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Stupid Color
4 years ago
A little bit goes a long way... except dick. |3 What kinda sucks is I hate to color. I really only ever do it for yall. But it's so valuable to the eye that I know I'm just crippling myself by largely not coloring. I cant be alone in this, right? Thats the preface here comes the web.
I can sketch something quickly, which I think is a pretty neat talent. On top of that--given a couple hours or so--I'd detail it out, fix it up, make it awesome. And then I'd get really enthused. Often I do more than I said I would because I love to pick the best lines out of many and really chizzle things out. And then I gotta color that shit, which is triple the time. and oh HOOOO boy you wanna talk about a self-imposed burden. Clearly I've chosen to repent for something I dont know about! I love doin that shit to myself =3=
Often, when I get to the point of coloring, if I had not been disturbed, it will have been hours, and I might wait to color. But coloring is laaame. by that I mean it's sooo SLOOOW. At least for now it is. Y'know what I do when I get up? Somethin fun, which is something amid the many awesome thoughts I have fresh at 8am. I call it a warmup, work on it for four hours or so (probably have to stop to do some other RL shit) and wind up losing the time unspent on commissions and such. OR, i may have been doing a commission. So I really only color in bits, especially these days.
It all takes me doggamn forever; a trillion layers which I always ALWAYS mistakenly mix because I dont like stopping. Sometimes, I fling my pen and lament because I've been coloring on the wrong layer for 35 minutes. Feels bad man. I gotta metaphorically take a lap after that kind of thing. icing on the cake? The wind can blow my power out and has for many years. So now I gotta shell out some dough to get something that will prevent me losing progress.
But I'd be an idiot if I didn't understand everybody loves color, and I dont mean just from a digital art standpoint. so y'know what I should do?
Watch Streams. Got any recommendationnnsss?
I can sketch something quickly, which I think is a pretty neat talent. On top of that--given a couple hours or so--I'd detail it out, fix it up, make it awesome. And then I'd get really enthused. Often I do more than I said I would because I love to pick the best lines out of many and really chizzle things out. And then I gotta color that shit, which is triple the time. and oh HOOOO boy you wanna talk about a self-imposed burden. Clearly I've chosen to repent for something I dont know about! I love doin that shit to myself =3=
Often, when I get to the point of coloring, if I had not been disturbed, it will have been hours, and I might wait to color. But coloring is laaame. by that I mean it's sooo SLOOOW. At least for now it is. Y'know what I do when I get up? Somethin fun, which is something amid the many awesome thoughts I have fresh at 8am. I call it a warmup, work on it for four hours or so (probably have to stop to do some other RL shit) and wind up losing the time unspent on commissions and such. OR, i may have been doing a commission. So I really only color in bits, especially these days.
It all takes me doggamn forever; a trillion layers which I always ALWAYS mistakenly mix because I dont like stopping. Sometimes, I fling my pen and lament because I've been coloring on the wrong layer for 35 minutes. Feels bad man. I gotta metaphorically take a lap after that kind of thing. icing on the cake? The wind can blow my power out and has for many years. So now I gotta shell out some dough to get something that will prevent me losing progress.
But I'd be an idiot if I didn't understand everybody loves color, and I dont mean just from a digital art standpoint. so y'know what I should do?
Watch Streams. Got any recommendationnnsss?
I really like the potential of lines. so much so, that I'll leave some to come back later and better mold what I'm making. I find it therapeutic x3
Speeding up the colouring process can be complex -- it takes a lot of layer optimization and practice. I don't have any streams to recommend, though I'd be curious to see what your colouring layers look like & if there might be ways to organize them that could speed up your process. Alpha lock & clipping layers help tremendously if you're not already utilizing them!
Also.... if you're ever interested in collabing, I'm always looking for polished sketches & lineart to colour 👀👀
I used to color in a manner that matched my sketches but it didnt look all that hot so i stopped. And i know im not using nearly as many tools as i should and have such barbaric methods xP
Case in point: alpha lock. Clipping layers. Hwhuh?