Here's my recent fanart

Back on days, when I started off with digital - it was something i really loved to do - paint fake lights on 3D scenes because my abacus at time couldn't render much else besides basic shapes with simple texture.

Now how you tackle that particular room would depend of your software - Like in some programs you may want to use blend mode, but it can be done without it.

I would actually not use classic soft edge 'airbrush', but very low opacity hard round brush - the most basic and classic one. Set opacity of the brush very low that, when you overlap, it also creates kind of subtle blend effect. Think a bit of ... let say watercolors. Where you build up trough very subtle lines most times. Using blend-modes can add a lot to your work, but for it to have true realistic impact the normal-layer light has to already look good and that you can do with low-low-low opacity brush. Learn 1st without blend modes. Light and fire are such of wonderful things to study!

On the example image - 1st you likely should have the glass painted and the floor done (no light effects) , and then make light on a separate layer paying attention to the areas, where light does not get to and keep strict angle of the "god ray" -effect. Later you can add some sort 'paper' material via blend mode overlays to mimic dust particles.

For a god-ray effect work well on a digital work, you also might need use the 'industry standard' move of downscaling which means you work on much larger canvas than you intend to show at end. Downscaling the image often makes light and shadow effect often look better, when lines get slightly blurred.

Hit the gym for summer time

I really liked drawing this character

I shouldn't laugh...but I did.

My last character I created for adoption

got this idea from this youtube video

Your drawing is stiff as a board, unless you intended for that, then you did good. Here's a tip I can remember from sources I've seen on figure drawing, there does NOT exist a single straight bone in the human body. Not even the spine. Always aim for curves or subtle curves. But NEVER straight.

I heavily referenced this

Could use some advice on shading. It's a mess, but I'm still working on it. I at least learned from this vase here that a blending stump will never be a proper substitute for good transition from light to dark and vise versa.

I drew a tuxedo cat, but in an odd color. Kind of a personal challenge, mostly. Made a preset sheet and rolled some dice and I draw what the dice landed on. Turned out pretty good by my standards.

A wip of some token style minis.

Don’t forget this!

Did this a few hours ago...

• graphite
• pen
• ink & brush
• permanent marker

Feel free to say which one is best, & why.

A few things you should know, in no particular order:

• Blending stumps are fine for blending graphite & charcoal but they aren't magical. They're not the only option, either. Experiment with things: binder paper, bar napkins, a clean bandana, a makeup brush, etc.
• The key to good shading is to know what the light is doing: where it is coming from & how it describes the form. Once you understand that, the rest ain't that hard.
• For beginners, the best way to start is with basic shapes (soup or soda can, a smooth ball, a box) with one source of light hitting it/them from one side. You want one side lit & the other side in shadow.
• For beginners the smart way to start is by drawing shapes in real life with pencils on paper. You need that good foundation--& hopefully a bit of finesse--before you start doing it all digitally. Depending on Ctrl-Z or clicking "Undo ____" can all too easily become a crutch. Gain basic skill in traditional media & once you go digital, you'll be ahead of more than half the artists on Fiverr & similar platforms.
• Most of all: if you want to get good at realism, you must learn how to see what you're drawing. It is a level of focused vision that most non-artists never achieve, with few exceptions. Drawing is as much about seeing as it is about putting marks on paper.

Good luck.

An update to the tileset I post 3 days ago. Stuff is getting REAL;

I still have to do the background 😥

i draw the bunf

Found a twitter prompt to fight my art block with.

Not enough to fight my color block though. :P

I draw lot, but this is the last thing i did, it's my newest OC, he's a librarian bomb, no name yet

Done 😆

I'm starting to get how to properly scale a drawing any size I desire. Just have to ensure the length and width ratio is the same no matter how much I scale it. This ensures it remains in proportion no matter how big or how small I make it. I found this stock image on shutterstock for a still life subject.

And could make it larger or smaller as I desired to. And again, as long as the ratio of the length and width remains consistent, it's always in proportion. Still have to work on a number of things, but so far so good.

everyone who's been terminally online since 2014 remembers this chick

I haven't got any recent work finished but I will leave a WIP here. ^^

Hehe i drew Scary Girl

Cool. This reminds me of games like Donkey Kong from back in the day, when having an Atari system meant you were luxe... (you had to hook video game systems up to your TV--which had a picture tube!)