How to Use Color Theory in Character Design and Like, Actually Know What You're Doing!
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Color Theory is such a daunting subject. I used to WANT to use vibrant, saturated colors, but they ended up looking garish. This video is meant to wade you into color theory without drowning you! It's color theory for you and me, the REGULAR people!
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Hey there folks! If you're just getting to this video recently, I've got a much newer one on the subject of Color as well! th-cam.com/video/kYWXoj-8_9E/w-d-xo.html
Brookes Eggleston - Character Design Forge how did you know......? 👀
TH-cam is full of hidden treasures and when you stumble upon a channel like yours is like finding a chest filled with gold coins. How haven't I found your channel before?
Indeed
Dimitri Dehouck I’ve found a couple of gold mines myself. Willing to show a few depending on what type of video. :v
So adding value adds value.
choosing the color black like: "you simply have less value"
I love all the analogies at the beginning. I still struggle with color and I'm glad you went over this.
That's awesome! We all struggle, but together.
I knew about the opposite colors complimenting each other-thing, but never considered adding changes in vibrance (So the colors aren't all screaming at you at once) and I'm so glad you pointed that out. I HAVE always known that using less "true color" shades can make your project look more realistic. But it can come in handy with cartoon work as well.
While I'm not experienced in drawing n' stuff (I started months ago) the most annoying thing about colours that I found was that they always exist in conjunction with each other. I thought I could just find a perfect wood colour or perfect skin colour, because if something looks colorful or light or dark depends entirely on it's surroundings. :/
It's definitely all about context, although at times that makes the role of color selection easier. I think with anything, practice helps.
Yeah, i general practise and study seem to be the things that improve my drawings the most. In general as someone who never drew before and just started I find the whole experience very similar to playing a MOBA or a fighting game: unless you didn't have some early experience it's extremely hard to start doing something even slightly competent, and you spend a lot of time reading stuff on how to do stuff online and watching others do it and practicing the most basic elements, and even then you'll never actually be as competently skillful as people who are succesful enough to use their skill to sustain themselves in life.
For skin tones, especially for darker skinned characters, there are actually palettes that you can use to avoid it looking bad. In extreme cases, using the wrong color for skin can make it seem like blackface, which is something you definitely want to avoid.
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. If you're doing it solely for the sake of sustainability there are better options than art. Everyone starts out not knowing how to do something, and even then success and failure in the traditional sense are not guaranteed to anyone no matter how skilled they are. Don't get too caught up in the "how-to" just do, make mistakes, get frustrated, get happy, get sad, all of those experiences are what make you great at anything you pursue and don't compare yourself to others because there are just too many factors as to why that person got there.
Just when you thought you got it right....
the rest of the art piece: HAH, YOU THOUGHT! GOTTA COLOR THE REST OF ME NOW!
When you talked about how all your colors were super bright at the begining i was like "shit that's me"
i love using bright neon colors but like- i cant ever USE them since im a fanartist
A fitting video in the midst of Huevember. (Inktober but with a different color every day of November)
Oh Man, now I have another month I can (eventually) dedicate to art! (I said eventually because I don’t really have time to draw everyday.....school stuff :( )
I actually started Huevember but just don’t have time this month, trying to do all this, stream, and finish up Parcel’s comic!
But why not do Janhueary?
« The hue is like the flavor of the color »
OK, next time I meet a blind person, I use this analogy to describe color.
I LOVE IT
Pretty sure no one cares, but I've been drawing here and there for a while, stumbling in the dark and telling myself that one day I'll look into colour theory - my reasoning being I'm not looking at an art career and I should probably learn to draw properly before I touch this. Having watched your video out of interest, I know I'm not a pro, or I probably shouldn't mask my bad drawing skills with colour, but in 10 minutes, I can see myself enjoying the process again, just by knowing the absolute basics and throwing down some values that work. You're an incredible teacher, literally the clearest explanation of anything art related I've ever heard, with the perfect presentation and no pretentiousness. One of the best art videos out there imo. Gonna go and dig through your channel. Keep it up man!
2:50 Well that explains why characters with a black palette and white eyes that lack pupils make my knees weak...
RoseOfTheNight4444 like batman
@@ariagrumpy8254 Venom
It also explains why Piper Perri is such a memorable person
Like captain falcon’s mask thing
"...make my knees weak."
that
that's not good
Well... I know this video may be considered old... But these videos... These pearls in the wild ocean of TH-cam... Helped me develop my characters way better... From something trash-like they are now actually decent. From Mary/Gary Sues to well developed characters with fully developed backstory and relations to each other that (mostly) make sense.
So thanks.
After a whole flippin' year-
damn have you considered a future career in education or something because every one of your videos are just so clear and fun and useful
+Mira Jain Thank you so much! I have indeed 🙂
No clue if anybody will see this but I am feeling nostalgic and wanna throw out a quick shoutout to this video. I remember in middle school stumbling across this when I was new and became aware that I was really bad with color. Fast forward to 2024 and I’m now working as a somewhat professional freelance colorist. I’m glad I found this channel and it’s been such a help with my art journey!
Don't use green. Green is not a creative color.
Now let’s all agree, to never be creative again
You guys are going too fast here. First of all, what’s your favorite idea?
@@victoriaromeo7988
Mine is being creative
How do you get the idea?
@@lackadaisical1888
I just try to think: CR-EAT-IV-LY
Thanks!!!! I've tried to use the color theory with my characters and my friend keep asking me if they are from the 80s lol ps I love your voltron merch :)
When I think of colour theory I think of a Splash Art of League of Legends: Arcade Ahri.
This is one of the most vibrant pieces of art I've ever seen.
Now after this video I noticed how muted the red minions are in that picture. So good!
Thanks for this! I don’t make art, but I love storytelling and this can definitely help in directing a scene. I love looking at how color works in film, and the way you described this make it very translatable to a more dynamic medium. Great video!
I'm thinking about asking my teacher to show this to the art class, it's really helpful.
+Marimooma Draws! Let me know if you do, that’d be so cool!
its like only needing one analogy but for some reason giving every analogy
Joshua Burns underrated
Hey, Voltron's in the corner, cool 😁
I love how you used the coloring technique and value that applied to Unity & Variety.
excellent, understandable explanation. thanks for coming back to teaching the solid, usable principles that I can really learn from! Signed, a regular person.
This was SUPER helpful. I've always struggled to wrap my mind around color theory, and this video finally helped some things "click" with me. I've actually been wanting to learn more about this recently too, because I've recently designed some characters, including their palettes, and I realized that they kinda just "work" but I wasn't sure why, it just felt right. This helps me understand the mechanics of it better, and I now feel like I can continue to learn more about color theory without scratching my head within 10 seconds. Thank you so much!
3:53 Well that explains why Naruto's jacket is colored the way it is.
AMEN! I said I needed to learn color theory and someone said "you didn't learn that?! I learned that in like elementary school". I said, "well, you learn complimentary colors and the basics, but there's a big difference between knowing that, and practicing it"
Very true!
A very practical guide to colour theory. Thanks.
I like that New Leaf art in the background! Also, this video is really helpful.
Thanks! They're part of a series of illustrations that I did last year, 31 characters in 31 days. I'll be opening up commissions for new characters soon! brookeseggleston.com/project/daily-xing-animal-crossing-characters/
I have been drawing for a while, and this video exposed me to the analogous color palettes! It's extremely useful, as I've always wondered a nice, simple way to get the viewer's eye to what I want! Thanks a million! :D
+Jarvis555 The Yoshi Awesome, you’re very welcome!
I'm really into character design for the sake of game making. Subscribed
I love the Animal Crossing portraits on the wall !!
'The hue...which is like the flavor of the color'
3:19 now I can’t stop looking at the legs
Telling someone the history of the sandwich when he was just being asked what he wanted for donar sounds like something my grandpa would do
As someone with a bunch of inkling & Octoling characters (Yes I saw that Squid amiibo you got)
I needed this, thanks!
I think I have a good grasp on like overall balance and what looks good with what but I struggle at like creating a multitude of characters and making them all distinct, it's like you run out of options at some point, only so many colors in the spectrum. I also generally run into patterns like "PRIMARY COLOR, then black and white", "PRIMARY COLOR, black and white" it can get kinda repetitive.
I guess you can say that learning color theory is VALUABLE ;)
Thank you for sharing your wisdom, and for doing so in a comprehensive way. Even a join like me can follow along without too much stumbling.
Thanks Brookes, this is exactly what I️ was looking forward to 🙏
Your tutorial give best explaination. I already bought udemy course,but your free youtube tutorial is much easy to understand. Thanks
I don't subscribe often, but I did to your channel because I really enjoy your videos. Watching the full video felt worth it and I learn new things from your advice. Thanks for the examples as well. I love the idea of moving a color to blue for shadows as you get darker values, and warmer if getting brighter.
All that scrolling was worth it
Hi, I don't know if you will read this, but I want you to know this. I was right about to click out because I do find color theory horribly daunting, and I thought you were going to do what everyone else does.
But then you explained EXACTLY the problem with learning and teaching color theory. I couldn't have put it in better words. Thank you for your video
It's cool that you taught value first
"think of a martini glas" mhm ok ok ok you got me there
Thank God, finally a video that actually explains this
why does this man not have more subscribers?
i love his channel!
Great video!! Thank you for sharing! I love how you show the super saturated colors and then it is nice to see how you used it in the image 👌👍
* looks in the background * I-is that...? ANNNIIIMMMAAALL CRRROOOSSINNNG?! xD
It is!! Those are some illustrations I did a while back, I've just started comissions! t.co/WTxhLvlMB3
Funny how my OC is actually mainly green and red, but I too use too much of fully satured colors. Thanks for the tips!!
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after watching this i really need to go back and re check my colours
Same
This was so helpful! Thanks so much!!
I've only recently been figuring out what makes color schemes on characters tick. I'm the sort of person who instinctively seems to be aware of how color works. I don't usually think about it, I just make a design that looks good. It's interesting to watch this and see the mechanics behind what's already present in most of my character designs. I tend to go for spread and balance in color placement and put more striking colors in the place I want the viewer to be drawn to--- usually the eyes or something of significance to the character, and I often associate that color with the character, even if it isn't actually present in the design all that much.
Of course now that I am aware of how it works I'm having fun figuring out how to place things just right.
This was so helpful! Thank you! I’m so happy I found your channel!
This video is amazing, I was just using pastel hues because I was afraid of mixing bright colors, it was really helpfull.
I don’t write novels or make comics or anything, I just really like designing characters for the fun of it. I want to learn how to make more appealing characters. I think this’ll help a lot!
What’s this? An educational art video that actually helps? **heck yeah**
I’ve been struggling with choosing colours forever and this video helped me so much! Thank you!
Dang this is really helpful especially that funnel technique
Thanks so much for this video! I've always found colour so flabbergasting!
Thank you very much! Very useful!1 Practical, simple, clear! Thanks!!
I’m no artist, but, my preference when using hsv is to always max out the saturation unless it’s required to be low for the specific color I’m aiming for. Dark colors are good and useful but I’d rather have a very dark green than a black.
I usually like to use Analogous Colours and Shades
Thank you so much for this knowledge, exactly what I needed. You're great
Just started watching these videos, and they're very helpful, thanks!
also, I comment on every video I watch.
Nice simple explanation! Very useful as always!
Thanks Cut Grass!
Thanks for making great videos!
Thanks Ace! I hope this one was helpful!
Very interesting video. I'll certainly practice this :)
I have a question, how do you decide what colors to contrast or balance pure black or pure white? I have a character that is dressed like a french maid, so her outfit is black and white, and I'm not sure how to contrast it with her skin or hair color
Thank you! So: Here's an idea for you. Instead of your lil lady being pure black and white, why not give the light and dark a slight tint? Excuse the quick sketch, here's two variations in color I just came up with: cl.ly/ncIs
With the character Jacqueline, the sheep-star of our game Shackleton, instead of pure white wool, she has a slightly pink tint. This harmonizes well with the dark, saturated navy of her vest and gold key! Let me know if that helps, and may your maid rival Amelia Bedelia! 😛
Brookes Eggleston - Character Design Forge thank you! That could work. If I were to give her clothes a tint of color, it'd be between pink and violet tints to match her eyes, she has purple eyes and golden hair. I like a lot that contrast of colors :)
Thanks
I love your videos! They are so helpful.
Anyone have any advice about creating a well contrasting cast of characters in a more realistic setting/style? I find it difficult to balance realism and exaggerated features. I've found many resources on cartoony and exaggerated character designs, but nothing about something in more realistic proportions, like what may be used in a comic or video game more towards an older audience, with more serious themes.
+Autumn Color and costume design can go a long way, utilizing shape language in the wardrobe, etc.
Team Fortress 2 is a go to example.
Yes, color! Thanks for the info
i finally understand some of this color theory! thanks for the video ;3
great video as always!!!
Great video, thank you for making this!
Cool! You have a Voltron figure
Actually, completely on accident, when making a character, I'll wind up using colors that go in a certain category with a few splashes to liven it up. Such as for one of my characters, they have a white dress, light skin, light blue hair and red eyes. I just realized that most of my characters avert expectation from an external standpoint. How did I only just realize that? These videos really help me realize what I actually do when creating a character..
I like how some of your layer ‘slides’ are named
Thank you
Boiiii you've got yourself a new subscriber!
Awesome, thanks! :D
2:06 Hey thats the drawing app i use! : D Also how did you make that gradient?? TELL ME PLEASE ;-;
This stuff is gold
Thanks Kyper!
I really like how you draw Mario characters
Thanks!
Man, thank you! I love all your videos!!
You're so welcome, I REALLY appreciate the kind words!
Awesome video as usual bud.
I've recently subscribed to your channel, and the quality of your content is fantastic.
I'm currently working on a cgi animation series, occasionally referring to your videos. I'm not quite at your level, but knowing how patient you are and how terrible you used to be (that horrifyingly bad website design) gives me hope.
Keep it up bud, somebody with your resolve is doomed to make it big on the Tubes.
+KingPeuche Hehe I appreciate that 😂 persistence > natural talent, in my case. Hope the CG goes well! I need to make some more 3d videos, that’s my background as well.
Brookes Eggleston - Character Design Forge Hell yeah! While I was watching this video, I legitimately thought some of the drawings were Blender models. I look forward to seeing your 3D works, sir. I can't speak for everybody, but you certainly have a few viewers who would really appreciate that kind of content from you.
For anyone wondering, the background tune (at least in the beginning) is from Lakey inspired, can't remember the specific song name though
+new favorite youtuber
Ay, thanks so much!
❤Lankey Inspired❤
It's so hard to choose where to put colors in a desiggnnn
ty for making these vids!! :) super helpful!
I really like that slimy frog bandana star lamp guy.
Hehe that’s the wanderlumin- he’s animated in my most recent vid!
Question, do you prefer the three color color wheel or a four color color wheel. Red/Violet/Blue/Green/Yellow/Orange or Red/Violet/Blue/Teal/Green/Lime/Yellow/Orange?
Really helpful, thank you!
I took a color theory class, somehow got an a, and still have no idea what I’m doing and struggle with making appealing palettes
I'm remember when I chose bad colors for the characters. Sometimes is hard to chose what color will be dominate. I'm thought that character with yellow color (mostly clothes) doesn't look good. But I saw Fran Bow with yellow dress and I can't imagine her without it.
THANK YOU FOR THIS! I swear color theory will be the death for me...
TURN YOUR FACE AWAY FROM THE GARISH LIGHT OF DAY
TURN YOUR THOUGHTS AWAY FROM COLD, UNFEELING LIGHT
Are those your drawings in the background? They look cool!
I am so glad that all of this was surprisingly natural to me! Such as the analogous colors and varied hues. Which surprisingly, are the colors he made examples of, green and blue and slight red. UwU
8:43 Don't mind me, I just like this character and will likely draw inspiration from him sometime
Thanks! A lot of recent iterations of him, including February’s trading card!