearly cried reading it

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Insane about this art style

slightly older toolvamp art :3

#im gonna eat it up #south park #sp kyle #sp stan #style #south park fanart

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Luminosity desaturated tomato vamp Butters you will always be famous

have you ever drawn butters as a vampire? BTW i love your art!!!

aaaaa thank u for the support!!!!

I don't think I have specifically did vampire Butters... does this count?

jk —— here u go, have a nice day_(:зゝ∠)_

#south park #meido back at it again #i love your Butters #he just needs some tender loving care #hell be aight

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An offering to the altar I mean some sketches of one of the scenes in ‘To Be Wanted’ by Verimakea!! 大大大好きなの！!!

I also NEED to make an NSFW Twitter acc to post all my yet unfinished smexy scribbles NOW lol.

#practicing lighting lol #I’m so normal about this fic #sp fanart #kyman #kyle broflovski #eric cartman #south park #wasn’t sure whether to tag this sexual themes?? #like ig it is??

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IS IT APATHY???? IS IT ANGER??? IS IT POSESSIVENESS???? A MIX??

#south park #south park fanart #JESUS CHRIST #my fav artist #back at it again #srsly i love you #CARTMAN IS ADORABLE #LOOK AT APATHETIC KYLE #HIS EXPRESSION IS SO COMPLEX #CRYINGGGGG

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OH MY GOD

Old draw (again)

#south park #Kyman #ADORABLEEE

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Ohh this is prettyyyy

Old draw

#south park #love your kyle #love his hair #and his eyes #these colours are amazing #mu babiess #sp fanart

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I have made a terrible mistake

And allowed some fuckass cheap Tesco colours to poison my lineart (இωஇ )The world is a dark dark place.

I've preserved these cutie patooties tho and I'll protect them with my life.

Look at him. This is not the face of someone who takes kindly to being coloured in incorrectly.

On a positive note, sleepy Kyman is cute lol

#traditional art #south park #kyman #sp fanart #ive reached my verdict #colouring pencils suck #boooooo colouring pencils #mistakes were made

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These are the colours I currently possess.

Wish me luck

#traditional art #colouring pencils #ill make something of this youll see #i would gladly exchange most of these for yellow but we have what we have #i GUESS

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A daft goof around 🪐👽🛸

((I've had Alien Kyle on the brain for over a week🛸))

#THIIIIS ARTTTT #ADORABLE #OH MYYYY GOD #LOOK AT HIMM #LET ME KEEP HIM #berEFT of SPEECH

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Sorry I haven’t been posting much. I guess I have too much free time now (I won’t soon tho lol) bc I’ve been trying some stuff and getting frustrated it hasn’t been working 😭

Here’s some kissing by means of apology

I really like this angle if you couldn’t tell lmao

#south park fanart #South Park #Kyman #actually I kinda want to get back to drawing really cute stuff soon #I’m a woman starved actually

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Cartman x Craig (a pair I frankly never even considered before lol) scribbles courtesy of ‘Beneath the Dreary Light’ by Alcorion on AO3.

Like I read the first few moments of their relationship and was like ‘okay well now I’ve got to see how it looks ig’ lol.

This fic also happens to have the most unapologetically Chaotic Evil, unhinged Kyle I’ve ever seen so make of that what you will

#south park #sp fanart #eric cartman #craig tucker #sp craig #sp cartman