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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 👍🏼

Anyone got any theories on why this would be on Blitz's grave? I know the one we can see for Jäger is obvious but I have no idea for this one!

Pretty much what I’ve imagined them after the tournament--

Every horror game protag: *Meticulously goes through the dilapidated maze-like rooms and hallways of the Horror House, braving its murderous inhabitants and various traps, looking for puzzle pieces that’ll open all the locked doors which will lead even further into the house and to even more puzzle doors*

Me, if I were in the same situation:

Ah.

I see, so I've just installed Maya this evening, while there's Adobe After Effect, Photoshop, Vegas pro and a bunch of games already in my laptop and causing me enough problem, especially when I accidentally use some of them at the same time?

Well, how bad could it be? 

sAY THAT AGAIN 

Huh

this hits so hard

「 what was it you said about light magic? good for nothing, wasn’t it? ✨ 」

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