Tranquil....sorry For The Late! This One Goes To The #inktoberday2 , Later I Will Post The #inktoberday3

Light and shadow experiment!

Fundamentals of Light - Notes, Pg. 01 by 9lg

Luke, kicking down Din's office door: "LOOK AT THIS VIDEO OF A TOOKA RIDING ON THE BACK OF A BANTHA! HES GOT A HAT ON AND- oh"

Bo-Katan, developing a migrane: "Dear council of important intergalactic dignitaries who are essential for the survival and growth of Mandalore, may I introduce you to our Jedi Master and Royal Consort, Luke Skywalker-Djarin of Clan Mudhorn. Who-"

Din, who was fully planning to leave but Bo looks like she'd kill him is he did, activates his diplomacy brain; coming up with a genius and professional idea: "Let's put it up on the central holoscreen and all watch it 😀"

Bo, watching a group of dignitaries being forced to watch a 10minute video of a tooka: ....this is why Mandolorians and Jedi are almost extinct...

An old illustration I did of my original story, I want to start doing the visdev, it will be my new year goal. The stroy style has some Dior style vibes. I love this two lovebirds . . . . #illustration #ink #videv #visualdevelopment #characterdesign #storytelling #design #fashiondesign #childrenillustration #portfolio #artistoninstagram #digitalart #sketch #LGDF #chelsychaconocwarrenreddington #chelsychaconocthomaswonderbloom https://www.instagram.com/p/BrbK_jZBspl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fv7y19615xkc

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)

one art trick i learned in college that i dont think i see being talked about online that often: measure things out using your pencil & fingers

like bring up your pencil as a straight edge to figure out the angle of certain things- if this is IRL hold it up to line up to where the objects angle is, if its on your screen line it up to the screen like this

and, this way you can also figure out relative distances

for instance here, the distance between dafoe's eyebrow and hairline here (on that line) is the same as the distance between his chin and the collar of his shirt at a different angle. by using a straight~ish "line" of an object like a pencil or your finger, it's easier to have a visual reference to track how far apart these things are.

you can also multiply these or use halves to a similar effect- for instance, dafoes shoulder here is 2 1/2 of his forehead, approximately

this way- when you're doing a study or using a reference, you can check to see if these relative distances are the same in your own drawing. this way, you can really maximize your studies and make sure you're art is relatively proportionally accurate to your reference image.