Reposted by DeDeuce
Our feature artist/tutorial today is this idea on LIGHTING/CASTING SHADOWS on TREES, by the talented @simodasketch! What I like here is the clear thinking around breaking the TONAL VALUE of the shadows into CLEAR GROUPS gives us such nicely defined FORMS. #anime #manga #drawing
![sadie's insane text messages on discord read:
CHAT, I'VE MADE AN INSANE FUCKING DISCOVERY.
I'M REWARCHING THR DARKSTALKERS OVA.
...which is peak by the way
AND THE END CREDITS COME UP, AS USUAL
[a link to "the trouble man" by ekichi yazawa on youtube]
"the trouble man" by ekichi yazawa
it's a rock song to be paired with the darkstalkers characters plastered on guitars because it's fucking cool, not terribly deep. cool rock song, cool visuals, all it wanted to be.
BUT EIKICHI YAZAWA DIDN'T WRITE THE SONG on his own](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mzhwnxgtbt7qzx7zypmv7ost/bafkreiab5so5fskgjb5ujwpddkzeyrw3mjskgtqdf6ogpytzwfoxwweoue)
![andrew gold helped. (photo credit of the writerz being listed on genius)
and do you know what fucking song he wrote a year before in 1996?
[insert a link to "spooky scary skeletons" by andrew gold on youtube]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mzhwnxgtbt7qzx7zypmv7ost/bafkreib22ampp4qznxzkpfb6nwsi3d7njjqfp752q6edcgmrocd63i5z5u)
