Continuation of yesterday's doodles. Almost done with these wispy clouds. I'll try these in a cartoony style next time

It's much easier to use a darker tone as a base. I tried every variation and this one is the cleanest workflow. I tried starting from the mid tones and bright tones but to no avail.

I finished another wispy cloud drawing. I had a rough time shading the directional lines inside the cloud.

Shaded in some clouds from before. I kept the colors at 3 because 4 has too much fidelity to it- Higher fidelity drawings dont look great as background objects.

I tried speed painting some hills today so I can pair them with the clouds I drew in the past. It's not perfect but I'm satisfied with how they turned out :D
I'll adjust the cloud colors so it matches this scenery a bit more too.

Added some wip shade. I finished the top one but I decided to redo it. I'm trying to add more circular and s-curves to the shapes. I think this shape has the best organic feel to it.
I need to stop drawing in straight diagonals like I do with UI

I'm going to try drawing these wispy shapes. My first attempt looked horrible so I'm hoping this one goes a little better

I just decreased the size of my previous drawings.

Nice I almost finished recoloring these clouds. It took a lot longer than expected but I'm happy with the results. I need to figure out how to draw these quicker in a more realistic style.

I usually started with the mid tones if there were 3 tones total, added highlights, and finally the shadows. I started with the darker tones when working with 2 tones. I think this is the most optimal method thus far.
As for the shapes, I need to write more notes to quantify the concepts into words.

I tried a different color palette using existing cloud shapes. I'm going to try and double the shade count to make it look realistic

Late night sketch before bed

A continuation of the previous sketches. I did my best to practice 3d shading with minimal details and colors.

Trying out some different shading styles. This one feels better for perspective while maintaining simplicity. It's like the 2 shade style but I'm using 3 colors total. When one color is added, another is taken out

I've begun coloring in the swirly windy clouds. I'm not sure what style to go for though. I can use the bubbly shape and then add the protruding edges to give the illusion of a wind passing through them. Or I can use diagonal shapes throughout the cloud to give it a jagged look.

I think i used a 3px brush for the most of these sketches. I then added protruding edges and then rounded a majority of them. This ensures that the overall shape remains 'cloudy'. Ill finish these tmrw

I'm going to try and format these clouds differently. I'll try to base them off of a scenery or make them follow a coherent pattern.
Drawing them based on random sizes & shapes doesn't make much intuitive sense so this format should fix that issue.

Time to try out some different perspectives and shape styles.

Doing a continuation of yesterday's clouds. Ill be filling these in tmrw.
I need to figure out a better way to structure and sort these variations though.

Okay I'm back to drawing clouds tonight. I'll be exploring the cartoony style with the flat bottom. Ill take inspiration from Mario, Old Japanese paintings, and cartoons from cable tv

Yey Finished the past few days' sketches. I did my best to polish them with a curvy style. After drawing a bunch of these clouds, I realized that it's best for me to stick with this realistic style when using 4 colors.
Ill draw in the cartoony style when using 2 colors. That makes the most sense moving forward.