I’m bored and hungry, just thought you should know that.
Okay so I’m no expert or anything buutttt I have literally nothing better to do and it’s freaking cold so I ain’t going outside.
Okie so for shading, I recommend not using a slightly darker version of that color. For example; human skin. It’s just just one flat color, around the face and hands it’s usually slightly pinker then the rest of the body. So for watercolors, markets or digital even, my best recommendation would be to very lightly and slowly add a light pink around the nose, ears and face in general. This’ll give it a more toned and less flat look. If you’re doing it digitally, lower the opacity to be very light, maybe start with 10-15- or 20 so when you go in to blend it, it’ll look natural and noticeable, but isn’t in your face. Same goes for shading. Experiment with colors, or you’re going for tan skin, try slightly moving the color wheel to a pink or maybe orange, but still dark and fits well. Slightly changing the color will give more the face (or whatever you’re shading) again a less flat look to it. Don’t go from tan to blue obviously lol, but changing around around the colors can just add a more unique look to your piece.
For lighting/highlights, basically the same thing. Don’t just go for a light light color of a certain color of an area, especially if you want to do that with lights. If there are green lights, you’re not going add off-whites around the places it shines. You shouldn’t even go for a light version of the colored light shining down, do the same color for someone or something where the light is coming from. Worded that terribly, sorry.
Okay well that’s all I got, time to fall on the floor and look at the ceiling:D
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