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NAUURR i noticed JUST NOW bc i was outside the whole day... 😭🤦🏻‍♀️ Honestly not sure what i should do beyond a password change (which i did)

the shading style has changed since the comic started, but i’m assuming you mean the style that’s been going from the 20s to where the comic is now (wow it really DOES NOT feel like it was that long ago).

a long time ago, i made lighting/shading tutorials which can be found here. a lot of it still holds up. the main difference now is that my shading is cel shading -- or shading that doesn’t have much rendering, usually only one flat block of shadow. cel shading is faster, but it’s harder to make it look good to the eye because of the lack of rendering and blending. so you have to compensate.

the main issue with simpler shading is one of contrast. my understanding of contrast between colors has grown a lot after noticing that colors can look a little wonky to me while running them through colorblindness simulators. this is mentioned slightly in the “cheat sheet” tutorial i did:

a more simple way to simplify this information is like this:

this is generally how i autopilot colors. every palette can break rules, but what i’ve learned is it cannot break EVERY rule at the same time. you can give yourself a few colors out of the palette which break the rules of saturation (ex: lines being a really dark red when there is purple in the palette) based on what you know about light or curiosity to try something different out.

usually when artists talk about contrast it’s about adding more contrast. there is definitely a thing as “too much contrast” though, at least for me. so the other thing that’s really pronounced with how i shade is i color my lines a lot of different colors. lines are the Essence of shadow. they’re really abstract, exaggerated edge shadows. so coloring them a lighter color will help emulate more natural transitions between the forms of objects. i also limit the amount of rendering i do -- which is hard because you have to pick out what feels like the identifying pattern or texture of stuff to not over-render -- and lean into rendering objects and things that naturally have a lot of contrast, or shadows that are naturally pretty stark, like drop shadows. that helps everything feel a little less like it’s made of plastic.

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 5.12.17 

{words in the pictures (in case you find it hard to read because of the colours/handwriting): 

centre— 

There is nothing wrong with being bisexual but pansexual people are not, “by default”. 

left — 

Pansexual/Panromantic people are not “special snowflakes” and our sexual orientation is not “just a fancy word for bisexual”. We do not like to be shoved “under the bi umbrella” and would like to be respected and taken seriously.} 

hi there! this is Pan Week post #2 :-) I feel like there are a lot of misconceptions regarding pansexuality and bisexuality, so decided to take this opportunity to clear some up :) I'd like to add a lil PSA that this does NOT mean pan people and bi people are sworn enemies or whatever — I just feel that it's about time people started respecting each other more, and I'm all for bi/pan solidarity. I think it would make the world a much better place.

I'm not really very eloquent in this topic, so here are some fun infographics/comics you should totally check out:

more information on what pansexuality is (@posi-pan)

even more information on pansexuality + the difference between pan & bi (@seiishindraws)

Le outstanding Yeena talking about her creators country, Uganda!

(even though I was lazy and didn’t color everything  :c )

please go and follow my good friend @seiishindraws​ if you want more of her Oc Yeena!                                                                   

Wow.

This took so long and I’m trash I’m so sorry. I am not accustomed to drawing animals at all even though I love them and want to be better at it. ;; v ;; 

Anyway, Yeena was AMAZINGLY fun to draw!!

And out of respect for your touch meme drawing I settled with a respectful fist bump among acquaintances! 

 Hope you like it!! This gorgeous Yeena belongs to @seiishindraws​! Thanks again for letting me do this! 🌸