Personally I like to try to make the color to match the one in the photo reference instead of just using the dropper, because it helps me learn how to get the colors I want at the same time!
I go for a more realistic approach in terms of colors. The only “colorful” thing I put in my work, is the background. Besides that, I would use a pallet if needed. But I would usually adjust it once I have it down on a certain layer. That’s the way how I do it, at least on Autodesk.
Another good coloring tip, if you struggle with lighting and shading on top of that, is for starters, choose the time of day. I'm sure this sounds relatively obvious, but knowing and keeping track of a time of day for a setting was something I personally struggled with for a long time. You can't have strong shading with a warm palette if your goal was mid-day, after all. And vice versa for an evening scene. Another thing that goes with this is to observe different times of the day. And I mean shading and coloring only. For example, a while back I realized that at mid-day, everything has a slight yellow hue on sunny days. But much more dulled, grayed colors on overcast days. And how the shading of trees gives things a slight brownish-green hue, due to the leaves. While man-made buildings, of course, just block out lighting entirely, casting very dark shadows. But once again, the intensity of these colors within the shadows depends on how sunny the day is. I would also go in-depth about other parts of the day, not just late morning to early afternoon, but I feel like this comment is already too long... And this advice only applies to outdoor backgrounds, as any indoor scene could really have any lighting, but I still think it's really good advice! I know I wish I picked up on this stuff a lot sooner, maybe I would've enjoyed backgrounds more early on... But you live, learn, and just try to spread the word to help others. And you may think if you're working in an unnatural palette, or plan to use a lot of overlays, that it would cancel this advice out. But I don't think that's the case. If anything, it'd still work as a nice base, or even just to keep it in mind. (quick edit: grammar and spelling in a few places. dang autocorrect always making it worse...)
@Carl The Meatgrinder It's my own dang fault, really. I didn't know how to shorten this comment though, as the advice I wanted to get across required explanation, at least to me. So I just posted it. Sorry for the eye strain of being too wordy or whatever, like, genuinely.
Maybe the comment could have been shortened or something, but I dont care, personally. Thank you for sharing your discovery. For myself, I think I just do this without thinking, but it would probably be better to actually think about it. Something I noted, related to your comment, is the change in colours in various seasons and even locale. If you think of movies/shows and how there is always this orange or yellow filter if they're in California/Nevada or a blue filter if it is super snowy (think that ice world in Thor)... something like that. It actually exists, tho not as strong as post processing makes it. Also, these colours DO play a role in interior colours as long, as there is a window in there. Lighting/shadows may be off-set by lamps or whatever, but something like the orange of a sunset will cast the room that colour. Something to make observation on.
To be honest I’ve always struggled with coloring my drawing so any tips I can get always help! Other than the colors though, the drawing itself looks really good
I found a color pallete thing in instagram and it was really helpful but the instagram page got refreshed or sumn i felt like my heart got taken out of my chest lmo
Any Lineart can be clean if you know your stuff! Even using standard pens will get you the same result. Number one rule being no chickenscratching, and make use of your eraser. Long, smooth lines, if you miss a bit then you can go fill it in with a smaller stroke.
I love how unusual and unique your art style is. It inspires me to try an animation style instead of trying realism because I'm still a beginner and it looks really cool.
Haley, how about making a new channel for shorts? I don't mind you posting shorts but I think making a separate channel for it might be better. I love your shorts either way, they are super helpful 💖
Yesss, I like to use complimentary colors, triadic, and analogous colours when looking at a colour wheel. Good to use less saturated colours except for parts you want to "pop." If the whole image is high contrast (which can work) it can be jarring to look at, it's nice to keep something as the main focus
Tip: don’t worry about your colors being exactly the colors of real life (if u want a palette with matching colors and is aesthetic). Just make sure they look nice together
OMG HOMIE UR A LIVE SAVER WAS JUST STRUGGLING WITH COLOR PALETTES AND OPENED YT TO THIS MASTERPIECE OF A VIDEO + is no one gonna talk about how much talent she/he/they has/have
Thanks I really needed this cuz I draw dragons and when I make them I don't know what color so you really help me and thank for letting me know how to make the drawing pop.!
My obsession in school was overly saturated colors. My professors were telling me all the way to the end of semester to expand. I finally am after their classes.
Another method I use is picking some random colors I want to use and putting a clipping layer over them with one color like orange or green or whatever fits the vibe best and then setting it to slightly transparent so all the colors look similar :)
Ok but when she adds the overlay and changes the green accent to orange just looks so cool, like a demon or a supernatural being of some sort, especially from that angle, and I love it
A really fun pallet would be muted colors and more saturated colors as the highlights! So you could start with a very dark painting then start coloring it with lighter colors, gives a very cool vibe!
I have never before even tried art but seeing your art for some reason really makes me want to learn, so that is what I will do. I am going to try to learn something I have never done before, thank you.
o damn it looks gorgeous n this is really helpful. when i colour my art i always just colour it the way it’d realistically look in real life instead of in a way where the colours go well together so i’ll definitely keep this in mind :>
Also to reiterate what she said before in a different video, a another technique that works no matter what you do!: take the color pallette you want to use, and take one color and 30% opacity it over wall the colors and color with that! it'll bring it together reguardless, to add new colors just do the same technique for one color and boom, harmonious color pallette
Is it just me or did anyone actually like the first coloring thing? Because *I* did. The angle and colors remind me of spring and gives me kid-core vibes, while the one at the end looked like a fall sunset setting. :)
Gonna try this next art I make. But my problem is finding colors that don’t clash with each other. I struggle with color theory and I’m trying to learn it on my own. But this video on constrasting “dull” v. “pop” colors really is helpful.
i make really drastic shading so i usually don't worry too much about the base coloring and rely almost entirely on multiply & add blend modes for color harmony
I felt relax whenever you started talking. You have the voice of a professional narrator and therapist. And your tips are amazing. I should practice that technique.
Sometimes I'll draw using the base colors but go over it with a hue or a color layer to tie everything in. I have a lot of fun trying it out with a desaturation layer too, and adjusting opacity to hit that OOMF just right
for anyone else wanting a harmonious colour palette, if youre digital then a good trick is to colour however you normally would and then pick a nice colour and set it to overlay, or something else if you think it works!
Art tip! One quick way to select what you just colored in digital art is to go onto the layer you want to select, and use the lasso tool with the automatic setting(procreate mostly other sites should have something similar) and then click outside your selection then invert. And you have the area selected! Hope this tip helps people!
i love how haley always makes videos about the things i’m struggling with at that exact moment... your a life saver, lavendertowne! 😅
Yeah
I didn’t know sokka was an artist!
@@chloewritesatnight141 It was an old hobby but like his boomerang it came back
@@chloewritesatnight141 He was painting at the end of season 3 to be fair--
@@chloewritesatnight141 Some of the best visual gags in the show were his paintings though
Another tip for nice colors: take a couple references with color palettes you like and just color pick from them.
This is a good tip but there are no replies so here, thanks! :)
Personally I like to try to make the color to match the one in the photo reference instead of just using the dropper, because it helps me learn how to get the colors I want at the same time!
Oooo thanks for the tip! 🙏
@@jinmalora Ryuji pfp hey😶
@@soniccookie655 I think I might try your suggestion. Thanks.
I go for a more realistic approach in terms of colors. The only “colorful” thing I put in my work, is the background. Besides that, I would use a pallet if needed. But I would usually adjust it once I have it down on a certain layer. That’s the way how I do it, at least on Autodesk.
Glad I found another person who uses Autodesk!!!
I only use natural hair/eye colors for my characters, nothing unnatural or weird.
Greetings. Pleasure to meet you.
Thanks:D but I’m using procreate do any one know how to do the thing when Hayley puts on a dark blue shadow?
@@-thecooloreo-6510 use an overlay layer!
Another good coloring tip, if you struggle with lighting and shading on top of that, is for starters, choose the time of day. I'm sure this sounds relatively obvious, but knowing and keeping track of a time of day for a setting was something I personally struggled with for a long time. You can't have strong shading with a warm palette if your goal was mid-day, after all. And vice versa for an evening scene.
Another thing that goes with this is to observe different times of the day. And I mean shading and coloring only. For example, a while back I realized that at mid-day, everything has a slight yellow hue on sunny days. But much more dulled, grayed colors on overcast days. And how the shading of trees gives things a slight brownish-green hue, due to the leaves. While man-made buildings, of course, just block out lighting entirely, casting very dark shadows. But once again, the intensity of these colors within the shadows depends on how sunny the day is. I would also go in-depth about other parts of the day, not just late morning to early afternoon, but I feel like this comment is already too long...
And this advice only applies to outdoor backgrounds, as any indoor scene could really have any lighting, but I still think it's really good advice! I know I wish I picked up on this stuff a lot sooner, maybe I would've enjoyed backgrounds more early on... But you live, learn, and just try to spread the word to help others. And you may think if you're working in an unnatural palette, or plan to use a lot of overlays, that it would cancel this advice out. But I don't think that's the case. If anything, it'd still work as a nice base, or even just to keep it in mind.
(quick edit: grammar and spelling in a few places. dang autocorrect always making it worse...)
@Carl The Meatgrinder ??? I genuinely don't understand your replies, care to explain? Why does it sound like "garbage" to you?
@Carl The Meatgrinder "this advice only applies to outdoor backgrounds, as any indoor scene could really have any lighting"
@Carl The Meatgrinder 👍👍
@Carl The Meatgrinder It's my own dang fault, really. I didn't know how to shorten this comment though, as the advice I wanted to get across required explanation, at least to me. So I just posted it. Sorry for the eye strain of being too wordy or whatever, like, genuinely.
Maybe the comment could have been shortened or something, but I dont care, personally.
Thank you for sharing your discovery. For myself, I think I just do this without thinking, but it would probably be better to actually think about it.
Something I noted, related to your comment, is the change in colours in various seasons and even locale. If you think of movies/shows and how there is always this orange or yellow filter if they're in California/Nevada or a blue filter if it is super snowy (think that ice world in Thor)... something like that. It actually exists, tho not as strong as post processing makes it.
Also, these colours DO play a role in interior colours as long, as there is a window in there. Lighting/shadows may be off-set by lamps or whatever, but something like the orange of a sunset will cast the room that colour. Something to make observation on.
To be honest I’ve always struggled with coloring my drawing so any tips I can get always help!
Other than the colors though, the drawing itself looks really good
I found a color pallete thing in instagram and it was really helpful but the instagram page got refreshed or sumn i felt like my heart got taken out of my chest lmo
@@flowersinantartica it always sucks when you accidentally find something interesting and the page you're in refreshes
why did i actually really like the 1st coloring-- it seem like a kid did it and its sort of comforting..
Right!
POV: your a kidcore artist
:👁👄👁
What tool did you use to make that lineart? I can never seem to get mine to look that clean without making it look too simple.
Same :’0
i think she's using inking thick and thin! it's a paid for brush sadly
Ikr
Any Lineart can be clean if you know your stuff! Even using standard pens will get you the same result. Number one rule being no chickenscratching, and make use of your eraser. Long, smooth lines, if you miss a bit then you can go fill it in with a smaller stroke.
If you think it looks too simple perhaps you can try adding variety? Thick and thin lines and darkening certain areas in your line art!
Amazing! Thank you, I always feel like I struggled with this.
Same-
Same
Me who doesnt know anything about digital art: Hm, yes, I was thinking the same thing...
My drawings look terrible without colour, lavender 😭😭😭
Loving these short and sweet art tips!
life saver😩
Bro you uploaded this at the perfect time
I just finished the lineart for a drawing and I was struggling with the colour pallette
I swear, ever since I've found this channel I've improved, thank you!
Same! I've learned so much from her vids, especially the do this not that series
This was so helpful, thanks Haley
Thx for the tip! Could you do lineart tips? I have trouble minutes with the brushes and making look good. it would be appreciated.😇✨
These shorts are super helpful! Thanks lavendertowne! 💕
This was so helpful bc I struggle so much with color palettes for my characters and this just makes the process much easier!!!😊😊😁✨
Omg thank you I have been struggling with color 😄
bro you literally have the best tips. of all the art people i watch you are one of my favorites.
Ive been following for a year now and your tips are always on point. Thank you lavender🥰
I love how unusual and unique your art style is. It inspires me to try an animation style instead of trying realism because I'm still a beginner and it looks really cool.
WOWW
Could you do a shading tutorial for procreate? That's the thing I've been struggling with the most in the transition from traditional to digital art
dear god your voice is so soothing you could singlehandedly cure my insomnia
I low key kind of needed this-
Haley, how about making a new channel for shorts? I don't mind you posting shorts but I think making a separate channel for it might be better. I love your shorts either way, they are super helpful 💖
Yesss, I like to use complimentary colors, triadic, and analogous colours when looking at a colour wheel. Good to use less saturated colours except for parts you want to "pop." If the whole image is high contrast (which can work) it can be jarring to look at, it's nice to keep something as the main focus
I usually just do whatever with colours and have really harsh,bright lighting, it’s a habit I need to break out of, this actually helped a lot
Tip: don’t worry about your colors being exactly the colors of real life (if u want a palette with matching colors and is aesthetic). Just make sure they look nice together
OMG HOMIE UR A LIVE SAVER WAS JUST STRUGGLING WITH COLOR PALETTES AND OPENED YT TO THIS MASTERPIECE OF A VIDEO
+ is no one gonna talk about how much talent she/he/they has/have
Thanks, Lavender Towne! You're the best!!
Thanks I really needed this cuz I draw dragons and when I make them I don't know what color so you really help me and thank for letting me know how to make the drawing pop.!
Loving this tip series you’ve been doing!! Super helpful and insightful!
Hon. You just broke down 4 years of colour theory into something super easy to understand within 2 minutes... well done.
My obsession in school was overly saturated colors. My professors were telling me all the way to the end of semester to expand. I finally am after their classes.
And then there’s me who was planning on coloring a drawing, but it’s traditional-
You've got this! I think everything but the layer mode stuff should work traditionally, I bet it'll turn out amazing :]
SCENTY
Lavendertowne has literally single handedly taught me how to draw- thank you
Another method I use is picking some random colors I want to use and putting a clipping layer over them with one color like orange or green or whatever fits the vibe best and then setting it to slightly transparent so all the colors look similar :)
These short tutorials has been very helpful!🖤
It's cool how she made orange and blue (opposite colors on the colorwheel) look amazing together!
Legit having this problem rn thank you ! 🙏❤️
I usually use a really bright color scheme for all of my drawings, so this really made me want to try something new like this
I will definitely try this today, if it works for me I will let you know, thanks for the advice! 💖🥺
her voice is just so relaxing
Ok but when she adds the overlay and changes the green accent to orange just looks so cool, like a demon or a supernatural being of some sort, especially from that angle, and I love it
A really fun pallet would be muted colors and more saturated colors as the highlights! So you could start with a very dark painting then start coloring it with lighter colors, gives a very cool vibe!
This is exactly what I needed to find. Thank you!
Amazing although my art style works with bright colours this could be useful for future art works I may make in the near/far future
Those bright colors blinded me 😃
I have never before even tried art but seeing your art for some reason really makes me want to learn, so that is what I will do. I am going to try to learn something I have never done before, thank you.
o damn it looks gorgeous n this is really helpful. when i colour my art i always just colour it the way it’d realistically look in real life instead of in a way where the colours go well together so i’ll definitely keep this in mind :>
Genuinely super helpful thank you
I've always done this with character, and it really helps!
this is so amazing, the art is awesome. thanks so much!
Also to reiterate what she said before in a different video, a another technique that works no matter what you do!:
take the color pallette you want to use, and take one color and 30% opacity it over wall the colors and color with that! it'll bring it together reguardless, to add new colors just do the same technique for one color and boom, harmonious color pallette
Ok but why does she look so cool at the last second
I literally just finished my line art
my recommendation really knows me
These art tips are really helpful, even to us art teachers in training 🥰
Thanks for making these videos! They really help! :)
Oh
My
GOD
This worked wonders, thank you so much!!!
Ooo! Pretty!
I usually do black and white sketches with dramatic black shading and neon accents
For traditional artist print out the drawing and use that as color practice to see things like details and out line colors :)
i've already watched this and clicked it accidently but your voice immediately calmed me down and made me stay again
Ayy those are some really good tips! I should try that next time I have free time to do art haha
Is it just me or did anyone actually like the first coloring thing? Because *I* did. The angle and colors remind me of spring and gives me kid-core vibes, while the one at the end looked like a fall sunset setting. :)
I'm really good at colors but horrible at drawing and it's always surreal to see the much more common other way around
Gonna try this next art I make. But my problem is finding colors that don’t clash with each other. I struggle with color theory and I’m trying to learn it on my own.
But this video on constrasting “dull” v. “pop” colors really is helpful.
Loving these shorts from you!
Wow, that's good too know, I've literally never stopped to think about the colors that much...
Thank you Haley for sharing these creative tips 💜 these shorts are so helpful~
Looks very pretty!
I agree!
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how the video is short, useful, and exactly one minute long?
THANK YOU SM THIS IS PERFECT TIMING
the red and orange eyes land so much better for me
You can also shade with a specific colour or tonne. That makes everything really cohesive
i make really drastic shading so i usually don't worry too much about the base coloring and rely almost entirely on multiply & add blend modes for color harmony
I felt relax whenever you started talking. You have the voice of a professional narrator and therapist.
And your tips are amazing. I should practice that technique.
Sometimes I'll draw using the base colors but go over it with a hue or a color layer to tie everything in. I have a lot of fun trying it out with a desaturation layer too, and adjusting opacity to hit that OOMF just right
This is a lot of help!
for anyone else wanting a harmonious colour palette, if youre digital then a good trick is to colour however you normally would and then pick a nice colour and set it to overlay, or something else if you think it works!
i think this should be considered an official art series on haley's channel now
I love how you draw clouds and how they’re more complex
Wow that looks amazing. I don't do digital art yet but it can also help with original art so ty
I really hope LavenderTowne makes more shorts like these, they're really quick but help out alot to improve
That
Looks
NICE
Your art is so beautiful :3
Thanks, this is also good for my game art!
Just gorgeous
Thanks so much! I'm horrible at colours
The art queen has spoken
Thanks this really helped add some life to my drawings
Your art tips are so practical and they work great! Thank you ❣️
This saved my life,thank you so much lavender!
Art tip! One quick way to select what you just colored in digital art is to go onto the layer you want to select, and use the lasso tool with the automatic setting(procreate mostly other sites should have something similar) and then click outside your selection then invert. And you have the area selected! Hope this tip helps people!
I love your videos so much! Literally whenever I’m struggling with something you’ve already made a video on it! You’re an absolute lifesaver
Thank you! You're voice is very sweet!
You explain so well 🙏