#kraes

How to be a pokemon ranger, staring Kraes.  

So recently I’ve been really unsatisfied with my art, which is likely the major reason why you guys haven’t seen anything from me in a long while aside from the DP’s.  

I just... eh..  Finding motivation is kinda hard too, so I usually hit up speed paint vids on the tubes to sate my need for bgm and inspiration.  Honestly, I watch a ton of them, but nothing’s ever stuck with me till I found this wonderful person: Walkingmelonsaaa (who most of you will know for her Death by Glamour Cenimatic).  She’s got some great speed paint vids under her belt and a great style that really struck me!  it’s so dynamic and pop-y and the color composition is absolutely delicious along with some great poses (which is something I’ve been working on lately as well). 

 Down the rabbit hole I went:  I basically just sat and watched her speed paint vids and stumbled upon her tutorials ( [1] [2] ) which were really easy to understand for a beginner like me.  and to my surprise, she didn’t need all the fancy texture brushes and the like, she only needs two brushes!  also she uses manual blending??? bah.. so I followed her instructions (which gave a lot of insight to coloring composition as well as lighting and shading (that was exactly what I needed!)) and then I got lazy and unsatisfied near the end and ended up with my usual overlay layers... I really need to work on my expressions as well I think... |D;;

for one of my first major paints I think it turned out pretty ok, and I got my painting brushes all fixed up as well.  If only she worked in PTS...

so, shout out and thanks to WalkingMelonsaaa for the inspiration and great tutorials!