Pixel Joint Forum: choosing palette and using colors

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moondrome
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Topic: choosing palette and using colors
Posted: 12 June 2012 at 1:41am

I like this B/W sketch here, but the coloring process makes me mad

where should I start from? is there some tips and tricks?

Edited by moondrome - 12 June 2012 at 2:11am

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Posted: 12 June 2012 at 4:15am

ooh, I really like where this is going, and I always really like your line art, but are you gonna finish and refine the line art first? I'd do that before worrying about the coloring!

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moondrome
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Posted: 12 June 2012 at 8:03am

Originally posted by Frost Butt

ooh, I really like where this is going, and I always really like your line art, but are you gonna finish and refine the line art first? I'd do that before worrying about the coloring!

thank you Frost Butt. the line art comes always easy and in a really short time, but I can spend hours trying to work with colors and still be very disappointed

this is my attempt to put some colors . I've also rotated the canvas to draw the face, and it doesn't look bad imao. what do you think?

last update, not bad after all but I feel

I need to stop for today

Edited by moondrome - 12 June 2012 at 2:44pm

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moondrome
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Posted: 13 June 2012 at 7:07am

added some detail to the hands. not sure about the walls in the background. I want to keep them minimal but there's still something I could do to make them better

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Posted: 13 June 2012 at 7:12am

Watch your lightsource on the ticketstub, you could maybe add arches to the walls or something, just to cast a shadow and break it up a bit. Also I'm not sure about the table, seems it would be lighter towards the man's elbow and darker behind his hands.

Also the lightshafts don't really work, light is more like a wide beam, broken up by the guys shadow.

Edited by beef_x - 13 June 2012 at 7:14am

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moondrome
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Posted: 15 June 2012 at 4:31am

walls are still there waiting to be finished :/

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moondrome
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Posted: 13 August 2012 at 12:13pm

it's been a long time since the last time I pixelled something... so i decided to edit this not finished piece. I desaturated the colors and changed the background, so now it looks more like a library or server room. I don't know.

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moondrome Midshipman Joined: 20 January 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 81	Topic: choosing palette and using colors Posted: 12 June 2012 at 1:41am
	I like this B/W sketch here, but the coloring process makes me mad where should I start from? is there some tips and tricks? Edited by moondrome - 12 June 2012 at 2:11am
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Friend Commander Joined: 02 July 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 552	Posted: 12 June 2012 at 4:15am
	ooh, I really like where this is going, and I always really like your line art, but are you gonna finish and refine the line art first? I'd do that before worrying about the coloring!
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moondrome Midshipman Joined: 20 January 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 81	Posted: 12 June 2012 at 8:03am
	*Originally posted by Frost Butt* ooh, I really like where this is going, and I always really like your line art, but are you gonna finish and refine the line art first? I'd do that before worrying about the coloring! thank you Frost Butt. the line art comes always easy and in a really short time, but I can spend hours trying to work with colors and still be very disappointed this is my attempt to put some colors . I've also rotated the canvas to draw the face, and it doesn't look bad imao. what do you think? last update, not bad after all but I feel I need to stop for today Edited by moondrome - 12 June 2012 at 2:44pm
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moondrome Midshipman Joined: 20 January 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 81	Posted: 13 June 2012 at 7:07am
	added some detail to the hands. not sure about the walls in the background. I want to keep them minimal but there's still something I could do to make them better
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beef_x Seaman Joined: 11 February 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22	Posted: 13 June 2012 at 7:12am
	Watch your lightsource on the ticketstub, you could maybe add arches to the walls or something, just to cast a shadow and break it up a bit. Also I'm not sure about the table, seems it would be lighter towards the man's elbow and darker behind his hands. Also the lightshafts don't really work, light is more like a wide beam, broken up by the guys shadow. Edited by beef_x - 13 June 2012 at 7:14am
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moondrome Midshipman Joined: 20 January 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 81	Posted: 15 June 2012 at 4:31am
	walls are still there waiting to be finished :/
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moondrome Midshipman Joined: 20 January 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 81	Posted: 13 August 2012 at 12:13pm
	it's been a long time since the last time I pixelled something... so i decided to edit this not finished piece. I desaturated the colors and changed the background, so now it looks more like a library or server room. I don't know.
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