How does Dropy approach art creation?

Dropy team creates silly drawings from silly ideas.

What inspired the travel posters by Dropy?

Travel posters inspired by fictional locations and Discord suggestion.

Nathan struggled with simplifying design to convey mood effectively.

Julia used oil brushes for a painterly, impressionistic look.

Glowing elements, lantern strings create specific aesthetic in artwork.

Nathan struggled with simplifying the design of the Avernus poster to effectively convey the mood of the location, focusing on lighting effects and using a chain brush for the chains.
Julia found success in creating a vibrant and chaotic representation of Wall Market by using oil brushes for a painterly look, incorporating abstract ads and fake language characters, emphasizing the importance of not giving up on a piece to achieve unexpected results.

How does Dropy approach art creation?
Dropy team creates silly drawings from silly ideas.
What inspired the travel posters by Dropy?
Travel posters inspired by fictional locations and Discord suggestion.
What challenges did Nathan face in poster design?
Nathan struggled with simplifying design to convey mood effectively.
How did Julia overcome design struggles?
Julia used oil brushes for a painterly, impressionistic look.
What elements are incorporated into Dropy's artwork?
Glowing elements, lantern strings create specific aesthetic in artwork.

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The team at Dropy takes silly ideas and creates even sillier drawings.
Jacob, Julia, Nathan, and Karina plan a vacation to four fictional locations depicted on travel posters.
The idea for the posters came from a suggestion on the Dropy Discord by a Patreon subscriber named Billy.
Nathan's poster features Avernus, the first level of hell in D&D, with Eltorel city floating above it.
Nathan struggled with simplifying the design to convey the mood of the location effectively.
The campaign involves Eltorel disappearing into hell through a dimensional rift, chained and being pulled down.
Nathan used a chain brush from Dave Greco for the chains and focused on lighting effects from the storm above.
Julia's poster is inspired by Wall Market from Final Fantasy 7, aiming for a hazy, dirty, and neon-lit vibe.
Julia initially struggled with the design but found success by using oil brushes for a more painterly and impressionistic look.
Julia's final poster features abstract ads, fake language characters, and a vibrant, chaotic representation of the Wall Market area.

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The focus of the discussion is on fashion illustration, energy, and vibe in artwork.
Glowing elements and lantern strings are incorporated into the artwork to create a specific aesthetic.
The importance of not giving up on a piece and changing direction to achieve unexpected results is highlighted.
The use of fonts and stretching them vertically is discussed, with a preference for sans serif fonts.
Experimentation and trying unconventional methods in art creation are encouraged.
A detailed process of creating an illustration for a Yu-Gi-Oh location, Duelist Kingdom, is described.
The setting of Duelist Kingdom as Pegasus' private island is emphasized, with humorous elements like stairs that lead nowhere.
The process of digital painting and creating a character poster for a show, Drawtectives, is detailed.
The inspiration from early 1900s poster work and the challenge of drawing a horse are mentioned.
The focus on line work and graphic design elements in the poster creation process is explained.

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The artist focused on creating a poster meant to be easily recognizable from a distance, starting with blocking in the design before adding colors and gradients to achieve a 1980s fantasy book cover aesthetic.
They decided to incorporate a font rune into the design, initially aiming for an ornate first letter but adjusting due to spacing issues, ultimately creating a unique font rune from scratch, receiving positive feedback on their font choice and overall design from their peers.