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Daily draw #44
To day I’ve made the decision that the mascot for this channel is going to be my good boi Dodogama! I love this boi and I also don’t want to tie this channel to a specific fandom that may cause controversy, ie, brony or furry. This is going to be the pfp for all of my art posting areas. Facebook, Twitter, Ko-fi, and here for instance.
Commission for @hunterbahamut Thank you!!
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i made me a new icon :3
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i have open PNGtube comms! price is 60 USDvia kofi, if interested send dm
icon test :3
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Kylo's werewolf form
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To whoevers seeing this!
I rarely reblog but anyway- shes my fave author, and writes incredibly, and shes having a lil teeny tiny hard time, so i hope u guys can help her! I cant thats why I’m doing what I can
U guys can have my trust she weites SO GOOD LIKE LEGIT
Heya everyone, I really hate to do this, especially with how little I've been writing lately...I'm struggling to pay my rent this month, due to being hospitalized for 3 months and getting only a small percentage of my regular salary.
I would really appreciate, if you could help me with this.
Even sharing this would help a ton.
Again, I apologize for this, but I am really desperate.
Taglist to help share <3 @bokkiesplace @notastraykid @hee0soo @moon0fthenight @bbyquokka @strawberry31 @weird-bookworm
D.va Line Art Tutorial: Basic Level
I’ve been wanting to create some art tutorial for some time and I’ve finally did it! I hope there is some wisdom you get from this Tutorial, so let’s start!
Now this is a simple tutorial, so there wouldn’t be many advanced techniques, but the good thing is, it is simple, so that almost everyone can follow through, of course in the future, I will create even better tutorials that are easier to learn and understand.
I’ve always like illustrative art, and with my passion in digital painting, sometimes I try to combine them both together, and this is one of the result. In the future, I will try to constantly create many such illustrative art.
Software Used: Photoshop CS6, Corel Painter (optional)
Dimension: Approx 3000px x 3000px
1. Drawing stage
Now this is the part that I cannot teach you here: drawing.
It really depends on your drawing skills, and for those who can;t draw so well, my strong advice is: draw on paper.
While I did this in digital out of convenience, nothing beats drawing straight on paper. Drawing digitally will hardly improve your drawing skills at all if any (my observation & exp), but drawing on paper will improve your accuracy and drawing memory much much faster and better.
Take your time drawing, if you have a good base drawing, then everything else will be nice and easy, so don’t rush it.
2. Outlining Digitally
Depending on your preferences, you can just draw any patterns, but my design here is about Peacock & Lotus design, with the Peacock symbolizing Dva’s penchant for showing off, as for the Lotus... well it’s pretty!
As you can see here, some of my outlines are pretty sleek and smooth, and that’s because I create a new clean outline on top of my previous rough drawing. This is usually quite important in terms of line drawing/painting. It makes the process easier and the whole image more clean and finished.
Painter Technique: Now, I create my drawing in my favorite app Photoshop, but Photoshop it’s not for being very bad in making smooth lines, so you have to use another program to do that.
Currently, my favorite program for creating such smooth lines is Corel Painter. You can search for “Brush Smoothing” setting, and set the “Damping” to around 80 for a good line stabilization.
While I forgot which brush I use for this, I now recommend the 2B pencil with 100% opacity (The blue lines). Make them on a different layer.
Try and create the lines with as little strokes as possible. For long curved lines like the hair, you can utilized Painter’s awesome “Paint on a path” feature, just check it on the top toolbar settings. It allows you to create a path and paint straight onto it, thus saving the frustration of redrawing again and again to get that smooth long lines.
For the red lines, “Concept Art Jitter Smooth” Under the Chalk section.
Other Software Technique: This line art technique can also be done with other software with brush stabilization feature like SAI, or Clip Paint Studio, and many others, so don’t worry if you don’t have Painter.
3. Base Colors
Now the next step is to bring the image back to Photoshop for coloring. Use the pen tool and create the basic shapes and fill them with block colors in different layers.
Now it is tempting to use the Lasso or the Paint bucket to fill, but don’t. The lasso tool has problem in creating smooth lines (which we need), and also the paint bucket (I’ll explain next time how to use it in another Tutorial).
If you have created the paths and shapes in different layers, then you can lock the layer transparency and start painting with the real desired colors.
Here I used the soft Airbrush in PS to paint it some reddish hue around her cheeks and forehead. Don’t worry about getting the colors very accurate for now, since you have separated them to different layers, it is very easy to make adjustments later on. Also, don’t forget to add a background, preferably grey or some neutral colors. It helps better to gauge the value of the colors later on, if you put white, most colors seem too dark, and of you put black, colors will seem too bright.
4. Start Painting
On a layer above the body, I painted the peacock leaves by using the Lasso tool, fill colors, and use airbrush to paint it highlights and shadow.
For the Lotus leaves, I use the Lasso, but I don’t fill it, since I want the blackness of the suit to come through. And instead of using the Airbrush, I use the PS standard round brush, with shape dynamic off and opacity pressure on, I painted with downward strokes lightly to create the leaf textures, and painted the same way again with brighter colors, and add a final highlight and the tip of most leafs.
5. More Painting
Continue painting the leafs, and the the shoulders, before moving to other parts like the gun. I’ve also added more leafs underneath the original leaf layer, since I felt it looked a bit empty. For the glow of the feathers, I simply create a layer on top of the outline layer, and set it to “color dodge”, and add some bright colors.
If the colors look weird/off, simply use Hue/Saturation to edit them till it looks right, then color pick from that section and paint the rest.
6. Finishing/Editing
As you can see, I changed the hair, since I wasn’t satisfied with the previous color. To get the bright look, you need to start with a white base. And as with the gloves, shoulders and hair, I changed their base colors to white.
Then with my texture brush, I simply painted according to the form, and leave some white shining through in the middle. This will created those “white sheen” you see here. Then for the hair, I painted darker colors near the tip/end of the hairs. I’ve also brighten the her face in the process.
For the background, I was actually a little clueless on what to paint. So I just painted some light strokes using the same textured brush and add a design element on it. Maybe next time, with better planning, I will create better backgrounds.
End Note:
So there you have it, and as you have learnt, there isn’t any complicated techniques behind this picture, and if you have prepared each stage accordingly step by step, everything later will become easier. Of course this is not the most detailed tutorial as some steps can be broken down even further to make it clearer, but that is for future tutorials!
If you like my work and would like to learn more and support me, please do consider supporting me at Patreon.com/edric . It truly helps me a lot to devote more time to create this tutorials and art, plus you will also get my custom brushes and PSD file so that you learn better, and of course, Patrons receive special tutorials. Every bit of support helps, and are truly truly appreciated!!!
Or you can buy me a coffee for late night painting too here :https://ko-fi.com/edricartist
One question, what does it mean by 'Free Art Requests'?
The “Free Art Requests” I’m doing is answering everyone’s tk art requests they already submitted in my inbox. Right now, they’re CLOSED so I don’t overwhelm myself with so many requests.
To elaborate, anyone can submit a tk art request from my fandoms lists (of what I’ll draw) and can expect a cute simple tk art piece (w/no background & flat colors or with limited colors) And they’re completely free of charge.
I’ll reopen them again once I’m done with the current requests I already have in my inbox.
And for some more exciting news, I’m planning on starting a Kofi! I’ll be able to take commissions there, upload never before seen artwork, and your donations & support will allow me to continue providing you guys more of my epic artwork!
So stay tuned! My Kofi will be opening soon! (∗ᵒ̶̶̷̀ω˂̶́∗)੭₎₎̊₊♡
Well! It took me a couple of months, but I finally was able to upload my Korok stickers to Ko-fi!
Like all my stickers these are a $2 AUD digital download so that you can print them yourself at home as many times as you'd like :)
Download here ✨
Did another set of Hashtag Gamer™ pride flag stickers today! Not sure how many I'll end up doing but they're easy + fun to make so 🤷♀️
Download em here ✨
Hey guys. As you probably know, I was recently diagnosed with Dysautonomia (IST, VVS, potentially also POTS).
I've been stuck in bed for 10 months, struggling with severe orthostatic intolerance. I can't sit up at all without puking or fainting, and doctors don't seem to know how to help me.
I keep having to go to appointments, pay for tests and buy random medical shit to try and figure out what's going on. Since I live off just $400 a fortnight from Centerlink, basically every bill is a cost I can't afford.
For just $1 I'll sketch whatever you want, and it'll help me pay my medical bills and be able to sit up again 👇
ABSOLUTELY NO PRESSURE TO TIP IF YOU CAN'T. I have a roof over my head and I'm not gonna die- but it'd help me out greatly if you have the cash to spare!
I just wanna be able to paint again :")
🧡🤍💖 Happy International Lesbian Day!!! 🧡🤍💖
You can support your local lesbian (me) on this most holy day by checking out my Etsy!
I have a variety of pride and non-pride related stickers for you to download, including a few different Zelda and Splatoon ones 🥰
I also have a tip jar where I'm currently taking $1 sketch requests!
Just want to make a note, I do have some random stuff posted on my Ko-fi like don't really have to pay to see it, just random crap I don't know what to do with
New sketch available on Kofi!!!
Fuchsia has found a new voicebox to replace his current one.
Available for everyone september 30th 2023
I'm really sorry for not making many posts as of late.
I wanted to let you guys know that my brother has caught Covid and our cat Rainbow is showing signs that she might die soon; similar signs that Fred gave us when he was struggling to move or eat, almost anything, really.. I'd like to be able to cover the cost of her future cremation and getting an urn for her as soon as possible. Any support at all is greatly appreciated 💚
I hope sharing the link here is fine...
I'm really sorry for not making many posts as of late.
I wanted to let you guys know that my brother has caught Covid and our cat Rainbow is showing signs that she might die soon; similar signs that Fred gave us when he was struggling to move or eat, almost anything, really.. I'd like to be able to cover the cost of her future cremation and getting an urn for her as soon as possible. Any support at all is greatly appreciated 💚
I hope sharing the link here is fine...
I'm really sorry for not making many posts as of late.
I wanted to let you guys know that my brother has caught Covid and our cat Rainbow is showing signs that she might die soon; similar signs that Fred gave us when he was struggling to move or eat, almost anything, really.. I'd like to be able to cover the cost of her future cremation and getting an urn for her as soon as possible. Any support at all is greatly appreciated 💚
I hope sharing the link here is fine...
**Update 1**
I noticed that Rainbow's front top-left tooth looked crooked and out-of-place, so I told my mom and she checked it out a little. So Rainbow's tooth is loose and she may need to have it surgically removed by the vet. And according to articles I've read, there will be some aftercare costs that would have to be covered too.
We don't know how much time Rainbow has left, but we can't bear to see her struggle like this. Please consider donating to help me and my mom cover all the expenses if you're able
I'm really sorry for not making many posts as of late.
I wanted to let you guys know that my brother has caught Covid and our cat Rainbow is showing signs that she might die soon; similar signs that Fred gave us when he was struggling to move or eat, almost anything, really.. I'd like to be able to cover the cost of her future cremation and getting an urn for her as soon as possible. Any support at all is greatly appreciated 💚
I hope sharing the link here is fine...
**Update 2**
My mom and I went to the vet earlier this morning and we were recommended to go to a place that specializes in dental work and stuff for dental x-rays to check where "the tooth has broken off" as the lady at the vet said. But they're of course closed tomorrow 🫠
The dental place also covers things like bloodwork, so we'll get that checked out as soon as we can as well.
Hopefully she'll be okay in the meantime with the painkillers and antibiotics we got. The little dry patch you can kind of see in the second photo is from all the drool she's been having lately. It was especially bad today as far as I know.
I'm really sorry for not making many posts as of late.
I wanted to let you guys know that my brother has caught Covid and our cat Rainbow is showing signs that she might die soon; similar signs that Fred gave us when he was struggling to move or eat, almost anything, really.. I'd like to be able to cover the cost of her future cremation and getting an urn for her as soon as possible. Any support at all is greatly appreciated 💚
I hope sharing the link here is fine...