#undercolor

[p-skyexd]

UNDERCOLOR MASTERPOST

So I have this silly little AU named Undercolor, it was originally based of Ink a bit, but I've changed it and now it's more of itself, there already was an AU called Colortale (yknow which one I mean), so I needed to change the name... Anyway, I'll just start with all the character refrences and doodles and such, and then lower in the post the story :3

More under cut

Paint!Frisk - doodles - refrence sheet

Pastel!Chara - doodles - refrence sheet

Vibrant!Sans - doodles - refrence sheet

Neon!Papyrus - doodles - refrence sheet

Toriel - doodles - refrence sheet

Asgore - doodles - refrence sheet

Asriel - doodles - refrence sheet

Undyne - doodles - refrence sheet

Alphys - doodles - refrence sheet

Mettaton - doodles - refrence sheet

I'll continue this post further, just to tired to type it all out now, hehe...

#undertale au #au undertale #undercolor #my au #my ocs #frisk #chara #sans #papyrus #toriel #asgore #asriel #undyne #alphys #mettaton #paint frisk #paint #pastel chara #pastel #vibrant sans #vibrant #neon papyrus #neon

[lavousatrav]

39.853199,3.123586 2023 • All rights reserved ©lvstrv ©lavousatrav #loosingmyreligion #lifelines #undercolor #faith #faithoverfear (en Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co4yMifDOE-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#loosingmyreligion #lifelines #undercolor #faith #faithoverfear

[stylists-supporting-stylists]

💯💢🛑 ❗️▪️ . . . . . Reposted from @roberto_godini #RobertogodinisalonPentru mai multe informatii: www.robertogodini.com ☎️Tel.Info/Programari: 0770986200 ____________________________________ ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ 📍Str. G. Dem Teodorescu nr. 12, sec. 3.(Zona Piata Muncii) #salon #undercolor #copperhair #denim #whiteonde (at Roberto Godini Salon & Academy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf2P8aapo_q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#robertogodinisalonpentru #salon #undercolor #copperhair #denim #whiteonde

[vampthropologist]

He looks so normal without the green hair.

#🦇// txt #I did this as an undercolor

[pineappledart]

apparently all i needed for my brain to want to do artwork was my house to be so upsettingly warm that i didn't want to do notes, as i did two paintings yesterday. proportions killed me on this but i'm fine.

materials: acrylic base, oils, watercolor detailing. 8x10 canvas

keep reading = process photos (no id)

#also for reference the undercolors were from a previous painting that a smeared out. #my art #id in alt #painting

[kiwimadegames]

'Undercolor Agents' (2013) By: Farmergnome (Kapiti) For: PC Made on the weekend for the Ludum Dare 26 competition - a multiplayer shooter. Links: - Wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20180301030950/https://www.farmergnome.com/2013/04/undercolor-agents.html - Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9twWLbIFlY&t=10s&ab_channel=thefarmergnome

#Undercolor Agents #temp

[creatingblackcharacters]

Lesson 4: "Do Black People Blush?" Bringing brown complexions to life

Inspired by this ask

So, do Black people blush?

We are human beans 🤣! Blood rushes through our veins! This isn't just a nonblack misconception either; I know plenty of Black people who think we don't blush. Stop saying that shit. It's not true! If you thought this at any point, I'm glad you learned, TAKE THIS L IN SILENCE! I am sparing you the indignity of saying this out loud, ever! 🙏🏾

Jokes aside, the actual issue usually lies with the depiction or description. Depending on our skin tone, most of us aren’t going to turn ‘bright pink’ with a blush (if you write that in your y/n or roleplaying fics, that’s an easy way to negate a good amount of your potential Black audience). Think of a cherry coke- how you still see the tint of red in it, but it’s still brown? Like that.

One way to dodge this in writing is to say “flushed”, or “ears/cheeks became hot”. This is describing the physical action of blushing, without having to describe the color of someone’s face. If you’re really nervous about not writing us correctly via blushing… there you go!

Colorism

Okay. So this is something I’ll likely do its own lesson on, because there’s no way I could encapsulate it into one little blurb and I’m not going to try! After asking the internet an admittedly confusing question 😅, one thing I was able to reaffirm is that people have different opinions on what ‘dark’/’darker’ skin tones mean. People recognize that different cultural upbringings and contexts will change what that means! And that’s good- that an important part of the larger conversation!

However, I want everyone to understand that you don’t have to be Black to be dark/’darker’ skinned- you can be Black and very pale! We discussed that in the last lesson! There’s no ‘singular point of brown-ness’ that designates a Black person as ‘Black’- there’s an entire sociological conversation behind that!

My point is, this isn’t a ‘oh Black people OVERALL aren’t depicted blushing properly’- because there are ‘lighter’ skinned Black people that wouldn’t suffer as much from this particular issue.

Blushes and Undertones

Three Links for Tips on Medium to Deep Skintones

Different complexions are going to require different colors, there's not a 'one fits all' option. However! What we want to do for deeper brown complexions is to focus on BOLDER, not lighter! Putting light pink or a white person’s ‘nude’ on our skin will often make us look ashy and undercolored. And we don’t like looking ashy.

"It looks like they're ashy!"

What do we mean when we say this about a piece? Well, worse case scenario, it looks like this:

This was NOT one of KD’s better days, and he was thoroughly mocked for this. He got more than enough money for lotion! Anyway, when we say that your art looks ‘ashy’, it means that it feels like the skin of your Black character is gray, or dead. Like a corpse. We don’t look like that unless things are dire.

In fan and professional art, you can sometimes find people user a grey undertone for deeper shades of brown on Black people: NO! We are NOT grey! We are not pitch! Many skin shades of brown can be found based in the oranges and the reds. Based on lighting and depth of complexion, you might even have to go into the blues and purple to capture the brown you’re seeking.

I’m begging us to stop desaturating the browns we use. We can see the difference. It’s usually one of those ‘White Man Painted Brown’ techniques I discussed before; an attempt to ‘make a character Black’ without really committing to it because the brown skin tone ‘doesn’t look good’ to the artist. Brown is beautiful! Commit to brown! Commit to the full design!

Put in the work to create the brown you need!

While this is a traditional art piece (follow Ellie Mandy Art, a Black creator), I want you to notice how she incorporated many colors to create the deep brown for her piece.

-8:05 for the list of paints

-8:05-17:29 for the process

She used black, yes, but it was nowhere near the base color. She incorporated blues and reds and other browns to capture that depth. It wasn’t ‘toss in a bunch of black or grey to get the brown darker’. (SKIP TO THE END TO SEE HOW GOOD THIS PIECE IS, BTW. I felt like I was in the presence of a master watching her do this, fr. We gotta pay artists more.)

I want to use this model as an example to show that while we might get very dark, we're still not 'pitch black'. You can see the flat of the black of their clothes versus their deep complexion. They're not the same!

Even if your character's complexion is very deep brown into black, you still need to incorporate ‘life’ into them (if that makes sense). And you know what? Even if you want to describe your characters as having ‘black’ skin, that’s fine, but there are still other ways to do it- obsidian, the night sky, velvet. Find a way to romanticize our skin (there’s an entire conversation about how ‘black’ is used in a negative connotation in language and storytelling, and we’re ALSO going to have that conversation later!)

A Real Simple Way (i.e. how I do it)

I tried, but I cannot find my skin tones palette link anymore. I’m sorry! But, it’s been essential to my character design. If you don’t ever buy anything else, I would HIGHLY suggest investing in a skin tones palette for your art program.

Everyone say hello to Philia, my OC! I’m used to drawing her, so I’m going to use her as an example. Now remember, I am still an amateur! But this is how I do it!

Admittedly, I do the one on the left when I'm feeling lazy, but more often I'll take the time to do the one on the right. Now here’s the thing- I’m not actually blending the red into the brown. This is on a whole different layer. What I’m actually doing is adding to and fading the color until it’s at a color that I feel is natural. There's definitely an easier, smarter way to do this, but that’s what I like to do- I like to see the stages slowly until I’m comfortable.

You have to mess around and practice; see what looks good and what doesn't. Go into the reds, the oranges, the pinks and observe how it looks- I may go through multiple before I settle on one. It’s really just a matter of getting used to drawing Black skin tones and how they look in different lighting. This one's not perfect for sure.

Resources

Here are some really good posts and Youtube videos on how both to paint skin, and to add blush tones. And remember, as per my usual, the best way to learn how the draw and paint Black people is to follow and learn from Black artists! Another good idea might be looking into Black makeup and Black SFX makeup artists. As people that work with skin on a regular basis, they would be a good place to study what colors can and should be used on different skin colors as a whole.

ami0amii

Likelihood Art

Tiara Anderson

Proko

Sinix

Ross Draws

In summary, focus on bolder colors, be willing to test until you get what you need, and practice! All you can do to get better is to practice! And as always: it’s the thought that counts, but the action that delivers!

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

[nightmining]

“and we both know we wish the world for the other”

(got lazy and didn’t erase the undercoloring, soz if it’s ugly lmao)

#dsmp #dsmp art #dsmp fanart #ranboo #ranboo art #ranboo fanart #tubbo art #tubbo fanart #beeduo fanart

[crenifer]

last one i swear ill be back to school after this

(i have not played the no mercy route yet but did i do it right)

also some design explanation below idk kinda cooked here im kinda impressed

- yes its supposed to look like a crown idk about flowey calling clover king or smth idk i justs saw it once but this looked cool ok

- and the rubber patch is gone since yk why def when you got high lv amirite

+ also pacifist clovers hat has a yellow undercolor since its starlos old hat so idk maybe they wanted it to look special

+ it looks asthetically really cool to have no mercy clover have their hair have the undercolor as oppose to pacifist clover but you be the judge hey additional no mercy run shiptost here because the only knowledge i have of the route because of spoilers i decided to click on

#art #fanart #undertale yellow clover #undertale yellow #undertale #uty headcannons ig #uty clover #uty fanart

[p-skyexd]

How about, I show you guys some doodles I made of an OC of mine? :D

Here's the reference I always use btw 👇 (yes it's gacha ik don't judge me)

I normally remove the little knot tho... + Paint doesn't like wearing her glasses

Some are not up-to-date tho or aren't done yet-

We also have little baby Paint!

Gacha reference 👇

And here is a drawing a friend of mine made!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS DRAWING BTW

(credits to Kate btw, I love you bbg💜)

I'll eventually send an ACTUAL refrence of Paint once I'm back home

And yeah, that's about it! :D have a nice day!

Masterpost

#paint frisk #undertale #undertale au #au undertale #undertale art #my art #frisk #paint #undercolor #skye's art #i have a few sus ones tho but I'm not gonna send those #those are private :3 #anyway #enjoy #skye draws

[leafatlaw]

Yayaay DANCE for day 1 of @mcyt-yuri-week !!!!

drew some gempearl (or is it pearlgem ?) because they are silly :333

art thoughts/process under cut

This piece took me like ~4 hours from sketch to finish and wow was it four hours. I *like* how it turned out but more than that I’m proud that I actually did it. This is the first real finished piece I’ve done in forever. And more than that this is piece I really experimented with. I’ve got an undercolor or whatever it’s called and colored the lineart( albeit quickly) as well. This is the first time I really tired using the lasso tools for certain parts and oh man procreate was not agreeing with me. I’m really proud of how it turned out even as I can’t help but see the errors lol. Anywyas love sapphics peace and love on planet earth.

#mcytyuriweek2023 #I pinky promise to add alt text tmr I am just #Very tired now #This took so much out of me lol #gempearl #pearlgem #hermitshipping #trafficshipping #kinda I guess #Sparrow scribbles

[senranx]

Your style is so gorgeouss! ;;u;;

How do you choose colors for your art?

Thank you!!

And that's a bit tricky to answer. But usually: - I start by picking a pair of contrasting colors (like their opposites - i.e: blue/yellow; or red/green); - From there I build my palette by slightly shifting the hue and saturation based on the values and tones I wanna get.

For example, say after I pick blue and yellow as my base colors, I wanna draw a character that features a lot of red in their palette. Depending on whether I choose blue or yellow for the character's undercolor, I basically shift and manipulate the blue/yellow just enough to hint the red in this character's palette.

+ Gradient maps and paint overs do help a lot to get the effect I look for, though! I often use this GIF as an example.

I also'd say a great channel that taught me solid fundamentals for working with colors was Marco Bucci!

hope this helps

[cyberkiss2uu]

good MORNING cloud retainer nation. shes so beautiful. yes im mourning the flared pants she couldve been so awesome... imo her dress design reminds me too much of ningguangs design T_T idk i still like it but like ughh i wish they wouldve branched out..!!! also i refused to color this. also yea thats hamayumi i liked it best w puzui's design

so ermm i had to draw Xianyun w Xueshe and Puzui!!! tbh i didnt think at all ab the cloud retainer leaks back when i made them but seeing her now im like ok. she certainly asexually reproduced via mitosis to make the twins :3 it def shifted their lore slightly but i think it gave me something new and fun 2 work with !! and helped flesh out their backstory..

i do want to change puzui's design a bit i think shes messy.. i also didnt make their hair have the teal undercolor because xueshe's love interest is xiao so i didnt want them to look too similar erm... and i think ill keep it that way !!! wtvr i make the rules yes i do IDK LOL this was jsut so silly

#genshin impact #cloud retainer #xianyun #genshin ocs #jammy ocs #genshin fanart

[caffenine0]

TADY

Am I crazy? I can't color no matter how hard I try.

The moment I start coloring, the picture is ruined.

But I think I'm good at this one... just the undercolor...

#skibidi toilet #tv man #art #skibiditoiletoc

[stargirl1331]

Color study!!!

I’m pretty darn proud of this! I did it with very limited colors and had to do a t o n of work on undercolors to get it to work!! If anyone has suggestions I’d love to know:)

#art is blooming #seeds in the garden #this turned out so cool tho?? #the color swatches at the bottom are the colors I used for context #so like. the fact I got that many shades is so impressive to me

[raspberrysmoon]

"on a certain level it was so rad! flying through the air you could see all the other rides! and it was like.. something unlocked in me."

top to bottom! :

sugar cloud: based on the song. lots of different, fun/shaped beads. no undercolors. supposed to be very bright and fun and hectic.

general constance/sugar cloud: just there as filler, basically. no undercolors. originally supposed to be jawbreaker, but i didnt have the right letters so :/ more contained and "pretty"

constance: her character bracelet! round, colorful letters and bright/pastel colors. pink skulls and pink dice. undercolors are extra pastel versions of the overcolors (pastel purple, pink, green, orange, blue and yellow seed beads). meant to be a quick 'digestible' version of her

genuinely had so much fun working on constance, i love her character so much and i always like working with lots of color. it took FOREVER to get good lighting for these but i think they turned out looking okay.

necklaces and harness coming as soon as i can figure out how to take pictures of them

#ride the cyclone #i <3 these silly little dudes #constance blackwood #constance rtc #berry beads