can you do a tutorial on how you color your artwork? it's so pretty!! 😍🤩
this is not the best and only way to color but personally i think it’s easy and quite effective for beginner artists who are practicing setting the mood for an artwork or laying out ground work for more detailed illustrations
I’m using Clip Studio Paint for this drawing.
Use magic wand and bucket tool to lay out the base color, you can use different layers for each colors to be more precise, and it’s easier to change the colors later on. I use mainly warm tones for my base color because i prefer the look of it.
Step 2: Coloring the lineart
Use a clipping layer above the lineart layer to do this step (there are other ways of course, you can search for them online) Color the lines that isn’t intersected with the background, the inner lines. Especially the skin part to reduce stiffness of the lineart, also help adding shadows.
I usually draw the darkest shadow areas with my lineart so i can color them at the same time.
Group the lineart + base color into 1 big group. Add a clipping layer above that group. Switch the layer mode to “Multiply”. Add the shadow area using a desaturated/grayish hue of your choice to set the mood for the drawing.
If the mood you want is more broody, use more cool tones (blue, purple,..)
If the mood is more festive or happy, use more warm tones
A drawing should consists both cool AND warm tones, other wise it would look dull. The second example has too much warm tones because the base color is already warm.
Step 4: Add filter layers/adjustment layers
This is where the magic happens. Enhance your art work by adding more Multiply and Overlay layers, set the mood as you like it to look, balancing the tones, play around. I wanted this particular drawing to have an overall cold feeling to it, so I added a blue multiply layer
Adding light with a beige overlay layer, using the airbrush with low opacity. This also help creating contrast between the shadow and light areas
But wait,,, it looks,,,,,, it looks too sad!! they are comforting each other after a terrible situation! Adam is not dead! I need another warm multiply layer!
There, it’s now finished.
Quick tip: If your colors are looking off/doesn’t go well with each other, group everything and add a beige multiply layer on top! It would look better instantly!
Learning color theory, color harmony also helps A LOT!! find tutorials and study from the masters! Good luck with your art, Anon!
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