Keturah's posts

I hath arrived to my team
>:33

These new releases are so gorgeous!!
I was so happy to work on the art for these~

thank you / congratulations to the pixalists and designers who worked on these for making such great items

So sorry I haven't been active lately!
I injured my hand again so have been self-banned from drawing for 5 days !

It's been a hard 5 days LOL

@chiffonorange:
Thank you so much!!! I'm so flattered you like it~

@xvz:
Thank you so much! I'm really proud of how that animation came out!
It's been awhile since i did character animations and I'm happy to feel more confident with doing them~

I'd love to go to a con when they open back up and it's safe! I'm so socially awkward but I feel like it'd be great to connect with artist peers in my industry. Both to make connections and to get inspired.

Awh haha, I get that! I don't mind if you linked to somewhere you posted them or linked me to the direct images as I did ask! So no fault would be on you~
that;s awesome to hear you've been having fun and learning lots! I checked out your recent work in your shop and I love your coloured commissions~

DTIYS for Amaretta on twitter

@xvz:
Very true!!! It always seems like such a large community online but I've definitely seen the overlaps that make you realise just how small it truly is. Like meeting someone years later that you recognise from another sites art community, it's actually kinda comforting.

I haven't seen your last painting but no artist can go wrong with doing some more studies!
I'm planning to do some once Artfight is over. Maybe some compositional ones and lighting ones so find scenes from movies I love and study those.
Colour theory is great and studying what colours classical painters use helped me a LOT with my colours, though I still have a lot more I want to learn and do~

I don't usually change colours much, only because I'm usually working from a character reference so have their base colours decided for me. It's just the hue and saturation I decide what looks best and with lighting I use multiplied layers and overlays so the lighting feels more consistent all over. If I do decide I want to change a part of the paintings colours I usually just use the select tool and hue shift it.

Good luck finding time this weekend!!

@chiffonorange:
Awhhh, yeah a break sounds ideal! No rush to be productive, just do what you feel is right and don't feel guilty for it!

@chiffonorange:
Ooooo!! Doodles are better than nothing!
Have you just been unmotivated or no time?? no shame in taking a break from drawing for a bit~

@xvz:
That's always surprisingly to me because of how many amazing artists exist online!
there's so many free brushes out there but also so many bad ones!! It takes me forever to find ones I like. I hope you found some!

LOL that's p much a lot of my sketches - > paintings.
The sketch is always a quick gesture of what's in my mind but sometimes I'll change it as I start colouring or think of how to make it fit better with the character ect. I love looking at sketch > final pieces of my work and other artists xD
It's sometimes such a big change!
I definitely had that issue with my sketches being better / felt more fluid before I painted them. It takes awhile longer to get used to keeping that fluidity when adding more detail and more rigid rules to a drawing. I'd like to tHINK I'm quite good at it now, but I'm sure i still have a lot to keep learning * 7 *

Do let me know if you do!! I'd love to see some of the work you create!~

@chiffonorange:
Ahh thank you so much!!
I've been loving playing around with colour lately so I'm glad it shows nicely!~

@xvz:
No worries! It's nice to talk to a fellow artist about something we're both passionate about, haha. I don't have many or any artist friends IRL so it's nice to have that change!
Thanks so much! The blue haired girl was me trying out some gorgeous watercolour Max pack brushes so I'm glad it came out well!
and no stress about not interacting, I was only linking them as an example and not to pressure you into liking/following my work!

Oooo yes, Loish's process does seem pretty similar to how I paint my work. I used to watch a lot of artists back when I was learning how to use photoshop and digital tools to basically copy how they did it and see what I prefer. I do know of some artists who do the colour blob as you say you do, and build on that but I can never get my anatomy right or think out my posing / angles like that, haha. As you can see in a lot of my videos sometimes I sketch things out, scrap them and start again depending on if I feel it's flowing well or not. I can't remember many but I know kiwi Byrd does some great speed process videos. I just loveee looking at the way she paints and blends. Looks sooo clean even from the start!
I think sketching out an idea first is usually more ideal as you're ''SUPPOSED'' to thumbnail alt versions to get the best composition /pose, and often artists find it easier to add details / fix anatomy with line work before painting over it.

That's awesome to hear you've been so inspired!
I really can't wait to do more studies once art fight is over but I'm also really enjoying just painting speedy things for once. I usually take days to do one drawing but have sped up my process a lot for AF.
I don't think you can join without a character as it means people can't attack you so could be considered unfair for the opposite team. You can always just add a selfie or a pet pic as a character if you don't have an OC :)

More AF attacks!

@xvz:
SO SORRY FOR THE LATE REPLY!!!
I saw your response and was waiting for a time where I could sit down and type it out and not rush, haha!
For the painted ones I ideally should thumbnail out but instead what I do is take a look at the character profiles, get an idea of their personality and how I THINK they would pose/be in an environment. I then use either pintrest or my saved references to look up something I think would fit, or to get an idea of other ways people have posed characters. So typing in ''sassy pose'' or ''portrait photography'' and go from there with sketching out a quick idea/gesture.
Once the sketch is done I most likely will do ANOTHER sketch on top to iron out details like how clothing folds will lay and anatomy issues. Usually by now I have an idea of the sort of lighting I'll want to do also. After the second sketch is done I add flat colours underneath and then a multiply layer above to add initial shadows. If I'm doing back/dramatic lighting then I'll just fill the whole layer in and clip it to the flat and then use a eraser brush (but set it to the sort of brush I'll be painting in so the texture remains the same) and erase bits where light would touch the form. I usually do about 2 layers of shadow and one for highlight and then merge them all down and paint on top.
I like to do the background before painting (If I know what background I want/it's a scene) just so I have a place holder for the lighting / the sort of colours the character is in front of so I can make sure they still stand out.
A bit more goes into it like searching up references when I need them for anatomy, lighting, backgrounds ect but if it's facial /hand anatomy I'll often just make my own using my laptop webcam. My camera roll is A MESS xD
Also sorry shameless plug but sometimes I put my speed paint videos on my twitter. Most posts with more than 1 image usually means there's a video on the next slide. They're sped up a lot but should show the sort of process I'm describing.

That's such an interesting theory that I've never heard of before. I can totally see how those results came about but I didn't realise JUST how drastic the difference would be. That is awesome and tbh I have been enjoying a lot more of the work I've been producing even if it isn't perfect!
* 7 *

Sorry I've not been so active here, I've been working on a lot of Art fight work:

@xvz:
LOL it truly is! Even working as an animator half the time I'm squinting at the screen like ''I've defo seen this done before but don't know how it works'' and just throw things at AE till it sticks
xD
Oooo does sketch book have an animation option??
IK procreate recently updated their app so it's more animation friendly and us animators have been rejoicing!!!
It definitely feels like the best of both worlds! even if it gives me double the stuff to learn


@chiffonorange:
Ahhh thank you so muchhh
<3333

@chiffonorange:
Awhh thank you so muchh!! I'm glad I was able to capture that as I loved the serene and elegant reference the character had!