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needstogetaliife

shading colour tips

bravestghost

hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty

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

  • 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!!

gamesbynick

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ THIS!!!! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Coincidentally, I already use these exact techniques. I think these shades really help make colors pop!

As a bonus, I always stray away from coloring with any pure blacks or greys. Heavily desaturated blues, teals, and browns do the job better, IMO.

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Save the color black for outlines if you want a real “comic” look. Stay away from coloring with black or grey until you draw something that’s 100% absent of light (black) or 100% absent of color (grey). When you finally use those colors for their intended themes, they’ll have a greater effect.

maltocy

This is nice when the colors are solo, put them together and you’ll get a rainbow shade bomb. The shading of an overall picture should more or less be the same color, otherwise the lighting in the picture will look all in all somewhat odd; i.e. if the surrounding objects and overall lighting/shading is blue, you should use blue to shade and not red. It also depends on the darkness of the picture itself, you shouldnt shade white with a really light lavandar if everything else is really dark.

needstogetalife-butcrona

alrighty, i have some easy tips if you wanna avoid “rainbow shade bomb.”

so after you have all your base colors down, an easy way to shade is to use layer modes, mainly multiply if you’re using digital. All you have to do is make a layer above all your base colors and set it to multiply. Multiply makes things very dark, so choose a light color. If you want the colors to be cool, choose a very pale blue or purple or whatever. Just don’t do grey or black. If you find that you don’t like the color you used, use ctrl+u to bring up the hue and saturation window and there, you can change the colors to your heart’s content until you find something you like. 

Easy, right? This is for basic shading, and it easily gives you a nice cohesive color scheme. Further tweaking and rendering is recommended, but for something simple, this works just fine. 

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