#art processes

I wanted to ask, when you draw your frames, how big of a canvas do you use? I don't even know if it's relevant but I've been trying to Google it everywhere and I failed. Also if you want to disclose any other secrets/tips I would really appreciate it lol<33

Once again, love your work! And if you don't want to answer, feel free to not to:DD

AAAA THANK YOUU FOR TELLING ME I’m so honoured to have inspired you :,)

Soo (Disclaimer I’m not a professional nor have I learnt proper animation etc don’t take me seriously etc)

I use 1920 x 1080 px

Tip wise… (what worked for me as a HOBBYIST)

1. I’d draw some sort of arc/path for a movement to follow. As in-

(WIP. Lol have Kayne doing weird stuff cuz he’s silly enough for tons of arcs)

2. Labels and folders for layers

John has his own folder cuz he’s got *special effects*

(3. I reuse backgrounds)

4. Break down large projects into smaller + manageable ones. (Argh ‘running the show’ killed me cuz I animated everything in one go.) I’ve got mixed feelings for this tip though. It’s up to you

5. A deadline. It’s surprisingly helpful.

Aaand for motivation I use apps to track + record progress. To tick boxes. For fun.

YouTube Channel and Lunar New Year Papercut Art

Hey y’all! Happy year of the Boar and a belated happy Lunar New Year! I made some Papercut Art to celebrate the holiday (and the Western New year) that wound up in my planner and I wanted to talk a little about my process.

Last week I posted my first ever video over on my YouTube channel.

It was a huge milestone for me in a lot of ways.  It was the first video I published on this…

Aaaah, thank you so much for your kind words, this really made my day aaaa. ;; Also, I’m so sorry for taking so long on replying. I was going to actually paint an entire pic to answer this post (I have no files that show good processes) but I haven’t had the time to draw. Here’s the best I can do with some old work!

A lot of my painting techniques I get from painting traditionally (oil/acrylic) so I tend to only paint on one layer and merge constantly.  Here’s a process of the Knights of Ren post, it’s the best one I can find without making the file one completely merged layer lol.

I basically sketch out the entire thing first and throw down the color scheme. I have a file on my computer which a ton of pictures with kickass colorschemes. Sometimes I just toss colors myself, sometimes I pick accents from these files. Depends on how I feel. I’m a huge fan of unsaturated scenes with flicks of bright accents.

Put your base color layer under the sketch/lineart and when you go in to paint, paint ON TOP of the sketch. You get rid of the lines that way and you don’t get attached to your sketch. Sometimes when you draw something and you fall in love with the sketch it’s hard to change it, but painting ontop of it helps you actually get details in hehe.

After you get the colors down, just fill in shapes. If you use photoshop, hold down “alt+click” to color pick directly from your painting. I’m not sure what advice to give on this since I pretty much just draw blocks of color and go in and detail it. Here’s some more early process pics from other work. 

Refine until you like the result. Here’s a big tip though: Edit your colors! On Photoshop, my best friend is: “image” > “adjustments” > “color balance”. You can make a fairly dull painting so much more vibrant with just some basic adjustments. You can also use an airbrush, paint over it and set the layer to “overlay” or “soft light” or “hardlight” or whatever looks good. Adjust the opacity as well if it’s too intense.