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Love your art! What's your shading process / any tips? I really like how vibrant it is

Thank you!! also sorry this is a long post

I usually start painting the character after I already have a background, super sketchy or with a placeholder (a photo usually), just so i know what colors to use

I fill the character with a color from the BG or a similar color and use the multiply blending mode

then i paint the lights on another layer with the "add glow" blending mode (i also pick the color depending on the bg).

I add another multiply layer for anything that needs to be darker, like stuff under the characters clothes

I paint a line with a saturated color between the lights and shadows, for example i added a bright red for the cape and light purple for their skin (? this is subsurface scattering, it doesnt happen on every surface but i like how it looks so i use it on everything lol.

Then i paint the lineart a similar color to each part of the character or you can paint it all red and use multiply

that's basically it

some tips (these are just things that work for me)

I think is better to paint the lights, not the shadows. it helps to see the shapes of the thing/character you're drawing better (its what i did with lambert ⬆️)

Draw backgrounds, i think it makes every drawing look more interesting and its easier to decide the lighting for the character, if you dont want to draw anything detailed you can paint something simple and blur it

i really recommend to start with a thumbnail, experiment with colors, perspective, composition, etc. before actually starting the drawing thumbnails of this post

this tip is something that everyone has heard before but use references, real life references like photographs for perspective and lighting, 3d models for anatomy and perspective, paintings to see how other artists stylize objects, bgs or characters. use references for everything

this tip is super important for me: check the values of your drawing, (lower the saturation, with the lineart hidden) if it isnt readable/ doesnt look good in black and white it most likely wont look good with colors (this depends on artstyle and personal preference tho)

Random thought I've been having since yesterday-- it's wild how much people say "but" when they really mean "and." Like, they know two things are not mutually exclusive, but they use "but" anyway. In a lot of cases I think both work and it's vibe based, so it's usually in emotionally charged or positive conversations that I really notice. "And" feels a lot more open and welcoming, but it still feels wrong even when neither phrase at all contradicts the other.

Its entirely okay to be happy with being a system and we will never understand why that's so controversial

Why would we hate eachother when we know each of us is the reason we're still alive? We saved eachother! Ofcourse we're going to be pretty proud of that!

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can’t stop thinking about minecraft

what came first the chicken or the egg except it's "was this OC based off an alter i didn't know about or is that alter an introject of said OC"

"This language can be forced on plurals and systems in an invalidating way" and "this language is extremely validating to some plurals and systems" are statements that can coexist. I think so many people are familiar with the first that they forget the second. The harm comes from pushing parts language onto people, not from people choosing to use it because it resonates with them. It's equally as harmful to discourage someone using parts language for themselves because of how it makes you feel.

This is by no means a 1:1 comparison, but think of how some people find being called queer validating and empowering while others feel the exact opposite and would rather not. That is a choice they make based on how it makes them personally feel and what it means to them.

Hot take but we HATE how parts language is always talked down on, attacked, and torn apart by the plural community. Just because you don’t use it for yourselves doesn’t mean it’s bad or wrong!

Those who identify with parts language aren’t “less than whole.” They’re not “less than a person.” They’re not less than anything! They are systems and they are deserving of dignity and respect just like everyone else.

We use parts language and we are dismayed and greatly pained to see the plural community, OUR community, so quick to bash and tear down the language that we find affirming. It makes us feel left out of our own community, downtrodden and cast aside.

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Overriding anon's opinion by saying GET THAT BAG PUKI

God just open an ebay account or something, I didn't follow you to be advertised to

A. I never requested you to follow me, so I don't OWE you any fucking funny post quota. You do not own me, you little content-gobbling imp.

2. Everything I do is free, so if I wanna try selling something, you are free to not feel as if you're owed more content from me.

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I need money, and we're all hobbyists, I wanna trade with other hobbyists. Ebay is informal and slow, and I have a big audience here that I can offer good mutual deals on - and have done just that many times in the past.

D. Once these lenses sell u don't need to worry about puki market any time soon.

Co-con? unoriginal. boring. (/lighthearted)

Backseat gaming? supreme. unique. perfect. implies everyone behaves like twitch chat.

I WUV BEING A SYSTEM SOSOOSOSSOSOSOSOSOSO MUCHES I LOVE BEING A FICTIVE HEAVY SYSTEM I LOVE BEING A LARGE SYSTEM I LOVE LOOKING IN HEADSPACE AND KNOWING THAT IM SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE I LOVE AND IM SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO LOVE MEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RAAAAAAGH

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!