#color adjustments

[mink-thedrawingresearcher]

Alternative Color Versions of my artwork “Overgrowth” Which one is your favorite?

[ruushes]

i HAVE been working on this ive just been fighting it for my fucking life but i think ive finally got it to the point i can work on finishing ��

[dooanuh]

eons-old angelic being receives carabiner from local dyke (not clickbait)

[deep-space-lines]

IT'S FINALLY FUCKING DONE. I'M FINALLY FREE

UNTIL FRAUD COMES OUT

Tumblr shrinks it down pretty bad so please. please. I am begging you. look at the full sized image and zoom in. This art piece made my friends worried for my mental health I need someone to witness the amount of detail and effort I put into this

also the original sketch under the cut bc I think comparing them is really funny

[loserifer]

short comic im working on about lucifer's meeting with heaven because i love seeing him suffer >:)

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[isjasz]

[Day 359]

Let the show begin

[salamispots]

something something giant isopod sharing is caring pass the detritus

inprnt

[heynhay]

☀️🏞️🌿☁️

[time-slink]

<3

[sirshiba]

screenshot redraw !!

(s1e02, the legend of the gobblewonker)

[computerexploder]

Mark Ryden x Paul Frank “Meat Purse”

[mink-thedrawingresearcher]

Alternative Color Versions of my artwork “Adrietty”, fan art of both Arrietty and the singer Adriana Figueroa. Which one is your favorite?

[kabukiaku]

la seine x terzomega 🤍🖤✨ + bonus 'black swan' colors

[funsizedcrow]

Link is Hylia's specialist little boy (this is not a good thing for him)

(stills under the cut)

[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!]

[remxedmoon]

boo! old woman jumpscare

greyscale vers below!