Hi, Sorry To Bother You! I Just Wanted To Say Your Art Is So So Beautiful, The Colors Are Always So Mesmerizing!

Hi, sorry to bother you! I just wanted to say your art is so so beautiful, the colors are always so mesmerizing! If it's ok, could you possibly share some tips on how you pick colors//shade//anything else for your backgrounds in particular? Thanks a million, and have a nice day (❁ •͈ ꒡ •͈ )

aaaa thank you so much kind anon!! 😭 I take a lot of inspiration from makoto shinkai's movies, the mangaka kii kanna, and ghibli movies amongst many other things (nowadays I find myself being inspired by harusono shou's art a lot as well), but in general I always try to create very warm and comforting environments like them.

in order to achieve that I emphasize the lighting and liveliness of the environment a lot, which can be seen through these sketches of my digimon adventure 02 summer piece

the first sketch was made in 2020 and the updated second sketch was in 2022 - back in 2020 kii kanna was more of my main inspiration so I didn't apply the same techniques and colour palettes that I do now. while the colours in the original sketch aren't necessarily worse, in general my sense of lighting/rendering/shading was weaker. when compared side by side it's clear that I opt for a much stronger blue shade now with my shadows, and that's because I like the way it contrasts the brighter parts of the background and creates a peaceful yet somber mood if that makes sense. it's definitely a matter of preference in terms of the colours, but I think more importantly I learned that painting different textures + understanding lighting + shading are really important to make backgrounds look more fully realized.

I would go more in-depth but honestly I'm really bad at explaining things SDFJKG but I hope this was helpful in some shape or form!!

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I love how crisp and refreshing your art is! It’s like that first sip of cold water when you’re thirsty or a breath of fresh air in the wintertime. There’s something so nostalgic and comforting about it too! Do you have any tips on how you create your work? :)

waahhdsjgk what the heck this is so nice thank you!! I've shared some tips in other asks (this one on backgrounds and this one on character colouring), but in relation to what you've said, whenever I create a piece I ask myself: what feeling do I want to invoke in the person who looks at this? but that's also based on the happiness I feel while drawing the piece - I hope to transfer all the feelings I feel as the artist to the viewer!

when I look back upon all my artworks, I want to be able to think I've successfully captured the atmosphere I envisioned - sometimes heavy with emotion, and sometimes light-hearted and fun. since I draw fanart most of the time, I also try to capture the feeling of the original work while also adding my own flavour and taste to the piece. I always put an emphasis on lighting and colouring (choosing the colour palette is a huge step in achieving the feeling I want in a piece), but I hope to improve my composition with each work as well which is something I think I'm lacking in, particularly dynamic angling.

in some more technical senses, I always look toward the artists I aspire to be like and study their work. I often study the same artists, but I find it's important to always look for new inspirations in order to grow. for example, lately I've been wanting to detail the way I draw/colour characters more as I feel like I've neglected that aspect of my art and have focused more on backgrounds, so I studied different character artists that i like and tried applying their techniques to myself while also retaining my own style.

sorry this got long and rambly and I have no idea if this is helpful, but I wanted to try and dig into my mindset towards creating art. thank you again for the kind ask!!

your artwork is incredible, and gives me warm fluffy feelings. thank you so much for sharing.

aww thank you so much, that's the exact feeling I want to invoke with my art so that makes me extremely happy to hear!! 💗💕💕

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