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sil3ntgirl22 In reply to Serial-Tea-Drinker [2018-12-26 01:45:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!~

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sil3ntgirl22 In reply to vivaelpato [2018-12-21 09:08:36 +0000 UTC]

Aww Thank you soo much for the lovely words!TT v TT

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sil3ntgirl22 In reply to Colorslie [2018-12-18 08:34:45 +0000 UTC]

Haha Thank you!~  

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sil3ntgirl22 In reply to Seeeks [2018-12-17 07:15:15 +0000 UTC]

Heya there!
Wow, haha I dont know where to start from this as I frequently didn't get that much questions in regards of my way of doing things.
But might as well answer it anyway as accurate on what I thought my process is in the way as possible.So here's my long-ass paragraphs for you   

First of all, I'm totally into you and agreed in the part where I'm quite in a steady rate of doing it.But at the same time, as what i mentioned on my description, i'm playing around with the colors(which means I have to further be in depth on more combinations, and study and try to see things work) and kinda control it base on what I thought that will fit and suit the piece, as I thought i can deal with more combinations as I know currently thanks from my past experiments.

About the bright color one, I just try to use an "overlay" on a brush setting in Photoshop(but can be applicable to layer modes as well, i guess, it can work on other art programs too), choose a brighter color of the particular color(up to you to choose a complimentary or the same color but preferably something thats complementary), usually I just chose to saturate the color a lil bit and there you go.But usually, i change them arbitrarily base on what I think it suits the color I want to complement it.For me, and from some artists I inspired from, the key point here is to find a good complement color(I guess for me, this is subjectively intuitive but learn the basics is a must).In my case from my previous experiments, I usually go crazy with the combination.Sometimes they may go overboard but atleast with that, u know what certain color you could control to be in harmony with the other colors on the next project you will do.With all honesty tho, this will just came out intuitively when the times come, as in my case, it did.
But ofcourse, in my course of improving my ways, there still more open techniques I can deal with in the future.But this is nowadays I tried that work for me.I have arbitrary techniques based from the artists I look upon and tips I got.

Aand for the last question, no, I'm self-taught and proud Currently on our modern world, were lucky to have a good amount of helping aids out there free, even if some are chargeable out of it, a lil bucks paid in exchange for that artist on sharing their wisdom of knowledge wasn't even that bad of a deal, atleast for me, its worth knowing the things the artist you look upon and inspired from knows.I guess thats how we do to atleast support/ aid them atleast financially That might put the same way if we also did the same thing.

But I'm getting out of the main subject, still I do hope its understandable.As i mentioned before, I didn't quite getting this kind of questions so it might turns out a lil bit out of what i thought my process will be x'D , but this is as much i can answer with my ability as possible.
And a friendly tip or tips x'), just go crazy with the colors and if u hate it, its totally fine.Atleast you tried differently.
Much more better to apply it and made a mistake than holding back and cant see whats wrong with it and cant dissect what youre doing wrong.Frustration is a must in a learning process, but deal with it and learn to still stand on ur own.Learn from a previous works you crazily done and see what certain things you need to reduce or add up for the next piece.Sometimes for me, through this works that I did crazy and overboard with, without my ego saying "oh youre doing it wrong again and you just learned this" yield a much unexpected good results.
I'm sure if you get to the point, u will see a blooming results from the work and mistakes you've done from the past.But for now, its important to yield more improvement in your end and the end results second.In the end, the artist's aesthetic stand more to other people.
I felt like from your gallery point of view, you have quite a good grasp of colors, I'm sure if you figure it out, you will gain what you want to imply to ur pieces.It might take a while, but just bee CRAZY about the experiment process.
Personally but not often applicable, I'm not really into just sugarcoat things out really, but Best of luck for you buddy~ Feel free to ask again if there some bits thats still vague

P.S. I recommend you give a look of Marco bucci's color theory or colors in general in youtube.They're really great on giving an in depth infos about the subject

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Seeeks In reply to sil3ntgirl22 [2018-12-17 11:47:28 +0000 UTC]

Ok, thank you for your "long-ass" explanation! (I am also prone to writing those.) I had to struggle a bit to understand it occasionally but I think I got the gist of it. I generally try to avoid using blend modes other than normal and paint behind because they often work in ways I can't predict, so I wouldn't want to accidentally create an effect that looks nice without actually knowing how I did it in the first place or how to do it again. That's why I generally aim to pick the correct color by comparing it to the color I'm painting on top of and apply it in a way that it doesn't get altered by the blend mode. If I notice that I chose wrong, I will adjust the color until it looks the way I expected it to, given the context. In the past this has often resulted in working with a very narrow range of possible colors, and there are many areas in the color picker that I generally never even try.

Yet in my current work, I often have to come up with color combinations that complement a photo, and I have developed a technique where I start with the base color, pick a level of luminosity that creates the intended amount of contrast, then shift the hue into a complementary color and I slide the cursor around different areas, looking for a saturation that jumps at me as "this is the effect I'm going for". Since Photoshop shows the original color for reference, I can always see them side by side and can instantly tell when I've landed on a combination that resonates with each other. I don't have enough experience to be able to know immediately which saturation to try, but it generally only takes a matter of seconds to find it through experimenting.

A lot of people say that artists should generally stick to the middle area of the color picker but I have a tendency to be mostly in the gray end or the top area with the lightest colors. Sometimes I notice that there can be colors that I like that have between 80-90% brightness but since I tend to stick to 90+% brightness for non-grayish colors, I'm constantly missing out. Except for one time when I did the painting called Purple Tree, I put 0 pressure on myself and told myself I was allowed to try whatever, because it wasn't necessarily going to be shown to anybody. I started with safe, low saturation colors but eventually ended up trying combinations that I normally wouldn't even think of, mainly the bright red and green. It may have looked even more effective at an earlier stage, but I kept on painting on top of it and never undid anything, even if I didn't like the direction it was taking. I just picked a new color to try on top of the old one. It's a bit problematic that since colors are always affected by each other, even if some color looks bright at one stage, adding a much brighter color elsewhere in the painting can make it look faded in comparison. In the past I've also ran into situations where I've been trying to make colors brighter but end up running to the edge of the range and having no more options left. I understand now that I could make the colors brighter by reducing the saturation of the surrounding environment, but I seriously have to let go of the habit of avoiding the middle area of the color picker. I'm guessing potentially it might help if I started with a darker background color. I may have learned not to use a white background but I still generally stick close to the gray end.

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sil3ntgirl22 In reply to Amethyst-Project [2018-12-16 16:20:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you soo much!!~

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