Working on art. Working on a lot. Tired. Just want to look at OCs. Decrepit by modern internet standards, I guess (31).
Read my posts with a southern accent for accuracy.
it's only been 5 months! 5 months!!!! art style evolution is fucking wild, but I'm much happier with her current design! I also got my head out of my own ass a little and sacrificed some historical accuracy in favour of.. like... fantasy elf flavour.
it's fine. that's fine. it's fine. (coping)
art style evolution my beloved!!! the colors and textures look so good ^_^
Every Sweetie is beautiful 🥺 but also I'm really excited to see more of her current design? What a cool change.
thank you so much!! I'm really happy with where it's landed! I'm sure she'll keep growing, but that's part of the fun <3 I've already got some stuff sketched up for her!
In such a short time, such a big improvement?
I need to get serious!
Also, how did you do the, like, filigree texture stuff?
if you mean the texturing of the fabric, here's a lil demonstration!
start with a repeating bg texture-- this can be a brush, or just a flat image texture/pattern-- in whatever colour you like. I like to go with gold usually!
using a soft airbrush eraser, gently erase parts of the fabric where it would be 'further' from the viewer. places like breasts, tummy, shoulders, etc stick out more, so they'd have the most colour still. this is just to get a little bit of depth!
you can end there, but there's also two more steps you can take: the first is in the video, where (using the same colour usually) using an add (glow) layer, you can softly airbrush in some lighting-- this works best with, again, gold! it looks like shiny metal woven into the fabric
the second I didn't show, but you can use the liquify tool (or mesh transformation if your program doesn't have liquify) to adjust the repeating texture to flow with the body a bit more, pushing and pulling it with the weight of the fabric
I hope that makes sense! <3
Yeah, sure does!
I need to think more about the tools i have at my disposal... this is dang clever.
feel free to ask if you have any questions, esp if you use csp <3 I have a practical grimoire at this point of brushes and little tricks to make art easier and more enjoyable-- I work for speed!!
sweetie your progress!!!! we love to see it!!!
she looks more mature in the new one i'm so... 😳💕💕💕
yeah!! I love cutesy art styles, but she looks so much more right now ;; I'm really happy with it!
Ooooough, she's so pretty 8 w 8 I love how you improved certain aspects and elements of her design, too?? Like turning the tie up front into a corset, or making the celtic knots into flowers that line the hems. Going from sage green into emerald green is also such a nice change.
I love seeing the growth in style as well!
thank you!! the design was a lot of fun to play around with-- I love love fashion design, and figuring out ways to evolve the fashion in a way that both reflects the character and how she's grown + the setting and how it's grown is so much fun to do. also colours!! I love fun & vibrant colours
thank you again!! <3
How you've grown in the last six months!
And your art style has improved as well 💖
the difference between freehanding proportions vs thinking about it too hard is actually insane
thank you!! <3
ohhh! what an interesting evolution! i love how well all the stuff you've been focusing on shines through with this comparison! she is looking so lovely here, and i'm excited to watch your continued growth!!
