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amytaluuri — Escape from a Rainy Day
Published: 2013-01-07 03:46:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 505; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 4
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It's been way too long since I've done much art - again - and I also spent way too long on this. Classes start again in the morning, and I stayed up later than intended, painting! Whoops.Playing with a bit of a different painting technique, trying to get more texture from just the brushes used themselves.
As usual, comments are welcome c:
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Hahaha, that would be awesome, right? THE BEST way to roll up to class.
*Whoosh*
*bark*
"Hi, guys."
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Would still prefer a tardis, gotta say.
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Yeah... I don't really want to picture what one would do with a magic fox that's bigger on the inside...
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._. Now I'm REALLY worried.
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oooh! of a flying velociraptor!
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I love the clouds! (thanks for the comment about how you made them!) The overall color palette is just amazing.
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Thanks! Colour is something else that definitely doesn't come easy x) so I usually fiddle with the overall colours a lot. And no worries, like I said to Frizzles, I never mind answering questions on how I did something.
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This is so lovely! How I try to feel some dark days~
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thanks c: I actually like a certain kind of rainy day, but this would still be fun!
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hahah oh this is really cute <3 skies are so difficult so i love how it looks in this
may i ask how you usually go about painting them?
and the fox especially I really like uvu its lovely
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Man, I dunno! I agree, skies are SUPER SUPER hard, but I love it when they're well done. I'm slowly improving my sky skills x x
Generally, I start by really roughly brushing in light and dark areas in some kind of monochrome. I like to use a transparent brush, because then you get a lot of randomness and unevenness in the tone that can be picked out. I usually use 'overlay' and other layer properties to get the lightness and darkness to where I want it, then go in and start picking out highlights and defining things, usually making a bit more cloud-shaped definition between light and dark areas.
For this painting, I next put in some reflected light (again using layer blending properties - it ended up being the yellow and orange you see here) and also made the clouds in the lower half a lot more faded and subtle. I'm really bad at remembering that contrast between sharply-defined and vague is as important as between colours x) The blue sky visible in the middle was added near the end of this process, again using layer blending modes and just playing with them until I got a look that seemed nice. For a lot of this stage's painting, I used the 'art marker 90' brush from this set - [link]
When the macro tones were about where I wanted them, I went in and worked on the final texture using the size 80 line-y brush from here: [link] but fiddled with a bit so it was smoother. To get the texture I wanted, I made the brush smaller for clouds that I imagined as further away, and larger for closer ones. I also used it for the rain c: Mostly I just used the brush to fuzz the edges and blend a bit. I do have a really nice 'cloud' brush, but it's a little too fluffy and random for these sorts of clouds.
So it's not a very scientific process! But maybe that explains a little? x) I can clarify anything you like.
And hee hee hee, yesss, foxes are amazing. If I had $7000 I would want one of those domesticated silver foxes.
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aaaah wow thank you, that was actually really informative and helpful UvU I'm very grateful~~
I'll give it a try sometime
and, wow you can get those? I had no idea, that would be incredible (((but the price))))
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Hahaha no worries, I ~love~ hearing how people do their art, so it only makes sense to share when asked. x)
Oh man, go look up youtube videos as soon as possible! Apparently you can even litter-train them. If I were rich, man.
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Ahh yes it's really interesting to know other people's methods, and it's always great when an artist you admire replies directly to you UwU
aaaah jesus I have to see
That would be great]
ah for money
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Ahaha aww thanks c:
Something worth saving up for!
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Ahaha aww thanks c:
Something worth saving up for!
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hahahayes
and then.. food
bedding
etc etc oh gosh pets
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Haha thanks! Foxes are awesome~
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Especially when they fly >~<
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