Hi, I Hope This Is Alright To Ask But I've Been Having Such A Hard Time With Coloring Digitally, And

Hi, I hope this is alright to ask but I've been having such a hard time with coloring digitally, and I was wondering if you had any tips for coloring skin? Every time I try, my work ends up unfinished and very overdramatic looking. While your art is much more beautiful- even in its simplistic look it has a polished and completed feel to it. Are there any exercises or simple tricks that you would recommend to a beginning digital artist? Thank you for taking the time to read this!

my skin coloring is very very minimal, as well as my coloring in general. Instead of shading in a very detailed manner, I use colorful line art in order to give a bit of depth to my characters. my tips is exploring - just play with your graphic program, try new things and new tools. these programs may seem intimidating because there are so many options and tools, but just try to experience them one by one. you will surely find out interesting effects and techniques! my second tip is try to learn from other artists. look at their work and try to learn as much as you can from their style, then try these things yourself! in the process, you will make the technique your own. just have fun with it! it may seem like there’s a “right” way to do things, but there really isn’t. good luck! ♥

i never know what to do with the body when i do these so here’s one of those things with arms™

This week: Form follows function! You can tell a lot about a bird by its wings.

Hey folks–Paul here, filling in for Meg on TUTOR TUESDAY! A couple things not mentioned in the images above:

If you want to fact-check the hair claim (and enjoy some cat pictures), see my personal blog @whatsapatfour

I have a newfound respect for how much work these “TUTOR TUESDAY” posts take. (Meg makes it look easy!)

Thanks again Meg for the ones you’ve done so far, and we’re all looking forward to your return. Have a good one, everybody!

shading colour tips

hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty

rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD. 

red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple

orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red

yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach

green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal

blue- shade with purple

purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)

pink- darker shade of red

white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??

black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol

grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)

brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red

aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!

I’m gonna do an anatomy of the thighs livestream tomorrow at 6pm California time! Join me as i talk through photo traceovers and do thigh studies! What fun!! I’ll post the link tomorrow before the stream