February 2018

HELLO EVERYONE!

zmeess:

takibert:

It’s 2018 and we are happy to announce that we made a

– wait for it –

We are happy to announce our special child that we made with our love, tears and bloody sweat - the Homestuck zine!
(yes, homestuck zine in 2018, for real)

It’s a 15x21 sm size book and there’s 26 awesome russian artist involved who made 70 pages of amazing illustrations and sketches!
You can check the full list of artists and buy it for 25$ with free delivery here on tictail!
Cheers! <3

hi guys! we are finally selling this zine internationally, and you should totally check it out and possibly buy it because it’s awesome if i say so myself (i do say so).

i contributed three illustrations and three pages of sketches to this zine. here’s a sneak peek ; ) vvv

you can see more pictures over on the tictail page! that zine is full of amazing works ladies and gentlepeople

zmeess be like

zmeess does colors

here’s a small step-by-step tutorial (?) on my painting process, for the anon interested in how i shade. it’s pretty simple!

1. sketch/lines
   
2. fill in the base colors (i usually go with midtones, i.e. the natural color of the object that is not altered by light, both direct and reflected)
   
3. shadows next! use blocky shapes with no blending (yet). a good rule of thumb is if your light is warm, then the shadows should be cool, and visa versa (not always though, who cares about rules it’s art)
   
4. now the areas where the light hits the object, and blending the shadows
   
5. a little bit more finessing and areas with reflected light (in my case, most of it is teal – because of the background)
   
6. ta da! some color corrections and we are done
   

hope it was helpful! the finished piece is here.