Hey there, i love your art very much!! Especially the recent BG3 portraits. As someone who's switching to digital art and works with colour for the first time, could i ask: how do you figure out the right colours for your drawings? Do you premake a pallete, or pick one colour and then work from there or something else? Any tips would be welcome, keep drawing ā¤ļø
Hey! Ah, thank you so much, I really appreciate it!
Thatās a tough question to be honest. I find myself struggling with colors almost every time.
As I start an illustration I mostly have a rough idea what I want it to look like colorwise. Basically thereāre two ways for me when it comes to coloring.
1. If itās something more simple like a portrait or a character design, I tend to pick one base color and paint the whole object. From there I adjust each separate part such as hair, clothes, etc by moving slightly along the color wheel and changing the darkness and saturation depending on whether for example hair should be darker or lighter. For me personally in that case I prefer using analogous (picture below) colors and maybe add some complimentary (on the opposite side of the wheel) colors for highlights or backgrounds.
2. If I get too lost in the color choices, I scroll through illustrations of other artists I like and choose some that would suit the general mood best. Procreate and, I believe, CSP have a function where you can create a color pallet from a picture. Iām sure you could find some similar web or app, if your software doesnāt have the feature. Then I just use the colors from the pallet and build up on them, adjust according to what seems to work best for me.
Although if I had to give some basic tips based on personal preferences:
1. Never use black, avoid using white. I prefer using dark and saturated blue, purple, red instead of black. Light and less saturated base color instead of white.
2. In general I prefer working with more saturated colors, but got to be careful, not to overdo it, not to create crazy colorful mess. But again thatās my personal preference.
3. Avoid using too much different colors. I mostly try to stick to three, max four colors in one illustration and just use their adjusted versions (darker/lighter, more/less saturated) for shadows and highlights.
4. Contrast is more important than colors.
Guess, thatās what comes to mind first, hope it makes sense at least a little. In general Iām really chaotic when it comes to colors, so Iām probably not the best person to give advices. However, if you have any questions, Iāll be happy to try and help as much as I can.
Good luck on your creative journey!
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