Sprat's Aquarium

𓍊𓋼𓍊 My piece for "Together from Afar: a How to Train Your Dragon" tribute exhibition at Gallery Nucleus! The show runs from April 11-26 and opens tonight from 5-8pm (free + no RSVP needed) 𓍊𓋼𓍊

HAPPY PRIDE MOUTH RAAOOR 🐄

I drew them last year too! But I deleted that art. I didn't think it looked very gooddd

how the HELL do you draw clouds????

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Uhhhh honestly for me it’s whatever I feel like that day LMAO

But I do have a method to some of my madness

So for more cartoony clouds I typically sketch them out and fill them with a light color (either white or a lighter hue of the sky)

Occasionally I add multiple layers if the sky feels empty but that’s pretty rare.

Then I get the color of the sky and use an airbrush to shade the bottoms of each cloud.

For TLS frames I sometimes erase the bottom with an airbrush, which makes them look a little see-through. I like doing that when it’s only one layer of clouds due to the fact it doesn’t really look great to me with multiple layers.

After adding the bottom shading I add a small light on the edges. And maybe depending on the lighting I overlay it with the color of the light source.

For more realistic clouds I block them out with the brush Nikko Rull on Procreate, once again using a lighter color.

Afterwards I block the light and shadows, then use the smear brush to blend it.

After the lighting is blended, I blend out the rest of the clouds until I’m happy with the results!

COMMISIONS ARE OPEN!!! 🌸🐄