How to colour your Characters
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Color theory is a vital part of art and design, highlighting the importance of choosing complementary colors for illustrations. Complementary colors, found opposite each other on the color wheel, create a captivating contrast that brings depth and intensity to your artwork. By using them thoughtfully, you can evoke emotions, set the mood, and make your illustration visually striking. So, embrace the power of complementary colors and bring your creations to life with an irresistible vibrancy.
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Thank you so much. As someone who struggles making and understanding color theory and how to apply it, this really helps.
Glad it was helpful!
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I agree! This is SO helpful!!!
Reminder: monochrome palettes with different shades are just as good!
Remember that if you don’t want the skin color to be the main color you can cover then with bulky clothes.
Interesting 🤔
I'd say try make the skin tone kinda unanimous to the clothes/hair/whatever and not make it too bright/contrasting
Or any clothes at all lmao
especially for the purple one
Or just have other colors that attract your attention more! A natural skin color will never be as memorable as, say, a bright purple jacket, or fluffy pink hair
Ive noticed from some concept design artists that black, white or neutral colors are utilized to balance out designs, preventing the overall design from being too saturated or to add more interest in the focal areas
Someone told me we can optionally use white or black to set off the tone, and work with colors close to the set tone, and add accent colors to make the outfit/design more interesting
Interesting 🤔
Bro took a thirsty mommy and made it a school lesson
haha I don't know about that 😅
:/
I was your 200th like lmao
mommy?! that’s a supermodel skinny 23 year old with a six pack…
@@geeg4315it’s because she’s hot
As an artist, I can confirm that I know nothing about color theory.
Hahaha
me too
Same 😄💔!
Then you are a real artist?
@@yuihanimayou don’t have to know color theory to be a “real artist”
I DONT COLOR MY CHARACTERS 🔥🔥
haha really? Then they are black and white?
@@LucasPeinador yeah i just use normal pencil and paper i don’t like coloring my art
Me neither, every time I color my characters they always turn out looking weird. I also like how it looks with just black and white
But you'll never see your character's true colors. 🙁
@@k1ttiesaves same, i recently got alcohol markers so i *try* to use color more, but i usually only draw with my pencil and eraser
Great information and simple breakdown. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Wait a second….that drawing he showed for like a split second at the end be like 🫣😳🥵
haha what?
@@LucasPeinador The one with the girl on top of a dude with a rocket head
.@@LucasPeinador The rocket and the fish globe head or whatever it was and put them in sussy mode. Great art, though.
I thought no one was gonna talk about it 😊
SHE WAS RIDING A ROCKET
Dude literally made me understand Color Theory in a minute than my teacher has in a few weeks 😭
haha that makes me v very happy
Thanks. The extent of color theory education I received back in high school and even in college classes never explained how to use color theory, so thank you. They just went “something something tertiary, something something complementary, something something relative, that’s you need to know!” Our critiques only went as far as “did you try to use a color scheme in this”
Glad it was helpful!
bro casually drew bangladesh
Edit : and also palau hehe
Yes! I was thinking the same😂.
haha what? sorry I don't understand
@@LucasPeinador red dot in dark green , thats like a bangladesh flag
@@LucasPeinador one of those complementary colours. There was on with green rectangle with a red circle in the middle. That the exact flag of Bangladesh
And palau sorta 🇵🇼 though it’s a darker blue in the video than on the flag
This actually helps a lot,thank you for the help i always struggled to colour my drawings abd this helps a LOT
Glad I could help!
This really helped, especially the 80/20 part, thank you!😊
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much! I often have an idea of what color I want for my characters, but I dont want it so that the hair is the same colour as the clothing
Happy to help 👍
This actually makes sense to me
haha awesome, happy to help
Us traditional artists: “Yes, we don’t have a color circle to exactly get the opposite shade- but we’ll get there, someday.”
haha good luck 👍
Does the skin color have to be involved in the color design or can it be neutral and only have the color scheme affect the clothing
However you prefer it as a creator... but the 20/80 rule is about the whole illustration 😉👍
Yeah, if you only draw people with natural skin tones, I'd imagine this would be very limiting.
I’d say if your character shows a lot of skin, include it in the color palette. If they’re fairly covered up (especially if they have a natural skin color) you can leave it out of the color palette or think of it as a tertiary color.
You could maybe just vary the colour temperature? Like keep it beige/brown, but nudge it a bit towards your main colour. e.g Main colour blue = cooler skin tone, main colour orange = warmer skin tone.
As an artist, I can confirm that this was very helpful and I'm saving this video for future reference
👍👍
How can I do this with more than two colors?
Still pick a primary color, then pick 2 secondaries that are equidistant from your primary color on the color wheel. They can be close to your primary or far, but they should be the same distance. Then if you want more than 3, divide the space between your secondary colors (from the side that doesn’t have your primary) into equal segments. Between each segment is a new color choice, so that all of your secondary colors will also be equidistant from each other. ((But only the first 2 secondary colors are equidistant from the primary)
But be careful, since the more colors you add, the busier and more complicated the drawing gets. It’s also a good idea to give your secondary colors a hierarchy. Still prioritize your primary, then pick a secondary for 2nd priority and so on. For example, if you have 3 colors, color your piece with 60% for your primary, 30% for secondary-1, and 10% for secondary-2
You use a bit of a different method and divide it accordingly.
You are so underrated 😭 I like drawing chibi but now I find mixing emoji interesting!
Thank you so much 😀
This helped me understand color theory better than 90% of the stuff out there, thank you. And gorgeous art as well!
I'm so glad! Happy I can help
I love the way made it into percentages. It’s the perfect way to achieve balance
awesome, happy that it was useful
in interior and graphic design, there’s a 70-20-10 rule: 70% is the main colour, 20% is a secondary colour and 10% is the accents.
Yes, that is also a very good distribution 👍
Y E S .
I’m not good at art, but I understand color theory very well!
🙏 And you explained what I couldn’t explain PERFECTLY!
haha thank you very much
Only time I had a physical reaction from a drawing (on RUclips)
haha
This was more helpful than my color theory class! Also, funnily enough, that 80/20 ratio is the same thing for inking panels. The more you get away from it being 50/50, the more dynamic and interesting the panels look!
Glad it was helpful!
Why is nobody talking about her weird pose for the drawing 😂?
weird pose? how weird?
Not to mention the beginning. Y did he do that 😐
@@hacky_sackin whats wrong with the beginning?
@@LucasPeinadorI mean women simply do not sit like that lmao, not if we're just on our phones
@@pandakatiefominzi mean it doesn’t look like she’s just on her phone lol it looks like she’s taking a sexy mirror selfie. it looks like it’s a pose for like an only fans or smthn.
aw the 80 20 theory
Yeah of course 👍
Dang this actually makes so much sense, thank you
haha happy to hear that :D
This improves my coloring a lot better! Thank you :D❤❤❤❤
Glad I could help!
bro really said “no one knows how to use complementary colors” like complementary colors are a recently discovered artifact that nobody can use
A lot of people don't know how to use them properly... in what ration and in what way... so...
Your army style is so creative j love it!!
👍 Thank you very much
I love this concept and use it a lot! I didn't know how useful it actually is but I use it for character designs all the time and it really helps!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for explaining this so simply! Very underrated :DD !
Glad it was helpful!
Those brushes are insane bro
Thank you very much - the link is in my description (if you would want them)
Please draw more shrimp they are cute
haha I will publish a shrip on my IG in a few days 👍
Very helpful, for years I've struggled with this. Thank you!
You're very welcome! Happy to help
omg. Tysm for telling me this. This REALLY helped! Tysm! (And Awesome drawing btw!)
Glad I could help!
Thank you!! That's me! I don't know how to use complementary colors! 👋
Great, happy to help 👍👍
Dang this is so cool! Thanks ! Can you tell us how you deal with Art block?
Thank you 👍 Will make a video in the future 😉
This video just showed me that i was doing something correct without even knowing. Thanks!
Glad I could help!
Omg i do this for my comic and even use the text to show every characters signature color
Awesome 👍 happy to hear that
Cool!!!
Thank you, happy you like it
“But nobody knows how to use them”
*laughs in art scholar*
haha
Thanks for the tips, bro!
Happy to help
i've been using complementary characters to color almost all my ocs holy schist
awesome 👍
does the skin color necessarily need to have the same color as the main color, or can I use different ones?
It depends on what you want
@Lucas Peinador oh ok! thank you for the video. It was really helpful
The intro tho 💀
haha what?
You know what you did ,nice "hook "
This makes a lot more sense now Ty
happy to help
Finally something about colours that I actually understood by the end of the video.. 😂❤ Thanks a much!
You're welcome 😊 Happy to help
KAKYOIN
what? 🤔
@@LucasPeinadorit's from Jojos bizarre adventure
Where do I go to get your set?
I made it - here is the link to my store: shop.lucaspeinador.com/products/lp-brushes
@@LucasPeinador thanks
Finally! Someone who knows what to do! I do block sketching and with that I use my character's "color personality," then for coloring them I use clipping, so the layer I'm clipping has the color that I'm MOSTLY using.
Good 👍 I m glad this video was useful
I usually pick one warm color and one cool color, (ex: green and yellow, blue and red,) and use those colors do do most of the coloring and then I pick a complimentary color and add it in places I want to pop.
Thanks for sharing!!
tldr it depends on the placement
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i spot genya's demon form👀
haha what?
@@LucasPeinadoroh i meant about the color complementary thing,since the character Genya Shinezugawa from demon slayer consists of purple,when it was revealed that he could temporaly turn into a demon,the tips of his hair and his eyes would turn yellow! I was actually a bit curious as to why that was but now i know!
I usually use a few different colour like 2 or 4
hmm 🤔
Finally! Now I know that ratio I need instead of leaving my drawings black and white 😭😭🫶
haha that's great. happy to hear that
the main color of my character; yes
haha
Do you understand the Bangladesh comments? lol
hmm no?
@@LucasPeinador Look up the Bangladesh Flag, then you might understand
You actually made my flag but you crossed it >:(
What? What are you talking about? This has nothing to do with any flag or any politics... it is an art tutorial
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@@LucasPeinador Bangladesh 🇧🇩
This is sort of the case with my main oc, she has red hair with yellow tips and yellow wings on her head but the rest (eyes, clothes and accessories) are blue and/or white
awesome 👍
THE 80 20 RULE IS FIRE ONG 🔥🔥🔥🔥
haha happy to help 👍
Sus
what?
@@LucasPeinador the rocket guy and the astronaut
Definitely watching for the color theory...
Aren't we all 👀 haha
Bro knew what he was doing during thst close up 💀
haha
@@LucasPeinador HE ADMITS IT, Y'ALL 😭
More color theory videos please you say things so clearly and is easily understood 🙏🏻 ❤
haha okey, happy you like them
I REALLY NEEDED THIS
haha awesome 👍
Thank you, i struggle with complementary colors
Happy to help!
Go with a 90/10 ratio to not make it too obvious. An art teacher in highschool taught me that about clothes.
that is a bit of a weird proportion, but if it work for you, then that's great
Bro really snuck in a spicy drawing at the end 💀
😅😉
I’m in love with these brushes 😲💖
Ohh that is so nice to hear
I love using complementary colors. My favorite are orange and blue since the scenery can be beautiful with just 2 colors
😌👍
Thanks for sharing!!
I have a blue and orange character! I use blue for their furr [ they are a cat ] and orange for accessories, scars, nose/ears, and the mouth!
interesting 🤔
If you want to find the main colour after doing base colours only then merge all the layers together if you haven’t already, alpha lock the layer and blur it loads
Interesting 🤔
I spent years learning how to do pop art in illustrator and now you’re telling me there’s a halftone BRUSH??!! TAKE MY MONEY!!!
haha I am very happy you like them 👍
I think I unintentionally did this once, I mean a little intentional since I was considering the complimentary colours but I didn't know to use them an I basically did exactly this (it being orange (and red) and blue tho) and I'm proud of myself
awesome, hope this helps
there’s amazing books available at the library with set color combinations (like 5 colors that go well together for themes) that i found to be extremely helpful
awesome, thank you for sharing
I'm not an artist or anything but i just wanted to say huge respect for replying to every comment. Keep it up my guy 💪
I appreciate that, thank you... I am trying
He got my attention all right
hahaha
One tip I will throw out there is to use the colors in thirds (or somewhere around there) and have the two complimentary colors, plus a color that is next to one of the complimentary colors on the color wheel, like blue, purple, and orange. The blue and purple go together nicely and the orange adds a little pop of contrast
Thank you for sharing
also think about desaturating one of the two colors
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Thank you i took my character with no color with color thank you so much!!!
awesome
Thank you
happy to help 👍
bro keep making cool stuff and useful videos. It realy help me a lot😀🙏
Thanks, will do!
Aw ty 😂❤
No problem 👍
Thats so easy to color with digital tool
try it and you will see...
My character is purple and yellow and I find this to be so helpful
haha happy to hear that
The way i color my characters is that i imagine what colors they would like and what they would and wouldn't wear.
interesting 🤔
@@LucasPeinador it adds a lot of extra personality. I usually add a reason why they like the color whether, the character knows why or not. Like it could be the first color they remembered from their childhood, maybe because someone important to them gave them something in that color, maybe it was thwir first crushes eyes? Anything can make a character have a favorite color, and once i have the main color i can build in complimenting colors or just create a color pallette with different colors that compliment their fav color!
Thank you it was really helpful 👍✨️
Glad it was helpful!
Inappropriate art but useful way for learning anatomy!
Thank you so much 😀
He didn't want to wait for thirst traps so he drew his own
haha
I've seen some characters with 2 main colors representing them
yep that is it 👍
I use bright orange to be the skin color because it looks like it
Awesome
i only use colors instead of skin colors
I’ve done this for a heccing while. Not even knowing wth I was doing, just thinking “oh this looks nice”
That is great, you are a natural 👍
great tip :D thank you!!!
Happy to help
I’m an artist who has a very simple style with zero knowledge of this but I still manage to use complementary colours correctly. My Birb character is blue and orange and there are many other examples of this.
haha 👍
Also try to lower the saturation of the complementary color if you think they are clashing
That's cool 👍 thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks this helps a lot
Glad it helped
HE KNEW WHAT HE WS SOING WITH THE SOUND
what?
@@LucasPeinador nvm