/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>4762384
https://paletton.com/
have fun

just draw fanart
a character designer has done the work for you

>>4762384
Saved/10, and good question OP.

>>4762398
That doesn't really help if you don't know what you're doing - even when using that tool you can end up with something absolutely disgusting.

>>4762384
You have to feel it out, there are no hard and fast rules for color. The shape and context of the color make a huge difference, so a color palette that's good for one type of image isn't necessarily good for another.
You can use the afterimage effect to pick colors that are opposite or "complementary" of one another in our color vision, and you can try to create a mathematical relationship between your color choices, but that will not guarantee that your colors will look good together in any image.

>>4762398
>RBY color wheel
Do not do this.

>>4762432
why not

>>4762437
Because it is not accurate at all. The complements it predicts are completely wrong, as you can test out easily for yourself. If you believe there are rules of thumb that make a color scheme look good, then you should not use an outdated color model to try to predict those relationships.

>>4762442
can you give example why it isnt good and what other color wheel should one use

>>4762442
>>4762445
This can be settled only one way: both of you should post your art.

>>4762462
My question was legit. I really want to know more. I dont want to argue with him I want to know why and how it isnt good and what to use instead. I dont disagree with him.

>>4762445
These posts demonstrate it flawlessly:
>>4756530
>>4756525
>>4756522

The RBY color model was an old 16th century attempt to try to explain how color mixing worked. This was before we had sufficient knowledge of colorimetry, optics, or the human eye to be able to make any accurate claims about how color works.
But since the 19th century we have known of a more accurate set of primaries, which is cyan, yellow and magenta.
RBY should only be used as a model for color schemes if you want to reference art history.

>>4762479
cool thanks a lot anon! I will check out that thread as well looks like some good information there

>>4762470
My request for your work was legit as well. It would make the other guy more comfortable with posting his and it would be a nice comparison, really showing are his tips working for his favour. I honestly believe that /ic/ would be better if everyone would post their work.

>inb4 pyw
Pic related. Don't have much exp with digital sadly.

>>4762486
why would I post my work when I am still learning how colors work
come on

>>4762492
What part of "It would make the other guy more comfortable with posting his and it would be a nice comparison" you don't understand?

>>4762497
WHY would I want anybody to look at my shit when I am still learning and comparing it to someone elses work. fuck off

>>4762484
Cheers friend.
There is a lot of misinformation about this stuff floating around, so it can be difficult to parse if you are unfamiliar with it.

This video is a pretty good 10 minute primer on the topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVhA18_dmg0

Also, ignore shitposters that spam "post your work", they will not help you.
If you're not asking for critique on a piece, you don't need to post your work just to prove a point.

>>4762506
thank you again anon, I learned something new thanks to you
I will watch this video now!

>>4762506
>ignore pyw posters
If you're shit tier at art, you shouldn't preach how to do it well.

>>4762486
You are sure proud of that frog.
https://boards.fireden.net/ic/search/image/qi7JpMc5G3IMHgwSw1vr4Q/

>>4762522
True.

>>4762479

>>4762442
Oh god, not the CMY bore again

>>4762644
Get help.

>>4762656
You need to get laid, m8.

>>4762661
Says the obsessive sperg.

>>4762665
...if you're not obsessive about art, then what are you doing here?

>>4762705
You are obsessive over people.

>>4762384
Learn color theory, something like David Hornung Color, it's a summary of all the important color theory from the past 100 years like Josef Albers' book and the Arthur Stern book. You have to understand how to see and think about color objectively, be able to describe colors with hue, chroma, and value. Study real life, study photographs. Then it's studying from studying from masters and analyzing what they're doing, Richard Schmid Alla Prima shows a lot of artistic color concepts. James Gurney's books are also a good resource but more of a reference than something you can directly study/learn from.

You need to understand values and local color. This is how colors appear in comparison to their neighbors and what a color looks like in greyscale. The darkest yellow will never be as dark as a dark blue or violet. Linran's color tutorial is also a very good thing to understand how RGB sliders work in digital, that will help make a much more cohesive palette than using something like HSB/HSV.

James Gurney's youtube channel is also recommended. It helps to understand traditional pigments and how they mix, like gouache and watercolor to understand where artists are pulling from or how they know about such beautiful greys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kQllLy_X4I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJf4e5kAKWg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2fZdGZKP1k&t=152

>>4762384
Someones gonna tell me to kill myself 100% for this because it ignores the fact that tou should get a basic understanding of color theory before you do things that may possibly be a little scummy and short cutty, but if you ever want something for when you feel too lazy to work out every single color:
>go onto Tumblr
>yes, that god forsaken site
>search up color or anything with the word aesthetic
>steal good looking pictures from some kid's aesthetic blog, typically the more filtered the better
>pixelize it with a pixelize brush or whatever your program has, make sure its large pixels
>or take a palette from one of those color palette blogs

Those bastards do a surprisingly good job at gathering massive amounts of pics with nice colors that work well together

LITERRALY ALL YOU NEED. HE GOES INTO COLOR THEORY, COLOR KEYS, FUNDAMENTALS OF VALUE. DO it oer 8 WEEKS you will get GUD.

https://mega.nz/#F!CHBUEahQ!YmW9EueacdNsKW3mZYGRRA

>>4763856
This is just study, there's nothing wrong with it.
As long as you're using this to improve your ability to predict what will look good together, this is perfectly fine.

>>4763150
Damn that looks nice