How to colour your Characters

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Color theory is a vital part of art and design, highlighting the importance of choosing complementary colors for illustrations. Complementary colors, found opposite each other on the color wheel, create a captivating contrast that brings depth and intensity to your artwork. By using them thoughtfully, you can evoke emotions, set the mood, and make your illustration visually striking. So, embrace the power of complementary colors and bring your creations to life with an irresistible vibrancy.
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@isabelladelgado456 Год назад

Thank you so much. As someone who struggles making and understanding color theory and how to apply it, this really helps.

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@lauraacevedo1308 Год назад

e.e

@princessthyemis Год назад

I agree! This is SO helpful!!!

@eldritchcupcakes3195 Год назад

Reminder: monochrome palettes with different shades are just as good!

@RoroSuaris Год назад

Bro took a thirsty mommy and made it a school lesson

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha I don't know about that 😅

@justasmltwngir1732 Год назад

@Deku_in_disguise Год назад

I was your 200th like lmao

@geeg4315 Год назад

mommy?! that’s a supermodel skinny 23 year old with a six pack…

@CosmiTwink Год назад

@@geeg4315it’s because she’s hot

@zerareota1560 Год назад

Remember that if you don’t want the skin color to be the main color you can cover then with bulky clothes.

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Interesting 🤔

@statusuyp Год назад

I'd say try make the skin tone kinda unanimous to the clothes/hair/whatever and not make it too bright/contrasting

@DreamtaleEnjoyer 11 месяцев назад

Or any clothes at all lmao

@st4rrie. 11 месяцев назад

especially for the purple one

@-Solidwater 11 месяцев назад

Or just have other colors that attract your attention more! A natural skin color will never be as memorable as, say, a bright purple jacket, or fluffy pink hair

@k1ttiesaves Год назад

I DONT COLOR MY CHARACTERS 🔥🔥

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha really? Then they are black and white?

@k1ttiesaves Год назад

@@LucasPeinador yeah i just use normal pencil and paper i don’t like coloring my art

@Muiii__ Год назад

Me neither, every time I color my characters they always turn out looking weird. I also like how it looks with just black and white

@frostybootz Год назад

But you'll never see your character's true colors. 🙁

@Mapple318 Год назад

@@k1ttiesaves same, i recently got alcohol markers so i *try* to use color more, but i usually only draw with my pencil and eraser

@neeevirus Год назад

Ive noticed from some concept design artists that black, white or neutral colors are utilized to balance out designs, preventing the overall design from being too saturated or to add more interest in the focal areas Someone told me we can optionally use white or black to set off the tone, and work with colors close to the set tone, and add accent colors to make the outfit/design more interesting

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Interesting 🤔

@whothehellneedhastag1309 Год назад

As an artist, I can confirm that I know nothing about color theory.

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Hahaha

@lorelaimorace-kk1xz 10 месяцев назад

me too

@zeearts9484 10 месяцев назад

Same 😄💔!

@yuihanima 4 месяца назад

Then you are a real artist?

@Maddie_TT7 3 месяца назад

@@yuihanimayou don’t have to know color theory to be a “real artist”

@PinkiePirate Год назад

Wait a second….that drawing he showed for like a split second at the end be like 🫣😳🥵

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha what?

@nasgor22 Год назад

@@LucasPeinador The one with the girl on top of a dude with a rocket head

@PinkiePirate Год назад

.@@LucasPeinador The rocket and the fish globe head or whatever it was and put them in sussy mode. Great art, though.

@zillasart7222 Год назад

I thought no one was gonna talk about it 😊

@markjcm8968 Год назад

SHE WAS RIDING A ROCKET

@dka4928 Год назад

Great information and simple breakdown. Thank you.

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@axeri_ Год назад

bro casually drew bangladesh Edit : and also palau hehe

@Nazmi_Nafio_Esha Год назад

Yes! I was thinking the same😂.

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha what? sorry I don't understand

@Vishnu-jo2wq Год назад

@@LucasPeinador red dot in dark green , thats like a bangladesh flag

@LazyArtyz Год назад

@@LucasPeinador one of those complementary colours. There was on with green rectangle with a red circle in the middle. That the exact flag of Bangladesh

@danganrooonpa Год назад

And palau sorta 🇵🇼 though it’s a darker blue in the video than on the flag

@confu5ed_ Год назад

Dude literally made me understand Color Theory in a minute than my teacher has in a few weeks 😭

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha that makes me v very happy

@2fortsmostwanted Год назад

Thanks. The extent of color theory education I received back in high school and even in college classes never explained how to use color theory, so thank you. They just went “something something tertiary, something something complementary, something something relative, that’s you need to know!” Our critiques only went as far as “did you try to use a color scheme in this”

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@B4ldY0imiya 8 месяцев назад

The jumpscare,j thought it was a random nsfw going to pop on my screen but its a rlly good lesson that helped me a lot lol

@LucasPeinador 8 месяцев назад

haha happy to hear that 👍

@roboreverie Год назад

This really helped, especially the 80/20 part, thank you!😊

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Glad it helped!

@_Bezuga_4269 Год назад

This actually helps a lot,thank you for the help i always struggled to colour my drawings abd this helps a LOT

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Glad I could help!

@nightfallnoir Год назад

Us traditional artists: “Yes, we don’t have a color circle to exactly get the opposite shade- but we’ll get there, someday.”

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha good luck 👍

@agnese2944 Год назад

Thank you so much! I often have an idea of what color I want for my characters, but I dont want it so that the hair is the same colour as the clothing

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Happy to help 👍

@kalystagutierrez1607 Год назад

This actually makes sense to me

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha awesome, happy to help

@StrxwberryHxrmony Год назад

Why is nobody talking about her weird pose for the drawing 😂?

@LucasPeinador Год назад

weird pose? how weird?

@hacky_sackin Год назад

Not to mention the beginning. Y did he do that 😐

@AnaOhKay Год назад

@@hacky_sackin whats wrong with the beginning?

@pandakatiefominz Год назад

@@LucasPeinadorI mean women simply do not sit like that lmao, not if we're just on our phones

@tsuki3752 Год назад

@@pandakatiefominzi mean it doesn’t look like she’s just on her phone lol it looks like she’s taking a sexy mirror selfie. it looks like it’s a pose for like an only fans or smthn.

@thedrawngamer2777 10 месяцев назад

Only time I had a physical reaction from a drawing (on RU-vid)

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

haha

@megantheescallion8565 Год назад

Does the skin color have to be involved in the color design or can it be neutral and only have the color scheme affect the clothing

@LucasPeinador Год назад

However you prefer it as a creator... but the 20/80 rule is about the whole illustration 😉👍

@corasundae Год назад

Yeah, if you only draw people with natural skin tones, I'd imagine this would be very limiting.

@nevisnebis1207 Год назад

I’d say if your character shows a lot of skin, include it in the color palette. If they’re fairly covered up (especially if they have a natural skin color) you can leave it out of the color palette or think of it as a tertiary color.

@BambiTrout Год назад

You could maybe just vary the colour temperature? Like keep it beige/brown, but nudge it a bit towards your main colour. e.g Main colour blue = cooler skin tone, main colour orange = warmer skin tone.

@xxcreating._.chaosxx Год назад

As an artist, I can confirm that this was very helpful and I'm saving this video for future reference

@LucasPeinador Год назад

👍👍

@peppermiinti Год назад

in interior and graphic design, there’s a 70-20-10 rule: 70% is the main colour, 20% is a secondary colour and 10% is the accents.

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Yes, that is also a very good distribution 👍

@servxl3406 10 месяцев назад

This helped me understand color theory better than 90% of the stuff out there, thank you. And gorgeous art as well!

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

I'm so glad! Happy I can help

@Melanie.5 Год назад

You are so underrated 😭 I like drawing chibi but now I find mixing emoji interesting!

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Thank you so much 😀

@coolnoobalert Год назад

Y E S . I’m not good at art, but I understand color theory very well! 🙏 And you explained what I couldn’t explain PERFECTLY!

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha thank you very much

@Woak.1 9 месяцев назад

I love the way made it into percentages. It’s the perfect way to achieve balance

@LucasPeinador 9 месяцев назад

awesome, happy that it was useful

@jelofisk Год назад

How can I do this with more than two colors?

@skilamalink Год назад

Still pick a primary color, then pick 2 secondaries that are equidistant from your primary color on the color wheel. They can be close to your primary or far, but they should be the same distance. Then if you want more than 3, divide the space between your secondary colors (from the side that doesn’t have your primary) into equal segments. Between each segment is a new color choice, so that all of your secondary colors will also be equidistant from each other. ((But only the first 2 secondary colors are equidistant from the primary) But be careful, since the more colors you add, the busier and more complicated the drawing gets. It’s also a good idea to give your secondary colors a hierarchy. Still prioritize your primary, then pick a secondary for 2nd priority and so on. For example, if you have 3 colors, color your piece with 60% for your primary, 30% for secondary-1, and 10% for secondary-2

@LucasPeinador Год назад

You use a bit of a different method and divide it accordingly.

@breadbird Год назад

bro really said “no one knows how to use complementary colors” like complementary colors are a recently discovered artifact that nobody can use

@LucasPeinador Год назад

A lot of people don't know how to use them properly... in what ration and in what way... so...

@tempori Год назад

aw the 80 20 theory

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Yeah of course 👍

@elliewinfield1533 11 месяцев назад

Bro really snuck in a spicy drawing at the end 💀

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

😅😉

@shadowdroid776 Год назад

This was more helpful than my color theory class! Also, funnily enough, that 80/20 ratio is the same thing for inking panels. The more you get away from it being 50/50, the more dynamic and interesting the panels look!

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@Raccoonheart Год назад

Your army style is so creative j love it!!

@LucasPeinador Год назад

👍 Thank you very much

@CherryXXCola Год назад

“But nobody knows how to use them” *laughs in art scholar*

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha

@Scott....... 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the tips, bro!

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

Happy to help

@Iotuseater Год назад

Thank you for explaining this so simply! Very underrated :DD !

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@noneyabeezwax6904 Год назад

Those brushes are insane bro

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Thank you very much - the link is in my description (if you would want them)

@bethanymckinney7607 Год назад

Thank you!! That's me! I don't know how to use complementary colors! 👋

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Great, happy to help 👍👍

@tesoroofall8499 Год назад

Dang this actually makes so much sense, thank you

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha happy to hear that :D

@Grace-ui8cv 10 месяцев назад

This improves my coloring a lot better! Thank you :D❤❤❤❤

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

Glad I could help!

@yorealkat4177 Год назад

Please draw more shrimp they are cute

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha I will publish a shrip on my IG in a few days 👍

@belleve2understand Год назад

Cool!!!

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Thank you, happy you like it

@memetree1621 11 месяцев назад

I'm not an artist or anything but i just wanted to say huge respect for replying to every comment. Keep it up my guy 💪

@LucasPeinador 11 месяцев назад

I appreciate that, thank you... I am trying

@Venti.the.bard.613 Год назад

I spent years learning how to do pop art in illustrator and now you’re telling me there’s a halftone BRUSH??!! TAKE MY MONEY!!!

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha I am very happy you like them 👍

@izzyclaire123 Год назад

Dang this is so cool! Thanks ! Can you tell us how you deal with Art block?

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Thank you 👍 Will make a video in the future 😉

@rishanraaj7367 Год назад

The intro tho 💀

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha what?

@rishanraaj7367 Год назад

You know what you did ,nice "hook "

@ReiTheMarshmellow69 Год назад

I love this concept and use it a lot! I didn't know how useful it actually is but I use it for character designs all the time and it really helps!

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@starberriez9218 Год назад

Very helpful, for years I've struggled with this. Thank you!

@LucasPeinador Год назад

You're very welcome! Happy to help

@sanzu3759 Год назад

KAKYOIN

@LucasPeinador Год назад

what? 🤔

@Layshortcake_3450 Год назад

@@LucasPeinadorit's from Jojos bizarre adventure

@ishiguru. Год назад

Do you understand the Bangladesh comments? lol

@LucasPeinador Год назад

hmm no?

@ishiguru. Год назад

@@LucasPeinador Look up the Bangladesh Flag, then you might understand

@Jennyy_YT 10 месяцев назад

omg. Tysm for telling me this. This REALLY helped! Tysm! (And Awesome drawing btw!)

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

Glad I could help!

@Saverakay 10 месяцев назад

Finally something about colours that I actually understood by the end of the video.. 😂❤ Thanks a much!

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

You're welcome 😊 Happy to help

@natsukytakahashii9554 Год назад

does the skin color necessarily need to have the same color as the main color, or can I use different ones?

@LucasPeinador Год назад

It depends on what you want

@natsukytakahashii9554 Год назад

@Lucas Peinador oh ok! thank you for the video. It was really helpful

@imhereforfun9852 Год назад

i spot genya's demon form👀

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha what?

@imhereforfun9852 5 месяцев назад

@@LucasPeinadoroh i meant about the color complementary thing,since the character Genya Shinezugawa from demon slayer consists of purple,when it was revealed that he could temporaly turn into a demon,the tips of his hair and his eyes would turn yellow! I was actually a bit curious as to why that was but now i know!

@ocelot420_69 11 месяцев назад

Go with a 90/10 ratio to not make it too obvious. An art teacher in highschool taught me that about clothes.

@LucasPeinador 11 месяцев назад

that is a bit of a weird proportion, but if it work for you, then that's great

@desihirohamada 9 месяцев назад

i've been using complementary characters to color almost all my ocs holy schist

@LucasPeinador 9 месяцев назад

awesome 👍

@el.oh.you. Год назад

tldr it depends on the placement

@LucasPeinador Год назад

👍

@boopdoop2471 Год назад

Where do I go to get your set?

@LucasPeinador Год назад

I made it - here is the link to my store: shop.lucaspeinador.com/products/lp-brushes

@boopdoop2471 Год назад

@@LucasPeinador thanks

@Pastel_Artz 7 месяцев назад

This makes a lot more sense now Ty

@LucasPeinador 7 месяцев назад

happy to help

@Dot_o 10 месяцев назад

This video just showed me that i was doing something correct without even knowing. Thanks!

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

Glad I could help!

@komi_roblox Год назад

You actually made my flag but you crossed it >:(

@LucasPeinador Год назад

What? What are you talking about? This has nothing to do with any flag or any politics... it is an art tutorial

@Skrimbi Год назад

🇧🇩

@aduckinggporcupine. Год назад

@@LucasPeinador Bangladesh 🇧🇩

@Ka-Chow95_ Год назад

Sus

@LucasPeinador Год назад

what?

@Ka-Chow95_ Год назад

@@LucasPeinador the rocket guy and the astronaut

@echohoover5820 11 месяцев назад

Finally! Someone who knows what to do! I do block sketching and with that I use my character's "color personality," then for coloring them I use clipping, so the layer I'm clipping has the color that I'm MOSTLY using.

@LucasPeinador 11 месяцев назад

Good 👍 I m glad this video was useful

@kaylagordon3441 Год назад

I’m in love with these brushes 😲💖

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Ohh that is so nice to hear

@PepperedCatt.. 11 месяцев назад

I usually pick one warm color and one cool color, (ex: green and yellow, blue and red,) and use those colors do do most of the coloring and then I pick a complimentary color and add it in places I want to pop.

@LucasPeinador 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing!!

@abdulaziiz5225 Год назад

bro keep making cool stuff and useful videos. It realy help me a lot😀🙏

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Thanks, will do!

@nicoleferreira8384 Год назад

More color theory videos please you say things so clearly and is easily understood 🙏🏻 ❤

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha okey, happy you like them

@NoorHendy 9 месяцев назад

I REALLY NEEDED THIS

@LucasPeinador 9 месяцев назад

haha awesome 👍

@ManofGeese600 10 месяцев назад

THE 80 20 RULE IS FIRE ONG 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

haha happy to help 👍

@somethings9090 Год назад

I have a blue and orange character! I use blue for their furr [ they are a cat ] and orange for accessories, scars, nose/ears, and the mouth!

@LucasPeinador Год назад

interesting 🤔

@air8536 Год назад

Definitely watching for the color theory...

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Aren't we all 👀 haha

@franbowstherapycenter9319 10 месяцев назад

Finally! Now I know that ratio I need instead of leaving my drawings black and white 😭😭🫶

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

haha that's great. happy to hear that

@Banannalisse Год назад

One tip I will throw out there is to use the colors in thirds (or somewhere around there) and have the two complimentary colors, plus a color that is next to one of the complimentary colors on the color wheel, like blue, purple, and orange. The blue and purple go together nicely and the orange adds a little pop of contrast

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Thank you for sharing

@golden_opal6050 Год назад

Thank you, i struggle with complementary colors

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Happy to help!

@Not_me_Gacha 11 месяцев назад

Thank you it was really helpful 👍✨️

@LucasPeinador 11 месяцев назад

Glad it was helpful!

@glowingforthe1654 Год назад

Omg i do this for my comic and even use the text to show every characters signature color

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Awesome 👍 happy to hear that

@HotAndBuffShrekThirstTrap 11 месяцев назад

I shall save this video for later because it’s cool and not any other reason

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

hahaha

@snnuglex 10 месяцев назад

the main color of my character; yes

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

haha

@kenny995 10 месяцев назад

He didn't want to wait for thirst traps so he drew his own

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

haha

@firebonepg7521 10 месяцев назад

He got my attention all right

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

hahaha

@fionah-chan 11 месяцев назад

great tip :D thank you!!!

@LucasPeinador 11 месяцев назад

Happy to help

@gyratedpastry 11 месяцев назад

This is sort of the case with my main oc, she has red hair with yellow tips and yellow wings on her head but the rest (eyes, clothes and accessories) are blue and/or white

@LucasPeinador 11 месяцев назад

awesome 👍

@paulusiilonga1398 10 месяцев назад

Damn shawty lookin goOOood!🗣🗣

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

happy to hear that

@TheCookie13 10 месяцев назад

I usually use a few different colour like 2 or 4

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

hmm 🤔

@gayathri1056 Год назад

Thanks this helps a lot

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Glad it helped

@toasteebread2898 11 месяцев назад

there’s amazing books available at the library with set color combinations (like 5 colors that go well together for themes) that i found to be extremely helpful

@LucasPeinador 11 месяцев назад

awesome, thank you for sharing

@Donnieartzz 10 месяцев назад

I love using complementary colors. My favorite are orange and blue since the scenery can be beautiful with just 2 colors 😌👍

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing!!

@tsuyumint 11 месяцев назад

I think I unintentionally did this once, I mean a little intentional since I was considering the complimentary colours but I didn't know to use them an I basically did exactly this (it being orange (and red) and blue tho) and I'm proud of myself

@LucasPeinador 11 месяцев назад

awesome, hope this helps

@Istandazai Год назад

Alternative channel title: Gru does arts

@LucasPeinador Год назад

haha that's cool

@theprofessional_dork Год назад

I've been doing this unintentionally for years

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Awesome 👍

@lindseybrant7624 10 месяцев назад

Thank you

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

happy to help 👍

@derbjfgof3807 Год назад

Aw ty 😂❤

@LucasPeinador Год назад

No problem 👍

@creamymintchicchip8454 Год назад

If you want to find the main colour after doing base colours only then merge all the layers together if you haven’t already, alpha lock the layer and blur it loads

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Interesting 🤔

@johnear5657 11 месяцев назад

Thats so easy to color with digital tool

@LucasPeinador 11 месяцев назад

try it and you will see...

@theoddmagician 10 месяцев назад

tysm for the tip! i love your accent! :D

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

Oh thank you!

@bigjayart Год назад

Great content!

@LucasPeinador Год назад

Thank you very much 👍

@RainyBasil9295 10 месяцев назад

The way i color my characters is that i imagine what colors they would like and what they would and wouldn't wear.

@LucasPeinador 10 месяцев назад

interesting 🤔

@RainyBasil9295 10 месяцев назад

@@LucasPeinador it adds a lot of extra personality. I usually add a reason why they like the color whether, the character knows why or not. Like it could be the first color they remembered from their childhood, maybe because someone important to them gave them something in that color, maybe it was thwir first crushes eyes? Anything can make a character have a favorite color, and once i have the main color i can build in complimenting colors or just create a color pallette with different colors that compliment their fav color!