#shading

[ae-llish]

Hell yeah' more shitpost drawing studies'

I mostly to these scribbles/notes for myself, but sharing is caring and my brain simple won't acknowledge and comprehend how light works.

It's actually so simple doing shadows ( in theory ), still' i wanna rip and tear at my hair whenever i actaully have draw dynamic ones.

#drawing tutorial #art tutorial #art tips #drawing tips #shading tutorial #shading #tutorial

[obscure-entity]

your shading is AMAZING specially when its conveying organic forms..... do you have any tips for people who dont know wrf going on (with shading)

ok so HI. hi. my old tutorial pisses me off so i will make a new one

i made a guy whose sole purpose is to be shaded so dont worry he likes it. and his name. his name will be mr. Boob. mr boob does not have to be blue

theres probably way better explanations of how to do it but unfortunately trying to "emulate" shading does ask you to somewhat understand ur character in a 3d way. like what would the 2d shape be if you "sliced" it? mr boob is made of so many circles. his tail also does a kind of weird perspective foreshortening thing because its pointing at you. is this being conveyed

you obviuously dont have to draw a horrendous grid on your characters skin to do this . BUT it helps you put down (or at least envision) the lines of the form shading :

dont worry about cast shadows or the shading color because this is FORM SHADOW time only. think about what surfaces of the character are obviously facing away from the light source and put down the "separation line" of the shading based on that. thr most important thing is that youre trying to separate light from dark

im going to pick the first one for cast shadows bc it will be the most obvious to me

ok so. his ears and snout are blocking other surfaces of his body from the light, which means a shadow is cast!!!! bam. i saw someone describe cast shadows as what the light's pov "can't see." his entire body is putting down a cast shadow on the ground too

im impatient so i blended the form shadows now. its usually the easiest to just NOT blend cast shadows as a way of conveying that they are still cast shadows. but you can still blend them if you want to show "distance" between the obstruction and the surface its blocking. but its just a way of saying form and cast shadows should not be treated the same even if their softness coincides

im going to lump reflection and ambient light together because theyre like. similar. reflections dont just happen in mirrors

since the sky is blue, making the ambient lighting, i tinged mr. boobs existing shadow to be a bit blue. (*this is kind of important because it can help you decide a shading color, which should USUALLY be based on the environment) (unless your character is just in the transparent void then it doesnt matter)

since the ground is pink, i made pink light bounce off of him. pointed and labelled. i dont rlly know how to go more in depth than that

contact shadows are literally shadows formed from direct-touching contact. very little light can reach in there, even from how reflections disperse, which means youre free to use the darkest color available (black). in this case mr. boob is making contact with the floor. because he is sitting on the floor.

i touched him up a bit and wow!!!!!!!!!! look at mr. boob!!! he is so beautifully sculpted.

and one more thing

thats right. i made mr boob PINK. hes fucking ruined now. just kidding i would never say that to him

what im trying to convey here (its the easiest with really light colors) is a transitional color. this can also show subsurface scattering depending on how you use it which is fun to look at. the mistake i made on my last tutorial was "Just pick a warm saturated color!" which is really wrong in examples like Blue mr boob. because it would be weird to use a warm color to transition from blue to blue.

if you have a character that isn't bright enough then obviously the shadows wont be as visible. its BEST to bring more attention to highlights and reflections to reveal the form a bit. they play the biggest role with darker colors

thats all i can think of. fun things to look up:

structuralization + contour lines + foreshortening etc. 3d lingo

form shadows

cast shadows

ambient light

contact shadows

subsurface scattering

im also just speaking out of my ass otherwise. i didnt look up any of these terms until the end now im inferring and hoping i got them right

and remember every time you shade mr boob will be rooting for you

#art tutorial #shading #lighting #long post

[laboratoryrats]

GoldCanines: “I had lots of questions on how I go about my shading ! ✨

Here is how I pick my colors, determine my layers, and lay out my shading !”

Source: GoldCanines on Twitter

#art tutorial #digital art #art reference #tutorial #art tips #illustration #drawing tips #shading #drawing color #drawing colors #color #colour #cell shaded #cell shade #cell shade tutorial

[randominktm]

One final flight.

I don't really do backgrounds, or perspective for that matter, very regularly so this was a nice change of pace! I have a couple things I know I need to work with specifically but honestly it turned out a lot better than I thought.

#art #my art #digital art #qsmp purgatory #qsmp #qsmp fanart #qsmp philza #philza #philza fanart #qsmp tubbo #tubbo #tubbo fanart #purgatory #purgatory finale #shading #background #team bolas #team soulfire

[drawingden]

Sketch Notes by ben_eblen_design

Check out the artists Gumroad for more in-depth versions of the tutorials!

#art fundamentals #art reference #art tutorial #art help #digital tutorial #art resources #shading #stylisation

[temiree]

I was hired by Todd Aldrington to make the cover for his newest novel, A Christmas Reunion! :D Todd writes, "A Christmas Reunion is about the two guys who secretly become boyfriends when their families get together at Christmas, and they spend the whole holiday trying to hide it from their suspicious families." From what I know, this book is supposed to have a comedic lean to it compared to his previous books. :3

If you're interested in buying the book (either for yourself or as a gift), here are links to the ebook and paperback versions!

Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CN2ZW4Z3

Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CN3DYG1D

If you enjoy his work, you can also follow Todd for announcements on future releases!

Todd's Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthleteRaccoon

Todd's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/athleteraccoon.bsky.social

#Todd Aldrington #bear #otter #anthro #anthropomorphic #furry #inked #colored #shaded #airbrush #shading #digital art #my art #commission #cover #book #book cover #skates #ice skating #skating #ice #winter #snowing #snow #New York #evening #parka #coat #Christmas #holidays

[skechindeed]

Recent Commission!!

#art #artists on tumblr #artwork #digital art #claws #pokemon #pokemon fanart #fanart #video game #purple #violet #lighting #shading #commission #gengar #gastly #haunter #evolution #ghost #full moon #moon #night #nighttime

[tdillustrates]

#tmnt #art #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #fanart #rise leo #rise donnie #tmnt donatello #rottmnt leonardo #rottmnt leo #movie redraw #screenshot redraw #rottmnt mikey #disaster twins #pb&j duo #pb&j #drawing #illustration #my art #experimenting with lighting #lighting #shading #coloring #tmnt art #rottmnt art #screenshots #movie screenshots #rottmnt movie #rottmnt donnie

[aldermoth]

(they/them)

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#eden #dragon #furry #anthro #fluffy dragon #furry art #furry artist #fursona #digital art #character art #character design #drawing #light elemental #magic #elemental #nonbinary #agender #null #rendering #soft shading #shading #painting #digital painting #scenery #sky

[tsume4life]

I forgot to post this a week ago

But anyway I just gonna drop this here and head off,

#rise of the tmnt #rottmnt #tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise leo #rottmnt leo #rottmnt leonardo #tmnt fanart #tmnt leo fanart #leo hamato #leonardo #save rise of the tmnt #digital art #digital drawing #shading #still practicing

[bluury2]

Shading practice: SKY <33

and WIND <33

He's so sassy oml

I plan to draw all of the chain 💪

> Part 2

#linked universe #legend of zelda #lu fanart #my art #art #dont steal #fanart #linked universe sky #lu sky #lu wind #linked universe wind #shading #drawing #skyward sword #wind waker

[kiseendeavor]

PK and Little Hornet ♡

figured id drawn little ghost in all four of my last hk drawings, so i thought id leave them out this time.. why not draw little hornet, instead? and i wanted to give pale king a go again, too, so heres the result! white palace cyme out looking a little blue, but oh well. am pretty proud of it still! hope this one brightens yall's day a little c:

week 38, very late! agh! but im keeping up with the streak another week- wont be stopped so easily. today's piece took about four hours- took me a while to figure out how to draw bb hornet, and to figure out how to shade pk's cloak.. not the most proud of that, but it is what it is. thank you for checking out my work! hope you have a wonderful week <3

#artists on tumblr #oc #digital art #artwork #drawing #illustration #fantasy #cute #fanart #calm #hollow knight #hollow knight hornet #bugs #pale king #white palace #kise akuta #ibis paint #shading

[liamreiestad]

Drew this today😍really like him😁the drawing is originally from Ai but wanted to try and draw it myself😇

#drawing #sketch #anime style #anime #shading #ai art #character design #angry #child

[lost-sunset-canine]

day 7 of mermay 2023 - merfairy 

less of a fairy, more of an angel qwp !! I fist thought of  flying fish, but didnt have an idea on how to visualize it, then i thought about sea angels, they have similar vibes with their wings so i felt like it fitted with the fairy theme/promt i used for inspiration :3  So then i went on to make a actual angel merman fusion  and i loveee it so so much, its very simple, but very effective i feel like also i think its just super funny how the sea angel transforms into a “sea demon” when they eat, so i just had to do two versions.  -dairiem

#art #digital art #digital painting #mermay #mermay 2023 #merman #sea angel #sea demon #translucent #wip to finish #wip #sketch #lineart #color #shading #glow #wings #angel #biblically accurate angel

[springypaws]

Idk what I have and have posted here at this point but uhhhhh ✨shading practice✨

#rottmnt #save rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt fanart #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #save rise of the tmnt #save rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt donnie #shading

[loosethreadstitchery]

More blackwork shading, this time inverted. Cross-stitched candle casting a blackwork glow.

Pattern here

#cross stitch #blackwork #embroidery #candle #glow #shading #fiber arts #my designs