This is from The Emotion Thesaurus, an excellent tool for writers that compiles ways to describe all sorts of emotions. Specifically, the section on love.
The way this reminded me of Mike ‘We’re friends! We’re friends’ Wheeler…
Bonus:
Have fun counting how many of these apply to Byler interactions xD
The creator of the original, the animal reference tool, made their own human reference tool which allows you to search based on different body parts and poses!
y’all didn’t even add a tutorial of how to do this so imma put one right here
1. type in cmd.exe into your windows search and right click on Command Promt search result and select “Run as Administator”. 2. Type/Copypase in
net.exe stop “Windows Search” and make sure Windows Search is in quotations. It should then respond saying “The Windows Search service is stopping” and then tell you it’s stopped.
This is only a temp fix though, if you want it switched off permanently then do THIS:
1. Press the Windows key + R at the same time and type in services.msc.
2. Scroll until you find Windows Search and double click it to enter its Properties window.
3. Change the Startup type to Disabled. Apply this change and you can exit out.
Thank you! I thought it would be fun to put up a tutorial. Keep in mind that there are many other workflows and this happens to be the one I personally use (though it’s constantly changing, like with any other artist). And to stay on topic, let’s use our dear majesty:
First we gotta part with a midtone canvas. Using white or black as a starter color is going to result in more difficulty to separate the light family from the shadow family in your palette, which brings us to the next step:
We gotta define planes by adding a clear shadow. Remember: shadow is everything about planes. A base shadow has to be relatively simple and defined, responding to the surface of the respective material. Don’t be afraid of using hard edged shadows, which are used when an object is casting it. Soften the shadows when they’re transitioning from midtone to dark.
Next, the light. Be sure to have a clear lightsource when you’re sketching! Lights are basically another world that answer to the material upon it. And remember that even in the light family, there are dark spots (which we’ll be seeing later on).
My personal favorite: ambient lights. Those are the lights present when there is no direct source present, like when you’re in the penumbra. This adds depht to the shadow family, and you might vary it’s brightness depending on the environment.
Subsurface scattering! This one is to be used sparingly, because it’s present mainly in translucent objects. It’s a line of separation between direct lights and shadows, so don’t overdo it with ambient lights. Although you can sometimes bend reality here and there, but you ought to observe it carefully first.
Next, ambient occlusion where ambient light doesn’t exist) and midtone lights. My palette is rather limited, but you can push your darks here as much as you like- as long as you remember the golden Proko rule: don’t let your lightest dark be lighter than your darkest light. Doesn’t roll of the tongue, but it basically means to keep the families separated.
And finally, highlights. Everyone loves them, and they’re used to make everything pop out, although they’re often overdone. The secret is to keep in mind the material you’re working with. His crown, for example, is metallic and prone to have a lot of highlights. Things like clothes or uneven surfaces, not so much.
This was pretty much a rough showcase and there are plenty of other factors to consider (like rim lights, terminator shadow), but the basic rules are there. I strongly recommend making studies of objects in real life, because they can often change your perception on how light works. As an artist, readability is a very important focus, regardless of how much stylization there is.
Throwback to this portrait tutorial that I made last year ^^ Do you find this helpful? If you are interested in learning more about my techniques and process, then feel free to check out more tutorials on my Patreon page! (link in bio)
rachel is my worstie my beloved my everything. the abyss and the stars in my sky she did nothing wrong she did everything wrong she’s a homophobe but that’s okay because khun’s a misogynist she’ll never be redeemed but murder is okay encouraged even and you just hate to see a girlboss winning. hope that helps
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)
These are various character exploration pieces I’ve been working on lately. <3
I posted these on Instagram and lots of people have asked can they use these as references - the answer is yes but if you use them please remember to credit me and please no direct tracing.
Also please do not re-post my art, re-blogs are always appreciated though <3
skin color ref because some of yall non-black poc and whites keep fucking up as if yall don’t know there’s other shades of brown when u racebend for woke points or something
Also! This photography project by Angélica Dass has thousands of photos of people, with a Pantone color assigned to each! It’s very helpful as a resource !!
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