Nuumatic

May 2025 Runner-Up: Sadayo Kawakami (1/2)

Added 2025-05-10 01:50:28 +0000 UTC

So I wanted to try a couple different thing this time around to try and spice up the runner-up position. I went with a sort of cel-shaded look that's a middleground between my super-rendered stuff for the 1st place winners and just standard flat colors.

I'm also going to try experimenting more with blue edits whenever I can, with some caveats.

I'm trying to get a bit better about layer management so I can reliably do edits without essentially needing to recolor the entire piece. Usually when I do a blueberry pic, that's the intent from the start and I can plan my color palette around the fact that they'll be blue, but getting an RGB slider to get the results I want is a bit trickier and less reliable.

Unfortunately, this means that due to how much that goes into rendering my fully-finished pieces, I'm not comfortable trying this with my 1st place winners for the time being. I'd like to try it in the future but for now I'm still figuring things out