can you guys critique my use of color? still learning

[full hedge]

I want to see if I can improve my coloring :D

Ignore the background on the first one I changed it to a solid color layer

[coarse dew]

Love the colors

And the state in general

It’s giving 80’s superhero comic

[night notch]

I love the use of bright colors. It really makes your art pop.

[coarse dew]

I love bright vivid colors

And it fits so well with the sharp lineart

[full hedge]

Thank you!!!!

[coarse dew]

I definitely think the realism (Ex. The last drawing) doesn’t really fit with your style but I see what you were going for

My favorite has to be the one with the star on the eye

[full hedge]

Thank you!

How do you think I could color realism better?

[coarse dew]

I would recommend you shade with different colors

Not bright ones tho

Lemme make a small example

See, instead of shading by just using colors on the same shade, use different color shades entirely, so for my example, red for darker tones and yellow for lighter ones

It’s more of a spectrum

But you gotta have plenty of variation :3

In my drawing, it’s yellow for light, red for dark, and orange for normal shade, but you can do this with literally any color

[full hedge]

Huh

I just use a random color on multiply/color burn

[coarse dew]

Manual shading is harder but is much more worth it

I either do that or I color pick the skin, go to the very corner then down where it’s dark

[full hedge]

Ehhh I disagree

[coarse dew]

Then multiply and opacity of like 35

And same for the light but I do add

[full hedge]

[coarse dew]

Either works

Im lazy

[glass owl]

I think some dynamic shading with shadows would look good, since your colors pop out!