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I'll admit this one was a little rushed because I wanted to get it done before the Christmas weekend, but here's Alva and Jesper from the animated movie “Klaus” under the mistletoe. The movie is absolutely one of my favorites for the season, but with the animation style and the warmth of the colors and lighting, it really gave me fits trying to get everything right. But hopefully I did them both justice bringing them into my own style.

Happy holidays, everyone!

Thanks for taking a look, and any comments, critiques, or tips are welcome and appreciated!

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Disclaimer: I’m red-green colorblind. Because of this, it’s difficult for me to tell similar shades/hues of different colors apart, and, therefore, I need to work with very limited palettes when I color pieces. For shading and highlights, I’ll start with a gray base and lighten or darken shades from there, and then add a color overlay (and, for some skin tones, attempt to add a blue overlay to make it less “hot”). I’ve often been told to be bolder in my highlighting and shading, and I’m trying to be so, but… sometimes it still seems pretty tame. I’m just saying this in case you mentioned I need to do that on a previous piece – I’m not ignoring you, and I appreciate the input. It’s just not very easy for me to implement confidently.

Description

I'll admit this one was a little rushed because I wanted to get it done before the Christmas weekend, but here's Alva and Jesper from the animated movie “Klaus” under the mistletoe. The movie is absolutely one of my favorites for the season, but with the animation style and the warmth of the colors and lighting, it really gave me fits trying to get everything right. But hopefully I did them both justice bringing them into my own style.

Happy holidays, everyone!

Thanks for taking a look, and any comments, critiques, or tips are welcome and appreciated!

____________________________________________

Disclaimer: I’m red-green colorblind. Because of this, it’s difficult for me to tell similar shades/hues of different colors apart, and, therefore, I need to work with very limited palettes when I color pieces. For shading and highlights, I’ll start with a gray base and lighten or darken shades from there, and then add a color overlay (and, for some skin tones, attempt to add a blue overlay to make it less “hot”). I’ve often been told to be bolder in my highlighting and shading, and I’m trying to be so, but… sometimes it still seems pretty tame. I’m just saying this in case you mentioned I need to do that on a previous piece – I’m not ignoring you, and I appreciate the input. It’s just not very easy for me to implement confidently.