Dorkydoodlebug146

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First intro post since I was like 16 how spooky 😱

My name is Xavier! I also go by Xav/Xavvy or any shorthand of one of my users :3

Rapid fire > I'm 18, my pronouns are he/him, I'm from the bad place (affectionate) Texas so my timezone is CST, and I have OCD!

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I have tons of hobbies that 70% of the time I'm not actually participating in but its the spirit that counts! These include drawing, writing, reading, making kandi, divination, and as lame as it sounds ✨️media consumption✨️

And speaking of such my special interests areee: South Park (5+ years and counting), Stranger Things (3 ish years and counting), Sky: cotl (5+ years and counting), Yellowjackets, and my original characters!

My other interests include: 2k4c, Cobra Kai, Isttvg, IT, The Truman Show, Mlp:fim, Mcyt (mostly just Hermitcraft), Squid Games, Gurren Lagann, Stardew Valley, TFC, and much much more!

I don't use sideblogs super actively but I did just make one for Stranger Things so that might change, you can find that here @paladinofcups and my art blog here! @bugzonthebrain

"You can think what you want, opinion is the wilderness between knowledge and ignorance."

Theyre joyfriend and boyfriend me thinks!!

They were made in the felt friends picrew

Oh sure thing!

My first tip when it comes to using Posca on paper is…

Don’t use paper. Or at least not paper as we hear it (like the one you can use to print stuff with)

Posca are full of paint (sorta) meaning that it’s like applying paint to paper- never a good combination. It gets wrinkly, goes through the paper, makes a mess, doesn’t dry well etc

I suggest you use a thicker kind of paper- I mainly use watercolor paper (rough being one of my go to, but smooth is great because it helps you spread and smudge the colors better if you use your fingers like me or some other tool)

The paper is thick, and doesn’t turn to mush when you use your Posca pens on it! Hooray!

For what comes next, it’s more of a personal tip:

to have a good end result, go lineless first- just sketch out your drawing (I’ll go for Mugman from Cuphead from memory)

After that, color it! First do the back ground colors then the front colors to cover up your mistake if there is any- don’t worry if it seems a bit smudgy at first!

And be patient : some pens can have a more liquid ink than others, making it more likely it’ll mix with the colors nearby, so take your time and make sure it’s dry before going on

As you can see, we can still see the lines through some colors (such as white and yellow), but don’t worry! Just wait for it to dry and cover the see through areas again

Better!

And then, line it!

Here we go! Lil mugman!

Either than that- I’d say it takes a lot of practice. The tip I shared is just the way I use Posca pens so maybe it won’t sit right with you (or maybe it will!)

Have you ever been trying to draw tiles on a wall or on the floor in perspective, but notice that after you’ve drawn them, they don’t look like they’re all the same shape or size?  Well here’s a tutorial on how to fix that. Your picture probably looks like this, right?

Well, i’m here to tell you how to fix that…Let’s start out with your basics.

The gray line is the horizon line, and the black dot is your horizon line. These are essential for the first steps of perspective. Without these, your perspective may turn out wonky and just not flattering to the eyes. Right now we’ll work in One point perspective.

Now let’s pretend we’ll be drawing a hallway. Draw a vertical line where the edge of the wall is.

Now, from the tips of the bottom and top of your wall, you’re going to need to draw a line extending all the way to the vanishing point. If you’re working in photoshop you could either use the line tool, or shift+click. If traditional, you’ll need to use a ruler.

Now that we have the wall that’s in perspective, it’s time to draw the rest of the lines. here I’ve drawn the wall facing us that’s closest, the ceiling, the floor line, and the end of the hallway. ASSUMING that you are working in one point perspective, all vertical lines are straight and parallel to each other, and all horizontal lines are straight and parallel to each other. 

Now here I have erased the lines that extended beyond the back wall, and found the center point of the edge of the left wall. From there, you draw an extended line just as before towards your vanishing point.

now make a vertical line where your first “tile” is. 

now this may be a little hard to explain. Now you’re going to draw a line coming from the corner of the wall, through the corner where your line meets the tile you just drew, and all the way to the ground line. 

You see where these two lines meet? you’re going to draw a vertical line to the ceiling from here.

Like so! 

Now rinse and repeat! you should have perfectly even spaced tiles now! And if you have tiles on the ceiling

Just draw horizontal lines connecting to the vertical lines!

How To Paint Rocks by wysoka

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