#gradient hues

[crowberri]

Swooned & Knighted

[beingjellybeans]

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[bixels]

I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

[ganondoodle]

bunger???????????????

[discarded-replica]

Thank u for liking my Morro design. Here is more of her

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[canisalbus]

I did a little pixel headshot of Vasco! I was originally planning on doing it for artfight but I ran out of time and motivation, so here it is now. I'm a little out of practice with canine faces, and I find drawing gradients in pixels difficult, but overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out

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[daftpatience]

what filters did you put on your Tenna sculpt?

gradient maps and grain!

i made this gradient map using colours from an old board game box and it's one of my favourites to use.

it adds a lot of fun!

[deathandnonexistentialdread]

The divas are fighting

[abuddyforeveryseason]

It's Dean Venture! One of the Venture Brothers, you know. He's the brainy one.

I've been trying to figure out color palletes in FireAlpaca, and because he's wearing a three-piece suit (for his date, you see), this image turned out to be a nice guinea pig.

This is just a change in hue (with the head and hands, which I don't want to change, hidden in a different layer). I tried changing the suit to different colors by changing hue:

Those look pretty good. By changing brightness and gamma, I can also make him look a bit less goofy

See? just a regular kid in a gray suit.

Next, I tried changing gradients. That didn't work out that great, at least not with FireAlpaca's premade gradients, because they don't take into account he dark ink. But, I got some good results with a black and white gradient I made:

A fancy white tie look.

And, the gradient I often use for coloring background with the red-black-and-white style I like:

A bit garish, but I like it.

Our friend Dean was out on a date with Triana, the girl he thinks is his girlfriend, and who thinks Dean is "nice":

With her, I just made a layer with the purple highlights in her outfit, and changed gradients:

Collect them all!

[seafoamsol]

fav brushes???? i go insane for ur stuff haufhdhhd

Here you go! These are just my CSP usuals. In photoshop, I tend to lean towards more square brushes. In procreate, I’m more likely to use hard round brushes. I could not explain to you why. It creates this really funny effect where you can tell what programs I used on different pieces, or if I swapped out at some point.

The palette knife blender is a new addition, but I’m definitely keeping it around. Color randomiser has been a staple for years, as well as imgjpg2.

[blaithnne]

If I may, how do you typically approach choosing colors in your art? It always has just a lovely feel to it, so I was a bit curious; don't feel pressured to answer ofc :]

I’ve been using a lot of gradient maps lately, they work by switching the greys in your piece with a corresponding colour according to its value. Basically, I colour in black and white, grab a gradient map, and then I adjust the colours by hand until I’m happy with it. This isn’t the only kind of colouring I do, but it works great if you’re in a rush or you’re struggling to find a good starting point for your colours. I’ve been operating under a time crunch for these Sketchbook Week drawings and the Plenism promo stuff I made, so for all except one I used gradient maps. I’m actually in a bit of a funk with my colours right now soooo I’ll come back and do a proper colouring tutorial for my style once I’m happier with how my non gradient mapped colours are looking !

[roseve-art]

[hautecouturehues]

[sol-consort]

oh right pink is just the 404 error screen of the human limited colour receptors; hanar skin could have the range of secret shrimp colours and we wouldn't know better

[outlying-hyppocrate]

COULD SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS FUCKASS COLOR PUZZLE.

[gardenofhearts]

May, I might have said it before, but your new aesthetic is so absolutely adorable, an pretty!

It’s giving me off big flower field vibes, especially when the sun is going down and it’s vibrant light hits on the petals of each flowers. It’s giving off picnic date vibes, filled with sweet treats. And, it emanates vanilla with honey scent... So preciously comforting!! I love it! 💗

Aah you're too kind!! You are also spot on with what I was trying to achieve! A garden glowing during golden hour!

I'm so honoured that you like it! It took me some tries to get everything as I wanted but I'm really happy others can see the effort <3 <3