#my shading style is just scribbling

[elfsyellowflowerzart]

this is olosys

#flight rising #flight rising art #flight rising tundra #dragon #my shading style is just scribbling #but thats ok #yew art

[pastadrawstma]

Og post that I just found on my feed and made into this immediately

Day 1 of posting magpod art daily

#Im tryna figure out how to draw them. Also shading practice #this was fun to do but it took way to many hours i didnt have #i was just tryna figure out how to martin #mostly #he styles his hair. like impulsively stress dies and curls #idk this is my headcanon im sticking with it #jon doesnt give two fucks about his hair but martin likes playing with it #art #my art #ship art #jmart #jonmartin #jon tma #jon #jonathan sims #jonathan sims tma #martin #martin blackwood #martin tma #martin blackwood tma #the magnus archives #the magnus pod #the magnus archives fanart #jon sims #digital art #pasta scribbles #artists on tumblr #illustrators on tumblr #shithead humor

[todayisafridaynight]

kirby kiss sound effect

#rgg #ryu ga gotoku #ryu ga gotoku 3 #yakuza series #yakuza 3 #minedai #daigo dojima #yoshitaka mine #snap sketches #eeeeee i aint too big on this #mostly just the coloring theres just soemthing off about it i cant place #ill still post it tho cause i like the line art :) i think :) #idk i think my style's too 'bold' for softer things like this #like my lineart and colors and shading's too 'solid' if that makes sense #i still had fun tho it was still worth trying soemthin out #twas supposed to be a scribble anyway i didnt mean to fully color it ☠️ #this wasnt the crige i planned for today btw but im realizing i should have a proper meal #so im gona go. do that and then ill be cringe #i should prob get water while im out.... i only have two bottles left.. #ok bye

[duhsty1]

he is slowly becoming more biblically accurate

#scribbles #sundrop #my art #trying a new shading style #which is actually just me going apeshit #an actual coloured drawing of MARIE? #AND SUNDROP? #REAL? #ignore that I forgot his collar #definitely deliberate #haha poopie butt faces

[tianhai03]

saw the cool mvc3 intro clip where dante fights deadpool again and i couldnt stop thinking about it so here’s a quick 1 hour redraw of one of the frames

(colourless ver. below bc it looks cool)

#forgor to post this here earlier my bad #if you havent seen the mvc3 intro. please go look it up its so fucking cool #i dont even play the game but im so obsessed with it its so fun to watch #devil may cry #dante(dmc) #if its not obvious. i had no clue what i was doing with the shading lmao i was just trying to... kinda emulate the game's art style #but i had a lot of fun just scribbling the shadings in :) #allyart

[laugtherhyena]

Evil art style challenge with Mayura as my test subject

#i think the evil one got worse the more i worked on it #looked fine when it was just a sketch and now its.. urgh #maybe it would have looked better if I hadn't been lazy with shading #because ik the opposite of my shading would be soft shading right? #however #i hate doing that #i avoid it like the plague- #so i tried to cheat around doing it properly using the blur tool haha #this was fun tho! i thought it would be hell but it really wasn't #Mayura #csm #csm oc #chainsaw man #art challenge #evil art style #hyena scribbles

[bgsartcavern]

What Corrupted Prisms will do to a guy. Drawn as part of another Discord color challenge!

(Reblog don't repost!)

#jsab #just shapes and beats #blixer #fresh #jsab blixer #jsab fresh #jsab au #just mechs and beats #blixer 2nd phase #color palette challenge #robots #digital art #not sure how i feel about this scribbly style of shading yet but yknow thats what experimentings for #my art #artists on tumblr #bgs art cavern

[shuuos]

this is technically a wip for a bigger piece but if i don't post anything amai related in the next few seconds i'll die so. here she is

#art #artists on tumblr #mfb oc #metal fight beyblade oc #amai otomo #scribbles and stuff #i want to render this so bad but i'm just not in a rendering state of mind rn. i've been messing around with my style #and have no idea how i want the shading to look

[luck-of-the-drawings]

(another older doodle page WOOOOPSIEEE) anyway i loooove the ferins guys.... LOVE drawin families n givin em all similar shapes n such... i think jay should make more pipe bombs

#jrwi fanart #jrwi show #jrwi riptide #TEEHEEE yknow i dont even remember how i started drawin jays nose like that.... actually yes i do wait #i started givin her that nose bc i would imagine her with like #rosy cheeks n a redder nose idk when i first drew her i Only rly went off of the first thumbnail art #i didnt interract with no fandom AT ALL #but anyway i would lightly scribble in the nose when i drew in my uncolored style and eventually the light shading turned into just solid #I ALSO LIKE HOW SLEEPY IVE ALWAYS DRAWN JAY.... she Sounds so tired to me but i hardly ever see anyone emulate that..... #ooh ooh n while im here. yknow another design thing i like about jay? #HER PIN i love the lil pin i love drawn the wings of her pin going OUT!!. no one else does it but me but its sooo important to me.... #OKAY OKAY ill ramble abt her desiugn more another time #i am ill in various ways and ouuuhh im RIDIN IT OUT.....

[inusmasha]

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#one thing I feel really insecure about my art is that it’s … eh…. idk what the right word is but it’s like… pretty? #like yes messy but like… pretty ? and I’m worried that it’s not giving anything more than that #and it’s not … deeper than that augh #I respect simpler styles and like technical ability #the ability to convey emotions with as few lines as possible #just like lines and shading #I can’t do that shit I can sit and just fill a sketchbook practicing the fundamentals #my adhd is truly like a nightmare #it makes doing stuff like that /feel/ impossible #so like that’s why when I paint I feel like I’m just rabidly scribbling and pushing colorful mud around #until it gives the impression of a good painting #does that make sense? #man I would trade everything to be able to have a defined simple style to make comics #or to just execute my ideas as fast as they come #having depression also zaps my energy the second im even slightly discouraged #so annoying . #but these are just excuses #you have to plow through this phase if you wanna get good #and im too distracted to even bother Wah

[jrueships]

tbh tho i think my art is fugly af LMFAO

#not in a '>w< eeeek! i wish i could drawww 🥺 i can only cobble such measle crap with my lowly peasant paws.. *unveils mona lisa*' #sense but like a my style makes me want to hurl whenever i look at it bcs it's a constant reminder that it can only be what i can make it be #and bcs it looks bad to me then that means i cant make things look good if u get my sense like #idk man 😭!! im just sick of being scribbly!! and not clean! i wanna ink my art! have crisp lines! dark lines!! #not have to put stupid darkening filters on everything bcs i cant color or shade so my art is just stuck with the blinding white background #well the frustration is more how i CAN color and shade.. i CAN ink my lines with a darker one #lets not excuse my laziness now cmon ted omg dumbass bitch #it's just that doing so makes me . crazy #my attention span like. crumbles when i try to add color or ink over lines bcs thats Such a commitment to me #i HATE leaving things unfinished when it seems so monumental #like unfinished sketches or prompts? fine. those are sketches. little prompts. even if u post it it's shit #but starting big things is a COMMITMENT.. with CONSEQUENCES ! ! i just want to avoid them ig #it's like im stuck between art being a fun lil past time and being a perfectionist actually so no. no it is not #but also i NEED to draw i NEED to write SOMETHING! SOMETHING!! then i realize the weight of things and purposefully hinder myself #then later hate myself for hindering even tho it felt so good and right in the beginning ORGHH or WHATEVER #idk one of my friends told me my style reminded them of the new tmnt movie (which has been praised yeah #for like beautiful ugliness tho) and like. i KNOW it's a compliment... but. why did it make me Feel 😭 like i wanted to rip my art 2 shreds #once i lined my art and my friend (an artist i admire) said smthin like 'omg finally! ted lined art! gorgeous!' #& i KNOW. I KNOW IT'S A COMPLIMENT. BUT WHY AM I THINKING LIKE. SO VIOLENT. NOT ABT THEM. BUT MY SHIT NOW #like UGHHH i just HATE feeling trapped and helpless when actually theres help available but im just DUM!! JUST LINE UR ART TED #art is like playing sport is like making good grades is like working well is like being a good friend is like being a good person #literally. just be GOOD. #it's all a performance to me ARGHARGH! I HATE THE JOKER! I HATE BEING CRINGE@! RAGGHH I HATE THIS SHIT #<- mfs when no basketball #mfw i cannot avoid enlightenment via the meaningless distractions i codepently craveRAGGHG!!!!!!1!

[act11as]

so I was making a shitpost and got a bit too carried away and therefore its a bit shit but hey

klei please let her gaslight gatekeep girlboss in DST i beg of you she deserves it

#tried a bit of a new hair shading style for this one liked how it turned out #art #digital art #fanart #wheeler dont starve #wheeler dst #I just scribbled all of this together without looking at references or flipping my canvas once and it looks the part! #I put the shit in shitposts :) #dst #don't starve #dont starve together #you can see the low quality because i drew this on such a tiny part of the canvas and had to desperately crop it SKDJFKLSDJF #Moth's art bin

[creatingblackcharacters]

Lesson 1: "White Man Painted Black"?

Okay, I recognize that this is a strong foot to step off on! But! If you learn nothing else from this series, if you decide for whatever reason to forsake me: this is the ONE perspective I'd like you to take away!

You may have heard this quote before, when Black fans deride a character design as 'a white man with the brown bucket tool'. On its face, it means exactly what was said. But specifically, what it means is that we recognize that whomever designed the character drew the way they normally draw for a 'default' character in their mind- default usually meaning White/Eurocentric features- and they added a shade of brown within the line art to make that character now 'Black'.

Now if you're feeling defensive, wait just a moment! This discomfort is not inherently a bad thing!

I'm going to use both a 'real world' example first, to show you what your Black fans and peers are seeing, and perhaps you will also understand our discomfort!

(if anyone was curious, my folder for this lesson is titled 'brad' lmao and you'll see why)

(I'll have y'all know that I actually worked very hard to make Blackface Brad look mildly presentable lmao I'm sorry, I'm wheezing, I can hardly breathe looking at him 🤣)

You see how, despite knowing where this was going, and using one of the darkest shades of brown in my Skin Tones arsenal, you still know that that's Brad Pitt? That nothing about his hair texture, his lips, his nose, or really anything other than the palette change... changed? And you can still see that?

It's incredibly hurtful to be told that that's supposed to be you. You know it's not, you know why it's not, but rather than hearing how it makes you feel unseen and what they could do to be better (since they wanted to draw a Black character!), the artist lashes out at you.

And as an artist, you might have worked VERY HARD to do this! That might be a real handsome guy you drew!! But... is he really Black? Did you walk into it with the intention, that you were drawing a Black Character, or did you draw a character that just happened to be Black? It seems like a silly thing, but it matters!

Okay. I just finished laughing over Brad. Now let's get into some more perspective changes:

Now, imagine you drew a character. You want to make her Black, so you change the hair and skin colors. All right! You have your Black character... right?

Changed ONE feature about her? (You should obviously change more than one feature, but let's just go with the simplified example.)

What if, instead of just changing her palette, we changed her:

Hair?

There isn't nearly enough time in the world, let alone in this little scribble and blurb, for me to describe the IMPORTANCE of Black hair in Black character design. There are so many ways to do curls, afros, braids, twists, locs, SO MANY HAIRSTYLES!! Get used to searching in the 3C-4C hair textures!!!! I plan on doing an entire lesson or two on hair alone, but suffice it to say, Hair Texture is thee BIGGEST giveaway that you 'painted a white person Black'- from cartoon styles to realistic! It reveals itself in your writing as well- just based on how your character takes care of their hair, how your describe the texture, how other people might perceive it... it lets me know just how much research was done. Because we can have straight hair! But again, that's a conversation for a whole 'nother lesson so- come back later 👀?

Lips?

I love our lips, I really do. There's a long history of shaming Black women in particular for the way our lips look. So when I see them done in all their glory, it makes me very happy. Two-toned lips vary in shade and intensity, so make sure you're using references if you want to be 'realistic', but it doesn't have to be that hard. Even a little subtle shift like this in the design/story description lets me know that a creator was thinking about me.

Nose?

One thing I've noticed ever since I starting drawing is that... people in a lot of mangas/manhwas barely have noses! I admit, out of all the features on the face, the nose isn't the most important. I think they should be, especially when you want to emphasize that your characters look different! People have different types of noses! I especially want to gear this towards those with a goal of drawing realistic portraits and the like- there, the nose is ANOTHER dead giveaway. There are Black people with aquiline and straight noses- we aren't a monolith- but is that why you drew it? Consider why you went for that nose specifically. That's part of the intent, in all this!

Now, you might be looking at me and going "Ice... this is just character design". To which my answer is: Yes! It is! It feels so basic, and yet if you ask your Black friends/peers how often they've come across this feeling of not being properly drawn/written, from fanart to professionally produced works, it's unfortunately common despite how simple of a concept it is.

I hope that you can walk away from my first lil lesson with new eyes. Remember, it's the thought that counts, but the action that delivers!

#creatingblackcharacters #black characters #black artists #black writers #black art #character design

[dokidokitsuna]

Beauty and the Beast

The Cinder/Adam video I've been planning for several months now is finally under construction~. I have a lot of old notes and scribbles to edit together into a workable script, but before that, I'm going to practice a bit by talking about these new designs.

🌹Adam🌹 Brightening up his look with an open jacket and a white shirt to sort of symbolize his developing character in the Neverfell AU. He does NOT get a redemption arc, but he does get a few shades lighter on the 'moral greyscale'. I'll explain all that in the eventual video. ^^ Anyway, my goal was not only to make him look brighter, but also to make him look slightly less serious; like a more playful rendition of his 'edgy badass' design concept. It's kinda like how his more form-fitting Volume 5 design made him look smaller and more childish...except here, the big dramatic design elements (flared collar/jacket hem, shoulder pads, larger waist-cape) contrast with the tighter fit and put some power back into the outfit. The rose choker adds just a touch of cute style~

🍂Cinder🍂 ...She looks a little emo, huh...? XD I guess the eye makeup wasn't necessary, but it looks so good on her...and it also symbolizes her developing character, after she receives her Grimm arm and Salem's dark influence on her intensifies. My idea was that the new arm messes with her aim when she uses Midnight (her bow, if you remember), and in frustration she starts relying more on fire Dust and her semblance-- in a world where there are no Maiden powers for her to steal, this becomes the reason for her change in fighting style...and the reason for me to lean a little harder into the 'fantasy mage' aspect of her design, with a wide-set hood and a flared dress that hangs at her back like a cape. This allows me a chance to finally show off her adorable little laced short-shorts, which I have always loved~. Also, the dust-weaving is back, including a glowing streak in her hair, inspired by the one I drew for her 'Maiden Hunters' design. This outfit is basically everything that one should've been. ^^;

#rwby #cinder fall #adam taurus

[xx-sketchy-xx]

I do have a question for you, can you tell me how you managed to keep near the same artstyle as clown? Because I need some tips if you made your own oc for Welcome Home

Well I’m honored you think that! and hopefully I can give some tips lol. 

Now to be honest my oc isn’t the perfect example, but my swapped roles with Frank and Wally is my best job at staying close to their style (I think xD) 

I’d say use a lighter brush for the lines, so that the colors show up a bit underneath them. 

Bright primary colors! But you can also add unique touches of blacks, or secondary colors. 

When you’re shading, it’s very slight. (Not including shading the color white, and a few selected situations in which the shading is more intense)  The colors used for shading are usually just a different color entirely. So if the color you’re shading is yellow, use orange to shade. If the color you’re shading is red, use purple to shade. You don’t need to darken the color you are shading with (usually), idk how it works but it does lol.

finishing touches! (Ignore the number 1., it’s not cooperating) There are little areas on the characters of welcome home, where the shading is just .. scribbled lines? I’ll try and show you lol

And then you add the lighting!

I hope this wasn’t confusing and actually helps lol.

#Good ask! #Hopefully #welcome neighbor #welcome home art #Thinking about it hurts my brain #I’d love to see your oc if you make one! #lol #Answer

[darkficsyouneveraskedfor]

Common Knowledge 1

Warnings: non/dubcon, power imbalance, bullying, and other dark elements. My username actually says you never asked for any of this.

Characters: Geralt of Rivia, Harald Halfdansson, tall & plus-size reader

My warnings are not exhaustive but be aware this is a dark fic and may include potentially triggering topics. Please use your common sense when consuming content. I am not responsible for your decisions.

As usual, I would appreciate any and all feedback. I’m happy to once more go on this adventure with all of you! Thank you in advance for your comments and for reblogging.

You unfurl the strip of legal pad, marked with Professor Halfdansson's messy and pointed writing. The usual scribble that has you squinting at your returned papers. He must be the only instructor in the college that still handmarks his assignment.

Like much of his style, his slanted cursive is chaotic. Often, his lectures or spiraling tangents about his trips to Norway or some mythos unrelated to the topic at hand. He is a well of knowledge, but one which is often overflowing and bottomless.

The subject is far from your first choice. You prefer history with a human subject. Your intrigue is those events which truly occurred, people who once walked the same earth as yourself. Mythos and belief is a human creation but it hardly captures your imagination.

Along your search for title jotted onto the scrap, you find several other books to sate your personal preferences. A book on the Beothuk and their demise and another illustrated index of Renaissance art. Finally, you find the rear corner of the store, the mythology shelves nestled behind Spirituality and New Age.

You hover your finger before the rows and lean in, squinting through your lenses as you search out the rather Nordic-sounding name. You sense a shadow at the end of the aisle but do not look over. You'll just be on your way once you-- there it is.

You pinch the spine of the deep blue tome and slide it out. The cover is stamped with gold runes and lettering, a viking helm the central image. You double-check that it matches the professor's scrawl, however you can never be sure as his Fs look like Ss.

You set it flat on your armful of book, balancing the weight with the rest as you crumple the scrap and tuck it into your pocket. It's a bit more than you want to spend but it will be useful in maintaining your average through Halfdansson's course.

The shadow comes closer and you shift out of the way for the approaching customer. You sidle away as they huff, a breath that fans around them. He leans into the shelf and you sense his head shift and his gaze follow your slow retreat.

"Ah, you are a fan of vikings?" He asks, stopping you in your tracks. "You must've watched the show, hm? Cute series but not very accurate, you know?"

You blink, taken aback but his tone and his assumption. It isn't the first time you've met the attitude in your chosen discipline. When it comes to military history or the lives of vaunted men, there is often an intonation towards female scholars. You have been dismissed more than once.

"Never seen it," you lie, "you seem the type though."

You note his snow white hair, a peculiar shade, drawn back into a half pony, and his blindingly pale eyes. He wears a tunic better housed in the closet of a LARPing club and looms with an air of indignation. He puts a thick hand on the shelf and leans, no doubt used to towering over others.

"Funny, that is the very book I came for," he intones.

"Oh, what a coincidence."

HIs jaw ticks and he snorts, "seems you've found quite the lot--"

"I have. A whole trove."

You go to turn away and hear his sole clomp down behind you, "surely you can grab another encyclopedia. I really need that one."

"Uh, no, this is what I need."

He follows you down the aisle as you keep a quick step, uneasy at how he trails you so fervently.

"Maybe you should grab another one."

"I have all the others. I've been waiting months for that to come into stock," he insists.

"Well, you can find a kiosk and order one in--"

"On a three month backorder," he interjects and grabs your arm. "I'll pay you--"

You spin back to face him and hit his chest with your books, "don't touch me."

"Well, just..." he retracts his hand, "hold up. I'm trying to talk to you. To barter--"

"I'm sorry, but I need this book for class," you hug the books and back up, overly aware of the tingliness from where he grabbed you. You don't like being touched. At all. You can feel your heart pumping.

"Does the school not have a library, little girl?"

Your mouth falls open. Little girl? This guy just can't help himself. You haven't been rude, maybe matter-of-fact, but he's been downright mean.

"Not for sale," you push your shoulders up and back away.

You twist on your heel and speed away. You weave between the shelves and discount tables and join the winding queue at the counter. You don't look back and sway in your boots, waiting your turn.

"I could give you several recommendations for an alternate text," the man appears at your side, crowding you inside the black cords that rein in the queuing customers.

You ignore him and turn your head away. You wish he'd just take a hint. If you heard a single please or any sort of respect, you might consider it. He's only been a jackass and judging at first glance, he's too old for that.

"You don't need it–"

You move with the line and he growls, shifting with you.

"Look, girl–"

You snap your head back and give him a glare. He sucks in one cheek and exhales heavily, "miss, I am asking you nicely–"

The associate at the counter calls for next and you take your cue. You quickly cross the space and put your haul onto the wooden ledge. You hear the pushy stranger snarl something under his breath. You refuse to look back as you hand over your membership card.

Men like that are the very reason you despise the general public. Hard to fathom how you can be so intrigued by the human condition when you can hardly bear to be around other people.

#geralt of rivia #geralt #dark geralt #dark!geralt #geralt x reader #harald halfdansson #harald x reader #dark harald #dark!harald #harald finehair #vikings #the witcher #bookstore au #au #series #drabble