shading colour tips

nocturnenebula:

bravestghost:

hey yall its me the Art Momā„¢ to help you shade pretty

rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD.Ā 

  • red– shade with a slightly darker shade of purple
  • orange– slightly darker and more saturated shade of red
  • yellow– i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach
  • green– shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal
  • blue– shade with purple
  • purple– a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)
  • pink– darker shade of red
  • white– a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??
  • black– okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol
  • grey– a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)
  • brown– slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red

aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!

If you’re a visual learner…

I made some Balls of Colour to go with Art Mom™’s post:

princeanxious:

princesscolumbia:

tf2humbug:

tomatomagica:

secretsivekept:

dragonofdarknesschaos:

lazysmirk:

Just in case you forget this exists.

It exists.

With those ā€œwhen you want to design a character but you don’t know color theoryā€ posts flying around I thought this would be relevant again.

SLAMs THE REBLOG BUTTON

there’s also CoolorsĀ website that gives you randomized palettes!

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Don’t forget ColourLovers, either! It’s a social media-esque site where you can browse tons of palettes and share your own.

You can browse the most popular ones or search for certain colors, themes, and even specific hex codes!

When you find one you like, you can download a wallpaper swatch of it and also select the specific colors it uses to look at more palettes that use those same ones.

ColourLovers is my go-to for when I’m having trouble coming up with a color scheme! It’s also been around for over a decade, so there’s plenty to browse through.

I do love me a good color palet.

Aaa yes these websites are gr8 šŸ’›šŸ’›šŸ’›

sarahbennet:

ishipitlikeups:

ipomoeaj:

adamazur:

ā€œVictorian Velociraptor with Violets.ā€ Acrylic and liquid gold leaf on Rives BFK. Made by Adam Mazur.Ā 

ā€œMOTHER WHY HASN’T THE DUKE CALLED AGAIN?ā€

Someone painted this.

Someone out there sat down and said that they were going to paint this.

Somebody planned this out and then did it.

What a time to be alive.

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS FUCKING THING FOR MONTHS