the actual art blog of Lemon

this has been a long while coming!! i completely forgot about getting about to doign one jsdhf here we go!!!!

1) Lineart

most of if not basically all of my art starts with some sort of line art (as opposed to blocking in with the painting brush straight away and then defining from there on out). i sketch with whatever colour i please, and then I change the lineart to a dark saturated red [new layer, fill with colour, set to clipping mask, merge down] from there, I set it to multiply, and lower the opacity to about 74%

2) Colouring

I’ll be showing my process for doing skin colours, but before that, it can be useful to give whatever brush you’re working with colour variation. I’m not sure if you can outside of photoshop, but if you are using that program my settings tend to be around here:

It’s not massively important but it can help to make the paint look a little less digital, and at the very least it can help areas that might look monotonous otherwise. I wouldn’t recommend setting any of the jitters higher than 3%.

Start blocking in some colours underneath the lineart. I don’t recommend making a base of all one colour for this.

Typically, I start at the nose. IDK why. If you don’t want to go straight into using saturated colours, pick a tone half way from left to right (at the correct darkness and approximate hue) and work from there. Try to vary the colours you pick at first, and make sure that you work up and down the bar I highlighted. Use it according to the light source. Typically, the lighter something is, the more desaturated you should pick the colour, and the darker the more saturated. This isn’t always true of course, but for the most part it can stop the tones from looking muddy or underwhelming. The same could be said for using too much desaturated light, though, so judge for yourself when to break that rule.

(the colours look a little off compared to how they do in photoshop, which is, you know, ideal for a colouring tutorial) here’s the same base, but expanded upon in different ways. The first has just been tweaked lighter and darker, whereas the second has been picked somethign like this:

between each gradient, (most strongly so between the highlight and base tone) I’ve added a little bit of saturation to add interest to the colours.

(Again, the colours are looking way yellower and greener here but.) Another thing i like to do that sort of flies in the face of the previous advice a bit is to make the darkest tones one  desaturated (or blue) shade.

(tumblr is def making this greener jesus)

While you’re blocking in colours, keep in mind the plains of the face and try to apply colour according to the subjects face structure. When you’re done with all that, merge the colour layer with the lineart and work from there to make any ammendments. Usually the finish prodduct isn’t too far off. I would avoid using multiply/darken/screen etc layers at all if possible (besides the lineart layer). The way I paint is very close to how i paint in real life, except the results are much more pleasing lmao

(this is a wip sketch i have) |(this is also the art progam SAI)

1. have your original layer(i usually use red for my sketches)

2. create a new layer

3. click the Clipping Group tab, a red line will appear next to the layer this is applied to

Alright DIY sticker tutorial let’s go.

Reminder that I didn’t come up with this, but it was something that was floating around tiktok for a while, but I couldn’t find the one I had saved.

What you’re gonna need:

Wax or parchment paper (the OG tutorial says wax, probs cuz it’s cheaper, but I didn’t have any and parchment works the same.)

Scissors

Access to a printer

Packaging tape (the big clear kind.)

Doing the thing:

First, go on your computer and find the image you want to make into a sticker.

Do NOT make other people’s art/edits/designs into stickers. Only do things with your own work or things like pride flags, logos, quotes, etc.

I would recommend putting the image/images you’ll be using in a google doc first so you can size them how you want.

I’m going to be using this cap I made for the tutorial:

After printing out your image, cut it out however you want. (I didn’t leave any white space on mine, but you can on yours if you want!

Set your image aside, and get your wax/parchment paper. Lay it out. (I traced in pencil how big it was so I knew how much tape to use/where to lay it)

Then, get your tape. Lay it out so it’s just a bit bigger than your sticker is going to be, you may have to use two or three pieces, depending on the size of your sticker.

Place your sticker image on top of the tape, and put the same amount of tape on top of it, run your hand over it a few times to make sure it’s flat and doesn’t have air bubbles.

Get your scissors again and cut out the sticker.

MAKE SURE YOU LEAVE SPACE AROUND THE EDGE!! If you don’t, the sticker won’t work!!!

Once you’re ready to stick it somewhere, peel back the wax/parchment paper

Stick it! I put mine on top of my closet (ignore the paint chips sjsjjsjskak)

And you’re done! Enjoy ur new sticker making abilities.

it’s very neat trick i learned! showing it is the best explanation.

1. have a fine specimen. the level of dramatics can vary.

2. flip that bad boy.

3. erase the linework so that only the outline remains. you can keep the colors to remember the general area of where each element should be. i personally like to focus on the lines only.

Disclaimer: I’m completely self taught so my art is not necessarily anatomically correct nor realistic. This is just how I personally draw shoes.

a grass tutorial!!

i like to make grass this way :y

Gonna post this silly little tutorial thing here too, just in case it helps anyone else out or if anyone was curious about how I personally like to colour stuff!

Thank you to the anon who suggested this, hope it was helpful!

Some small shoe tutorial.