Hello! I hope you're having a great day! If its not too much trouble to ask you, would you be able to explain how you choose your colours? I always choose too vibrant colours or the tones don't mix well, I'm not too great at picking colours and was hoping you could explain how you usually do it so I could take inspiration if that's alright? :) <3
Thank you for your time
Here's an easy way you can choose colors! All have the same base color as #1.
You can clip layers on top of your base colors and adjust colors there based on the scenery you're going for with layer properties (Multiply, Overlay, Addition, Difference, etc.)
You can color pick from above the layers and get your color palette from there~ When I'm painting 1 picture I flatten the base or group them as above, then put the "editing"/adjustment layers as clipping layer to adjust the colors then paint over the top in 1 layer (for me it's easier than having to look for what layer is what). I paint below the line art first then later I'll paint above the layer to adjust some things than editing the line art haha (^^;;; ). I don't know if it's the best way but that's how I do it for single arts.
(More under the cut with pictures)
The "N" layer is just the layer with the base color of the person and the Pokemon and the Pokemon's line art.
I was looking for 19 Days arts to use as an example but a lot of them have already been flattened so I can't show you anymore so forgive me for the old Pokemon art m(_ _)m I wanna adjust some colors here but o<-< it’s just an example please forgive me o<-<
This way the color palette is already made so you can go ham on the shading via color picking in the layer above all the adjustment layers.
If you’re having troubles with choosing “too vibrant” colors, it is helpful to look at your picture in greyscale so you can adjust the level accordingly. If it’s in greyscale, you’ll be able to see which areas are too bright, too dark, too dull etc.
You can easily do it in Photoshop, but if you’re using Clip Studio like me, you can try to do this in Layer Properties to turn the base color greyscale. Then you can easily select if off after you’re done checking. I don’t really do it (I should and I might in the future - I just saw the effects recently), but you can try to see if it helps!! (If you have Photoshop then it’s way easier to check)
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I hope I made sense Anon (;-; )
When you observe the colors you pick with this, you’ll be able to pick the colors yourself once you decide the background. Once you let go of the general idea of what certain parts should look like, like for example the one with the blue hue. You generally don’t use that blue color on human skin unless you’re going for an alien sort of aesthetic; but if you use it with other colors relative to that hue then it will look natural as a skin color, based on how the other colors translate with that same lighting.
I did it for this one because I did the background first.
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