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bixels · 8 months

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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!]

#not art #dungeon meshi #rant #i'm someone who can get obsessive over colors in my own art #will stare at the screen adjusting hues/saturation for hours #luckily i've gotten faster at color picking #but yeah modern anime's color design is saddening to me. the general trend leans towards white/grey desaturated palettes #simply because they're easier to pick digitally #this is not the colorists fault mind you. the anime industry's problems are also labor problems. artists are severely underpaid #and overworked. colorists literally aren't paid enough to do their best #there isn't a “creative drought” in the anime industry. this trend is widespread across studios purely BECAUSE it's not up to individuals #until work conditions improve anime will unfortunately continue to miss its fullest potential visually #don't even GET ME STARTED ON THE USE OF POST-PROCESSING FILTERS AND LIGHTING IN ANIME THOUGH #SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK. I HATE LENS FLARES I HATE GRADIENT SHADING I HATE CHROMATIC ABBERATION AND BLUR

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kimtaegis · 2 months

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heartthrob cr. namuspromised (old version)

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canisalbus · 30 days

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I did a little pixel headshot of Vasco! I was originally planning on doing it for artfight but I ran out of time and motivation, so here it is now. I'm a little out of practice with canine faces, and I find drawing gradients in pixels difficult, but overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out

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#!!!!#tiny pixel Vasco!#I've never tried doing pixel art but I'm under the impression that it's harder than it looks #I can imagine gradients being time consuming to get right #his markings look great here! the colors are spot on #I think I'm seeing even the subtle lighter yellow under his eyes #the light sky blue background compliments the warm golden hues of his fur beautifully #thank you!#gift art #darkflamethedragondame #Vasco #own characters #big dark puppy eyes

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decamarks · 9 months

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Made this for the Neopets beauty contest last week! And then it got removed, due to 3D renders not being allowed...?! (I'm still impressed at myself for getting it >75kb, as per the extremely ’90s ruleset.)

#my art #3D art #neopets #grundo #Tested out Blender's new light linking in this!! The eye highlights are an example of it in action ^_^#Also: this piece was incredibly inspired by some VERY old renders of a Robot Kacheek made by a user in 2003! (Older than I am...)#I need to get a hold of Bryce 3D sometime soon. Old ray-tracing and reflections how I adore you...#God I had to shift the hue like 3 degrees purple to get this to post. What is wrong with this website.

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spearxwind · 2 months

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Happy 10th birthday to Cercerion!

OUGHHH UR RIGHT CERCIE IS 10 YEARS OLD NOW !!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY BOY BELOVEDEST DID NOTHING WRONG EVER IN HIS WHOLE LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#ALSO IM RLY HAPPY HIS OLD DESIGN IS NOW MUCH OLDER THAN HIS FIRST DESIGN WOAH!!!!!!#since i drew the old one SO MUCH back in 2014 i remembered it as being so super prevalent. that when i changed his head shape a couple year #it took a while to get used to the not boxy head but god it was so much more fun to draw the beak. and now its the standard #and it makes me rly happy fr fr. i actually thought i changed his design like only 2 years ago but it was SIX YEARS WHAT!! HOW TIME FLIES..#ask #cercerion #SORRY I JJST WANTED TO REPOST ALL OF THESE #omg dude this also means u and i have known each other for 10 years thats CRAZY #this photoset is so funny its like he went from being :D to being >:U over the years but i assure you now hes more chill than before #HIS COLORS HAVE NOT CHANGED FOR EIGHT YEARS ALSO WHATTTTT i just chose the perfect hues forever #sobbing and crying i love this guy so much #i dont show him online a lot or at least i didnt as muhc until recently but hes always in my brain #cercerion may as well be a part of my soul at this point #HAPPYU TENTH BIRTHDAY CERCIE I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BLOWING KISSES INTO A HURRICANE FOR U #windyart #sure ill put it in my tag. this is literally my art

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carnivalcarriondiscarded · 1 year

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A cold winter day, and for some reason Howdy is unusually fluffy and Barnaby loves it

NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND i think about them w/ winter coats So Fucking Much its not even funny-

#FLUFF² #double the fluff... double the fruitiness...#them separately: ugh i hate having a winter coat its too warm & sheds horrible #them when they see each other: omg winter coat 💘💘💘💘🥺🥺🥺🥺🤌🤌🤌🤌#perfect for huddling up outside to keep warm <3 #and ignore how uncomfortable it'd be when they go inside #they're standing across the room from each other mutually like 'i love you but youre too warm rn'#but step back outside? glued together babeyyyyyyyy #rambles from the bog #scribble salad #laughingstock #i feel like their colors change slightly too...#i imagine howdy's green is more blue-leaning than its normal yellow-leaning hue #and barnaby has a tinge of purple to his blue #i imagine that they're constantly like 'omg youre so soft... omg youre so plush.... omg youre so cozy... omg youre so handsome... omg-'#anyway this was an Excellent warmup thank you!!!!#and a great excuse to finally scribble them Fluffier!!! thank you!!!!!#k im gonna go have dinner since im starting to get lightheaded & rewatch some SW:Rebels uhhhhh enjoy enjoy!!

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maple-and-pie · 1 year

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feeling better again! Thank you all for the get well wishes ❤️

#hue eevee #hue of the day #thank you all for the get well wishes #my art

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sully-s · 8 months

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Psst If you have blank walls in your home you could just put a bunch of Superman art up clearly it's your thing.

He doesn't quite fit in my aesthetic... Now Clark would.

#No those empty frames are not to be trendy there to annoy me so much that I'll get off my ass and make art for them.#about me #My home #Q&A #I actually have a picture I'm working on that has Superman in it for my main wall #I mean I do love drawing Sups in birgth hues which would clash but to make the peice in the right value range and you can it work lol.

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terranceholdsapencil · 5 months

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Super quick shigaraki I drew today in celebration of season 7

#bnha #mha #my hero academia #mha fanart #bnha fanart #bnha season 7 #tomura shigaraki #listen Im not a hater but if they just turned down the saturation or shifted the hue and brightness ever so slightly for that damn blue sky #like I dont want crazy weather I get that its dzy okay #but its difficult to concentrate on the epic thing going on and the characters #when the sky is the most saturated bright blue you could possibly imagine #but also please give the animators a break they need it #and money too #my hero academia fanart

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sunforgrace · 1 year

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sorry about the blood in your mouth

I wish it was mine

“Little Beast” by Richard Siken, Crush | “Despair” Supernatural, Season 15 Episode 18

#sorry to earnest post. on this day #also some of the color correcting made ackles skin look sooo magenta pink. to get rid of those spray tan orange green everywhere hues #however i am going with it because well it kind of looks of Death. and is that not the major theme the vibe at play here <3 when he first #laid a hand on you 12 years to bleed out etc etc. i couldn’t get the boy to kill me but im dead anyway <3

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breezypunk · 1 month

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Random moments between Vaughn & Goro that make them fall in love with each other a little more 10/?

"When I lived in Yucca for a brief moment, right before moving to night city, I always looked up at those mountains and wondered what it'd be like to reach the top. I managed to do just that quite a few times actually. When I say it's magical up there, I fuckin' mean it. The wind blows so gently.. the air whistles softly.. The quiet.. almost too quiet, but the type of quiet I crave. It's the type of place to bring someone you love to get away from it all, an escape from civilization. You'd leave a changed person, you'd leave with a healthier relationship. I encourage it, you'll find peace." - Vaughn ♥︎

Random moments series: 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 +

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medicalunprofessional · 9 months

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the obsession

#psychonauts #caligosto loboto #dr loboto #blood cw #nightmaretheater #STARTS SCREAMIJG AND YELLING AND ROLLING AROUND AND DYING #Oops i forgot some. vessels. IGNORE THAT OKAY 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁#Duuudeee i love this brush so much you gotta get more hue variation brushes man its so fun !!!! DUUUDEEE #i feel i need not say much about this #Time on canvas.. Uhhlet me check…#time was 9 hours 30 minutes #Original title ‘autosurgery’#Silly me!! thats not what a scaler is for 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞#i need you all to look at this i feel insane this is probably my best work yet

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floweroflaurelin · 2 years

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Huevember day 3: Angel of Vengeance ✨🗡

I know it’s been months since Afterlife but listen,,, Angel!Scott was such an iconic look!!! I’m pretty sure I’ve painted this skin more times that it appeared in episodes but still. I’m a sucker for anything gold and shiny 🤩🤩🤩

#huevember #huevember 2022 #scott smajor #scott smajor fanart #angel scott #afterlife smp #alsmp #alsmp scott smajor #dangthatsalongname #smajor1995 #floweroflaurelin art #mcyt #mcyt fanart #mcytblr #this will be the only piece that is black & white + the relevant colour #other people of course can do that method! I know a lot of people do #but for me personally it feels like a cop out. like I want to make paintings where the hue du jour is there on purpose #like I want the colour to matter. I don’t want to make a piece where you can colour shift it to any colour and it doesn’t matter #ie today’s colour is yellow so I’m painting sunflowers #this piece gets an exception because it’s specifically inspired by artists like Yoann Lossel who work in graphite and gold leaf!!#so in that way it does matter! you could decide to colour shift it to blue but it won’t mean the same thing. that matters to me.

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canisalbus · 10 months

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Hi!! I don't know if anyone has drawn this before (sorry if they have!! I couldn't find any evidence of it) but I have recently been plagued with the question of "what if Machete and Vasco were in Bluey?"

Well. Now we know.

To my knowledge, the only Bluey dogs who wear clothes are the ones in uniforms. TECHNICALLY Machete's outfit could count, but I left it out because it's not typical of a main character. He must be naked 😔

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#oh GEEZ they're so cute uaugh #no you're the first to make this crossover!#once someone told me that my dogs and Bluey could exist in the same universe #and even though I'm getting my Bluey lore from second hand sources I think that might be correct and feasible #so you know #take that and eat it with your breakfast #it's great how it's almost justified to let Machete keep his outfit but in the end he must be naked 😔#while everyone is on board with Vasco wearing only a smile #like yeah that tracks he doesn't seem to mind #I like how you managed to translate Vasco's gradients to a form that works with the art style #including the lighter chest/abdomen #also maybe this is an odd thing to say but I suddenly realized how monochrome they are #like their designs have very little contrast and are essentially just different hues of a same color #weird moment to notice that #thank you! this was so sweet #they're adorable #gift art #stafell #own characters #Machete #Vasco #I had sort of a rough day so this cheered me up a lot #cw needles #I had to go get blood tests done and this specific lab person had been really heavyhanded with me before so I asked her to be gentle #and she jabbed the needle into a nerve and I full on screamed in pain and sweated and shook and passed out for a couple of seconds #worst medical experience this far I never knew routine stuff like that could potentially hurt so immensely #I've never been scared of needles before and that has been sort of a point of pride for me #like at least I can do this one unpleasant thing effortlessly #but now I'm just terrified of that happening again #been feeling really weird/exhausted/nauseous all day and the arm still feels weak and tingly so I'm going to bed early tonight

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nafohcnis · 6 months

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MORE J.D i have umm a bit. this is old too. I know no more perfectionist J.D anymore... But umm what. ever... he's still working on it.

#THE SECOND PANEL IS SO FUCKED UP cuz my pen messed up so i just started going cray #he's freaking oyt..#ths is unfortunately based on something i did #I volunteer to help decorate and i get really like. OK IS IT THAT HARD TO LINE UP THE CIELING LANTERNS WITH EACHOTHER.#and these poor girls were like “i can help! You don't have to do it by yourself!” and i was like nooo its okay!!!#because i KNEW as soon as they were done i was gonna redo everything they did... MY BAD... ITS LIKE THERES STATIC IN MY HEAD UNTIL I FIX IT #ths is a pretty old drawing too. i think i drew it sometime jan-feb??#john dory #trolls john dory #trolls #dw trolls #dreamworks trolls #I drew this while sitting out during my gyms swim unit cuz i forgot my stuff at home #'s super messy cuz i drew ths pressing the paper to my leg #i like hue shifting these pictures a little bit

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fefairys · 1 year

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ourugh.. woman...

#undertale #undyne #undyne the undying #undyne undertale #i colorpicked the base colors and then slid the hue slider to -15 and i REALLY like it #scribbles #eye strain #maybe?#anyways just trying to get her body type down..#cuz like you would think shed be RIPPED but her non armor sprite is like. noodly. like its a comedic thing almost #but i want her to have SOME muscle but not be like INSANELY SHREDDED #idk

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