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Random Art secrets
a year ago
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1. Always remember to think about what someone has said in terms of critique, art tricks, or suggestions on what to change, instead of blindly following that advice.
- Some advice can be more detramental than helpful, and thinking that "this is the only way", can lead to a destructive behavior regarding your art. Listen, consider, and apply what has been said if you think it is good, and insightful.
2. Draw what you like, not what you think others will like.
-If you chase trends just to chase trends, you'll eventually burn out, and become a slave to the trend grinder that constantly pumps out content, witch has you competing against multiple others all at the same time, while larger artist are also in the pool domonating it. Just draw what you like, and if you happen to want to draw a trend, do it cause you want to do it, not because you have to do it to stay relevent.
3. Don't base your worth off of commissions/don't do commisions if you aren't ready for it.
-Just don't. this is genernally a bad idea, as you'll begin to question your own worth as you're not getting customers, and it will tank you self esteem. Many people get told to "open commissions" and that people would pay X amount for commissions, but when it is time to start doing commissions, sometimes no one snaps them up, and it can hurt you mentally. I just advise against doing commissions unless your genuinly ready to plundge into that hole, and are fine with a bit of akward steps.
4. Use tools, and referances.
- use them. they were made to be used.
5. Draw what you love, and people will come.
- It's not about numbers, or how big you are. while those things are awsome, and nice, at the end of the day, your still you. and you gotta stay true to yourself. don't lose yourself. Many artist do. and it hurts.
secret tip #6
if your colouring an area, and outline the lineart so you can bucket fill, Start with the smallest areas inside the artwork first, then gradually move outwards to bigger sections. If you start with the eye, then the hair, then the cloths, When it's time to colour the body, you won't have to worry about colouring over the cloths, since they're already coloured. The eyes are coloured aswell, so you don't have to worry about those either. you can just worry about the outline, and the areas you haven't coloured, saving you time, while still preserving quality.
how it saves time: If you start in a smaller area, when you move to a larger section, you won't have to outline that area anymore, since it is already coloured. If it is on a seperate layer, You can have that layer be above the other, and have a perfect colouring with no jagged edges. starting with Pupils, then whites of the eyes, when it comes time to colour the face, i don't have to worry about being careful around the eyes, since they will not be effected
that is all. I thank everyone for their support, it really means a lot to me ;w; Some spicy arts are coming up. I've changed my stance on art, and will be drawing more characters who arn't my OC's, but there will still be plenty of my OC's popping up :P
- Some advice can be more detramental than helpful, and thinking that "this is the only way", can lead to a destructive behavior regarding your art. Listen, consider, and apply what has been said if you think it is good, and insightful.
2. Draw what you like, not what you think others will like.
-If you chase trends just to chase trends, you'll eventually burn out, and become a slave to the trend grinder that constantly pumps out content, witch has you competing against multiple others all at the same time, while larger artist are also in the pool domonating it. Just draw what you like, and if you happen to want to draw a trend, do it cause you want to do it, not because you have to do it to stay relevent.
3. Don't base your worth off of commissions/don't do commisions if you aren't ready for it.
-Just don't. this is genernally a bad idea, as you'll begin to question your own worth as you're not getting customers, and it will tank you self esteem. Many people get told to "open commissions" and that people would pay X amount for commissions, but when it is time to start doing commissions, sometimes no one snaps them up, and it can hurt you mentally. I just advise against doing commissions unless your genuinly ready to plundge into that hole, and are fine with a bit of akward steps.
4. Use tools, and referances.
- use them. they were made to be used.
5. Draw what you love, and people will come.
- It's not about numbers, or how big you are. while those things are awsome, and nice, at the end of the day, your still you. and you gotta stay true to yourself. don't lose yourself. Many artist do. and it hurts.
secret tip #6
if your colouring an area, and outline the lineart so you can bucket fill, Start with the smallest areas inside the artwork first, then gradually move outwards to bigger sections. If you start with the eye, then the hair, then the cloths, When it's time to colour the body, you won't have to worry about colouring over the cloths, since they're already coloured. The eyes are coloured aswell, so you don't have to worry about those either. you can just worry about the outline, and the areas you haven't coloured, saving you time, while still preserving quality.
how it saves time: If you start in a smaller area, when you move to a larger section, you won't have to outline that area anymore, since it is already coloured. If it is on a seperate layer, You can have that layer be above the other, and have a perfect colouring with no jagged edges. starting with Pupils, then whites of the eyes, when it comes time to colour the face, i don't have to worry about being careful around the eyes, since they will not be effected
that is all. I thank everyone for their support, it really means a lot to me ;w; Some spicy arts are coming up. I've changed my stance on art, and will be drawing more characters who arn't my OC's, but there will still be plenty of my OC's popping up :P
Bravo!
Sound art help is a darn good thing indeed!
i am none of those things, (apart from maybe style, but that's what ever), so i don't mind sharing art info, and tips that help me. if it saves someone a few months of doing it a slower way, then i'm happy :3
(it legit saved me 3 hours on coloring ;-; i don't want people to waste time when there is a quicker way.)
Same with shading, Since i have 2 layers of shadows on Multiply layers, i just duplicate the first layer, Alpha lock (colour lock) it, then shade it white, then use a seconday brush to reshade in the areas i want shaded darker. It can never go outside of the shaded area, no weird pixels that didn't get coloured, and i can easily fix mistakes by just using White to reset the layer. this saved me a lot of stress, and time, while still keeping the quality i liked.
if you ever want multi tone shadows, it's 100% the way to go. (works with highlights aswell, but i hate highlights ;-; i'm still bad at them.)
Like you I wish there was a bit more sharing that way.
Solid advice on those layers of shading!
I usually work on two layers total-maybe three for lighting effects such as high lighting or energy/magic special effects.
I watch Picarto and pick up how-to from sessions of artists I admire.great place for that as well as inspiration to try out different things be it programs new brushes or discovering entire new things.
It does suck art tip sharing became taboo; but I am glad some people still do it. I'm hoping picarto is interesting when I do check it out though. I just have 6 or so friends who happen to do art that I talk with regularly.
I hope you have a good rest of your day :3