Color Palette Thumbnails

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   Let round two of my color palette exploration begin! I have been learning so much about how color conveys mood while playing around with this technique---it's been so much fun!

   In an effort to broaden my range of possibilities, I tried applying what I've learned to a different subject matter: sword design. I chose the keyword "demon" for the left sword, and tried painting in a palette that would convey the mood of that selected trait--which for me invoked a strong need for purple, with blood red accents. I then tried the opposite. Through my analagous palette test on the right, I discovered that yellow is the most heroic color to me when kept dominant in the warm palette. I used that knowledge to thumbnail out a "Hero's" blade--originally I had a splash of blue (triadic color scheme) in there as well, but found the effect was stronger without it.

  A September catch up post will be coming some time next week! Until then, color~

August Catch Up~

 

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   Oh man, we're getting pretty close here to being fully caught up in posts! These are a few select sketches and studies from back in August. Just sorting through everything, it looks like I continued to spend most of my free art time studying other artists. The top page has a few personal sketches though, including a dog with it's head fit in a box (I call it "Fetch Delivery Services"), and Dumbledore~.

  A coworker pointed out the highly talented Eli and Oli--they have a great ability to show character in their simplest shape designs, and similarly excel in their use of simple color--and I discovered the amazing animated short "The Reward" by Sun Creature Studio; their dynamic and energetic animations are incredibly inspiring! It was a good month!

July - Artist Studies

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  July was the month of study--I geared down and looked at a lot of highly skilled artists for the majority of the time. Loish continued to pump out gorgeous characters. Meg Park's blog was a full library of strong characters/personalities to goggle over and sketch. And David, of course, has such life filled illustrations to learn from. I think I have been steamrolling forward since this month, and have continued improving at a nice pace!

Color Palette Thumbnails

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   Now this is a fun way to learn more about color! I decided one day to practice harmonizing color swatches with simple palettes (monochromatic, analogous, etc.), and ended up stumbling onto a method to create really nice thumbnails that convey a strong mood--this is more of an illustrative method of working in color than a technical way. I might post a process for this technique in the future; it is actually pretty similar to the method I used when working on Transformers Battle Tactics (though that was much more focused on form than color).

  Yes Robin Hood is dying in the purple monochromatic palette--it felt like such a poignant color, so it had to be done. July catch up post coming soon!