shading

A captivating exploration of form, this work features an imaginative flower with a distinctive, almost sculptural head. The smooth, folded petals suggest a soft resilience, like a fleshy, protective helmet, while delicate antennae reach tentatively toward the light. The long, winding stem and minimal leaves anchor the drawing, creating a strong vertical movement. Rendered in a mix of colored pencil and graphite, the piece uses subtle shading to give the subject a remarkable three-dimensional quality, making it pop against the neutral background.

Used a reference, wanted to focus on shading.

Please.

This captivating drawing by Ty Patmore (2025) beautifully illustrates the final stage of a dandelion's life cycle, transforming the common weed into a subject of elegant art. The central, spent head of the flower is rendered with intricate texture, while the detached seeds are given a light, airy quality as they float away. The subtle shading and focused color on the stem provide a grounding element to the otherwise ethereal composition, making it a perfect piece for anyone who cherishes the simple, magical moments in nature.

Don Cutter (Full name Cookie Cutter) relishes in making their last name self evident. [This was done as a trade for a friend!!!! At present, she has no socials for me to link to, but I will update this if that ever changes!!!! (P.S. the name is *unofficial* but I am campaigning hard for her to canonize it!!!!)] P.P.S. this is the first image I am uploading of my (admittedly rather limited) backlog/body of work, so expect more updates in the near future [followed by a WHOLE lot of nothing for a while (I work SLOW ;-;)]!!!!

...Just a quick art piece. Practicing drawing legs and shading skin.

A drawing I made with a ballpoint pen. I tried shading with it this time, and it was surprisingly easy. I'm calling him Bellow.

Fan Art of my FFXIV Miqo'te chara. I adore her to bits. uwu If anyone's interested I'll be opening commissions soon for this particular style and others. I'd love to draw everyone's OCs.

Finally completed it... :-)

Tried to experiment with various forms of pixel-art shading, and this was the end-result. (I wanted to emulate early video game graphics!)

This was a piece I drew on some Bristol board. The original was sold, but I scanned it in and threw some color and shading on it.

Dude this thing is gonna be a wip especially cause I’m shit at shading *obviously* so that’s gonna take me a while -I’ve spent 45minutes on this thing so far I’ma continue it later

So...I didn't feel like doing face shading today and this is how I avoided it. I actually kinda like it! Sort of giving me Harley Quinn vibes. Always open to feedback!

working on shading using stippling

im working from a small photocopy of an old picture. still need to work on eyes and shading. hair will be epic.

Used blendable shading markers and a red copic maker for the Cape

First time making art with pen! Don’t mind my weird light and shading

One of my assignments asked me to draw a comic book cover using existing comics and manga. This was my third attempt at using ballpoint pen for a drawing, my shading tends to look odd in smaller spaces but I'm trying to work on it

Developing a new art style, the shading is similar to LavenderTowne but the linework/color scheme/form is definitely a trademark of mine,

yo this account has been inactive for soooo long. ive also improved so much art wise lmao. ive started to watch craig of the creek again, and ofc i had to draw someone. (and yes I do know that the left hand is not right ._.) im not sure if im gonna go inactive again after this :/

Sketch n shading brushes

an original character named marigold :) wacom tablet on a site called flipanim. Link to my acc: https://flipanim.com/anim=pvzjrwsu

Loved creating a realistic sketch after a long time. Loved the process of creating this sketch.

So I'm a little behind the curve, but here's my day 1 for Inktober. This was my first time using my fountain pen for drawing, so I can't complain too much. There's definitely some room to grow. Lined with a TWSBI Eco: fine nib with Organics Studio Walden ink on Tomoe River paper. I'm a sucker for sheen, what can I say. The sad attempt at shading was done with a wet paper towel, so I'm guessing I could try upgrading my technique there ;D

I’m addicted to shading, I chase the shine, I’m addicted, and sometimes you find things along the way like these teeth that make me believe there’s a shade I gotta still hit just for that perfect shine that never falls flat. Ride that shade like a wave…

I did not use a reference :/ so yeah that's kind of a problem but it's ok... I used HB for the sketch, 2B for shading, and 4B for the eyebrows and eyelashes. I just noticed that I forgot to put a reflection of the lashes on the eyes...

My first skin shading! It wasn't easy hahaha

Not perfect but it’s start.

I have lovingly worked into this piece, adding outlines , inner lines and some shadings ,its an freehand sketching .

i was debating between uploading this and another SootHouse related drawing i had made today, but the other one was much more rushed and i kind of like the shading in this one. // the red part is a beanie, it's hard to draw beanies with a mouse, forgive me // Wilbur Soot is the main member of the Youtube channel SootHouse, it's really funny, and once I got featured at the end B))) (On "Bad Women's Anatomy Posts [Feat. SorrowTV]") // I might draw the other seven members, but idk.