How many interests do I have? the answer is yes

[image id: Lore from Star Trek TNG as the bleats pathetically autism creature meme; he's crying yellow tears and crawling around. the text in the center reads [bleats pathetically]. he's wearing his various outfits from Datalore, Brothers and Descent. /end id]

I felt the need to artistically convey how my upcoming exam made me feel (it's over now, for better or for worse).

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[image id: several drawings of Data from Star Trek TNG.

top left panel: Lore hands Data a gift and says, "happy *birthday*, I guess." Data replies, "thank you, broth-" Lore interrupts him: "just take it."

top right panel 1: a front view of a yellow book. Data is holding it in his hands. the text on the cover reads, in all caps, "meow: the book is for your cat only. written in own language."

top right panel 2: Data has now opened the book. the text reads the word "meow" over and over.

bottom right panel: Data from the chest up, reading the book. he says, "quite humorous indeed."

bottom left: Data lying on his side, holding the open book in front of Spot, who is sitting next to him. there are three question marks above her head. Data says, "look Spot. it is written in your language."

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happy very late birthday, Data!! your drawing killed me!!

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[image id: a digital drawing of a Cyberman from the Doctor Who series (2005). They're drawn from the shoulders up, facing the viewer directly and their head is slightly tilted to their right. the background is purple, with brush strokes in the colors of the nonbinary flag behind the Cyberman. /end id]

I started watching Doctor Who because I saw a Cybermen drawing online. this was meant to be a doodle but it escalated. oops

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I just finished watching The Crowded Room and I'm not fucking okay what the fuck

as a big salty side note, I was reminded of this show's existence through videos making fun of that one sex scene in the club and now that I have the full context of it all the stupid homophobic jokes make me even angrier

character playlists aren’t for songs a character would listen to they are for songs that remind me of the character

“x wouldn’t listen to this” yeah no shit this is for when i want to listen to my shitty songs and think about my favorite little characters

[image id: a bust shot of Thomas Riker and Lore from Star Trek. they're kissing, with Lore leaning up to Thomas. the latter has his eyes shut, while Lore's are slightly open. they're wearing a yellow Starfleet uniform and a brown sweater respectively. the lineart has a gaussian blur filter added to it. the background is a very light pink with white hearts floating above the two, and the drawing is surrounded by a white frame. /end id]

pride month is temporary tomlore is forever <3 I really struggle with drawing kisses but I would do anything for them;;

a version without the gaussian blur under the cut

[image id: a bust shot of Thomas Riker and Lore. Lore is on the right, facing to the side. He's wearing a loose brown sweater and has a small device stuck to his forehead. the side of his head is opened up, exposing his inner workings - there's a multitude of cables and glowing lights in different colors, and a big cable is plugged into his head. Thomas sits slightly behind him, leaning closer to look at him. he's wearing his standard yellow Starfleet uniform and has a concerned expression on his face. Thomas says, "Is it getting better?". Lore replies "no" in a Heavy Data font. the background is a solid purple. /end id]

I wanted to draw something for pride month but my brain had other ideas;; uh

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[image id: a black 5x5 bingo sheet titled "Star Trek Picard The Final Season" in all caps. the banner is purple. in the center of the grid is an image of the Star Trek character Lore as seen in the season 3 trailer. the prompts from top to bottom and left to right read:

Lore was abused by Starfleet, Lore dies, redemption arc, heroic death, Lore finds out about Data, emotional breakdown because of Data, Lore meets Thomas Riker, Lore's backstory (pre-Datalore), no follow-up on TNG plot points, Lore met Altan Soong somehow, Lore x Geordi moment, Geordi is involved with bringing Lore back, Lore works together with Picard & co, Lore x Worf moment, Lore kills someone on-screen, TNG plot retcon, Lore sings/dances at least once, Lore makes an actual friend, Lore meets Seven, Descent is brought up, Starfleet tried to reprogram Lore, Lore gets deactivated again, Noonian Soong or Juliana Tainer is mentioned, Lore betrays someone. /end id]

I made a Lore bingo sheet and I don't even want to be right about a lot of these </3

i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors

“red and green are opposites 🥰” cool now how do i paint a tree with pinks and blues without it looking like a child’s finger painting or incongruous blobs of rainbow vomit

ok i can’t explain it very well but im looking for tips and techniques for rendering art like

with specifically the highlights and colors being hues that compliment each other, don’t distract from the scene, and make it more interesting/visually appealing

is it too much to ask

gonna drop some sources I have saved on Pinterest! I don't know if these all link back to the original sources so apologies for that

cohesive but still contrasting

This kind of talks about color and composition

This is a bit about landscape specifically

Values & composition

Contrast in composition

Balance in colors & values

This one's more for palette building but I think it's useful and can be applied to the other ones

Cohesion within compositions/lighting

"Chromatic fringe" - I also see people using this with shading, they bring in a transition color that is a different hue than the base color or shadow, it makes it so that less vibrancy is lost and it doesn't get muddy!

This one specifically has a lot of process behind the style of painting you're looking for!

Also one of my favorite artists who makes bright and colorful art like this is Not Sorry Art on TikTok & YouTube, her website is here and it's<3 my fav. She has some videos where you can see her process

With the oranges painting you put as an example, I noticed they painted the lighter values more toward yellow - they also exaggerated the hues of the undertones of the photo, so I'm guessing they either did it in their head or bumped the saturation up to get a closer look! I really love these paintings you shared and I definitely share your desire to paint/draw like that :)

thanks this is super helpful! /gen

If you'd like 2 Print books that I absolutely reccomend to every visual artist regardless of Media, Color and Light and Imaginative Realism by James Gurney are basically religious texts for artists, even the 3-D people because his understanding and explanation of how light and form work is that damn good.

If you're wondering about Mr. Gurney's chops:

James Gurney is the Dinotopia Guy (that link includes his Dinotopia books, prints and online classes too)

like ive said this a billion times but i would say 99.9% of people who dislike pr*shippers do not want to harass them. literally we just want to have our fucking boundaries respected. yeah yeah you don't want to read our fifteen page carrds or whatever but can you like, read our three-sentence pinned posts at least?