#my color theory is shit

[sokarys]

I usually don't paint anything but I bought Rebelle 5 and it's so good. Painting practice with my headcanon of Malevolent Arthur's appearance in S1 as a first contact with the software.

[clouvu]

Desiderium

[raprockcity]

ok well brown w blue shading is soooo cool. Ok. I luv color theory

[snackugaki]

[becauseimanicequeen]

I previously wrote about the purple and yellow in Wandee Goodday and how these two complementary colors symbolized parts of Dee and Yak's personalities that complement each other.

To nerd out about color theory a bit more, though...

As I mentioned in the previous post, complementary colors (also called contrasting colors) complement each other well and create high impact and contrast when put close to each other.

(Just look at that purple on Dee's gloves against the yellow surrounding him. Both colors pop, perhaps the purple more so since everything else, except Dee, is yellow.)

However, when contrasting colors are mixed together, they cancel each other out and turn gray.

In other words, when this scene came up...

Considering what happened in the scene and considering both of them were wearing gray (which, to be fair, they had been doing at the gym ever since Dee signed up for classes, but anyway)...

This ice queen lost her shit.

Let me tell you why...

This whole 4th episode was basically about Dee and Yak's deepening feelings for each other (or trying to understand/being confused about those deepening feelings).

In a previous scene when Yak practiced what he would say to Taem to confess his feelings for her, he wore (as @respectthepetty calls it) Dee's fake blue while Dee was wearing Yak's yellow. They are, kind of, already exchanging colors (because blue + red = purple, and purple = Dee).

However, Dee noticed his own feelings (and his jealousy) in that scene and continued to feel the jealousy when Taem showed up at the gym. I mean, the man couldn't focus on what he was doing...

Interestingly, the confusion in Dee (and Yak) intensifies in this scene...

They're in the gray shirts (surrounded by what can pass off as different values of gray on the walls, pillows, comforter, etc.), after they have already (kind of) exchanged their colors, but they're confused about the colors, and are trying to kid themselves that there are no feelings involved between them, even though it's palpable...

These dumbasses (very affectionately).

When purple and yellow are mixed together, it becomes gray, and that was the perfect color for them in this scene when they were confused about their feelings (and about their colors).

My faith in the creators of Wandee Goodday is so strong that I'm willing to bet that it was intentional.

[harleybird]

Before the Dead Boys remove the Sprites from Niko, everything is jumbled and mixed up in her head. So once they’re gone and her hair goes white, Dunsmore wanted to keep her feeling very clean in monochromatic outfits for the rest of the season. She extensively collaborated with the hair and makeup team on Niko’s looks, giving them little pieces of her costume to use. “They always asked me about her nails, like, what color is she wearing? That was so fun,” says Dunsmore.  Every color Niko wears is inspired by what’s happening in that episode, from the green post-Sprite exodus to blue when she’s feeling sad. Niko only wears a white look, with nods to her Japanese heritage, in the finale as a reset. The charms on her Obi belt represent the colors she’s worn all season. - BY TARA BITRAN AND SAMANTHA NELSON

Dead Boy Detectives | Niko Sasaki + Color/Outfits

[vampire-gummys]

Them 💛🧡>>>>>>>>

Ref in which I assume is under the cut

(@/nikoco_11 on Twitter)

[gh0stb00-13]

This drawing has been sitting in W.I.P purgatory for days cause I don’t like to color. Anyway it’s done now yippee.

[lil-gingerbread-queen]

Later, Bruce finds him climbing the cave to join the bats.

[uncanny-tranny]

Something I always wonder with the whole: "The lazy populous doesn't want to work!" is if it's only being said to keep minimum wage at the very, very lowest end of 'survivability.'

The "lazy worker" isn't truly a problem. The employers are.

[chessb0r3d]

I know you're the one who said it's you with dirkjohn but it really really is. I've never seen someone at your level

I know right? Haha... Thanks...

I got... I got the dirkjohn autism yeah......

[no1ryomafan]

One thing I appreciate about G Gundam it’s illustrated that you can still make something look visually appealing without every scene be heavily shaded or shaded at all, a lot of weekly animes back then lacked shading but something about G just pulls it off- now I just wish I could figure out HOW to do that for my own art cause I hate shading 🤡

[furbyobsessedpup]

normalize posting absolute ass art because not all art is stereotypical pinterest worthy well colored fully rendered art

[dulcebot]

DON'T GIVE ME IDEASSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and when hiraeth releases their final mini album before a year long hiatus or more so poppy can focus in her health + kaia can do her own things + yvan can do musicals and do whatever projects they want because in the dulceverse yvan will be glinda for wicked instead of ari bc i can do whatever i want this is my silly universe and i can do whatever but two months in and vivi's rent is due and the lights are flickering and the eviction notice is at the front door and none of the girls are answering her calls despite them being together at poppy's vacay home in lake como so she had ONE chance and ONE dream she had NO OTHER CHOICE so she got out a dusty and retired angel of the season project and got these three talented girls from diff companies that she's been eyeing to be hiraeths little sister unit and it's all fun and games until the new girlies don't do good because there will never be another hiraeth / another kaia poppy and yvan and they have a lot to carry on their shoulders even during predebut and there's a lot of self doubts and hesitance and insecurity and tension between vivi and even themselves and it becomes a really big problem where they don't stand each other or just refuse to understand each other and it will be a story of them slowly becoming and understanding that they are their own person, either alone or together as they try to carry on a legacy even when they are not hiraeth they are THEMSELVES!

LORE SPEAKING they were born / created by "mother" the exact day each seasonal angels broke their own loop by eating their forbidden fruit = giving into temptation and they are little angels who were born to parallel hiraeth as hiraeth weren't "pure" anymore but ffs the little sisters wanted to be like them wtf....... and then they were left behind in celestias castle or palace i don't remember what it was and they hold some kind of grudge because why did they leave and not us?! why did they not took us with them?! but eventually hiraeths doctrine cult like messages gets to them and they are not ready to break their loop but instead they start shaking things up in celestia's castle palace whatever and being a pain in the ass for "mother" because they are sharing to other angels that they could be and do more outside mothers doctrine and this even makes the little sisters realize that they are their own person/angel and they are not the seasonal aengels as much as mother wanted them to be and maybe they start their own "cult" and its not like "mother" can force them to leave celestia because they are perfect w no sins!

[repugnantbeast]

Started color this last night after I drank vodka mixed with monster energy :)

[becauseimanicequeen]

I've used a lot of purple in my work today, and some yellow, and it got me thinking about Wandee Goodday (tell me I'm obsessed with Wandee Goodday without telling me I'm obsessed with Wandee Goodday, lol)...

Purple and yellow are contrasting colors (also called complementary colors) because they are on opposite sides of the color wheel. Contrasting colors are the definition of "opposites attract" when it comes to color because they are completely different but complement each other very well. When placed next to each other (or, as in my profession, somewhere within the confines of the same canvas), it creates high impact and contrast. They pop.

So, what does that tell me about Yak and Dee in Wandee Goodday? That their contrasts complement each other.

Dee (purple) is more mysterious and (let's be honest) a bit cold. Yak (yellow) is more clear/direct and warm.

Dee enjoys luxury. I mean, neon lights (at least the quality stuff) are expensive and we've seen how much he likes neon lights.

Yak seems to enjoy the simpler things in life like just being around the people he likes and having fun with dressing up in different costumes.

(I could be wrong about this, though, considering he can, somehow, get his hands on all those costumes and props he uses to disguise himself when he goes to Dee's place. Maybe that's a very expensive hobby/kink he has, lol.)

Anyway...

What's interesting about purple and yellow, in particular, is that they also have overlapping traits, and (not so) surprisingly, so do Dee and Yak.

Purple (Dee) is associated with wisdom while yellow (Yak) is associated with intelligence. But even with this overlapping trait, Dee and Yak's wisdom/intelligence is different and complementary.

Dee is a doctor and it has surely taken him a lot of studying to get to where he is now. The kind of intelligence he uses every day (because of his work) is scientific and analytical.

Yak's intelligence is, I would say, more of an intuitive and emotional kind. He took what Taem said about people not always being able to be strong, saw it in Dee, and was able to empathize with it.

Even though they're both wise/intelligent, they are so in their own ways.

(Yes, Dee shows empathy for his patients as well, but I feel like he lacks some of the other aspects of EI at the moment, like self-regulation, for example.)

Another interesting aspect of purple and yellow is that purple is the color on the color wheel that's closest in value to black while yellow is the color closest in value to white.

In other words, purple is the color on the color wheel that reflects the least amount of light while yellow is the color that reflects the most.

Even though black and white and purple and yellow have different qualities and symbolism, the contrast between dark and light is there in both pairs.

Black is often associated with the night while purple is associated with mystery (one of the reasons being that pure purple is so dark it was likened to the evening/night in the past). White is often associated with light while yellow is (in the West) associated with the sun. In Thailand, yellow is associated with Mondays, and Mondays are associated with the moon (the light in the night sky).

With this in mind, it could be that Yak (yellow) is coming into Dee's (purple) life to shine some light.

There was that hint (in the 3rd episode) of a car accident that (most likely) took Dee's parents' lives. Considering what we saw in that flash of his memory, he saw them dead. Whether he was in the car with them or not doesn't matter, the trauma was evidently deep either way.

While I don't believe in other people being able (or having the responsibility) to heal your trauma (you have to work on that yourself), Yak might still be able to give Dee some light through another perspective on life. Perhaps to work less (so he'll have the time to change the lightbulbs, lol) and make more time for fun and play (like their FWB relationship).

With the whole contrast in values between purple and yellow, combined with the reasons they're in this FWB/fake boyfriend relationship, I also feel like Dee might end up hurting Yak.

Yak seems to be the one who is mostly into this FWB/fake boyfriend relationship and it feels like that because he wants to be there (he clearly likes Dee). Dee, on the other hand, is mostly in it for his own personal gain (at first to prove that he isn't vanilla and then to show Ter and the gossipy idiots at the hospital that he’s not into Ter).

And let's not forget that he likes to win...

And will probably do whatever it takes to win over Ter (since he admitted that winning at all costs is a bad habit he has).

The question is how much Dee will hurt Yak on the way to winning (because I'm pretty sure Dee will win the scholarship) and how far he will go before he realizes what he's doing/what he's done and what Yak actually means to him.

Eventually, though, Dee will realize his feelings because I'm sure he will see the light that Yak has brought into his life (literally and figuratively).

Anyway, that was my rant about color. I'll shut up now...