#sry just need to rant and give up my reference-avoidant ways

[shweshishweh]

coloring seriously breaks my brain. like I understand basic concepts like complementary colors and using the color wheel.

So okay, I want to make a piece where the primary colors are yellow and purple. But now uh-oh, this character is wearing a dark green shirt. Now what? Do I just take the color closest (yellow) and move it a little to towards green? But there's a point where you do that too much and the whole piece ends up looking muddy and unbalanced.

For the record I know the inevitable answer is more observation, more practice, more references. But I'm in that frustrating learning stage where it feels like i've plateaued and it's really not fun to draw