Bro my brain just assumed you had like 400k-600k automatically lol. Your tutorials are super helpful and easy to understand you’re criminally underrated man.
3:21 This makes so much sense in retrospect. I love lineart, before I was a digital artist, I studied lineart thoroughly and even can use a g pen really well. And so I've started EVERYTHING with lineart. But it left me not wanting to color at all after. This exercise seems interesting, thank you for the info!
All of my friends are like this and it drives me crazy I'm the dead opposite, I started with digital a couple years ago and I actually am better at color and lighting than my friends who have drawn forever but my sketching and 3d forms understanding are trash ;_; All I wanna do is colorrr but I guess we're just gonna have to practice the stuff that I suck at
i didnt know anything about homestuck till everyone started pointing this out 💀 (and im surprized of the amount of people who know it xD) also np ure welcome 🙏🏻💕
This video actually resonated with my brain super well. Normally I struggle with internalizing art advice given through videos because of how it feels like there's too much information to keep track of, but you've presented this in such a clean, simple way that makes me feel more confident about trying it out! And funny enough, mentioning how doing an original sketch can take all your energy out of coloring is something I've never thought about before and makes SO much sense. On top of that, you've literally provided pictures for people to practice with, that's such an incredibly cool thing for you to do! Very excited to view more from you!
doing my best 💜 thank u so much for all that, ure really geting me exited to make more! also its awesome this resonated with you so much, im glad u liked it :)
This is a great video! I do disagree on some of your main ideas though, i personally think that the point of a color study should not be to perfectly replicate the colors from an image. This only really is going to help you if you are going into hyperrealism of some sorts. With studies your goal shouldnt be to replicate an image, it should be to learn from an image so you can apply these ideas in your other work. With color studies i personally found i began to learn a lot more once i started to focus on color feel above color accuracy, not having perfect colors also will help with your intuition for color. Color feel is focussing on how a color FEELS, for example if you color pick any picture you can see a lot of colors fall into more of a grey area, but in this type of study it helps to try to exaggerate these into what you feel the colors are, instead of what they really are. I honestly think checking colors at all even if its at the end is a bit of a harmful idea, because it makes you lean more into getting the colors "right" instead of actually letting yourself focus on figuring out what makes an image pleasing to the eyes. Say youre thinking of a plein air painter who is going out to paint a tree, what makes this plein air painter a great painter isn't his ability to perfectly replicate the hue and saturation of what he sees in front of him, but his understanding of the color harmony that makes the complete image. You mention color relativity when you talk about why you check colors as you go, I think making mistakes in such a situation can actually be a really good way to learn, because it makes you think of how to still make the full image work with different colors, which is a great excercise. I really like how you mention the practicing is more helpful than just studying endless theory because of the way it makes you think, I think this idea applies to this more freeform way of doing color studies as well, because it brings you more questions, like why does this look so weird if i saturate this color, and why cant i make this sky more of a blueish color for example. Sorry if this rant is a bit of a mess, it's quite late when im writing this haha. But if i had to summarize everything i'd say focussing on accurately replicating colors might be a waste of time, since the importance of an image is the way these colors work together, not the individual colors. This all is still just my opinion of course, everybody has different goals and ways of learning. It's always great to hear people's approach, keep it up!
Yo! Thanks for taking the time to write all that o_o im sure this will be useful for a lot of people! When it comes to the more freeform studies and the "feel" of color im 100% on board exept for one small thing. Expert artists can exaggerate a pose or a perspective shot to accentuate some aspects of it (intention and feel beyond plain realism) same for artstyles and stylization, and i think that's similar to what you explained. To get the most out of this however, a lot of people (me included) believe that it's better to have a "foundation" in realism and know how things work in reality to then bend them and give em our own artistic interpretation with a higher level of expertise. Again, loved your comment and would strongly recommend people to try both approaches :)
This is such good advice, a lot of colour videos are so intimidating even if they appear 'simple'. Most people steer clear of tracing but the point you made about energy made me change my viewpoint. So many days I've sat down to study something specific but wasted my energy completing elements not even related to my study and end up sleeping after hours of sleepy frustration
thank uu 💖💖💖 yeah, efficiency is super important in pretty much any activity plus its easy to get lost sometimes (happens to me too) also try coffee (not my fault if u end up addicted)... (like me)
03:28 this is so real. i've tried understanding how my favorite artists color and, because i'm not posting it anyway, i just trace. i am studying how the colors work, not the lines of it. like how are you going to learn if you're not gonna look
yeah right? :O i mean, focus is a skill and can also be trained by increasingly stretching the periods of concentration, but yeah... when targeting a specific thing its better to focus on just that
Thank you for this fascinating video. Colours is my No 1 enemy, and I often forget how much studies and technique can be translate from traditional to digital. Copying colours from using eyedrops have drawbacks and won't teach alot things like contrast, value, and can mess up colour harmony. I always dreaded in making mistakes but you're right, I'm here to enjoy learning and study art. Not being force upon doing perfect illustration. Satisfaction knowing you can still improve on your next art studies is much better than being stagnant. Practicing and making mistakes for studies purposes is a good lesson so in the future, those experiences can be implemented efficiently on the next illustrations.
color and light by James Gurney is an awesome reference for learning color as well, Not just the theory, but how's and why's of how we can perceive color and paint it accurately, or I should say, artistically
yo man, really loving the art advice. i feel like the only reason i feel like tracing would be a detriment is because it's definitely the internalized shamed that comes with it. sometimes, i feel me forgetting that it's okay to put on the training wheels for a bit and i think other people can possibly relate. anywho, loving the channel man.
Ive been working on this painting of Sam Lake (the leas writer and creative director over at Remedy Entertainment, the face of Max Payne in the first game). I wentin with the clear goal of trying to be loose with my brush strokes, try to guess the colours and values. And going in with this goal-oriented mindset DEF helps. I did make the mistake of trying to sketch his face first, and not tracing it. And what you said about "wasting energy and focus" by doing stuff that isnt a focus of the study DEF rings true for me. Thank you for this video :)
this video was so so well done. i shy away from color a lot but man this was so motivating, especially seeing your improvement and the importance of color. a plus was your incredible art ofc, happy to subscribe to a channel like this
just woke up and this was legit the first comment i saw, you cant possibly imagine how good and motivated i feel right now ❤🔥 thank you for all the kind words, ill make sure to keep delivering quality stuff in the future :)
for me, colour theory has always been a complex topic that only the "masters" can truly understand, but bro turns it out its easy as SHIT i love how more and more people are pushing the ideal of practice and actually drawing/painting and trying stuff being so much more important than studying colour theory cause.....come on how can you get better at volleyball without even holding it in your hands and actually playing?? great video silly black and white guy
Thank you so much!!! I struggle A LOT with colors (I literally did my BA thesis at the Academy of Fine Arts in b/w…) and this tutorial was very helpful! Simple, straight to the point and I dare to say even comforting on many things (like acknowledging the stress of trying to create a new sketch, explaining IN DETAIL how to take each step) HUGE THANKS also for the reference’s folder on Pinterest?? Maybe I’m alone in this but sometimes I spend HOURS searching for reference because they don’t inspire me and I get so stressed and tired that I won’t draw anything, but now I have no more excuses!! Many many thanks man!! 💓💓💓
and thank u for this super sweet comment 💕 really made my day! this vid took me weeks to make and im super happy its reaching and helping this many artists :) ✨
Also colour picking from the reference imagine is not always easy, sometimes it looks wholly different from the picture. Colour studies are truly very fun once you start and now I'm going to pick up my tab and draw while binging all the rest of your videos
About a year ago I managed to actually keep up with doing a tiny color/light study every day. Working without eyedropping is so important, but I would usually just eyedrop the dominant background color first, get that plain block of color down and then do the whole painting rather than checking each one. Worked pretty well! I learned a ton even though I only kept it up for like two weeks and I still feel like I can see those short two weeks in my digital paintings when I (rarely) attempt them these days!
This looks like a fun exercise! Thanks a bunch, especially for the pinterest board, that's the stage where I would've gotten distracted and/or procrastinated instead of looking for a reference. For hours. You're saving lives here, man. This train was headed for disaster, at least after it finished inducing headache and confusion in its passengers by going in circles, and you've managed to redirect it. You are the lever-pulling guy from the trolley problem, it is you. The train in this metaphor is me, and so are the passengers, and so are the guys tied to the tracks btw. So is the lever ig, 'cause you sure pulled me out of my usual groove, and it's a good thing. I freaked out a bit at the beginning because I didn't expect one Dirk Strider to involve himself in my art education but who am i to complain, y'know. Sorry if that gets said a lot. You can't escape the Homestuck. None of us can. If it helps any, you granted a lotta weird joy to my malfunctioning brain by just existing like that. Hope you have a delightful day.
that's rought buddy... hope things work out for the best ❤ and i really appreciate your comment but i hope youre aware of the fact that the comment itself was a form of procrastination to begin with 👀 (same happens to me all the time, i should be editing rn) keep it up, i believe in u!
no prob, ure welcome ❣ ive tried a lot of different exercises and yeah... this one is definitely one of the most interesting and fun ones so i wanted to share it (didn't expect this to blow up like it did tho lol)
100% agree about the tracing part, I've noticed that exact thing as well when I'm trying to do a study.... going through all of the other steps to get to the actual part I'm trying to study can be time consuming, tedious and takes mental energy that I need for what I'm trying to learn lol. I think as long as you always link to the ref image/credit the source it's okay to trace for a color study. But tracing for serious finished pieces of art is where I draw the line
The tracing part was an eye opener for me lol. I thought that if I did the sketch from scratch them I'd be killing two birds with one stone with practicing drawing from reference. Except I was wasting time by not getting to the point of my exercises, which was the color and value
eyy, glad it helped! ✨Though, you are kinda right still It would be "killing two birds with one stone" because you'd get better at both simultaneously. Tracing is just a trick for people who purely want to focus on the color aspect
This is something i have been suffering from cause I decided to learn other ,more traditional mediums of painting and drawing and after learning and spending 3-4 years in the digital medium oh boy, it's giving me some time to reflect, However this video gave me a great idea to start doing this digitally first to understand the values and tints better, it will be very helpful, thank you
traditional and digital both have their pros and cons... apart from the medium most knowledge overlaps imo so no matter how you learn, it will transfer somehow 🌟 keep it up! >:3
I never thought I would consider studying colors to catch my interest in any day ! I think it will help me to get me out of my art block ! Great video!
this is genuinely incredibly helpful, i've been trying to get into colour studies for so long but could never find a clear tutorial that went over the actual nitty gritty of the method, thank you!!
no prob, ure welcome! i started making these to learn/for fun without the intention to make a vid about it but... i ended up liking it so much i felt like i had to share it 😅❤
eyy thats great, also tysm 😊❤ maybe to avoid focusing on the details, try working towards them gradually -> big shapes, then medium, then small for last! (keeping the size of your brush big and chunky also helps lol)
Omg this was actually so good, as someone who has always struggled with color, this really helped me understand why The part with the tracing actually had my jaw on the floor because that is exactly my problem, every time I would go try to study color I would waist my energy and motivation on the sketch beforehand and by the time I was ready to color I wanted to give up I will absolutely be trying this method, THANK YOU
no tracing the lines for the purpose of a colour study is soo valid. I do that all the time tbh. i mean you'll be adding the colours by yourself, you are still taking time to learn and do something by yourself from scratch. tracing just makes getting to that part quicker lol. :> anyways... *runs to your pinterest board*
i know right?!? i mean as long as people still learn how to draw i think its fine ✌🏻✨ (could be compared to isolation exercises vs compound exercises tbh) hope u like the board haha
no problem man 🌟 a lot of people seem to resonate with it :) its important to note that focus can also be trained tho (kinda like a muscle) so sometimes its good to push it a tad beyond our limits
thank you so much! its very difficult to find a channel that carefully breaks down on things like coloring, rendering, painting, etc. im already an experienced artist but i still try to pick up tips from your channel
tracing is so smart (!!!) 👌👌👌👌 going to use this tip asap . + also i love when i get the color exactly right / feel like a color god for a split second
to new artists- remember, you're not ment to be a printer. what's considered good art is poisioned by capitalism and professionalism- while this is a wonderful tutorial and has helped me greatly, I first had to learn how to have fun with colors, and brake the rules before following them. that way I can handle these challenges with enthusiasm to improve.
Just personally on the tracing the sketch thing you can also do a crappy/basic sketch. Not intentionally bad but prioritise the basic big shapes and forget tiny details. It's a good way to also study composition in these types of studies especially if you wanna get into environments or you're more a painter in general and you're gonna end up painting over those lines. You might also see a style evolve outta how you choose to simplify a subject. Either way if only colour is your priority tracing or a really loose sketches is A ok
100% agree! as long as there's some kind of reference point it should work 💜 what ure saying is super true and also applies to paintings in general (so not just studies) i wouldve loved to include that in my script now that i think of it :0
When I do traditonal painting, my version of colour picking is painting over the reference as I mix! It's a fun approach to take with digital art so you're actually paying attention to the values. Great video! :D
thank you! I was apprehensive about color studies and I couldnt quite put my finger on why it was taking me so long to get started after sketching and you nailed it! Thank you and consider me subscriibed
well, glad this helped then :3 tracing cant replace good drawing skills but at least when making color studies you'll have a headstart ✌🏼✨ ure welcommme :DDD
I can't draw digitally so I just tried the color picking from the pudding image on your pinterest board. It was so fun and interesting. I'm not sure how I can successfully practice that on paper but I'll search for some video. Will definitely keep up with your channel, it's gold for people like me who are just getting back into it!
Art has been my passion for years, but I am so scared of mistakes I haven't drawn in months, this has been going on for quite a while. I'm definitely going to try this, not just to improve but to bring my passion back, thank you! ❤
really hope things work out ❤ glad you liked the vid! i would write you a whole paragraph, but maybe its not the case.. i have a video on "dealing with perfectionism" if you havent seen it :3 fr tho hope you're doing well now and srry for the late reply
bro, thank you so much for helping out a monkey like me with your awesome explanations, watched a ton art videos already but they just can't compare to yours
Tysm for this bro, all the tutorials ive looked at just tell you something about color theory while im just sitting here wondering why all my colored art looks like a toddler made it. But this actually explains alot ❤
no prob 😙👌🏼✨ color theory is still super important but yeah... the way it's traditionally taught is quite convoluted and it takes a while to get to the "practice" part (which is where most of the learning happens) :p glad this helped!
Just the right time!! Needed this so much and the thing about tracing is so true because i get so tired when im done with the lineart and i lose the motivation to further color and render :’)
nice ✨ glad this helped u out :D tracing is not a good substitute for actually knowing how to draw but hey, you're right, when practicing it can be a huge ace up your sleeve!
NGL, All of these helps 💛💛(especially the part wher you should give yourself grace whenever you make mistakes and to know where and where to put your energy) thank you for the video 💛
thank you for making a video that is easy to follow and is BEAUTIFULLY done!! It makes so much sense, and on top of that, you're so heavily underrated. Your art is so appealing to look at!!
I am so glad I stumbled upon your channel! I’ve been trying to get through to a new era of my art, as I am incomprehensibly terrible at lighting and color theory It was to the point where I haven’t been posting much However, after I watched this, I felt like I understood it a lot better, and am more confident to share my art on my channel, once again :D
I absolutely love colour theory, but every Video i watch about just repeats its self at some point and since my patience is not big enough for that, then maybe i will just learn to do it on my own like this video.
more power to ya! 🌟 practice indeed is super important for learning, thought from time to time it can help immensly to sprinkle in some theory :p keep it up G!
At first I was unsure and thought I was doing my studies ‘incorrectly’, but this video helped validate my way of going about things :) also the way you summarised and condensed this video is perfect, great work!
thank uu 💕 its good to see that its resonating with some people :) i didnt plan on making this one special or smth haha it just came out like this (hope i can live up to it with future vids)
Wow.. I’ve watched soo many “color theory “ videos and this one is really helpful !! You made it easy for my brain to understand i just had to sub😭 ty bro
I don’t fully agree on the part about tracing. The drawing/copying part can indeed be a waste of focus time for someone who’s already very good at drawing. But I do think that for someone who’s still learning the basics it is a great way to understand the volumes etc…basically understand what you are drawing. Anyway it was a great video overall, thank you and subscribe!
By any means, tracing is just a tool in an artists toolkit to occasionally use for efficiency purposes. It should never replace basic drawing skills which are absolutely a must to work on and develop 💀✨ completely agree with u tysm and glad to have u on the team :D
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can't believe punk gojo is teaching me color theory
sometimes it be like that
@@vikartstuf aint u johnny bravo
@@vikartstuf or maybe dirk strider ?
Bro my brain just assumed you had like 400k-600k automatically lol. Your tutorials are super helpful and easy to understand you’re criminally underrated man.
Tysm!!! and don't worry, getting waaay more appreciation than i deserve rn, honestly im shook :O
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Dude. Doing studies brainlessly while colour picking is so real. Anyways thanks for the tips 🥲 im so gonna binge the rest of ur channel
Glad it helped :D ✨
thank u so much!!!
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@@TopatTom bro lets go 👊🏼
are you johnny bravo
yup, but im hiding the misogyny for now ✌🏼✨
@@vikartstuf lmfao thanks for the effort I guess? 😂
why is dirk strider teaching me about color theory
sometimes it be like that 😂
YESS FINALLY SOMEONE BRINGS IT UP
that also looks like johnny bravo
Dirk Strider...or Johnny Bravo...his sharp glasses reminds me of Ghost Trick LOL
I literally asked myself why does bro look like the son of Dirk strider and Johnny bravo
3:21
This makes so much sense in retrospect. I love lineart, before I was a digital artist, I studied lineart thoroughly and even can use a g pen really well. And so I've started EVERYTHING with lineart. But it left me not wanting to color at all after.
This exercise seems interesting, thank you for the info!
No problem bro! Hope it serves u well :)
All of my friends are like this and it drives me crazy
I'm the dead opposite, I started with digital a couple years ago and I actually am better at color and lighting than my friends who have drawn forever but my sketching and 3d forms understanding are trash ;_;
All I wanna do is colorrr but I guess we're just gonna have to practice the stuff that I suck at
I'm actually perplexed you're only at 1k subs you have such 500k + energy
i mean i guess i gotta get there somehow haha
thank u ❤
@@vikartstuf I hope you do! Been following since the rendering video and I have so many notes that I still have to practice
bruh don't make me tear up ;;;w;;;
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5 THOUSAND ALREADY IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU
fr i used to color pick but then did studies and all of the sudden my brain just automatically can choose a super close color
hell yeah 🔥 thats great progress! keep it up
u got me feeling like wanting to draw after months thanks lil bro
inspiring people is honestly my main goal with these vids, so im glad ure up and running again :)
Day 4 of not watching TH-cam shorts and finding good quality content that I so desperately need
you have all my respect 🙌🏼💯
and will prolly actually learn something that way
keep it up 😤👊🏼🔥
Real dude I think I saw you on another art vid
@@iamgoingtostudy ok cool
dirk strider teaching me how to draw is what i always wanted
i didnt know anything about homestuck till everyone started pointing this out 💀 (and im surprized of the amount of people who know it xD) also np ure welcome 🙏🏻💕
This video actually resonated with my brain super well. Normally I struggle with internalizing art advice given through videos because of how it feels like there's too much information to keep track of, but you've presented this in such a clean, simple way that makes me feel more confident about trying it out! And funny enough, mentioning how doing an original sketch can take all your energy out of coloring is something I've never thought about before and makes SO much sense. On top of that, you've literally provided pictures for people to practice with, that's such an incredibly cool thing for you to do! Very excited to view more from you!
doing my best 💜
thank u so much for all that, ure really geting me exited to make more! also its awesome this resonated with you so much, im glad u liked it :)
This is a great video! I do disagree on some of your main ideas though, i personally think that the point of a color study should not be to perfectly replicate the colors from an image. This only really is going to help you if you are going into hyperrealism of some sorts. With studies your goal shouldnt be to replicate an image, it should be to learn from an image so you can apply these ideas in your other work. With color studies i personally found i began to learn a lot more once i started to focus on color feel above color accuracy, not having perfect colors also will help with your intuition for color. Color feel is focussing on how a color FEELS, for example if you color pick any picture you can see a lot of colors fall into more of a grey area, but in this type of study it helps to try to exaggerate these into what you feel the colors are, instead of what they really are.
I honestly think checking colors at all even if its at the end is a bit of a harmful idea, because it makes you lean more into getting the colors "right" instead of actually letting yourself focus on figuring out what makes an image pleasing to the eyes. Say youre thinking of a plein air painter who is going out to paint a tree, what makes this plein air painter a great painter isn't his ability to perfectly replicate the hue and saturation of what he sees in front of him, but his understanding of the color harmony that makes the complete image.
You mention color relativity when you talk about why you check colors as you go, I think making mistakes in such a situation can actually be a really good way to learn, because it makes you think of how to still make the full image work with different colors, which is a great excercise. I really like how you mention the practicing is more helpful than just studying endless theory because of the way it makes you think, I think this idea applies to this more freeform way of doing color studies as well, because it brings you more questions, like why does this look so weird if i saturate this color, and why cant i make this sky more of a blueish color for example.
Sorry if this rant is a bit of a mess, it's quite late when im writing this haha. But if i had to summarize everything i'd say focussing on accurately replicating colors might be a waste of time, since the importance of an image is the way these colors work together, not the individual colors. This all is still just my opinion of course, everybody has different goals and ways of learning. It's always great to hear people's approach, keep it up!
Yo! Thanks for taking the time to write all that o_o
im sure this will be useful for a lot of people! When it comes to the more freeform studies and the "feel" of color im 100% on board exept for one small thing.
Expert artists can exaggerate a pose or a perspective shot to accentuate some aspects of it (intention and feel beyond plain realism) same for artstyles and stylization, and i think that's similar to what you explained.
To get the most out of this however, a lot of people (me included) believe that it's better to have a "foundation" in realism and know how things work in reality to then bend them and give em our own artistic interpretation with a higher level of expertise.
Again, loved your comment and would strongly recommend people to try both approaches :)
This is such good advice, a lot of colour videos are so intimidating even if they appear 'simple'.
Most people steer clear of tracing but the point you made about energy made me change my viewpoint.
So many days I've sat down to study something specific but wasted my energy completing elements not even related to my study and end up sleeping after hours of sleepy frustration
thank uu 💖💖💖
yeah, efficiency is super important in pretty much any activity plus its easy to get lost sometimes (happens to me too)
also try coffee (not my fault if u end up addicted)... (like me)
this ... was the best 7-8 minutes of my life
ty :) buckle up then, cuz ill make more ✨
@@vikartstuf already subbed, now I shall wait for thee 🫡
03:28 this is so real. i've tried understanding how my favorite artists color and, because i'm not posting it anyway, i just trace. i am studying how the colors work, not the lines of it. like how are you going to learn if you're not gonna look
yeah right? :O
i mean, focus is a skill and can also be trained by increasingly stretching the periods of concentration, but yeah... when targeting a specific thing its better to focus on just that
Thank you for this fascinating video. Colours is my No 1 enemy, and I often forget how much studies and technique can be translate from traditional to digital. Copying colours from using eyedrops have drawbacks and won't teach alot things like contrast, value, and can mess up colour harmony.
I always dreaded in making mistakes but you're right, I'm here to enjoy learning and study art. Not being force upon doing perfect illustration. Satisfaction knowing you can still improve on your next art studies is much better than being stagnant.
Practicing and making mistakes for studies purposes is a good lesson so in the future, those experiences can be implemented efficiently on the next illustrations.
straight up facts man 🔥 couldn't have said it better myself
and tysm for the kind and thought out comment 🙌🏼❤
color and light by James Gurney is an awesome reference for learning color as well,
Not just the theory, but how's and why's of how we can perceive color and paint it accurately, or I should say, artistically
absolutely! 🌟 reading/studying from books is op af and highly underrated
yo man, really loving the art advice. i feel like the only reason i feel like tracing would be a detriment is because it's definitely the internalized shamed that comes with it. sometimes, i feel me forgetting that it's okay to put on the training wheels for a bit and i think other people can possibly relate. anywho, loving the channel man.
totally agree! i guess as long as its mentioned + for learning puropses its fine. Glad u like my stuf ☺🙌🏼💖
bro this is way more helpful than every single color theory video i ever seen keep slaying
sure thing!!! 🔥🔥🔥
glad it was useful / resonated w u :3
Literally the easiest and most straightforward video I’ve ever seen on how to get better at coloring/shading. Thank you so much
you're welcome! i honestly wasnt expecting this to blow up the way it did but im super stoked u like it 😤💓
Ive been working on this painting of Sam Lake (the leas writer and creative director over at Remedy Entertainment, the face of Max Payne in the first game). I wentin with the clear goal of trying to be loose with my brush strokes, try to guess the colours and values. And going in with this goal-oriented mindset DEF helps.
I did make the mistake of trying to sketch his face first, and not tracing it. And what you said about "wasting energy and focus" by doing stuff that isnt a focus of the study DEF rings true for me. Thank you for this video :)
yooo that sounds awesome! 🔥 glad this helped then :)
this video was so so well done. i shy away from color a lot but man this was so motivating, especially seeing your improvement and the importance of color. a plus was your incredible art ofc, happy to subscribe to a channel like this
just woke up and this was legit the first comment i saw, you cant possibly imagine how good and motivated i feel right now ❤🔥 thank you for all the kind words, ill make sure to keep delivering quality stuff in the future :)
Art advice from dirk has been the best thing for me
glad to hear that 😗💕
this might be the best 7 minutes ive spent as a person who was always interested in art, maybe ill start learning to draw again :D
thank uuu 💕
drawing is easily an "S Tier" activity/hobby imo
so if u pick it up again, u have my blessing u.u
for me, colour theory has always been a complex topic that only the "masters" can truly understand, but bro turns it out its easy as SHIT i love how more and more people are pushing the ideal of practice and actually drawing/painting and trying stuff being so much more important than studying colour theory cause.....come on how can you get better at volleyball without even holding it in your hands and actually playing?? great video silly black and white guy
thank u v-ery much! 😤❤
indeed, despite the two being linked, theres a huge gap between understanding something in theory and in practice
i agree
Thank you so much!!!
I struggle A LOT with colors (I literally did my BA thesis at the Academy of Fine Arts in b/w…) and this tutorial was very helpful!
Simple, straight to the point and I dare to say even comforting on many things (like acknowledging the stress of trying to create a new sketch, explaining IN DETAIL how to take each step)
HUGE THANKS also for the reference’s folder on Pinterest??
Maybe I’m alone in this but sometimes I spend HOURS searching for reference because they don’t inspire me and I get so stressed and tired that I won’t draw anything, but now I have no more excuses!!
Many many thanks man!! 💓💓💓
and thank u for this super sweet comment 💕 really made my day! this vid took me weeks to make and im super happy its reaching and helping this many artists :) ✨
Also colour picking from the reference imagine is not always easy, sometimes it looks wholly different from the picture. Colour studies are truly very fun once you start and now I'm going to pick up my tab and draw while binging all the rest of your videos
Highly appreciated tysm! ✨
also yeah, often it depends on the quality of the picture and stuf... maybe try blurring it a bit before checking
wake up babe, new vikartstuf video
indeed 🔥🔥🔥
About a year ago I managed to actually keep up with doing a tiny color/light study every day. Working without eyedropping is so important, but I would usually just eyedrop the dominant background color first, get that plain block of color down and then do the whole painting rather than checking each one. Worked pretty well! I learned a ton even though I only kept it up for like two weeks and I still feel like I can see those short two weeks in my digital paintings when I (rarely) attempt them these days!
This looks like a fun exercise! Thanks a bunch, especially for the pinterest board, that's the stage where I would've gotten distracted and/or procrastinated instead of looking for a reference. For hours. You're saving lives here, man. This train was headed for disaster, at least after it finished inducing headache and confusion in its passengers by going in circles, and you've managed to redirect it. You are the lever-pulling guy from the trolley problem, it is you. The train in this metaphor is me, and so are the passengers, and so are the guys tied to the tracks btw. So is the lever ig, 'cause you sure pulled me out of my usual groove, and it's a good thing. I freaked out a bit at the beginning because I didn't expect one Dirk Strider to involve himself in my art education but who am i to complain, y'know. Sorry if that gets said a lot. You can't escape the Homestuck. None of us can. If it helps any, you granted a lotta weird joy to my malfunctioning brain by just existing like that. Hope you have a delightful day.
that's rought buddy... hope things work out for the best ❤
and i really appreciate your comment but i hope youre aware of the fact that the comment itself was a form of procrastination to begin with 👀 (same happens to me all the time, i should be editing rn)
keep it up, i believe in u!
Mind blowing, I always tend to overthink when trying to do color and get easily frustrated, this helped me see it with other eyes, thank you so much!
no prob, ure welcome ❣ ive tried a lot of different exercises and yeah... this one is definitely one of the most interesting and fun ones so i wanted to share it (didn't expect this to blow up like it did tho lol)
This was so helpfull! Also really like your humoristic and light way of explaining, makes this topic less overwhleming - so thank you for that! ☺️
you're welcome! its awesome to hear it helped u out 😙💕
loved your approach & advice! will definitely be trying the 'trace the reference' tactic for colour practice studies
we're going into color theory being mindful. very demure, very elegant
tnx for vid!
wo such eloquency ✨ ure welcome!
THANKS its so hard to find good advice on how to get better at colouring. Gonna try it as soon as I can
hope it works out!
love the duck btw
100% agree about the tracing part, I've noticed that exact thing as well when I'm trying to do a study.... going through all of the other steps to get to the actual part I'm trying to study can be time consuming, tedious and takes mental energy that I need for what I'm trying to learn lol. I think as long as you always link to the ref image/credit the source it's okay to trace for a color study. But tracing for serious finished pieces of art is where I draw the line
we're on the same page then 👌🏼✨
tracing should never be mistaken as a valid substitute to raw drawing skills u.u
Damn, this short video is better then the whole course about color in my university. Thanks man, you just motivated me to grow at my art again!
eyooo, glad i did ✨
also wow, thas a wild take but ye... color is tough to expain i guess
anyway, keep it up champ! >:3 🌟
dirk teaching me feels like heaven...
The tracing part was an eye opener for me lol. I thought that if I did the sketch from scratch them I'd be killing two birds with one stone with practicing drawing from reference. Except I was wasting time by not getting to the point of my exercises, which was the color and value
eyy, glad it helped! ✨Though, you are kinda right still
It would be "killing two birds with one stone" because you'd get better at both simultaneously.
Tracing is just a trick for people who purely want to focus on the color aspect
This is something i have been suffering from cause I decided to learn other ,more traditional mediums of painting and drawing and after learning and spending 3-4 years in the digital medium oh boy, it's giving me some time to reflect, However this video gave me a great idea to start doing this digitally first to understand the values and tints better, it will be very helpful, thank you
traditional and digital both have their pros and cons... apart from the medium most knowledge overlaps imo so no matter how you learn, it will transfer somehow 🌟
keep it up! >:3
I never thought I would consider studying colors to catch my interest in any day ! I think it will help me to get me out of my art block ! Great video!
i hope it will 🔥 (and maybe ill make some vids about art block in the future as well) also tysm ✨ :D
this is genuinely incredibly helpful, i've been trying to get into colour studies for so long but could never find a clear tutorial that went over the actual nitty gritty of the method, thank you!!
no prob, ure welcome! i started making these to learn/for fun without the intention to make a vid about it but... i ended up liking it so much i felt like i had to share it 😅❤
Thanks gojo for helping me with this art subject
no prob 😤❤
Just did a color study because this inspired me, but i always focus on the details too much instead of simpler shapes lol. Thanks for the video!
eyy thats great, also tysm 😊❤
maybe to avoid focusing on the details, try working towards them gradually -> big shapes, then medium, then small for last! (keeping the size of your brush big and chunky also helps lol)
Omg this was actually so good, as someone who has always struggled with color, this really helped me understand why
The part with the tracing actually had my jaw on the floor because that is exactly my problem, every time I would go try to study color I would waist my energy and motivation on the sketch beforehand and by the time I was ready to color I wanted to give up
I will absolutely be trying this method, THANK YOU
no tracing the lines for the purpose of a colour study is soo valid. I do that all the time tbh. i mean you'll be adding the colours by yourself, you are still taking time to learn and do something by yourself from scratch. tracing just makes getting to that part quicker lol. :>
anyways... *runs to your pinterest board*
i know right?!? i mean as long as people still learn how to draw i think its fine ✌🏻✨ (could be compared to isolation exercises vs compound exercises tbh)
hope u like the board haha
Bro, first of all thanks for this tips, your theory about the energy to focus, for me, is so on point
no problem man 🌟 a lot of people seem to resonate with it :)
its important to note that focus can also be trained tho (kinda like a muscle) so sometimes its good to push it a tad beyond our limits
thank you so much! its very difficult to find a channel that carefully breaks down on things like coloring, rendering, painting, etc.
im already an experienced artist but i still try to pick up tips from your channel
ure welcome! 💀❤ learning is a never-ending journey and im really glad u found some useful snippets of advice in my content ;3
Doing studies w/ colored pencils. It's a bit harder since I can't color pick or trace, but I'm still making good progress.
Great video :p
sheeesh that does indeed sound quite tough o_o
props to you, keep it up 👊🏼🔥
Why did I never think about the lineart part, this is SO helpful🙏
glad u liked it✨ :)
Sounds reasonable, I'll try your approach. Thanks man, subbed.
you're welcome ☺
thanks for the kind comment
Dude this was so helpful, makes me wanna get back into digital art, this makes so much sense and is easy for my brain to follow, thanks a lot :)
you got this boss 😤👊🏻🔥 also ure welcome
tracing is so smart (!!!) 👌👌👌👌 going to use this tip asap . + also i love when i get the color exactly right / feel like a color god for a split second
damn right it does🔥 also takes a lot of trial and error to become good, so yeah... worth it
I'm so happy i found this (It just appeared on my recommendations)
I think this is a great way to start studying colors~ It was very helpful! Thanks.
you're welcome 💖 also yes, start is the right word :3
color is a massive topic and this is just the tip of the iceberg fr fr
to new artists- remember, you're not ment to be a printer. what's considered good art is poisioned by capitalism and professionalism-
while this is a wonderful tutorial and has helped me greatly, I first had to learn how to have fun with colors, and brake the rules before following them.
that way I can handle these challenges with enthusiasm to improve.
ure completely right about that 🙌🏼✨
the 4 stages of competence are super important
(also ty 💕)
Just personally on the tracing the sketch thing you can also do a crappy/basic sketch. Not intentionally bad but prioritise the basic big shapes and forget tiny details. It's a good way to also study composition in these types of studies especially if you wanna get into environments or you're more a painter in general and you're gonna end up painting over those lines. You might also see a style evolve outta how you choose to simplify a subject. Either way if only colour is your priority tracing or a really loose sketches is A ok
100% agree! as long as there's some kind of reference point it should work 💜 what ure saying is super true and also applies to paintings in general (so not just studies)
i wouldve loved to include that in my script now that i think of it :0
When I do traditonal painting, my version of colour picking is painting over the reference as I mix! It's a fun approach to take with digital art so you're actually paying attention to the values. Great video! :D
thank you so much! ❤ also wow, sounds like a bulletproof method haha
thank you! I was apprehensive about color studies and I couldnt quite put my finger on why it was taking me so long to get started after sketching and you nailed it! Thank you and consider me subscriibed
well, glad this helped then :3
tracing cant replace good drawing skills but at least when making color studies you'll have a headstart ✌🏼✨
ure welcommme :DDD
I can't draw digitally so I just tried the color picking from the pudding image on your pinterest board. It was so fun and interesting. I'm not sure how I can successfully practice that on paper but I'll search for some video. Will definitely keep up with your channel, it's gold for people like me who are just getting back into it!
Art has been my passion for years, but I am so scared of mistakes I haven't drawn in months, this has been going on for quite a while. I'm definitely going to try this, not just to improve but to bring my passion back, thank you! ❤
really hope things work out ❤ glad you liked the vid!
i would write you a whole paragraph, but maybe its not the case.. i have a video on "dealing with perfectionism" if you havent seen it :3
fr tho hope you're doing well now and srry for the late reply
bro, thank you so much for helping out a monkey like me with your awesome explanations, watched a ton art videos already but they just can't compare to yours
i pour my soul into them, its awesome to know they're helping someone out ❤️
thanks a ton :3
Tysm for this bro, all the tutorials ive looked at just tell you something about color theory while im just sitting here wondering why all my colored art looks like a toddler made it. But this actually explains alot ❤
no prob 😙👌🏼✨ color theory is still super important but yeah... the way it's traditionally taught is quite convoluted and it takes a while to get to the "practice" part (which is where most of the learning happens) :p
glad this helped!
bro i love your artsyle it looks so cool and thx for ur tips
Thank youu ❤ im still working on it
also, ure welcome :3
Just the right time!! Needed this so much and the thing about tracing is so true because i get so tired when im done with the lineart and i lose the motivation to further color and render :’)
nice ✨ glad this helped u out :D
tracing is not a good substitute for actually knowing how to draw but hey, you're right, when practicing it can be a huge ace up your sleeve!
NGL, All of these helps 💛💛(especially the part wher you should give yourself grace whenever you make mistakes and to know where and where to put your energy) thank you for the video 💛
glad it did! 💜 ure welcome ;3
thank you for making a video that is easy to follow and is BEAUTIFULLY done!! It makes so much sense, and on top of that, you're so heavily underrated. Your art is so appealing to look at!!
You're welcome! and tysm 🌟 im also really happy with these exercises, hope i can get my more complex illustrations to a similar level of appeal ^^" 🤞🏼
I really like the way you color it feels so painterly
And congrats on hitting 1k
thank uuuu 💕💕💕 the secret sauce is shape design ;3
Love this video! Very helpful! Can't wait to watch more of your videos dude
glad u liked it ✨
thanks for subbin, more vids coming soon!
also srry for the late reply man ;w;
HOW ARE YOU ONLY AT 1K?? your videos are gold
tysm ❤ and dont worry
the climb is the fun part 👌🏻😌
also as long as im inspiring/helping someone out thass a huge achievement already
I am so glad I stumbled upon your channel!
I’ve been trying to get through to a new era of my art, as I am incomprehensibly terrible at lighting and color theory
It was to the point where I haven’t been posting much
However, after I watched this, I felt like I understood it a lot better, and am more confident to share my art on my channel, once again :D
awesome to hear that!! :D
Keep it up champ, im sure you'll do great 🔥 imma try my best to get sum more useful vids out 4ya
Thanks for sharing, it seems like an interesting way to learn about colors, I will try it
sorry for being 3 weeks late with the replyyyy jwj
hope it was useful if u tried it ✨
I absolutely love colour theory, but every Video i watch about just repeats its self at some point and since my patience is not big enough for that, then maybe i will just learn to do it on my own like this video.
more power to ya! 🌟 practice indeed is super important for learning, thought from time to time it can help immensly to sprinkle in some theory :p
keep it up G!
this was super fun and informative, thank you for making this video :) !!!
ure welcome, glad u liked it 😉✨
This video is a godsend, I'm gonna try it out right now ❤❤
hope it worked out 😉✨
@@vikartstuf It actually did! Thank you so much!! 😊😊😊
Great advices, thank you ❤
ure welcome ☺❤
i was struggling so much with colours i got hardcore artblock after this i think i have some hope ill try this immediately tysm pal 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
no prob buddy! artblock cured straight up 🙌🏼💀💓
Thank you, I have been struggling with colours for a while and this video was very helpful. 👍
glad it was 😊✨ keep it up!
At first I was unsure and thought I was doing my studies ‘incorrectly’, but this video helped validate my way of going about things :) also the way you summarised and condensed this video is perfect, great work!
thank uu 💕 its good to see that its resonating with some people :)
i didnt plan on making this one special or smth haha it just came out like this (hope i can live up to it with future vids)
Dang i didn't know Johnny Bravo could draw
thas crazy you would like judge a book by its cover like that like dude like honestly like you should get cancelled for that like omg
Algo comment, great tips bro! Def will use this when i start practicing colors🔥🤙🏽
Always appreciated G, also congrats on your last vid 😤👊🏼🔥
I’m trying this, thank you so much❤
good luck ✨
ure welcome! (hope it works out)
Wow.. I’ve watched soo many “color theory “ videos and this one is really helpful !! You made it easy for my brain to understand i just had to sub😭 ty bro
guess explaining stuff is some sort of art form as well lol
(and im not good at it, this vid was just a lucky stike somehow)
glad u found it useful ☺❤
Excited to learn about art from jonny bravo- immediate subscribe
ayyyyyy glad to have u on board bruv 🔥🔥🔥
I’m so thankful for this video u don’t even realize it.
what if i do tho 👀 (ure welcome)
This is what i call a helpful tutorial. Thanks.
and yours is what id call a super sweet comment! tyt 💜
i deleted a comment by accident while replying from my crappy phone ;-; 💔
whoever u are im sorryyy
if u get it up again ill pin it
I already know you’re gonna blow up, same as many others apparently. Thank you for the help w my art journey
ill try to stay as consistent as possible haha tysm
knowing im helping someone out is awesome 😤👊🏻🔥 keep it up
This was so helpful! Thank you so much for the video ❤
ure welcome ☺💕 glad it was!
This is when I like to being a graphic designer rather than an illustrator cus imma just image trace if I want this vibe
based
best color study video out there for me 🎉 thank you!
thankss!! glad u like it that much 🌟🙌🏼
most confident artist sona design
🥺i had gave up on coloring digital but now I feel like trying again🕺✨nd extra thanks for the pintrst board💖
u got this champ >:D glad i was able to amp u up ❣✨
Victor, you're a legend.
u///w///u 👉🏼👈🏼 ❤
I don’t fully agree on the part about tracing. The drawing/copying part can indeed be a waste of focus time for someone who’s already very good at drawing. But I do think that for someone who’s still learning the basics it is a great way to understand the volumes etc…basically understand what you are drawing. Anyway it was a great video overall, thank you and subscribe!
By any means, tracing is just a tool in an artists toolkit to occasionally use for efficiency purposes.
It should never replace basic drawing skills which are absolutely a must to work on and develop 💀✨
completely agree with u
tysm and glad to have u on the team :D
Art tips: good VOICE: HEAVENLY
sheeesh guess i gotta up my Art tips game then
tysm 💖
you're cool, thanks for the suggestion
ayy tyyy!!!
ure welcome ✨
funnily enough I was just doing this exact thing earlier today
right on! haha
respect man ✨🙌🏼
complementary colors desaturate itself.
not sure what u meant there chief 💀
if anything they create a contrast
thx for the comment tho, feel free to elaborate :3