shading colour tips

nocturnenebula:

bravestghost:

hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty

rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD. 

  • red– shade with a slightly darker shade of purple
  • orange– slightly darker and more saturated shade of red
  • yellow– i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach
  • green– shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal
  • blue– shade with purple
  • purple– a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)
  • pink– darker shade of red
  • white– a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??
  • black– okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol
  • grey– a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)
  • brown– slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red

aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!

If you’re a visual learner…

I made some Balls of Colour to go with Art Mom™’s post:

dor-nelle:

So I was watching some animal documentaries (mostly hawk and mountain lion, no reason…) when I learned that mountain lions have blue eyes that turn tawny into adulthood.

Now I’m just imagining Aedion waking up one day and looking in the mirror and thinking that the golden rim around his eyes is getting bigger. Until eventually the turquoise fades away entirely. 

And he notices and heads to a Healer cause he thinks somethings wrong. They tell him everything’s fine and nothings wrong with him. That his eyes just changed color.

Cue Gavriel barging into the room, cause he heard Aedion was in the Healers  He looks at the Healer who tells him everything is fine, and Aedion is just concerned about his eyes changing color.

Gavriel looks at Aedion. And he starts beaming like an idiot. And Aedion is just looking around the room all confused

Pretty sure tumblr is hiding my notes again

I’ve noticed people tagging me in things and I just never get a notification and it doesn’t show up in my notes. This is old news by now but it seems to be getting worse. I’m getting about 1/10 of the daily notes I was getting a couple months ago, and I don’t think it’s just because the fandom is getting smaller

Anyway I’m making this post to tell you guys to message me if you want me to see something! Tumblr sucks and we gotta find ways to try to stick together

margahg:

“…And then the music exploded around them, and Chaol took her with it, spinning her so that her cloak fanned out around her. Each step was flawless, lethal, like that first time they’d sparred together so many months ago. She knew his every move and he knew hers, as though they’d been dancing this waltz together all their lives. Faster, never faltering, never breaking her stare. 

The rest of the word quieted into nothing. In that moment, after ten long years, Celaena looked at Chaol and realized she was home.” 

Celaena Sardothien and Chaol Westfall from sjmaas‘s “Throne of Glass”

Loved this scene. They’re so cute I can’t even. I’m still in book 2, I can feel it’s going down, so I’m slowly enjoying their happiness. More to come… x