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Pft, I don't even know if this will be helpful. Let's see what I left out... >_> Use dramatic colors! Soft colors are hard to see and barely even make a difference compared to flat shading. Never, ever use colors close to gray or black! Makes your character look like that threw themselves in a pile of dirt. Look at actual photographs to see where shading goes! (don't use my doodles for a reference for that since I just slapped crappy shading on. >_> If you do, you have been warned... Do that at your own risk.) Using Photoshop helps enhance your colors! : D It's good to use, though in this instance I didn't, of course. This is for PaintTool Sai, but Color-Wheels are in just about every program so you can probably still use it if you don't have Sai.
Sorry this tutorial is so crowded. ._. I did it in a rush too. Don't be afraid to comment or message me in a note if you have more questions.
I'm also sorry if this tutorial was completely pointless and useless. :iconlazycryplz:
And if it wasn't insightful enough, I'll try to make a more useful one.
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*Natalie02 Jun 27, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Ohh this is useful, thank you!! :la:
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=TheComicStream Jun 27, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Glad you liked it. :la:
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*Natalie02 Jun 27, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Yay! Cos my colouring is improving slowly, but it should improve a lot with this chart!! :thumbsup::D
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=TheComicStream Jun 27, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
:thumbsup: Coloring is tricky, but with time you learn to love it and with that passion your improvement starts to pile up as well. I used to hate it, but I practiced anyway, now I enjoy it a lot. :iconmeowdanceplz:
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*Natalie02 Jun 27, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I find it troubling if it takes over about 2 hours, as I'm like "ahhhh when will this endddd?" :XD:
And I hope so :la: Thanks for the llama badge too, I'll give ya one back!!
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=TheComicStream Jun 27, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thank you! :la: And thanks for the watch as well. :D
My paintings usually take 2 days to a week. Depending on how detailed they are. ^^; LOL. So I know the feeling!
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*Natalie02 Jun 27, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Your welcome, and wow 2 days o.o
I rarely paint, I'm a photoshop geek :heart:
When I did paint in art (I finished my school course a few months ago) I managed to paint the back of my leg somehow... I have no idea how... :XD:
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=TheComicStream Jun 27, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I meant digital paintings. =] (I don't use Photoshop, though. I like Sai. :heart: )
But yes, traditional paint gets everywhere! It is faster for me, though. I'm not as good as it, but I do have some acrylic paintings I can't scan right now. I lost my disk. =[
I used to do watercolors... but I find that acrylics are easier in some aspects. I like to paint over mistakes too much. You can't do that with watercolor. But if done right, acrylics can give you a similar look to watercolors. Not exact, but similar. :la:
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~Tuttie Apr 22, 2012  Student
I disagree! Colour is always decided by light, and something as varied and flexible of skin can't be decided within a single hue range - understanding lighting and how colours blend together is key for good rendering. Something that helps a lot is taking a look at photography lighting guides. It helps you to understand how (and when) things like rim light happen and how reflective and non-reflective surfaces bounce light.

just my 2 cents.
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=TheComicStream Apr 22, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
P: Hm. Good point, but this guide isn't meant to be as in-depth as that. xD I just made this to help people kind of understand the basic points of shading, since it took me forever to understand what color would look good on top of another. This isn't for the dynamic effects of different lighting.
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