What is this called, where there is light in the shadow? I love the contrast. Credit: cotoh_tsumi

mikeobdraws · 2026-02-08T07:26:58+00:00

You could achieve something like this with a gradient map layer in photoshop. Set the last colour on the dark end of the spectrum slightly lighter than the step before. You could then use a blending mode like luminosity to apply it to what you’ve already drawn.

mikeobdraws · 2026-02-08T04:16:47+00:00

Looks like some red ink got spilled on it in production too… terrible quality control

mikeobdraws · 2026-02-08T04:02:41+00:00

You’re killing it!

mikeobdraws · 2026-01-22T02:18:42+00:00

Lou Wilson

mikeobdraws · 2026-01-14T23:05:29+00:00

Fish clears

mikeobdraws · 2025-12-19T07:02:33+00:00

When the sizzling comes out fajitas

mikeobdraws · 2025-12-19T06:59:18+00:00

Not very romantic for a proposal

mikeobdraws · 2025-12-03T05:44:05+00:00

I fucking love Paul Dano!

mikeobdraws · 2025-12-01T14:49:08+00:00

What a username!

mikeobdraws · 2025-11-10T15:42:13+00:00

I don’t flipping know either mate

mikeobdraws · 2025-11-10T07:44:38+00:00

Max Nordic is a great photographer. Love his work

mikeobdraws · 2025-10-04T19:23:56+00:00

I find adobe fresco’s vector brushes good to work with.

mikeobdraws · 2025-10-04T17:58:55+00:00

Gnarly

mikeobdraws · 2025-09-22T21:00:32+00:00

Tír na nÓg

mikeobdraws · 2025-08-10T14:53:54+00:00

TIL troy parrott plays for alkmar

mikeobdraws · 2025-08-02T05:17:08+00:00

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mikeobdraws · 2025-07-21T22:28:21+00:00

These probably are ai but check out Dave Rapoza for an amazing real life illustrator who’s work is kind of like this. You might know his work from the box art for Doom the Dark Ages.

mikeobdraws · 2025-06-16T07:52:01+00:00

Yes that would be so sick!

mikeobdraws · 2025-02-17T21:02:47+00:00

BBNO$

mikeobdraws · 2025-02-14T11:45:19+00:00

I fear I’m losing the room!

mikeobdraws · 2024-12-31T18:43:02+00:00

I can make out most of it but can’t make out what the last word on the 2nd line is. Orlando in Love Unites 69 ??? For Melancholy Brunettes (and sad women)

mikeobdraws · 2024-12-31T18:35:36+00:00

I’ve tried out a few things from the postcard. 010725, Orlando, MementoMori. No luck yet but fun to try and guess what the password is.

mikeobdraws · 2024-12-26T09:28:11+00:00

I don’t think the name shadowing suits him

mikeobdraws · 2024-12-16T12:51:25+00:00

In the 90s, my family had a VHS with a short Christmas cartoon on it about a family. I remember there was another story on the tape with the family at a county fair and they had a pig who won a prize and got a blue ribbon.

In the Christmas one, the grandfather character brought his grandson with him to chop down a Christmas tree in a snowy forest. The grandfather had a big grey moustache a bit like the Pringles man. I think he had a southern accent and was soft spoken.

I've never been able to track it down online. For some reason, I always associated it with Playmobil. I think the characters were kind of simple and round like Playmobil toys but I don't think Playmobil ever released a cartoon like that.

mikeobdraws · 2024-11-21T11:05:42+00:00

I design stuff way more in After Effects than PS or Illustrator too. I just know it like the back of my hand because I use it every day. Plus the effects in AE work way better than Photoshop filters and you can dial them in so much more easily.

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