Colouring for n00bz

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 pm

I'M A COLOURING NOOB

All I know is, "Try to stay inside the lines."

The purpose of this thread is to tell the colouring n00b basic information on how to add colour to artworks in a visually appealing fashion.

Levi-chan · Post by **Levi-chan** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:25 pm

http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/ ... 9&limit=24

That's all you'll ever need. I'm sorry if I posted this more than one, but it's an invaluable collection of resources. Some of them are stupid, but most of them are pretty good (since I sorted them by favorites.

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One key thing you need to remember about coloring is that you can't just pick random colors. You can't randomly point and go, "Fuschia, I choose you! Burnt Sienna, combine!". The colors have to glue. The colors have to be...uh...harmonious? (What's a better word? Gah...whatever.)

So planning, planning. Use fixed palletes.

-L

Sput · Post by **Sput** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:59 pm

http://aelice.silhouette-project.com/tu ... _air_1.htm

how i learned.

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:46 pm

Awesome! It's so easy I could punch a dog!

I'll practice shading/better coloring later, I am unfortunately low on time and high on not caring.

Suika · Post by **Suika** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:26 pm

Something I've just started to work on: Have a dominant color (warm vs. cool), as the painting/illustration will look more interesting, and balanced.

It would also be a good idea to learn about color theory, the color wheel and so on.

http://www.worqx.com/color/

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:55 pm

Suika wrote:Something I've just started to work on: Have a dominant color (warm vs. cool), as the painting/illustration will look more interesting, and balanced.

It would also be a good idea to learn about color theory, the color wheel and so on.

http://www.worqx.com/color/

Thats a great resource.

Levi-chan · Post by **Levi-chan** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:06 pm

phactorri wrote:
Suika wrote:Something I've just started to work on: Have a dominant color (warm vs. cool), as the painting/illustration will look more interesting, and balanced.

It would also be a good idea to learn about color theory, the color wheel and so on.

http://www.worqx.com/color/
Thats a great resource.

I agree. And she has one awesome comic. *fanboys Suika*

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:15 pm

Levi-chan wrote:
phactorri wrote:
Suika wrote:Something I've just started to work on: Have a dominant color (warm vs. cool), as the painting/illustration will look more interesting, and balanced.

It would also be a good idea to learn about color theory, the color wheel and so on.

http://www.worqx.com/color/
Thats a great resource.
I agree. And she has one awesome comic. *fanboys Suika*

*bookmarks for later*

Chibiartstudios · Post by **Chibiartstudios** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 2:29 am

RA wrote:http://aelice.silhouette-project.com/tu ... _air_1.htm

how i learned.

God this is awesome. I used that technique, and (having nothing new to color) redid this:

http://whatnow.keenspace.com/d/20050205.html
(OK, so that was from way back when, but still!)

into this:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/21656718/

Truly an awesome tutorial

Suika · Post by **Suika** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:24 am

Levi-chan & phactorri: Why thank you!

I'd also like to recommend Linda Bergkvist's tutorials: http://www.furiae.com/index.php?view=gallery
Painting Hair: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=259468
Smooth Blending: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=253711

Particularly the ones on skin tones, painting eyes and blending colors together - extremely helpful!

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:04 pm

more sexy + easily done colourrrr

it is ton of angry d monkey in a frog suit =X

Dburkhead · Post by **Dburkhead** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:13 pm

Phalanx's coloring tutorial was very helpful to me.

Eunice P · Post by **Eunice P** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:58 pm

Woo! I suck at coloring.

I think this could be useful for me.

Taiwanimation · Post by **Taiwanimation** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:42 pm

The way your current banner is colored works fairly well, as the color is used sparingly, where needed.

If in doubt, think present day web design vs. 1995 web design.

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:48 am

Apart from The Jaded Tutorial (which helps ALOT!!!!) I found this page to be great at coloring AND drawing dragons! ^_^ I suggest that all of y'all check it out!
http://neondragonart.com/dp/tutorials/

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:05 am

Guess FUCKING what

After all that complex crap I found out I can just select areas with the wand and fill it.

OMGWTFBBQ

RemusShepherd · Post by **RemusShepherd** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:39 pm

Hmph. I'm still looking for something to help a colorblind artist work with color.

I mean, what the hell are 'complementary colors'? Are you seriously telling me that purple and yellow look good together?

For now, I'm sticking with primary colors, and shades/blends of them.

Christwriter · Post by **Christwriter** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:39 pm

In my experiance, complementary colors are the two colors directly opposite each other on the color wheel. Most of the time they do not look good together. I have no idea why they use "Complementary".

CW

Sput · Post by **Sput** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:23 pm

also, for colour schemes, interior designing really has a lot to offer. o_o
http://www.artsparx.com/color_complementary.asp
http://www.artsparx.com/color_triadic.asp
http://www.artsparx.com/color_tetrad.asp

Shinyhugh · Post by **Shinyhugh** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:21 am

And don't forget the evil colour pentagram of MS Paint: