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Anyone else think about how lines only become thicker when you go over them again because you don’t hit the original line perfectly? I mean it makes sense sure. I have known this for years but I find this weirdly upsetting rn.

oh you need a tutorial on splatters by a non-expert? then this is for you!

I have a little bit of experience with splatters both from painting a lot and from nosebleed-related health issues. So I know a little bit more about splatters than the average person.

anyways

if you’re not sure how a splatter will… well splatter then I recommend flicking paint from a brush onto paper. But not everyone can do that for various reasons. So I used both acrylic paint and watercolors for this.

I call these “side splatters”. So, the more liquid-y the splatter is the further the “tail” goes (as shown in the image). As you can notice, the splatters with acrylic paint stick together more because it’s less of a water-texture and more of a blob.

drops

basically, the middle (the “mother splat” in the image) has the most liquid in it. And it trails off into smaller drops, which have “arms” lead to them. It’s pretty common that drops and side splatters can be combined, so the mini-drops can have tails similar to side splatters.

warning: talking about bl00d in the rest

Now, specific red bodily liquids can have different textures. Nosebleeds are often more liquid-y than for example gore-related liquids (judging from gore that I’ve seen in movies). And the solution here is to google it! Because I’m not a doctor and I don’t know why the texture can change. But please, even if nosebleeds are more liquid-y the flow can still be slow. Liquid-y splatters are more sensitive to movement than other splatters. So if someone who is having a nosebleed (without anything stopping the flow) for example nods, the “liquid” will run down faster.

there are a lot of different types of splatters, but these are ones that even I struggle with sometimes. There are probably better tutorials out there.

hope this helps!

Actually did a proper background for once.

Just wanted to share this adorable picture. I love it so much!

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Filipiniana inspired by the Entities (the Eye, the Vast, the Dark)

[ID: Three drawings of three modelled Filipinianas against a shared background which looks like aged paper. Each one is labelled a different entity which goes, from left to right, the Eye, the Vast, and the Dark. All the models are faceless. Three close ups follow the main image.

The Eye Filipiniana is an 1890s traje de mestiza featuring a brown panuelo with green embroidered trimming resembling ink pen tips and green strips resembling eyelashes at the opening, a translucent wide-sleeved striped baro in alternating off-white and green with green embroidered eyes for trimming, a dark cyan tapis with rows of books patterned on, and a silky striped saya in alternating yellow and green with an eye where the saya and the tapis meet and embroidery of people walking at the hem. Finished with accessories of a silky green necklace with a hanging realistic eye and a dark blue folding fan with an eye pattern. The model has brown skin and straight black hair up in a bun.

The Vast Filipiniana is a Commonwealth Era Style Baro’t Saya featuring a violet umbrella with a bright galaxy on the inside that the model holds on her shoulder, a magenta panuelo with yellow and orange stripes held together with a bright yellow star-shaped medallion, wide translucent butterfly-sleeved baro with a sunset to sky blue gradient from top to bottom with embroidered white clouds on the sleeves, a tapis with different shades of blue going from a light blue to dark blue top to bottom with embroidered silver fish of differing sizes, and a silky dark-blue-to-deep-blue saya with a long saya de cola with dark silhouettes resembling tentacles creeping up the sides. The model has pale tan skin and wavy hair held up in a loose lower bun.

The Dark Filipiniana is an 1840s Baro’t Saya styled for church-wear featuring a translucent plaid-patterned magenta panuelo, a striped straight-sleeved camisa in alternating dark magenta and off-white, a dark purple tapis embroidered with hands in alternating red and blue gripping each other by the wrist, a plaid-patterned magenta saya, and dark purple sandals. The models holds a dark purple hood over her head, the outside is a dark purple trimmed with white embroidery meant to look like closed eyes, the inside is a dark mass filled with open white eyes in strange positions, the dark mass drips down the edges of the hood, some eyes following. The model has ashy tan skin and combed back brown hair. 

./.End ID]

Finally finished it! I’ve wanted to do this for a while but pushed it off until now. The Entities as a couple versions of the Filipiniana. I don’t have plans rn to make the others since I suspect I will soon be busy again. Still, I have some ideas, particularly for the Web. Have a favourite?

My inspiration+info under the cut! :D

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