#The hue the colors

[moonilit]

They are not leaving my brainn

[tofupixel]

⭐ Pixel Art Fundamentals - Hue Shifting

This technique is not uniquely specific to pixel art, but it's a very common term to hear when starting out watching those "dos and don'ts" videos. So what is hue shifting?

Hue shifting basically means to change the hue when making your shade darker or lighter. In this context, 'hue' = colour!

You may hear 'you need to hue shift more' when getting feedback on your art, but what does that mean really? Here are some examples:

We can see even with just a bit of hue shifting, we have quite a different vibe for each drawing. In warm / daylight settings, no hue shifting can sometimes look a bit muddy or grey.

If we swap the image to grayscale, you can see that they look much the same:

As long as the hue shifted colours have a brightness that makes sense, they usually will work. You can get quite wacky with it.

But is hue shifting always good? Not necessarily.

Below is some of my art where I intentionally didn't hue-shift at all. You can see it gives them an uncanny, digital, or photographic kind of look. As always, techniques are about your intention, or personal style.

I recommend trying different hue shifting methods! I especially love to use a cool blue or teal for the lighter shades.

Thanks for reading and I hope this helped a little! Have fun with it!!

⭐ Read my full pixel art guide here!

[evil-cryptile]

I forgive him for being french on account of swag

[canisalbus]

Forgive me if this comes across as strange, but I really enjoy the rich color you use for blood in your drawings. It's great for contrast against Machete's otherwise pale complexion, but it also really conveys the blood's vitality - it makes it feel alive and living, warm, even. That color, and all your art, really, is vibrant and full of life, enough so that it challenges the negative associations of death and injury that blood conveys. I just wish poor Machete had more of it inside him than outside

Thank you! I've never thought about it from that angle.

I know that realistically I should color the blood darker, maybe with a more maroon tint, but the visual intensity of vivid scarlet is just irresistable to me I guess. The excuse I tell myself is that in Machete's case, his white fur naturally provides the lightest possible background for that blood to sit on, maximizing the brightness and vibrancy it has to offer.

This is beside the point but I've also understood that anemia can affect the color of your blood if severe enough, but I'm not a medical professional so I can't really verify how visible that is to a naked eye. Not having enough hemoglobin makes it look diluted in a way.

[the-oc-king]

You know how most people in the Transcendental Cha Cha Cha Yaoi Club comment on how inherently ridiculous it is that the most generic and average human man would be able to attract what's probably one of the most powerful and musically-skilled cosmic entities in the multiverse and potentially The Void itself as well? I think we should explore that idea more, have some fun with it

[gomzdrawfr]

Nik and Ghost...NikGhost? *nods*

based on @on-a-lucky-tide about Nik Olympic press Ghost

[martyryo]

Exotic birds discovered to be real founders of illegal aviary fight clubs scattered around zoos

[lahartea]

I just want them to be happy T_T

[dixidin]

Today's gender is 'vintage' music artists posters

[bixels]

I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

[wasyago]

i imagine it's quite chilly in the black sea (for the lack of sun and color), so they're wearing slightly warmer clothes now uwu

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[vikab]

alt color for funsies

[miifu666]

Has Wukong ever taken Sulkha out on a romantic date? If so, how’d it go?

Hello !!♡

Yes he has! Throughout his journey, he learnt his mistakes and made a better date each time.

Usually they both spend time with each other just basking and spending quality time, some might call it a date but they dont really consider it as one. A date is moreso when a big thing has been planned by one of the two, thats what they call a date.

Their first ever "date" that the two agreed upon is when Wukong accidentally dragged Suklha to the cavern where she got ambushed by a previous lover. Traumatized her a lil. She gave him a chance and continued the date on a nearby meadow eating his beautifully chopped up fruits. They shared stupid stories they experienced during this.

Well Wukong didn't know it. Despite being her stalker for awhile. This was early on their relationship.

[toffeebrews]

Doing something I have been meaning to do for months

Drawing a bunch of different alternates of Color

Original Color is by @/superyoumna

Mirrorverse Color by @the-cactus-taco

The Cat Cafe Color by @ask-the-cat-cafe

BSSMP color by @bad-sanses-smp

Static Hue by @ossiethegreat

(if anything inaccurate i apologize in advance)

[verenvuoto]

Kokichi is doing the AoT thing, you know the one, it's under the cut.

Oh also I did some redesigns here for funsies

[discarded-replica]

Thank u for liking my Morro design. Here is more of her

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