I love this, saul is so lovely. :D wonderful work~

Thanks

:333

Awesome!

The colorrrrs. <3

I generally like to have two complementary color schemes going in an image.
This one is primarily yellow/purple and secondarily orange/blue.

It works so nicely (but makes me realize how little I think of how I use color).

There's no right or wrong way :) This is just a particular way. Try it yourself next time!

1. Pick your favorite color and it's opposite (the complement), such as red/green, orange/blue, yellow/purple.
2. Do most of the image with those two.
3. Use a second pair of complements, it doesn't matter which one.
4. Do some accenting or minor stuff with it, around the edges perhaps, or as secondary highlights/shadows, or tint all your greyscale stuff with these.
5. Avoid the last pair of complements entirely.

Good luck!

I've always had a problem with the idea of red/green! I mean, orangeish-yellowish vs. bluish-purplish has been well-established as effective, but I simply can't wrap my mind around the idea of doing something in primarily red and green without thinking "bleeech."

i tend to enjoy this when it's nudged into the direction of blue/orange and becomes something close to teal/scarlet

here are some things i've made that i'd consider primarily red/green images:

http://www.furaffinity.net/full/4236092/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4353604/
http://www.furaffinity.net/full/3980764/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3644438/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3066612/

Oooh! Yeah, I think, I have a hard time disassociating red and green with OH MY GOSH CHRISTMAS, in all its garish glory. These make more sense to me though! I will definitely have to keep this in mind.

I see it now that you say it!

I'd.... like to see the rest of him.

I already sketched that :D

That is a pretty serious face for watching comedy.

Minor critical point: the ear looks a little, uhm, flat.

But nice beard, though.

Thanks, I was really concerned that you wouldn't like the beard.

What a sweetheart you are.

Saul looks badass ^^

Wow. Even if I didn't think this was a great picture, this would be worth favoriting just for your comments about color use! Thank you for sharing this and your thoughts.

You know your mediums so well, Chris! It's incredible! I'm working on this illustration now, this movie poster assignment, and I'm using colored pencils (mostly because I'm comfortable with them) but I want to include gouache and/or watercolors. Do you have any tips on how to incorporate those mediums with colored pencil? So far I have a figure nearly fully rendered in colored pencil and I think i'm gonna keep her that way, and use gouache with accents of pencil for the background.
I just afraid to take the jump!

layer them up :)

since a pencil is primarily a point/linear tool, it can be inefficient for use in filling in large areas.

so one thing you could try is using watercolor and gouache for filling the broad spaces. when that's
dry you can come through with the colored pencil on top for shading or detailing. or mix and match
whatever.

good luck!

sweet thanks! I'ma try to fill in with gouache and go over with colored pencils.

The collar reminds me more of an oriental dragon jaw.

No other comment on the outstanding work :P

Izz drunken superior power in here, I can see it in the eyes!

Excellent job on the face. I can't stop staring at the armor though.