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Happy holidays, everyone! Just in time for Christmas, here’s Ada and Synthia taking a break from the annual holiday party Ada’s parents throw. I wanted to try out a scene with some colorful lights up close and in the distance so they’d be out of focus, but then realized that the classier places where this kind of party would be held don’t usually have colorful lights, so… plain white it is.

As usual, I’m not thrilled with the background, but it’s based off a real place and I did as much work on it as I was willing. If I had a couple more weeks to work on it, I could probably get it better, but, as it is, I spent two and a half weeks or so on this piece as a whole and I think that’s enough time. I figure the background is balanced with how the girls turned out – you won’t find them gussied up very often, but I think they pull it off nicely (Especially given their creator has no idea what’s what when it comes to women’s fashion).

Anyhow, please let me know what you think – all comments, critiques, and 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 generally adjust the ‘value’ portion of the HSV setting to make the base color lighter or darker; I’m unable to ‘cool’ shadows by adding blue or anything like that. 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

Happy holidays, everyone! Just in time for Christmas, here’s Ada and Synthia taking a break from the annual holiday party Ada’s parents throw. I wanted to try out a scene with some colorful lights up close and in the distance so they’d be out of focus, but then realized that the classier places where this kind of party would be held don’t usually have colorful lights, so… plain white it is.

As usual, I’m not thrilled with the background, but it’s based off a real place and I did as much work on it as I was willing. If I had a couple more weeks to work on it, I could probably get it better, but, as it is, I spent two and a half weeks or so on this piece as a whole and I think that’s enough time. I figure the background is balanced with how the girls turned out – you won’t find them gussied up very often, but I think they pull it off nicely (Especially given their creator has no idea what’s what when it comes to women’s fashion).

Anyhow, please let me know what you think – all comments, critiques, and 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 generally adjust the ‘value’ portion of the HSV setting to make the base color lighter or darker; I’m unable to ‘cool’ shadows by adding blue or anything like that. 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.