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Firaxis Games’ concept artist Sang Han Sang on how to give your digital art a traditional look and feel. [source]
00. BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Many people have tried using brushes that simulate analogue bristles, but they may not have thought about how the paint is applied. Traditional painters take great care in applying each stroke of paint, which has been thoughtfully blended to the right colour and value on a palette.
Since the digital medium is so fast and forgiving, we tend to dive right in without much thought and noodle around until something happens. I think this leads to muddy colours, and the energy of the initial gesture gets lost.
01. SKETCH IT OUT
I begin with a rough sketch, trying to keep it loose and gestural. It’s difficult to think about design, colour, lighting and composition all in one pass so I break it down into steps and keep it simple at the beginning. These early steps are important because not only are they the foundation for an entire painting, but some of these strokes may show through in the finished work.
02. LAYER IT UP
Here I create a new layer and change the mode to Multiply. I then paint on this layer with a colour that resembles yellow ochre or burnt sienna. This will help to gauge value and colour more easily than if it was a white canvas. I could have simply filled the layer with a flat colour, but again, the painted strokes may show through and add to the final painting.
03. RENDERING
In this step, I block in the local colours and start rendering. As I do this, I try to remember not to overly blend or noodle around too much, as mentioned above. One of my goals is to retain the energy of each brush-stroke and put paint down with a sense of conviction. Sometimes I put a single stroke down, undo it and repeat this process many times until I’m satisfied.
04. LEAVE MARKS
Keep in mind that you don’t have to render everything. You’ll notice in traditional paintings, certain details are kept as abstract marks. This adds another level of interest to the viewer. As you get closer to the end of the painting, lay the strokes down with lower opacity to give the effect of thicker paint. I like to do this when rendering certain accents, such as highlights.
One of the first versions of Shade’s hero costume from 2022 💜
Plus a small doodle dump of other iterations below:
A suit design for Shade (from 2022). I was thinking of these bat-like wings made with dark energy or something along those lines. I liked how this looked tbh, I might revisit it again! 🦇
Future hero! Shade in an old design of his suit, on night patrol hehe, just some doodles from 2022 that I liked 🌙🖤
Doodle of Shade demonstrating his dark powers, which allow him to create and manipulate dark matter/energy to create appendages, constructs, for offence etc
He hopes you’re impressed 🖤
Shade is a vampire now! 🧛🏻♂️
Well, he’s been one for a while 😅 this happened after a friend told me he kinda looked like one, and then I started imagining an AU where he was one… and then I liked the idea of him being one so much that… I decided to make him one from the get go hehe. Here’s one of the first doodles of him as one I did, really liked this one 🖤
Chicago Deck Rooftop Ideas for a mid-sized, modern rooftop outdoor kitchen deck renovation that includes a pergola
Los Angeles Patio Ideas for a sizable, modern backyard patio renovation that includes a pergola
RPDR Season Winners
Bob: Charity and movement heavy with humor and donations Violet: High fashion editorial and aerial performer Bianca: Stand-up comedian and soon to be film star Jinkx: Camp cabaret style live performer Chad: World class Cher performer as well as consitent hostess Sharon: Musician, halloween underground queen Raja: Fashion designer and model Bebe: Model, singer, personality Tyra: Sanchez
If you aren’t watching @poseonfx what else are you doing with your life? One of my new favorite shows is @poseonfx and how amazing is it that it aired during Pride month!? This show is absolutely everything and I’m so in love with Blanca @mjrodriguez7 💕! Please support this show , it’s important for us to support shows that cast LGBTQ people in LGBTQ roles 🌈! @poseonfx airs every Sunday night on @fxnetworks . Seriously watch it you will LIVE! Illustration of Blanca Rodriguez mother of the House of Evangelista by me . #pose #posefx #supportlgbtartists #lgbtqiapride #lgbtqactors #lgbtqactresses #mjrodriguez #supportlgbtpoc #ballculture #parisisburning #lgbtart #queerart #pride #pride2018 #houseofevangelista #vogue #mopped #housemother #queerartist #supportqueerartists #newyork1987 #realness #shade
Hollow Knight from the Inktober prompt list of 2019, day 6.
Got to play Hollow Knight again and it’s as interesting and frustrating as I remembered it to be. Luckily this time I got a bit more skills and @unu-nunu-art at my side to help out.
Hollow Knight by Team Cherry.
Please don’t steal my art.
Transitional Dining Room - Dining Room Picture of a medium-sized transitional dining room with a white floor and carpeting, gray walls, and no fireplace.
I’ll be honest, I love that one stadium shade so much. They are the reason I get up in the morning. They will always be their when I’m trying to break Theseus’s ankles. And I know that I’m running right over to them before taking my reward.(This of course is functioning under the assumption that bull doesn’t counter-break my ankles in the fight.)
Please remember to show love to the greatest bestest number 1 fan shade.