10-14-2019, 04:02 PM
(10-14-2019, 06:28 AM)MrPaintedPug Wrote: Hey Rotohail!Heya! Thanks for the comment! Muddy colors refer more to when you mix a palette so much that you get browns, so you lose the colors! Ha, comes from oil mixing? I forgot. But I think I get what you mean? Like the red glow at the top is merging with the red cape. Not sure if there are any other areas you feel is happening also? Well, you being new just means you may not have the technical jargon down to rights but you still can judge what you like and not like! so it's always useful! Many thanks.
Really liking your sketchbook! I can't really give you any pointers, your light-years from me hah. I really liked your cartoon animal sketches (wips?) from your first page. An I agree with Leo Ki, your style feels like its merging the caricature/exaggeration with realism and the effect is really cool.
On your latest post, I can see you've added a bit more background colour. Again I really can't offer any good advice, just what feels off to me. The colours feel a little muddy, I think its the red atmosphere (not sure if that's right.) Although im looking at it now and I'm not so sure. Feels like the cape is close to being lost. Again though I really don't know anything so feel free to ignore me ha!
Other than that I really look forward to seeing more of your work!
I went to look for your SB and is it not up yet!? Go draw something! Ha, I'll be on the lookout if I can be of any help, let me know.
(10-14-2019, 08:33 AM)Fedodika Wrote: I like the colors, but some of the tones are really strong in some places... remember strong color draws the eye, and if all there is is strong color, theres less contrast. Like you have the cape bright red and the claw mark bright purple, and then the background has a lot of saturation. my reccomendation is take a colorize layer, take a cool tone and brush it over some things like the lower part of the male figure, or maybe even the top and try to balance the temperature. I did a painting a while back with a similar color mistake where it was all too strong, here it is and a few other examples to show you that oversaturation can kill the focus
https://www.deviantart.com/fedodika/art/...-756240101
https://www.deviantart.com/fedodika/art/...-687576907
https://www.deviantart.com/fedodika/art/...-691988867
https://www.deviantart.com/fedodika/art/...-642381141
I did push the saturation overall thinking this is what people recommend when you go for a comic book style, vibrant colors appeal to younger audiences, but I really have no experience with it so I'm pretty much in the dark. Ha.
I checked the early things you did and linked me, and to me they don't look overly vibrant but rather washed out, I feel you went overboard with white and had no middle tones on those! Also the blacks don't feel like blacks. But I feel you are telling me a different thing with the comment about mine? In any case, this always troubles me because I'm not sure if I have my stuff well calibrated, I try to check a picture on different devices to see that it mostly feels alike. But not sure how are you seeing it on your end?
If it's not much to ask, could you do the color adjustment change and send it over? That way I can see what you feel it should look like on my end. I did a quick color balance for the background and took away the top glow, see if it feels different, I think getting rid of the glow keeps the focal points on the characters more, but the background I'm not too sure, I feel like washed out gave more depth. Adding blue to the guy, I don't think it would work well with the ambient light I imagine. I'm going for a night sort of feel? So cooler light, warmer shadows. But I have this warm glow at the top that is adding some warmth to the light mainly, as reflectivity? That was my thinking anyhow!
I also feel the changes might have been too subtle lol, I need a stronger hand.
Thanks again for the comments!