Color Blindness

[PencilPunx]

Ok, this was a complete experiment for me. We just started color theory today at school so I felt an urge to try a new method of coloring. I'm not much of a colorist to begin with, but this time I decided not to use any of my usual shortcuts (the lighten and darken tools, magnetic lasso, paint bucket etc.) I just went at it with a brush and the color picker. I'm desperate to know if I'm doing anything right as I'd REALLY like to get better at this. So please, tell me what you think. I fully expect to get slammed as it's my first real digital painting and I'm totally cool with that, I'd just like to hear what I could do to improve based on what I'm doing. And if you want to critique the line-art, that's great too as every little bit helps!

http://mason.gmu.edu/~tdiamond/trippytodd.jpg

[Phuzion]

from what I can tell, you're deffinately on the right track as far as your choices for colors and shadows. Now you could start playing a little with the reflected light and such. I'm not sure what style you're out to conquer ultimately... but for what it is, it's working out. One thing though, to unify the whole thing, mix the colors around: put some red in the green in the gray in the blue in the brown... you know? I'll often use the same highlight color, on a low opacity, over the whole thing at the very end, just to put some sort of color that ties all the others together. Just a thought. Good work though, keep it up! Peace

[PencilPunx]

Thanks a lot Phuzion, that's excellent advice. I'm not sure I know myself what style I'm out to achieve. I was mostly concentrating on getting an effect of light and shadow just by mixing colors, and not at all on keeping it neat or refined. I'm glad to hear someone say I'm on the right track. Reflective light is still mostly a mystery to me, but I'll take your advice about spreading the colors around more for unification purposes. Thanks again!

[lavhoes]

Originally posted by PencilPunx
Thanks a lot Phuzion, that's excellent advice. I'm not sure I know myself what style I'm out to achieve. I was mostly concentrating on getting an effect of light and shadow just by mixing colors, and not at all on keeping it neat or refined. I'm glad to hear someone say I'm on the right track. Reflective light is still mostly a mystery to me, but I'll take your advice about spreading the colors around more for unification purposes. Thanks again!

Reflective light's easy, you'll pick it up in no time.

You're definitely heading in the right direction. Next you might want to try some direct complementary/supplementary color stuff. Yellow light / purple shadow, orange light / blue shadow, red light / green shadow. Warm tones for highlights, cool tones to accent the shadows. That sort of stuff.

I never really paid attention in my color theory class, but after a while you pick up on things. Watch the back of a rock during a sunset. Look at the back of the chairs huddled around a fire. Obversational stuff like that.

I have a feeling you'll have all this down in no time =P

[die_with_honor]

i cant say anythig that would help all i can say is good work