03-13-2023, 05:52 AM
Hahaha fucking AIs, which are artificial but not intelligent nor are able to "learn" anything. xD
I've never heard of MyPaint before, but after your post I'll check it out. The linework looks effortless, and the lettering is pretty good. Thanks for posting about it!
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So, to make myself useful, I've got a tip about doing evident brushwork: Imagine your subject as a lowpoly 3D object. Can you see the planes? Now make the brushstrokes follow them.
Evident brushwork works when it's communicating something. Plane changes are the lowest hanging fruit in this aspect, you can hardly go wrong with them.
Sometimes they'll coincide with light because light often follow them, but not always. I personally find it easier to solve this plane-dependent curvature with a fill light first, then throw in sharper or stronger sources of light, like the cheating rim light above.
You've showed good saturation instincts with that hand by the way. It's be easy to fall into the trap of keeping the same amount of saturation and just up the values in lighter areas, but you went colder by lowering it. This sort of detail suggests an atmosphere and reads better than just piling up color on top of color. Good job!
I've never heard of MyPaint before, but after your post I'll check it out. The linework looks effortless, and the lettering is pretty good. Thanks for posting about it!
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So, to make myself useful, I've got a tip about doing evident brushwork: Imagine your subject as a lowpoly 3D object. Can you see the planes? Now make the brushstrokes follow them.
Evident brushwork works when it's communicating something. Plane changes are the lowest hanging fruit in this aspect, you can hardly go wrong with them.
Sometimes they'll coincide with light because light often follow them, but not always. I personally find it easier to solve this plane-dependent curvature with a fill light first, then throw in sharper or stronger sources of light, like the cheating rim light above.
You've showed good saturation instincts with that hand by the way. It's be easy to fall into the trap of keeping the same amount of saturation and just up the values in lighter areas, but you went colder by lowering it. This sort of detail suggests an atmosphere and reads better than just piling up color on top of color. Good job!