RE: Steem Cartoon : Cartoon Waterfall Concept

[creativetruth]

I really like the color choices you make. It always has a nice matching scheme. Even the initial colors you sketch with remain the same, probably because of your experience. With real paints it is easy to mix to get the right pigment. Any tips on making good initial color decisions in digital?

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[aurah]

I think @creativetruth, you ask a very good question. for a good choice of colour there are a few theories that we can fall back to. For me, I tr to understand the basic of colouring. When I choose my colour, I will take the medium range of colours. This is to make my job in controlling the temperature of the colour on the pigment. To increase the pigment colour I will use overlay and this is to increase the speed of the entire process. I do a quick post mortem on my earlier painting:-

1. To get the medium range of colour I use those within the range of the red line in pic 1.
2. Then I reduce the opacity to 20% to obtain a balance to the blue colour. You can use the reference in pic 1.
3. You can start to blend the colour by using a brush on a normal layer with 100% opacity. -
4. It is important to increase the pigment colour. I will use the overlay to increase the temperature of the colour.
5. For the shadow, I use the darkblue with opacity set at 70%.

[creativetruth]

Wow really in depth. I'll have to study this more, and try messing around with an overlay layer, now that I know what it's for.

[aurah]

It has been my pleasure to help you out! :)✌️