thank you for this video Tyler. I'm very poor but your free content makes it possible for me to keep studying and learning even though I couldn't afford formal education
1. Digital won't mix themselves 1:16 2. Color should be layered 4:05 3. Basic color mechanics 10:02 4. Tinting and shading 13:25 5. Colors lack appeal 15:49
This is honestly one of the most valuable videos on the subject on youtube. The problem of flat color in digital illustration is a huge hurdle for artists to get over. And it's something alluded to all the time. But nobody has ever broken it down in quite this way. Seriously man, you're going to save lives here.
Ruan Jia's work is a great example of using colour notes within a piece. Provided the colour notes of any given area are in alignment with the values of that area, they'll fit nicely. I've found that this is also subject to the mood/narrative of a piece which informs colour temperatures. Great video.
Im currently doing quite a few studies too and what really helped me is to just use the roundbrush and lasso tool. By having only flat colors youre more likely to focus on things like sillouette/ shape design and your values. It makes things simpler and more focused in the practice
sometimes what I find that helps me get started for a color palette is to block in some basic colors on one layer-- as in, what the characters/objects would look like in a studio white light, then blocking in a second layer of "shade" colors in basic darker colors. Then I lock the pixels of both layers, and repeatedly duplicate those layers, covering either the base layer or the shade layer with different overlay/multiply/lighten/color or whatever else layer types according to what color light/shadows I'm looking to hit. if the shadows get too dark, I can duplicate the "shade" layer and bring in some color with a lighten layer, etc, or an overlay. if the shade and base layer don't feel as if they're gelling together as one image, I can put a layer over the top of the entire image to "unify" the colors. once I have it all together I smash all those reference layers into one composite layer and use it as a starting off point to actually color the image in. I think it's a good middle ground way of getting to know colors, especially if the prospect of just picking colors from scratch seems overwhelming.
I come from a traditional art background and trying to improve my digital art now, and it's definitely interesting that in digital you gotta mix your own colours well. I like doing that with paints, with my tablet? It's so much harder 😅 Things to learn! Such an insightful video on how to approach light and colours, thank you!
Digital paint won’t mix itself - so true! Traditional painting almost guides you through, and with digital tools you have to manually do a lot of things that traditional paint does itself.
EXTREMELY HELPFUL, thank you! As I've been experimenting more with color lately, I have run into this exact problem. I will apply your lesson here, and practice practice practice. Thank you Mr. Edlin!
Thank you for the video. It really helps to get more explanations on how and why certain things look the way they do (good or bad). It just helps improve the overall understanding and how to improve. 😁
Thank you very much for the video. I often forget or am too lazy for many of these steps. So your video just gave me a reminder to do and to take time with my art. I use MS Paint and I've been layering colors for a long while now. Therefore, it's doesn't matter which art program you use as long as you can use it, have fun with it and create art with it in my opinion.
I have been really bad when it comes to the application of colors in my artworks, although I have the knowledge, I severely lack the technical skills to apply them, so, seeing this video of yours, I am somehow inspired to keep continuing.
Thank you so much for that video! It's a bit complicated for lower level artists like me but it sure has a lot of quality content! I'll make sure to work on experimenting with colors more!
I was pretty frustrated because I understood most of the theory behind this but #5 is what I struggle with the most. I felt like my art wasn’t interesting and the colors were just okay. I wanted it to be more stylistic. Something about temperature shift and the contrast between the bright clouds and the darkness of the building to add more interest to the reference. My references are always bland and I really want to edit them before I tackle a painting because I couldn’t come up with the colors and contrast on my own. Creating your own idea by getting the feel of the reference and changing it to be more dynamic is the hardest part of art to me!
Hello, I just wanted to tell you that this video leveled up my art right away-- I truly love the results I got when I took this points into consideration. thank you so much ;w;)
In RGB there are like 255 shades of blue to white. If you are trying to go darker it is even worse. While the screen is 1920 pixel wide at least. So you have to mix optically if you dont want to your image to be blocky.
Very cool, thank you for this understanding! I have improving to do with colours, but I've been doing better at make them stand out. I want to be able to do this with photo manipulation, 3D, digital art, and traditional! Ha ha! But I still make some things darker than I want to. So...work in progress, but I LOVE seeing lighting and colour pop the way those images do. :D
what does it mean to add underpainting exactly? I'm still confused about what it's for and it's purpose since not everyone starts with an underpainting. I understand the layering part, but why layer if you can directly paint the colors you intend to have in the first place? Is it to create color variation/ color vibration or something?
It is very difficult to guess the color correctly against white. Either quickly blocking in base colors or using the underpainting makes it easier to find the right color.
I think my biggest issue is I don't trust myself lol, so I don't trust myself to "step" out of the box, if my reference picture looks blue to me I'll use just plain blue and panic when I notice it looks flat because theorically, I know using different, bolder or just mixing other colors will fix it but what colors? I always struggle with that part
I'm glad to know my innate disrespect for anything vaguely authoritative and binary led me to never like the colors I got with eyedroppers and helped me avoid some of this
It’s certainly hard but will come easier with experience. You do really have to step away enough and just take moments to analyze and reflect on a piece as you go.
what do you recommend for one who has ZERO art background, training, drawing - other than doodling, I have a good 3D eye and understand perspective. I have been going through your Pateron videos but find myself hop scotching around from one thing to another without focus. I am more interested in inorganic and hard surface than organic. Should I start with simple landscape and keep adding objects to it, rocks etc. and continue until I feel comfortable with that, I guess keep variations of the same theme?
Best place to start is to draw and paint you own original images if they are very very simple like my sphere examples, or draw and paint from observations. Set some objects up or take a picture and then work from that
This is a great video, and advice so thank you for sharing! Your editing could use some work simply because there's a few times where you say something and then it repeats a few seconds later. Seems like you were rushing to get it done and didn't re-watch the video after editing.
@modlio745 Bruh. He already stated he didn't add stuff or any additional details on the artwork of course the first one will look better because its detailed. But its the colors we are talking about here Look at the values on the second one how the image pop after he add/change the colors. Best trick is to zoom out or look far away from your screen.
@@coltlgdm I still think the first is better. If you disagree that's cool, it's just my opinion. Didn't think that I would need to clarify this considering art is subjective, but eh. I like the muted colours, it compliments the illustrative artstyle and gives it a distinct feeling. The bottom line for me is that everything doesn't need to be an explosion of colour. The muted colours and simple lighting just look better to me.
@@modlio745 poor choice of words then, you "prefer" the first one and nothing's wrong with that. To each their own, perse. But that doesn't mean it was "better" And he's teaching people who are interested to learn. You gotta learn the theory first, before you build an art style, experiment other form that suits you. Muted colors or not, values on the first image was flat. Look up Guweiz artwork. That's a good example of muted colors, with great values.
hey, tyler, i think your videos are great and very insightful, take my opinion with a grain of salt, i mean no hate: I think you could choose examples out of your own paintings instead of your student`s, i dont think youre ill intended in any way but to me it kind of feels like youre roasting them for making "bad artistic choices"
I need to get examples with flat color and many students have examples of them. It’s not about roasting. If people only see good or great examples it’s harder to convey ideas.
I don't actually care so I'm not gonna watch the video, but in the thumbnail the one you described as right looked so painfully generic, while the one you described as wrong looked beautiful. I'm just saying
thank you for this video Tyler. I'm very poor but your free content makes it possible for me to keep studying and learning even though I couldn't afford formal education
1. Digital won't mix themselves 1:16
2. Color should be layered 4:05
3. Basic color mechanics 10:02
4. Tinting and shading 13:25
5. Colors lack appeal 15:49
Thank you so much for these timestamps!
thanks, this helped a lot. Video was boring as hell
@@davsdf1 agreed
This is honestly one of the most valuable videos on the subject on youtube. The problem of flat color in digital illustration is a huge hurdle for artists to get over. And it's something alluded to all the time. But nobody has ever broken it down in quite this way. Seriously man, you're going to save lives here.
Ruan Jia's work is a great example of using colour notes within a piece. Provided the colour notes of any given area are in alignment with the values of that area, they'll fit nicely. I've found that this is also subject to the mood/narrative of a piece which informs colour temperatures. Great video.
Im currently doing quite a few studies too and what really helped me is to just use the roundbrush and lasso tool. By having only flat colors youre more likely to focus on things like sillouette/ shape design and your values. It makes things simpler and more focused in the practice
sometimes what I find that helps me get started for a color palette is to block in some basic colors on one layer-- as in, what the characters/objects would look like in a studio white light, then blocking in a second layer of "shade" colors in basic darker colors.
Then I lock the pixels of both layers, and repeatedly duplicate those layers, covering either the base layer or the shade layer with different overlay/multiply/lighten/color or whatever else layer types according to what color light/shadows I'm looking to hit. if the shadows get too dark, I can duplicate the "shade" layer and bring in some color with a lighten layer, etc, or an overlay. if the shade and base layer don't feel as if they're gelling together as one image, I can put a layer over the top of the entire image to "unify" the colors. once I have it all together I smash all those reference layers into one composite layer and use it as a starting off point to actually color the image in.
I think it's a good middle ground way of getting to know colors, especially if the prospect of just picking colors from scratch seems overwhelming.
I come from a traditional art background and trying to improve my digital art now, and it's definitely interesting that in digital you gotta mix your own colours well. I like doing that with paints, with my tablet? It's so much harder 😅 Things to learn! Such an insightful video on how to approach light and colours, thank you!
Digital paint won’t mix itself - so true! Traditional painting almost guides you through, and with digital tools you have to manually do a lot of things that traditional paint does itself.
Love the energy that you have in this video and thank you for your wisdom!
EXTREMELY HELPFUL, thank you! As I've been experimenting more with color lately, I have run into this exact problem. I will apply your lesson here, and practice practice practice. Thank you Mr. Edlin!
multiply layers can be really helpful with stuff like this! not quite the same or as good, but decent in a pinch
Thank you for the video. It really helps to get more explanations on how and why certain things look the way they do (good or bad). It just helps improve the overall understanding and how to improve. 😁
Thank you very much for the video. I often forget or am too lazy for many of these steps. So your video just gave me a reminder to do and to take time with my art. I use MS Paint and I've been layering colors for a long while now. Therefore, it's doesn't matter which art program you use as long as you can use it, have fun with it and create art with it in my opinion.
I have been really bad when it comes to the application of colors in my artworks, although I have the knowledge, I severely lack the technical skills to apply them, so, seeing this video of yours, I am somehow inspired to keep continuing.
Thank you so much for that video! It's a bit complicated for lower level artists like me but it sure has a lot of quality content! I'll make sure to work on experimenting with colors more!
One of the best quotes I've seen in a long time at 3:42
"Poof... That blue lit!"
this video is really helpful I found myself suffering the same problems with my art, this does help a lot with what I can do with it
I was pretty frustrated because I understood most of the theory behind this but #5 is what I struggle with the most. I felt like my art wasn’t interesting and the colors were just okay. I wanted it to be more stylistic. Something about temperature shift and the contrast between the bright clouds and the darkness of the building to add more interest to the reference. My references are always bland and I really want to edit them before I tackle a painting because I couldn’t come up with the colors and contrast on my own. Creating your own idea by getting the feel of the reference and changing it to be more dynamic is the hardest part of art to me!
whoa this is something I've noticed I've been struggling wirh recently, thank you so much for the free advice :)
Hello, I just wanted to tell you that this video leveled up my art right away-- I truly love the results I got when I took this points into consideration. thank you so much ;w;)
Slap ✍️ on ✍️ random ✍️ colors ✍️. got it!
I am a painter (barely..) and don’t know how to do digital art yet but this is really helpful for me too. Thank you RUclips algorithm!
In RGB there are like 255 shades of blue to white. If you are trying to go darker it is even worse. While the screen is 1920 pixel wide at least. So you have to mix optically if you dont want to your image to be blocky.
Valuable lesson as always!
Yeaa.. I do remember my moment when my mind just flick and i realized that my colors are mud. Careful with the color pick guys!
Very cool, thank you for this understanding! I have improving to do with colours, but I've been doing better at make them stand out. I want to be able to do this with photo manipulation, 3D, digital art, and traditional! Ha ha! But I still make some things darker than I want to. So...work in progress, but I LOVE seeing lighting and colour pop the way those images do. :D
Thanks, man! Really appreciate the tutorials!
Appreciate all the examples. This was great!
finally! this is the topic i need
That rim light on your head🙏🏻
Great tips to improve our colors and shading! Thanks Tyler 😁✌️✨🌈
omg your art video should get more attention
what does it mean to add underpainting exactly? I'm still confused about what it's for and it's purpose since not everyone starts with an underpainting. I understand the layering part, but why layer if you can directly paint the colors you intend to have in the first place? Is it to create color variation/ color vibration or something?
Underpaintings help unify your pallet and introduce some variation in the painting
It is very difficult to guess the color correctly against white. Either quickly blocking in base colors or using the underpainting makes it easier to find the right color.
I think my biggest issue is I don't trust myself lol, so I don't trust myself to "step" out of the box, if my reference picture looks blue to me I'll use just plain blue and panic when I notice it looks flat because theorically, I know using different, bolder or just mixing other colors will fix it but what colors? I always struggle with that part
Great explanations with your examples. Thank you! 🙂
Bro speaking to my soul in the first 20 seconds
“Wayyyyyy back in 2003”. 😂😂😂😅😅😅
Was a while ago right
Great one! Thanks!
i like how noelle got blue hair
thank you this is very helpful!!
Great video and great tips! thank you!
Excellent video!
hi can you make a detail video of wacom tablet stetting and photoshop brush setting for digital painting..please
That was really helpful thanks.
i intentionally make my colors flat in honor of my girlfriend
hahahahahhahaha
Great as always👍
Ty for the video!
great video as always! i wish you have classes for beginners
I do I now offer 1:1 mentorships to teach fundamentals. Just send us an email
3:42 same just happened to me lol. Thank you!
In the caption, I like the colors of the one you x'd out.
Yikes
I'm glad to know my innate disrespect for anything vaguely authoritative and binary led me to never like the colors I got with eyedroppers and helped me avoid some of this
how do you balance layering paint against overpainting?
It’s certainly hard but will come easier with experience. You do really have to step away enough and just take moments to analyze and reflect on a piece as you go.
what do you recommend for one who has ZERO art background, training, drawing - other than doodling, I have a good 3D eye and understand perspective. I have been going through your Pateron videos but find myself hop scotching around from one thing to another without focus. I am more interested in inorganic and hard surface than organic. Should I start with simple landscape and keep adding objects to it, rocks etc. and continue until I feel comfortable with that, I guess keep variations of the same theme?
Best place to start is to draw and paint you own original images if they are very very simple like my sphere examples, or draw and paint from observations. Set some objects up or take a picture and then work from that
@@TylerEdlin84 thank you Tyler.
This is a great video, and advice so thank you for sharing! Your editing could use some work simply because there's a few times where you say something and then it repeats a few seconds later. Seems like you were rushing to get it done and didn't re-watch the video after editing.
Well, since I mostly draw cartoons. I choose flat colour so often 💀
He sounds like a teenager.
I think that makes the video better.
I’m 40
Your video is great
And if you add some background music it will become more good
Nope won’t do it, I use to and for years people just told me to remove it, :(
👍👍👍👍👍
Just layer colors. Simple.
15:25
it was better with the colours he went with originally, ngl
Ngl I strongly disagree.
@@TylerEdlin84 I'd be surprised if you didn't disagree, considering your choice of colours for the overpaint..
@modlio745 Bruh. He already stated he didn't add stuff or any additional details on the artwork of course the first one will look better because its detailed.
But its the colors we are talking about here
Look at the values on the second one how the image pop after he add/change the colors.
Best trick is to zoom out or look far away from your screen.
@@coltlgdm I still think the first is better. If you disagree that's cool, it's just my opinion. Didn't think that I would need to clarify this considering art is subjective, but eh.
I like the muted colours, it compliments the illustrative artstyle and gives it a distinct feeling. The bottom line for me is that everything doesn't need to be an explosion of colour. The muted colours and simple lighting just look better to me.
@@modlio745 poor choice of words then, you "prefer" the first one and nothing's wrong with that. To each their own, perse. But that doesn't mean it was "better"
And he's teaching people who are interested to learn. You gotta learn the theory first, before you build an art style, experiment other form that suits you.
Muted colors or not, values on the first image was flat.
Look up Guweiz artwork. That's a good example of muted colors, with great values.
Beasty
WTF TOP G IS DOING ART
Just paint like you are on shrooms boi
hey, tyler, i think your videos are great and very insightful, take my opinion with a grain of salt, i mean no hate: I think you could choose examples out of your own paintings instead of your student`s, i dont think youre ill intended in any way but to me it kind of feels like youre roasting them for making "bad artistic choices"
I need to get examples with flat color and many students have examples of them. It’s not about roasting. If people only see good or great examples it’s harder to convey ideas.
Whoaaaa...... Jerry Seinfeld does art.
Thanks Andrew Tate
I don't actually care so I'm not gonna watch the video, but in the thumbnail the one you described as right looked so painfully generic, while the one you described as wrong looked beautiful. I'm just saying
Cheers thanks for stopping by
best comment ever
I think Tyler knows what he’s doing; I’m just saying.
thank you so much this was very helpful