Buried a friend.

@noshirdalal

I hope it's okay for me to tag @0lavender-garden0, I just want to say that tags or messages like these mean so much to me :') I mean???? this is so very kind and encouraging???????? I might not be the most active or consistent artist, and I feel pretty self-conscious about my art fairly frequently, but it makes me really happy to know that even though it might not be creative or groundbreaking, it's still inspiring to some. So, I just want to say, thank you so much for that <3

Quick update, I am not dead, just neck deep in my master thesis, I hope to continue on art soon though :]

HAPPILY

This is my tav Valin, they're a draconic bloodline sorcerer! :]

I'm absolutely OBSESSED with bg3 at the moment. So much so that I'm more busy playing than making art 😓 it truly got me in a chokehold. But I'd love to make fanart of it eventually!! (Once Astarion releases me from his clutches)

Oh boy, I could swear there are rules to lighting, but I rarely stick to them myself, because I have a terrible memory and rendering is the bane of my existence. There are many different ways to use lighting, and I don't know how helpful the tips I can offer are, but a first good step is to determine the source of your light. What I like to do often is use a color gradient where one side of the figure is already a bit darker and the other a little lighter, like there for example:

I like to use that little trick to get the direction roughly down, save a bit of time and add more volume to things.

Another tip I could give is to not be scared to create contrast in places where light doesn't really reach. It's a bit scary to me as well, still, but pushing contrast can add a lot to the illusion.

If you use that though, you have to make sure to understand mid tones as well. These are basically the values somewhere in between your darkest and lightest spots. Light likes to scatter, especially on softer surfaces that don't have many hard edges, so mid tones are really important to suggest the shape of the thing that's being lit. This could be an example:

Rim light is also an effective way to make something stand out more, and what I learned recently is that it works way more effectively if you try and vary its weight, to kinda make it hug around the shapes it sits on, like here:

There are most likely exceptions, but those are rules that always apply to lighting and maybe they can help you understand it a little bit better! I constantly break those rules myself though, so I wouldn't bet that my art makes a good guideline for learning about lighting. I can only recommend using lots and lots of references. Photographs are the most reliable source there is, you can learn a LOT from those, or study some masters paintings to see how they use lighting.

So yeah, these are probably the best tips I can come up with, I'm not very good at explaining things, so I hope this helps a little bit :')

Esteemed undertaker Saint Veronika and her spoon-obsessed best friend Nikolai

No demon can escape him <3

Commission piece for @generalarmitagehux

A candle in the dark.

@noshirdalal blew me away as Rajan, I haven't had this much inspiration and motivation to work on an art piece in a long while. Wow!

commission piece

There should probably be more new pieces in there than there actually are, but still, here it is. Art vs. Artist 2023.

I'm always happy to discuss requests individually :) If you give me details maybe something could be arranged. It really depends on what you envision. Just shoot me a DM!