No One Asked But Heres A Brief Tutorial On Digital Underpainting And How It Can Add Some Extra Flavor

No one asked but here’s a brief tutorial on digital underpainting and how it can add some extra flavor to your art!

(I got asked this a couple times so just to clarify: I used “overlay” in the second slide… but the rest of these examples are JUST painted on, no effects! Try playing with the opacity on your pencil/water/brush tool to allow the base color to show through!)

woah- you draw with a mouse? i never would have guessed !! how do you do it? it seems so hard!

I do I do, I've always drawn with mouse so it's easy (I just have some limitations and feel like I take longer because of it) My most important work around is you can type in numbers for tapered line lengths (So I'm very good at guessing lengths of areas now) (you can see how i work with mouse and doing that here) Overall it's not very hard, especially if you play games with mouse that require accuracy :)

Made a walkthrough for my latest piece!

Hey Kooks! I saw an ask that you talked about square brushes. Would you mind to share the brushes you use? You’re truly amazing and the best with people. Luv u and have a good vacation

I uploaded the brush I'm using for painting (Sample brush 7) and the texture one (Brush Tool Splatter) here: >>click click<<

The first one is basically the only brush I'm using for painting for years now and it's been a long time fav :)

And thanks for the kind words! <3

What are some brushes you like to use?

these are all clip studio brushes i think all of them are free also !!!! realised i have so many brushes downloaded (gatherer instinct <3) but never use most of them except these

lineart:

wrinkles pen

ink-oily pen (the first one) (i thiiiiink this is my other lineart pen but im not sure)

used to use the default clip studio g pen almost always but now not so much

colouring etc:

hoarse oil (painty)

scratchy colouring (brush for filling large areas with texture altho i also just do this by hand a lot)

default clip studio glitter pen

7clubs glitch pen

glitch brush set (genuinely so so good)

retro halftone set (comic book dot texture with little misprint bits i love this one as well)

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As promised, it’s finally here! Thank you to all of my patrons for not only the support that made this possible, but for giving me the confidence to work on a big project like this.

Rather than providing any drawing instruction, what this writeup aims to do is help you learn to unpack the decisions being made in a given composition, and articulate what elements in a piece are responsible for its impact. Being able to isolate these qualities in your own art and art that inspires you opens up avenues for improvement regardless of medium, style, or technical skill. This is the first of hopefully many PWYW art ‘tutorials’ from me. 

I hope you all enjoy!