Personally I like to try to make the color to match the one in the photo reference instead of just using the dropper, because it helps me learn how to get the colors I want at the same time!
I go for a more realistic approach in terms of colors. The only “colorful” thing I put in my work, is the background. Besides that, I would use a pallet if needed. But I would usually adjust it once I have it down on a certain layer. That’s the way how I do it, at least on Autodesk.
To be honest I’ve always struggled with coloring my drawing so any tips I can get always help! Other than the colors though, the drawing itself looks really good
I found a color pallete thing in instagram and it was really helpful but the instagram page got refreshed or sumn i felt like my heart got taken out of my chest lmo
Another good coloring tip, if you struggle with lighting and shading on top of that, is for starters, choose the time of day. I'm sure this sounds relatively obvious, but knowing and keeping track of a time of day for a setting was something I personally struggled with for a long time. You can't have strong shading with a warm palette if your goal was mid-day, after all. And vice versa for an evening scene. Another thing that goes with this is to observe different times of the day. And I mean shading and coloring only. For example, a while back I realized that at mid-day, everything has a slight yellow hue on sunny days. But much more dulled, grayed colors on overcast days. And how the shading of trees gives things a slight brownish-green hue, due to the leaves. While man-made buildings, of course, just block out lighting entirely, casting very dark shadows. But once again, the intensity of these colors within the shadows depends on how sunny the day is. I would also go in-depth about other parts of the day, not just late morning to early afternoon, but I feel like this comment is already too long... And this advice only applies to outdoor backgrounds, as any indoor scene could really have any lighting, but I still think it's really good advice! I know I wish I picked up on this stuff a lot sooner, maybe I would've enjoyed backgrounds more early on... But you live, learn, and just try to spread the word to help others. And you may think if you're working in an unnatural palette, or plan to use a lot of overlays, that it would cancel this advice out. But I don't think that's the case. If anything, it'd still work as a nice base, or even just to keep it in mind. (quick edit: grammar and spelling in a few places. dang autocorrect always making it worse...)
@Carl The Meatgrinder It's my own dang fault, really. I didn't know how to shorten this comment though, as the advice I wanted to get across required explanation, at least to me. So I just posted it. Sorry for the eye strain of being too wordy or whatever, like, genuinely.
Maybe the comment could have been shortened or something, but I dont care, personally. Thank you for sharing your discovery. For myself, I think I just do this without thinking, but it would probably be better to actually think about it. Something I noted, related to your comment, is the change in colours in various seasons and even locale. If you think of movies/shows and how there is always this orange or yellow filter if they're in California/Nevada or a blue filter if it is super snowy (think that ice world in Thor)... something like that. It actually exists, tho not as strong as post processing makes it. Also, these colours DO play a role in interior colours as long, as there is a window in there. Lighting/shadows may be off-set by lamps or whatever, but something like the orange of a sunset will cast the room that colour. Something to make observation on.
Any Lineart can be clean if you know your stuff! Even using standard pens will get you the same result. Number one rule being no chickenscratching, and make use of your eraser. Long, smooth lines, if you miss a bit then you can go fill it in with a smaller stroke.
My obsession in school was overly saturated colors. My professors were telling me all the way to the end of semester to expand. I finally am after their classes.
Tip: don’t worry about your colors being exactly the colors of real life (if u want a palette with matching colors and is aesthetic). Just make sure they look nice together
I love how unusual and unique your art style is. It inspires me to try an animation style instead of trying realism because I'm still a beginner and it looks really cool.
Haley, how about making a new channel for shorts? I don't mind you posting shorts but I think making a separate channel for it might be better. I love your shorts either way, they are super helpful 💖
Yesss, I like to use complimentary colors, triadic, and analogous colours when looking at a colour wheel. Good to use less saturated colours except for parts you want to "pop." If the whole image is high contrast (which can work) it can be jarring to look at, it's nice to keep something as the main focus
OMG HOMIE UR A LIVE SAVER WAS JUST STRUGGLING WITH COLOR PALETTES AND OPENED YT TO THIS MASTERPIECE OF A VIDEO + is no one gonna talk about how much talent she/he/they has/have
Ok but when she adds the overlay and changes the green accent to orange just looks so cool, like a demon or a supernatural being of some sort, especially from that angle, and I love it
Thanks I really needed this cuz I draw dragons and when I make them I don't know what color so you really help me and thank for letting me know how to make the drawing pop.!
Another method I use is picking some random colors I want to use and putting a clipping layer over them with one color like orange or green or whatever fits the vibe best and then setting it to slightly transparent so all the colors look similar :)
Is it just me or did anyone actually like the first coloring thing? Because *I* did. The angle and colors remind me of spring and gives me kid-core vibes, while the one at the end looked like a fall sunset setting. :)
o damn it looks gorgeous n this is really helpful. when i colour my art i always just colour it the way it’d realistically look in real life instead of in a way where the colours go well together so i’ll definitely keep this in mind :>
A really fun pallet would be muted colors and more saturated colors as the highlights! So you could start with a very dark painting then start coloring it with lighter colors, gives a very cool vibe!
i make really drastic shading so i usually don't worry too much about the base coloring and rely almost entirely on multiply & add blend modes for color harmony
Gonna try this next art I make. But my problem is finding colors that don’t clash with each other. I struggle with color theory and I’m trying to learn it on my own. But this video on constrasting “dull” v. “pop” colors really is helpful.
I have never before even tried art but seeing your art for some reason really makes me want to learn, so that is what I will do. I am going to try to learn something I have never done before, thank you.
Also to reiterate what she said before in a different video, a another technique that works no matter what you do!: take the color pallette you want to use, and take one color and 30% opacity it over wall the colors and color with that! it'll bring it together reguardless, to add new colors just do the same technique for one color and boom, harmonious color pallette
for anyone else wanting a harmonious colour palette, if youre digital then a good trick is to colour however you normally would and then pick a nice colour and set it to overlay, or something else if you think it works!
Sometimes I'll draw using the base colors but go over it with a hue or a color layer to tie everything in. I have a lot of fun trying it out with a desaturation layer too, and adjusting opacity to hit that OOMF just right
not me thinking the first version actually looks quite nice 😅 they're both great i just would totally find the first one absolutely acceptable, maybe colorblind though
I felt relax whenever you started talking. You have the voice of a professional narrator and therapist. And your tips are amazing. I should practice that technique.
Here’s what I usually do for digital art: If you want your drawing to have a single color background, pick the colors you want first. Then put it then over the background color and adjust it to your likings. This usually helps me with making something have the right colors, and also set a mood or certain feeling to it. Hope this helps!
