Sketch Notes By Ben_eblen_design

Sketch Notes by ben_eblen_design

Check out the artists Gumroad for more in-depth versions of the tutorials!

I am so serious when I say if you want to learn about light, you NEED to at least look at modeseven’s tutorials. even if you’re not pursuing a painterly style, this is all essential theory that can be easily adapted to different coloring styles. notice how none of these ever say ‘light with these colors and shade with these colors’? notice how this is teaching how light works on a mechanical level, and reminding the audience to adjust the actual colors they choose by context? THAT is good advice.

(if you’re thinking ‘wow I want to study more of this persons art!’ I encourage you to do so, but proceed with the knowledge that modeseven draws pretty much exclusively weird as hell kink art. sometimes wisdom comes from horny places)

I can't draw bones or bones fading I to slime/ecto.. I kinda need that to go off of for an oc. The bones is where I could add the human parts but the oozey ghost stuff.. my night terror.. plllleeaaase help

Oh sure, usually when I do any bones showing through slime or ghostly skin I focus on gradients, blurring, and opacity.

Having trouble with shading and shadows? I draw a mini sun to remind me where the main light source is. This allows me to visually see where the light should be coming from, instead of randomly guessing. I’ve found this to be very simple, and helpful! 🎨🖌️

I had a color revelation today and now I know how to explain the colors I use!!

Color theory schemes never really helped me.

It was focusing on saturation, tint, and temperature that gave me the skills I have now.

Here’s a compressed guide :]

Tailtorial

So I got the flu, and Ive been in bed for like 9 years. So naturally I decided to draw a lot of butts in order to go on a rant about tails.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk. I have to tag this as nsfw anyway, so here is a pin-up tiefling lad.