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The SUPER EASY way to improve your art a million times over
11 years ago
ADD COMPLEMENTARY COLORS TO YOUR SHADING
Is the part of the character that you're shading orange-ish? THROW SOME DARK, SATURATED CYAN AND BLUE ON THAT MOTHERFUCKER. Bam! It's like magic.
Seriously, it's that easy. Try it out! I'll wait...
(I can count the number of furry artists I know of on one hand that do this, and it's a shame - it's so easy to do, and it makes pictures muuuuuuuuch nicer)
...you back? Wasn't that MAGICAL? I bet that hand or tail or muzzle or cock or whatever you just did that too looks like it's fucking real now. See, the reason this works is because shadows in real life contain the complement of whatever they're falling on. What's CRAZY is that it's almost impossible to see this unless you know to look for it, because your brain just translates "dark complementary color" into black.
That's right, doing this is literally hacking the minds of people who see your artwork.
What's even crazier is that doing this produces shadows that can look even blacker than if you use actual black.
Next time, we'll examine what happens if you use low saturation complementary colors as highlights. HINT: It's fucking awesome
Is the part of the character that you're shading orange-ish? THROW SOME DARK, SATURATED CYAN AND BLUE ON THAT MOTHERFUCKER. Bam! It's like magic.
Seriously, it's that easy. Try it out! I'll wait...
(I can count the number of furry artists I know of on one hand that do this, and it's a shame - it's so easy to do, and it makes pictures muuuuuuuuch nicer)
...you back? Wasn't that MAGICAL? I bet that hand or tail or muzzle or cock or whatever you just did that too looks like it's fucking real now. See, the reason this works is because shadows in real life contain the complement of whatever they're falling on. What's CRAZY is that it's almost impossible to see this unless you know to look for it, because your brain just translates "dark complementary color" into black.
That's right, doing this is literally hacking the minds of people who see your artwork.
What's even crazier is that doing this produces shadows that can look even blacker than if you use actual black.
Next time, we'll examine what happens if you use low saturation complementary colors as highlights. HINT: It's fucking awesome
Sparxx
~sparxx
I expect to see a comparison pic from you sometime in the future, you know, like those infomercials comparing the blah to the pahzah o-o
Major Matt Mason
~marmelmm
(makes notes to explore this concept, as he traditionally uses a darker version of the same color or a black as shadowing)
