HOME | DD | Gallery | Favourites | RSS
| Tijopi
Tijopi
βοΈ
[48790875]
[2019-06-21 20:31:21 +0000 UTC]
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 694; Deviations: 33; Watchers: 114
Watching: 59; Pageviews: 3550; Comments Made: 162; Friends: 59
# About me
Side account for ponies!# Comments
Comments: 33
π: 0 β©: 1
π: 0 β©: 1
π: 0 β©: 0
Excited to see what you come up with! ^.^
π: 0 β©: 0
Very beautiful arts 
π: 0 β©: 1
^^Β
how do you draw like that?Β
π: 0 β©: 1
Study, practice, study, practice, study, study, practice ^^'
π: 0 β©: 1
Heh, I agree
"Study, Study and again study"
π: 0 β©: 0
π: 0 β©: 1
Thank you for the kind words, loveΒ Β Β Β
I don't have any tutorials, and as far as advice goes...I'm not sure, you'd have to be more specific ^^' I'd say some of the most helpful things I've learned along the way are (and note i'm still learning):
1. When choosing colors, follow this more or less -Β Β ColorTheory(1)
Note that this doesnt always apply, but knowing why it works will help you know when to break those rules. I don't 100% know myself, but USUALLY light gives off a yellow hue (both sunlight and unnatural light.) That light will change the colors around you and the more intense the light, the more it'll lean toward yellow (or whatever color the light is. This changes especially during sunsets, or unnatural light sources.) Blue for shadows is a bit harder to explain, but it's especially important if the painting takes place outside because the blue from the sky will usually find its way in the shadow. You can usually depend on the shadow leaning toward blue, unless there's a strong secondary light source that isn't blue (but that's getting a lot more complicated.)
2. I don't know all the terminology, but bounce light or any other secondary forms of light are important.Β One of the most common examples to describe this effect is eggs. Here's a link that explains what I'm trying to explain in a much better way:Β www.proko.com/shading-light-anβ¦
An egg will show you most types of light and shadow play, but the three most important for beginners is the highlighted surface, the core shadow which is the darkest shadow, and then you'll notice an additional lighter area at the bottom, closest to the floor. In the link, this is described as reflected light. Reflected light is one of those things that you don't normally pick up on unless it's pointed out to you, but it's invaluable in showing depth and dimensionality to your painting.Β
3. Edge work. Edge work is another thing that's difficult to learn and describe, but once you start doing it, your level of skill will shoot up drastically. The best thing I can think of to help you with this is to watch as many videos from Istebrak's channel as humanly possible. Here's a link to one such video, as well as her channel:Β youtu.be/z85--G-pIao
Her channel is free, and she goes through step by step using real examples in real time in how to better your art. I don't always follow her advice, but if I did I'd probably be a lot further along than I am right now. Her channel is pretty much entirely using Photoshop and painting the human face in black and white, but everything she teaches can be used for painting just about anything else on Earth. Also note that not only her, but multiple tutorial artists I've watched and read up on, have suggested avoiding color until you can 'master' black & white. If you feel like you aren't getting something right no matter what, try to do it in black and white. Another trick you can do when painting with color is to briefly change the image to black & white. This is especially good if you have my problem where everything is too close to several mid-tones. You'll want lots of bright highlights, dark dark shadows, and an array of midtones for the best result.Β
4. One of the best things you can do is study art and study any free tutorials LIKE THE BLADE. No joke, people like Istebrak are invaluable resources, as are any other youtube or wherever tutorials. Another thing you can do, which I do often, is locate some of your favorite artists and try to mimic exactly what they drew. I frequently spend time taking amazing paintings and color-picking all over the image to find out how they got those colors. You'll be amazed on what you find by doing so. An important thing to note here is don't ever steal anyone's ideas, or post art that exactly mimics other people's work. But there's a lot you can learn by what the masters are doing. Don't be afraid to learn from them. Try several different techniques, focus on easy compositions before you try harder things, look at the natural world around you and pay extra attention to subtle details you may have previously missed. Especially where light falls.Β
Those are the main things. Hope that helps!
π: 1 β©: 0
I like to keep them separate 
It's not hard to find though. This is my main, I guess, if you're interested.Β www.deviantart.com/tijopi11
π: 0 β©: 0
Thank you for watch!Β I really appreciate it.Β Β
π: 0 β©: 1
No problem, thanks for watching me as well!Β Β Β
π: 0 β©: 1
If Rarity is goin' to be a highlight of yours. You are definitely goin' on my watch list.Β
π: 0 β©: 1
I wouldn't say she's likely to be a highlight. In fact, my first deviation here is my first time drawing her. But I will admit, I didn't expect her to be so much fun to draw! Everything from her eyes, hair gradient, eye shadow (when paired with her white coat), and extra full eyelashes, are just so much fun to draw and play with! I'm not used to working with white either, so she gives a great excuse to practice. And also, Spike is my favorite character, so naturally I feel compelled to play with his crush on her (:Β
So in short, she might make a fairly frequent appearance, but at this point I'm not sure what I'll lean toward in the future.Β Β
π: 0 β©: 1
A fellow Spike lover too. Excellent!
Extra incentive to keep a close I on your works.Β Β
Best of luck in your future endeavours.Β
Β
π: 0 β©: 1
Hello, fellow Spike lover and new friend.Β Β
Glad to have you on board.Β Β
π: 0 β©: 1
