airplane tickets should be free if you have internet friends you reaaaaaaally want to hang out with

@nervouscircus @lapin-noire @thehollowkidvg @lyricsofgoldendaisy UwU 💖💜

@some-williott

So uh. I am officially plotting I Never Left The Birdhouse as a proper fic. I don't intend for it to be as long as AMFMN but we'll see what happens.

Birdhouse is going to be a year old soon...............

*lays on the floor with a thousand yard stare*

48HOUR EXCHANGE IS DONE!!!! This is my gift for @/ranvwoop and features Ranboo, Techno, and Phil having a day at the arctic commune, and maybe a little bit underground.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58625017

The Beginning

A small revolution, if you will

i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors

“red and green are opposites 🥰” cool now how do i paint a tree with pinks and blues without it looking like a child’s finger painting or incongruous blobs of rainbow vomit

ok i can’t explain it very well but im looking for tips and techniques for rendering art like

with specifically the highlights and colors being hues that compliment each other, don’t distract from the scene, and make it more interesting/visually appealing

is it too much to ask

gonna drop some sources I have saved on Pinterest! I don't know if these all link back to the original sources so apologies for that

cohesive but still contrasting

This kind of talks about color and composition

This is a bit about landscape specifically

Values & composition

Contrast in composition

Balance in colors & values

This one's more for palette building but I think it's useful and can be applied to the other ones

Cohesion within compositions/lighting

"Chromatic fringe" - I also see people using this with shading, they bring in a transition color that is a different hue than the base color or shadow, it makes it so that less vibrancy is lost and it doesn't get muddy!

This one specifically has a lot of process behind the style of painting you're looking for!

Also one of my favorite artists who makes bright and colorful art like this is Not Sorry Art on TikTok & YouTube, her website is here and it's<3 my fav. She has some videos where you can see her process

With the oranges painting you put as an example, I noticed they painted the lighter values more toward yellow - they also exaggerated the hues of the undertones of the photo, so I'm guessing they either did it in their head or bumped the saturation up to get a closer look! I really love these paintings you shared and I definitely share your desire to paint/draw like that :)

thanks this is super helpful! /gen

reblogging for my artsy mutuals

Thinking about how Day 1 of the egg event, as soon as Phil and Missa paired up, they immediately hit it off.

Thinking about how they spent the entire first day locked the absolute fuck in, watching Chayanne like a hawk, teaching him things, spoiling him with a pool and music and crops and armor, communicating with each other seamlessly whether it was in English or Spanish.

Thinking about the way Phil lit up like a Christmas tree hearing Missa play guitar and sing.

Thinking about how even once their schedules completely desynced, they left each other doodles and notes and gifts, or talked to Chayanne, Crows, or Missasaurios about each other.

Thinking about how not ONCE did Phil ever get upset *at* Missa for being absent. About how he'd lament he missed him instead.

Thinking about how quickly Goddess of Death took to Missa and immediately hit the He Has Two Hands button about her husband.

Thinking about how fiercely Phil would defend Missa whenever it came up, regardless of who brought him up.

Thinking about how quick Phil was to do his best to catch Missa up to speed about chaos on the island.

Thinking about how Phil never once indulged Missa's guilt about being absent, insisting he never moved out, that he was family, that they were (platonically) married, that Missa more than deserved him and the kids.

Thinking about how at the events where Missa wasn't there, Phil at some point would mention wishing he was around or wanting to show him pictures.

Thinking about how if Missa showed up in anything showed on movie nights, Phil would light up the same way he did when Missa would play music or sing.

Thinking about how Missa could be SO out of the loop, but the first person he'd go to, cling to, and/or think about would be Phil and Chayanne.

Thinking about how Missa had one-sided romantic feelings about Phil, never got to roleplay out any of it *with* Phil, and STILL q!Phil knew q!Missa was in love with him, and never expressed anything negative about it.

Thinking about how no matter how much time passed since they last saw each other, Phil always called Missa his (platonic) husband.

Thinking about Phil getting possessive of Missa towards Bagi.

Thinking about Missa instantly welcoming Lullah into the family.

Thinking about "My Missa."

I'm not aromantic, but thank you ccPhil and ccMissa for (unintentionally or not) giving people such a healthy and sweet QPR-coded relationship, even when you couldn't stream together.

TikTok won’t stop showing me DSMP videos, take the ol’ favs :,)