#color gradient art

[theenbyroiderer]

Update on my bullion stitch project. As usual with my full cover projects, it won't be done until you can't see the hoop anymore...

#embroidery #3d embroidery #fiber art #work in progress #bullion stitch #bullion stitch mon amour #full cover embroidery #color gradient art #theenbyroiderer

[canisalbus]

Real fan art is coming one day, but for now I really wanted to see if it was feasible to simplify their gradients into something that would fit a simple style like Bluey’s 😅

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#aaaaaaaaaAAA #they're so precious I can't ;m; #I still haven't watched Bluey so I can't really comment on show accuracy but to me these look spot on #if you ask me the gradients work really well #if you look at them and unfocus your eyes they look like their normal markings #Vasco might benefit from having one more band between the base yellow and the lighter brown but that's totally optional and might take away #from the simplicity of his design #their colors are so true to the way I color them which is both cool and kind of uncanny #like Machete's pink details which in reality are very peachy almost closer to light orange than true pink #and their colored linearts which use the same colors I use for my colored linearts #I don't know I thought that was really cool attention to detail #they're adorable #thank you! #gift art #apupcalyptic #own characters #Machete #Vasco #their lives would be a lot less stressful in bluey universe I reckon

[bixels]

I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

#not art #dungeon meshi #rant #i'm someone who can get obsessive over colors in my own art #will stare at the screen adjusting hues/saturation for hours #luckily i've gotten faster at color picking #but yeah modern anime's color design is saddening to me. the general trend leans towards white/grey desaturated palettes #simply because they're easier to pick digitally #this is not the colorists fault mind you. the anime industry's problems are also labor problems. artists are severely underpaid #and overworked. colorists literally aren't paid enough to do their best #there isn't a “creative drought” in the anime industry. this trend is widespread across studios purely BECAUSE it's not up to individuals #until work conditions improve anime will unfortunately continue to miss its fullest potential visually #don't even GET ME STARTED ON THE USE OF POST-PROCESSING FILTERS AND LIGHTING IN ANIME THOUGH #SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK. I HATE LENS FLARES I HATE GRADIENT SHADING I HATE CHROMATIC ABBERATION AND BLUR

[cherulean-art]

Milotic Gijinka!!

#milotic #art #illustration #artwork #character art #sketch #character design #digital art #design #outfit design #pokemon #gijinka #pokemon gijinka #pkmnart #pkmn fanart #pastel art #pastel #gradient #mixed media #digital coloring #digital painting #thicc

[inkclover]

hold your tiny “i want to steal your job” husband like an apple 💃

the first pic be inspired by @katanosabedibujar’s post, which has been rotating in my brain for a while now wwww

👏 shoutout to this mad lad in the tags that made me cackled and ascend to the next plane /pos

just some sketches and aggie things

#prohibitedwish #prismo #prismo the wishmaster #scarab #scarab the god auditor #fionna and cake #adventure time #HOOOBOI went a little too saturated with the gradient maps #but bright colors be a fav of mine so yay for experimenting! #inky art #inky doods

[colormush]

#gif #loop #artists on tumblr #animation #colorful #digital art #arte #background #gifs #colors #color palette #calm #color #abstract art #colores #gradients #beautiful #art #visual art #pretty #RGB #*d65 #*pfn e0 sp0 r95 #*c47.234.93.192.109.243

[tubbytarchia]

Somewhere in the woods, a moth tires of seeking light

#gempearl #shinyduo #shiny duo #not meant to be shipping propaganda for the poll but I mean... feel free to take it as such!! #the solitary plants feel out of place and maybe the color gradients could be better but its fineeeeeee. Not my proudest background... #also haha get it. Moth tires of seeking light. There's light all around her but its symbolic you guys #vaguely inspired by an estonian song. Some of the lyrics: #Luck pat her little girl’s head and repeated that beautiful is everything that there is #The girl then smiled and that was enough for her heart to understand where the sun lay #one of my favorite songs ever. Very beautiful and Id love to make an animatic or smth for it but the lyrics get a bit too specific :( #Shame that its in estonian and probably offputting to a lot of people too but.... õnn ja arm by mari pokinen....... #hermitshipping #commission #centaur cuddles tee hee <3 #horses etc cant actually twist their bodies that much without it hurting them I think. But please suspend your disbelief for me pleasee #tubby art

[solarockk]

Dredge implied lore? in my hermitcraft fanart? its more likely then what you might think eye

#dredge spoilers #geminitay #geminitay fanart #hermitcraft fanart #hermitcraft #mcyt #bright colors #eyes #for the word blocks #eye strain #i think #digital art #fanart #sol art #mcyt fanart #artist on tumblr #art #man i love dredge #funny fishing game and then BOOM existential horror #this is still a sketch with a looooooooooot of effects and gradient maps lmao #basically a study #i hope gem actually put some of the game lore in her story #eyestrain

[rainbun]

They did it guys!!

#“it” referring to the sundae challenge I mentioned in my last fh post #my art #digital art #fanart #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #d20 #fantasy high #I messed around with overlaying a gradient map at a lower opacity over the actual colors #I think it looks cool but it definitely did mess with the colors a bit #particularly Gorgug ended up less green?? #I'm sorry Gorgug that was not my intention at all D: #i think maybe the reds from the gradient map mixed with the greens from his skin but then why is Riz still green? I don't understand???

[fyblackwomenart]

"NDIDI SPACE" by odhara 

#art #print #illustration #artist #odhara #portrait #sky #girl #woman #dark #vector #colors #pastel #female #universe #skin #african #artwork #black woman #gradient #planets

[captain-astors]

Fairest of all.

#So. Gradient maps huh. #Originally this was colored but I disliked the look so GET FILTER'D #vil schoenheit #twisted wonderland #my art #disney twisted wonderland

[theenbyroiderer]

From the archives. Progress pics from that time I got the crazy idea to do a full cover turkey stitch project... Turned me off turkey stitch for quite a while afterwards.

#embroidery #3d embroidery #work in progress #progress pics #turkey stitch #embroidery stitches #color gradient art #turkey stitch until you never wanna turkey stitch again lol #theenbyroiderer

[canisalbus]

Hi!! I don't know if anyone has drawn this before (sorry if they have!! I couldn't find any evidence of it) but I have recently been plagued with the question of "what if Machete and Vasco were in Bluey?"

Well. Now we know.

To my knowledge, the only Bluey dogs who wear clothes are the ones in uniforms. TECHNICALLY Machete's outfit could count, but I left it out because it's not typical of a main character. He must be naked 😔

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#oh GEEZ they're so cute uaugh #no you're the first to make this crossover! #once someone told me that my dogs and Bluey could exist in the same universe #and even though I'm getting my Bluey lore from second hand sources I think that might be correct and feasible #so you know #take that and eat it with your breakfast #it's great how it's almost justified to let Machete keep his outfit but in the end he must be naked 😔 #while everyone is on board with Vasco wearing only a smile #like yeah that tracks he doesn't seem to mind #I like how you managed to translate Vasco's gradients to a form that works with the art style #including the lighter chest/abdomen #also maybe this is an odd thing to say but I suddenly realized how monochrome they are #like their designs have very little contrast and are essentially just different hues of a same color #weird moment to notice that #thank you! this was so sweet #they're adorable #gift art #stafell #own characters #Machete #Vasco #I had sort of a rough day so this cheered me up a lot #cw needles #I had to go get blood tests done and this specific lab person had been really heavyhanded with me before so I asked her to be gentle #and she jabbed the needle into a nerve and I full on screamed in pain and sweated and shook and passed out for a couple of seconds #worst medical experience this far I never knew routine stuff like that could potentially hurt so immensely #I've never been scared of needles before and that has been sort of a point of pride for me #like at least I can do this one unpleasant thing effortlessly #but now I'm just terrified of that happening again #been feeling really weird/exhausted/nauseous all day and the arm still feels weak and tingly so I'm going to bed early tonight

[itsdefinitely]

CURTS TRAGIC SHOPPER FROM BLACK FRIDAY??? PLEASE???????

A WIGGLY IS 49.95!!!!

#id in alt text #black friday #tickle me wiggly #hatchetfield #definitely art #ough.. color gradients..

[clockworkreapers]

look at all of these beans

#look at all those chickens playing in my head #the rbg clown has other colors theres a full pack of em so put the gradient one here #also side note thank u so much to these commissioners for giving me tips i cri #commission work #commission art #art #artwork #not my character #fantrolls #fantroll #homestuck #hiveswap

[bigmanhesabigboyman]

Drawing flowers is NOT my strong suit. It’s supposed to be a poppy, if it’s not recognizable!

Thanks guys!

#save rottmnt #rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #tmnt fanart #my art #rottmnt raph #tmnt #Gosh I love dramatic lighting! #Just goofing around with colors and blending modes and GRADIENT MAPS!!