Its Dangerous To Go Alone

My name is Glowy/Glowster/Glowstick/Light-up Sketchers/Firefly/Glow Worm/Glow Berry or anything you can think of that glows/has the word “glow” in it! (The list is ever expanding)

I’m an artist trying their best :’)

I do illustrations and animatics!

I have too many ocs and a webcomic being written, lots of monster girls and some fanart

I use they/them pronouns, though I’m fine w any!

Commission Sheet: https://www.tumblr.com/glowyskull/747332707237953536/hiii-do-you-take-commissions-by-any-chance

Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/glowyskull

I wish I could say I have a fancy method but it’s very “we start doodling and see what comes out” sort of thing, and it varies a lot tbh

It starts pretty simple

I do a sketch of the pose, a second sketch to add details (hair, clothes, extras) and fix whatever’s bugging me/negative spaces/tangents, etc

Once that’s done, it depends on where my attention feels like focusing

I sometimes do lineart, color, shading

Sometimes I start the lineart, get excited about what color and light i’m gonna use so i stop mid lineart, start coloring, realize I shouldn’t be doing that, finish the lineart and then color and shade

Sometimes I just throw color on top of the sketch and mess around in one layer, trusting the process until something comes out

If it’s a personal project, I’m solving on the go

If it’s a commission or something, I try to follow a structure so there can be any changes needed

I have some old speedpaints on my YouTube channel and some “recent” ones on my TikTok

On this one for example, the client asked for “cute cats in space with a horror vibe and a dog like alien”

So I sketched some ideas, client chose one

I go for the second sketch, giving the cats clothes, markings, designing the background and so

I briefly add lights cuz I thought “man, how is the light gonna work here?” Then stop

Then I go for lineart

Then I do flats

Add all of the atmospheric colors (reds, purples, etc)

Then little details (particles, shines on metal things, lettering, etc)

I hope this makes some sense :’)

I did an art trade recently and really liked the result