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Published: 2012-02-09 17:09:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 4155; Favourites: 138; Downloads: 107
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My Work in Progress for my color practice - lokito whom may be interested to see, Here you go~
finished artwork:
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hw did you add the first step of detailing ? after adding the colors. did you use smudge ?
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i didnt use smudge, i block in the some of the colors from my color palette to do color mixing job. and with few main colors i can create vast amount of color variation just by painting over the color with another color with opacity pressure. Then i just pick from several new colors i just mixed, and painted a rough gradient with normal brush.
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When i do things like this i always thing "how could i make it better than the original'?" cause just re-doin things is really boring to me, but i also do admire the people who do it wihtout losing their motivation ! Also its all worth the experience you get from drawing it !
Also i have a lil questions, how do you pick all those colors'? or moreover how do you know where to use em'?
Is it just the color picker you make use of or, is there a deeper meaning behind this'? XDD
As for where to use em, we have a reference here right'? ohh lol, questions get solved on their own ^^
But still oen question left, How comes the Color-dynamic'? oO
Like when you used 13 color for the helmet XD
Great excercise !
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Color picker its good to help beginner to have a clue that what is the actual color they are looking at.
90% of the color i pick is without using color picker, only 10% that i have no clue that i need rely on it. But using exactly what u've picked is not right, becasue a realistic object has too many color variation that not one color could define. Color picker its only help u to have a clue for choosing several close colors to form what u see in the picture by yourself.
The color u choose dosent need to be super accurate at the beginning, its a digital painting, u can still cover up your mistake along the way, or can tweak the overall color later. But in this exercise for myself, i try to choose the color as close to the reference picture, to practice my eye to become more sensitive to color variation.
Like i said Realsitic object has many color variation on it. just zoom in some reference photo and check out yourself. A golden ball, its has at least 10 color variation depending on ts lighting condition. theres no gold color in your color pallete, how to make it look gold is by adding reflection,
because gold material reflect light.
Hope these answer your question.
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So its important to make use of Low opacity, for getting an color variation !
So what i learnt from your message just know is to use Low opacity in realistic pictures
As it only adds a value or hint of the actualy color you use !!
Thanks
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Why don't you all shut the fuck up and enjoy the art?
If you don't like this art, get out and fuck off. No one pointed a gun to your head and asking you to view it.
Come on, get a life, idiots! Don't make yourself looks like a donkey here.
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hahahahahaha cool bro!
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"Never mess with a Chinese guy.
-Jackie Chan
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What is the point? It's an exact replica of the original, traced and all. Not very artistic or original.
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But at least they can still color, eh? 
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It's not really demonstrating one's ability to colour if they use the eyedrop tool to pick colours, then put them on a set of traced lines and smoosh them together using more eyedropping techniques.
Where is the skill in this? What exactly is being learned? It is not an exercise if no effort is applied.
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hahaha, i do suggest beginners to use eye dropper for them to have a clue on how many color variation in a photo. but in this case, i did try my best to not rely on eye dropper. 90% of the chosen color are pick by my own eye. and yes, i do agree with u, by using eye dropper for the entire color selection without understanding & study are pointless. In fact, its a waste of time.
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Ah, well. Photoshop, to me, is confusing as Hell. I simply praise anyone who even remotely understands its functions.
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Learn it! Dabble! Read tutorials! You didn't learn to read a book by looking at it going "holy shit there's so much to lean about grammar, letters, words..."
Baby steps, go one small part at a time. Focus on one basic thing at a time, and when you get okay at it, choose another hurdle. If you keep this attitude and drive up you'll see that the people who you admire are really only doing exactly that too, but at a higher level.
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Oh, man. I keeping getting that response.
/looks up tutorials.
Thank you!
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this is a coloring study, focus only on choosing the right color, not about original idea, also not about face figure practice. Tats y i have stated very clearly in the begining this is only a color practice and i just want to improve my coloring skill for now.
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Right, right. I can see what you're saying, but a better way to approach this would be to look at different things and try to apply different light sources or lighting colours and apply what you've learned from other people or tutorials to them. Simply eyedropping from the original photograph won't help your colouring out at all if you don't put in some effort and challenge yourself.
If, for instance you went for the 'change of light' application, you'd challenge yourself in deciding which colours to choose and how to apply them. Learn and read up on colour theory, tutorials and give yourself an actual challenge.
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I do read and understand color theory too.
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Oh, im not eye dropping colors. and i have plans for study different lighting situation as well. Thank you so much for your advices.
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Not a problem. I can see you want to improve, which is awesome. Good luck to you
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yeaaaaaaaaaaaahยกยกยกยกยก Now I gonna put in practice this metod
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awesome WIP shots. I was wondering... how do you choose your colors? I know everyone has a different method, but I am curious to know what yours is
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for example, skin, i roughly choose several main color to match the reference, thats y i need a good reference, so i dont miss out tiny color variation in it. Sometime if i cant figure what color is that, i use eye dropper tool to help me to have a clue. : )
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ok, that's very helpful! Thank you!
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