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I decided to make Ororo Munroe, aka. Storm, of the X-Men, the subject of my first ‘official’ attempt at art in this new style. I think the look really suits fan art, given it can be done pretty quickly and removes about 75% of the anxiety I usually have regarding color accuracy. I'm still working out which borders/backgrounds work best, though.

Thank you for taking a look! Any comments, critiques, or tips are welcome and appreciated.

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Disclaimer: I’m red-green colorblind. Because of this, it’s difficult for me to tell similar shades/hues of different colors apart, and, therefore, I need to work with very limited palettes when I color pieces. For shading and highlights, I’ll start with a gray base and lighten or darken shades from there, and then add a color overlay (and, for some skin tones, attempt to add a blue overlay to make it less “hot”). I’ve often been told to be bolder in my highlighting and shading, and I’m trying to be so, but… sometimes it still seems pretty tame. I’m just saying this in case you mentioned I need to do that on a previous piece – I’m not ignoring you, and I appreciate the input. It’s just not very easy for me to implement confidently.

Description

I decided to make Ororo Munroe, aka. Storm, of the X-Men, the subject of my first ‘official’ attempt at art in this new style. I think the look really suits fan art, given it can be done pretty quickly and removes about 75% of the anxiety I usually have regarding color accuracy. I'm still working out which borders/backgrounds work best, though.

Thank you for taking a look! Any comments, critiques, or tips are welcome and appreciated.

____________________________________________

Disclaimer: I’m red-green colorblind. Because of this, it’s difficult for me to tell similar shades/hues of different colors apart, and, therefore, I need to work with very limited palettes when I color pieces. For shading and highlights, I’ll start with a gray base and lighten or darken shades from there, and then add a color overlay (and, for some skin tones, attempt to add a blue overlay to make it less “hot”). I’ve often been told to be bolder in my highlighting and shading, and I’m trying to be so, but… sometimes it still seems pretty tame. I’m just saying this in case you mentioned I need to do that on a previous piece – I’m not ignoring you, and I appreciate the input. It’s just not very easy for me to implement confidently.