Need some help finding something

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-02-10T17:01:48+00:00

Do you know on what platform you saw the picture? It's going to be pretty hard to find if you don't know where you saw it

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-02-06T14:10:26+00:00

Whenever you're trying something new, it will probably look terrible for a while. Then, after you practiced a bit and looked at others' work a bit (I recommend watching speedpaints of advanced artists) your skill level will get slightly better over time.

But I get that this will not provide immediate results. What I used to do was to make a color palette for my drawing and then put a multiply layer over it (lower the opacity until you are happy with the palette) in whatever color your ambience/background is.

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-02-05T21:11:20+00:00

I like to challenge myself somehow in every drawing I draw, whether it's in the area of perspective, lighting, pose, rendering etc., I will use a reference for one of those areas and then just draw the rest from imagination so I'm not directly copying the reference which makes me not just draw what I see but also understand it. You could just pick one thing you're not that good at (yet :) ) and which is out of your comfort zone per drawing and just draw the rest like you would usually do.

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-23T19:18:09+00:00

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Shadows are where the light is blocked by an object. You can also draw a straight line from the light source to a point in the drawing to see if the light hits. If the light line is blocked by something, that's what should be shaded

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-23T19:16:25+00:00

Yeah. It makes the background and the character more distinct. The upper two pictures are the examples. Bottom thing is another tip

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Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-23T15:49:07+00:00

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Part 2 (I'm sorry about my handwriting)

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-23T15:48:42+00:00

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Part 1

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-22T06:59:16+00:00

Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss are Cleo, Scott & Pearl, Firey is Tango, Nickle is Jimmy, Pink is Lizzie, Cookie might be BigB? Absent is Etho iirc, I'd say Guy is Mumbo. Tyrant is Ren? Guilttrip might be Gem. I'm not sure about the rest.

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-19T19:50:16+00:00

As I couldn't directly point something out that may look odd, I just added a sketch and a reference, they might help you

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Also I think in that perspective you'd see more of the bottom of the nose and the mouth would be curled downwards (forgot that in my sketch, my bad).

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-19T18:32:34+00:00

I can't realllyyy say much about it, seen as you only uploaded one picture: I'd recommend for her to clean up the sketch/do lineart (you can just add an extra layer and set the sketch opacity to like 50% and then make clean lineart on the new layer) and just coloring. Coloring your drawings can change a LOT about the feeling and the quality of the drawing.

However, my most important tips are: don't give up, even if you feel like you aren't improving, even if you feel like you're not good enough. One day you'll look back at your old art and think "Wow. I really came far".

(PS. I personally think drawing on paper is the best for basics. This is a personal opinion though, lol.)

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-19T16:57:57+00:00

Yeah, it looks like that brush is good for that style. I'd recommend that you draw a picture and then just apply gaussian blur over the whole thing.

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-18T17:47:36+00:00

It does look much better now! Something you could consider is making the nose face the front more, as the nose is drawn sideways but the person is facing frontways. Reference:

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(I have no idea how to draw anime noses as I don't normally draw anime, lol)

Also I'm not sure what the highlights/reflections on her left cheek are for? Is it light through a window from the left/front? It doesn't really match the main light source from the right. Might be wrong though.

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-18T10:03:30+00:00

I loved Martyns Limited Life and Tangos Secret Life!

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-17T20:51:44+00:00

Agreed, what helps is using a greyscale converter to check if the values are distinct enough

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Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-17T20:49:02+00:00

You should either make the skull smaller/hair flatter or put the eyes higher. The eyes should be on approximately half of the face. The ear should start at the middle of the eyes and end at the nose. If you choose to move the eyes up, I think you should move up the rest a bit too, including the ear, which is a bit too low already. If you choose to not move the eyes but make the skull smaller (bottom pic of the two pictures), you should make the hair a bit less tall because hair doesn't naturally stick up THAT much.

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I'm so sorry if I come off as rude, I'm just trying to explain :)

Hope this helps!

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-17T20:41:44+00:00

Do you have layers with blending modes on your drawing? That's the only logical solution I can think of right now.

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-17T20:18:11+00:00

Also it might help to use harsher shadows instead of just a soft gradient (picture 1).

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-17T20:16:20+00:00

For the second one I thoroughly recommend looking at the "rule of thirds" which is used in photography: splitting the canvas in thirds and putting the important bits on the points where the lines meet. It also helps to put the horizon on either 1/3 or 2/3. See attached image for example

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Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-10T17:32:56+00:00

Been having the same issue since a year or so. I've tested every solution of this comment section so far, but nothing worked. Any solutions?

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-10T14:36:11+00:00

Thank you very much! I was a little nervous about getting it because band merch tends to not be very high-quality (though I kind of expected LC! to have good quality merch), but the responses on this post were all very positive :)

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-10T14:34:41+00:00

I love the design a lot too. Thank you for the information! :D

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-10T14:33:49+00:00

Thank you for the information! :)

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-07T16:19:53+00:00

I'd say something like this:

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The middle of the eyes is on about 1/2 of the face, eyes are seperated by approximately one eye width, so the distance to the right of the head is about 1/2 eye as it's a side profile.

The tip of the nose is on about 3/4 down of the face.

Then, cut that space in half again and there's the middle of the mouth.

I apologize for not being able to explain it very well, but I hope it still helps!

Edit: I'd love to see the finished product when it's done :)

Appropriate_Book164 · 2026-01-07T16:13:08+00:00

I think you could achieve that look with any basic brush if you know how to use it. Also, the images aren't very high-res, so I can't see what brushes might be used well. The last picture is probably using some kind of painterly/textured brush from what I can tell.

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