Tumblr's Algorithm Decided To Freak Out On Me Yesterday So I Had To Go On A Spree Of "this Particular

bro stop doomscrolling you're scaring the hoes

oh shit i forgot to make that post. its been a few months and uh. HAHA YES IM FREE. i sure am. do you get context for this? no. but i remember. :3

one of these days i will make a post thats just like "HAHA YES! I'M FREE!!!!" and then you will know. i will be free.

the gobbeldygook

Creature

Tonight we are drawing. With intense i want to die emotions. But we are drawing.

they have grown so much (more arms (they have grown more arms

They are a creature :)

you might THINK that pissing off a spring dragon is easiest to deal with because their abilities literally heal anything they touch but they are still big and you know. dragon strong.

EMBER DRAGONS on the other hand. oh you can kick those guys like the football. what are they gonna do? eat rocks about it?

hm. yet again my pinned post activates the curse that makes me have to go back on my words almost instantly. shit.

might have to make my blog adults only soon

HOW TO USE THE "MAKE ART GOOD" BUTTON TO MAKE YOUR ART GOOD

HEY, YOU! Yeah, you, amateur artist! Have you ever seen a digital artist with really good fucking colours and wondered "HOW DID THEY GET THOSE REALLY GOOD FUCKING COLOURS?!" Is it experience, talent, and an eye for colour? FUCK NO. I'm here to tell you what the pros don't want you to know, which is that right within your very art program (assuming you're using Clip Studio Paint) is a single button that will MAKE YOUR ART GOOD*

* or like, marginally better than it was before most of the time

Let me show you how I took this BORING, UNGOOD Slime Rancher painting I did as a final project for my traditional art course from BORING...

TO RAD AS FUCK

IN APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES

THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE BUTTON.

You'll have to put everything on the same layer (I recommend putting it in a folder, duplicating the folder, and then collapsing all the duplicate layers together so your original work is still untouched), but after that, you can open the Gradient Map menu and go hog fucking wild.

This is what you're gonna see:

Basically, what gradient maps do is they map the darkest colour in your piece to the darkest colour in a gradient, and the lightest to the lightest, and then VOILA. All of your colours have been changed to the colours of the gradient. Neat!

You can use this to do things like automatically change skin tones or hair colours, or in our case, colour the whole painting!

You can download sets off the asset store and load them into your program by selecting the wrench icon and picking "Add gradient set."

All you need to do is load a gradient in the tool and voila...

...okay actually that looks like shit. (The gradient I'm using is #11 from the Yunywave set on the asset store! Go download it! It's a good set!)

So, our solution here is going to be different depending on the goal, the gradient, and whether it's a colour piece you're trying to zhuzh up or a B&W piece like this.

For this one, I duplicated the original layer and set the second one to Overlay at 100% opacity, then applied the gradient map to it.

INCREDIBLE! PERFECT!

Here are some other examples of how I've used gradient maps...

See, Overlay is a really good blending mode to use for this kind of thing, especially if you painted it with "normal" colours and just want to give it a little kick! But you should experiment with other modes, too. For a pastel piece, try Screen. For a subtle change, try Soft Light. For a moody or dark piece, try Multiply.

And you can also add even more details over the gradient layer to add that extra punch to it! In the example painting, I wasn't happy with the foreground tree's highlight being so dark, so I painted over it with an orange colour picked from the background, duplicated it, recoloured it to a dull yellow, and set the layer to 60% Glow Dodge.

Digital art gives us so many tools to make SICK FUCKING ART with, and gradient maps are like, the most powerful tools of all! USE THE SHIT OUT OF THEM AND GO MAKE COOL STUFF!

i for real dont even post anymore. the watchful scroller. silencepilled lurkmaxxer. the readerrrrrrrrr. insane.

sometimes i feel guilty for not posting but like. thats not my job im not obligated to do that. just wish i could show off my art WAIT OH MY GOD I FORGOT FOR THE SEVEN THOUSANDTH TIME I HAVE A PATREON I NEED TO SET THAT UP RIGHTTTTTTT

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