From the course: Animation Foundations: Drawing Cartoon Characters
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Adding color to your drawing
From the course: Animation Foundations: Drawing Cartoon Characters
Adding color to your drawing
- So, here I've taken the fox space cadet and given him three different color treatments, and, as you can see, the effect on his appearance is pretty enormous. So, do take your time, play around with different color combinations. My personal color tastes, and, this is obviously a huge field, and you could do a whole movie about color, so, this is only the tiniest of introductions to this, I just want to show you some of my preferences, and methods. I like a kind of subdued palette, I guess, more than a lot of productions I seen now, which are hyper-saturated. So, the beauty of this is it's a lot easier on the eyes, especially if you're gonna be watching a feature film, that's like an hour and a half long with these colors. This way too, you can pick particular areas to be hot spots. So, if the entire figure is brightly colored, then, essentially, it beats your brain down. So, that's why I like to use desaturated areas for pants, that way you can use a highlight, say, on the kneecap…
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