08-10-2015, 04:43 AM
this hit me today just like... dang..
When blocking in the initial colors of the image, keep in mind the temperature color of the environment.
Say you're painting an overcast scene, the lighting will be a cool color. So block in the sketch entirely with... well whatever you want initially to add color variation. Then when you go to paint an object in the scene, say a cloth, block that in on a gel or multiply layer with a cool color and then gently erase that color out where the light is hitting the planes. It makes it so much easier to get accurate color temperature in a scene.
Then you can apply secondary lights and rim light stuff after, but this gets the temperature closer. Like if you have a red cloth, make sure the underpainting is cool if the environment is cool. Then hit the cloth with the multiply of a rich red or whatever color it would be in daylight or under white light. Then erase out the light where it would hit the plane, and photoshop does the color calibrating for you of how dull that red would be.
Ofcourse you need a good eye for value and temperature and use your color balance, but man is this a cool trick.
When blocking in the initial colors of the image, keep in mind the temperature color of the environment.
Say you're painting an overcast scene, the lighting will be a cool color. So block in the sketch entirely with... well whatever you want initially to add color variation. Then when you go to paint an object in the scene, say a cloth, block that in on a gel or multiply layer with a cool color and then gently erase that color out where the light is hitting the planes. It makes it so much easier to get accurate color temperature in a scene.
Then you can apply secondary lights and rim light stuff after, but this gets the temperature closer. Like if you have a red cloth, make sure the underpainting is cool if the environment is cool. Then hit the cloth with the multiply of a rich red or whatever color it would be in daylight or under white light. Then erase out the light where it would hit the plane, and photoshop does the color calibrating for you of how dull that red would be.
Ofcourse you need a good eye for value and temperature and use your color balance, but man is this a cool trick.
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Paintover thread, submit for crits! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7879.html
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.882)]e owl sat on an oak. The more he saw, the less he spoke.[/color]