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Quick little video tutorial! This is a method I use to block in shapes when I’m fighting the urge to polish my lineart at an early stage, especially in rough concept art that doesn’t actually need polished lineart.

I group two layers in photoshop—a rough sketch, and a flat color—and then carve out the negative space by painting into a mask on the group, instead of filling in the positive shapes. From there I can start painting and adding shading into that group, knowing that I’ve already locked down a good initial silhouette for the object/character:

It feels like oil painting, and I end up finding silhouettes/shapes in a way I wouldn’t if I was obsessively cleaning up the linework first. Digital art has a tendency to veer towards cleanliness/polish, so I love finding little opportunities for happy accidents and a bit of mess!

I used it on my unicorn piece last month, for instance, which I think would have lost a lot of its dynamism and charm if I had worried too much about doing a full ink pass:

Hope this is at all helpful!  It’s not a method I use 100% of the time, but it really helps move my process along when I do need it 👍🏼

Sail Among the Stars - submitted by SeesawSiya

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Ham And Cheese - Submitted by: fastman27

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Just Straight Up Word Salad - Submitted by: fastman27

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Sorry if this is a silly question but how do you get that glowy look for colours in your art?? It looks so cool and pretty

Hi! Not a silly question at all! I'll use this drawing that has a transparent white canvas background as an example. Here it's fully colored and without any effects.

When I'm ready to export as a PNG, I merge all the layers into one and then duplicate that one layer.

This is where the effects happen. On that duplicate layer, I use gaussian blur to begin. Usually I go for somewhere between 5 and 10.

Then, again on that blurred layer, I change the layer mode. Typically I'll do multiply, overlay, shade, or shade/shine.

Here I pick overlay.

I usually adjust the opacity to my liking during this stage as well. In this case I set to 60%.

You can also see there is a "glow" around him. Sometimes, if I don't want this "glow", I'll clip the layer to remove it.

And that's essentially it! I use Paint Tool SAI as my drawing app, but I know different apps have different blur and layer mode options that you can experiment with 😊

This is definitely one of my fav things to do with my drawings. It can really make it so much more appealing to look at in the end...

Down the Wishing Well - Submitted by alliveirrr

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Mustard Float Away - Submitted by thisiguy

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