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A Note on Light and Colour
Published: 2008-07-29 05:21:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 99891; Favourites: 4284; Downloads: 2439
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*credit to gadreel for the still life stock: [link] *I'll say it again, this is just a collection of thoughts about color and light that I was thinking about today. I was doing a bunch of color studies and decided just to share some of the stuff I've been thinking about...
This is no. 1 of my inner monologue of useless not-tutorials entitled "Tricks To Make It Look Like You Know What You're Doing."
I will ACTUALLY do some art soon, really, as soon as I solve this paint tool sai problem.
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I remember coming across this months ago, and it always stuck. congrats on the DD, very cool C:
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Very good, you say its not a tutorial but I found it rather useful in that aspect, you've taught me more than my Art teacher!
P.S.
at the end you miss-spelled Sticking you wrote "Stiking"
don't want to seem like a 'knowitall' I just like to offer help in any way I can.
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THANK YOU for pointing out the type-o, it's not offensive at all I always feel like a tool when I miss errors.
I would fix it right this second, but I lost the file! oh well, it is unwise to try to be perfect, so I've been told
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No problem glad I could be of service, shame about losing the file though =/
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This is such a delicious tutuorial. I can't wait to discover and practice the knowledge it contains. *is excited*
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thankyou very much.
the way you explained this makes it alot easier to understand
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I'm not a painter, but even to me as a photographer, this has been very insightful.Thank you!
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This is probably the most helpful thing I've seen on deviantART in a long time. Great job, and congrats on the DD.
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This was very interested, and I've gained alot just from reading this. Just what I was looking for.
Also, a very well deserved DD!
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This is genius... Especially the war light>cold shadows or vice versa. I never got that before! I have a set of cool grey and warm grey markers, but I never really knew how to use them the right way. This is going to help me so much.. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!
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I've never noticed that about the first part (shadows) before. Or more like, I can't really see it yet. I hope I can train myself!
Really useful insights. Thanks so much for sharing!
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There are useful tutorials here in deviantart, then there are extremely useful ones, and then there's yours.
Thanks for sharing, 
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This is awesome! I always have a problem getting my shadows to look right/... perhaps a few of these tips will help ^^
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Hey, very helpful and it teaches a lot - I'm sure this was a lot more helpful than anything my art teachers have said so far!
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Awesome.. Shadows and light are a pain in the but to me so this should be really usefull! Thanks!
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Thank you! This will take a while to figure out, but it's a good start!
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Awesome. I never thought of color some complexly. I have a lot to learn
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This is really interesting and insightful! Lately, I've been freaking out about just practicing and knowing more art-wise, so this really helps!
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Thanks so much! I'd always wonder why my colours looked so... flat and heavy. Now I know.
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Colour is something I have yet to get a handle on. This will definitely help. Thanks!
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This is indeed very helpful, thank you so much for posting this!
I already knew something about the theory in black and white, but I've always have had problems when it comes to colors. Thanks again.
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Very interesting tutorial.
Thanks for sharing those thoughts. It's actually exactly what I was looking for today
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This is a very informative and useful tutorial which gives helpless people like me a little clue to start painting! I need all the help I can get and this is very handy indeed! Excellent work and congratulations on the DD!
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Do I understand it correctly that in the section a note on saturation. You mean that to get a good scale for shadows you first put it back to grey and then go down to the shadow color you want/need?
This is all very interesting and I'm definitely going to try it out
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I totally should review this again when I don't have watery eyes and a mashed brain and should be lying ill in bed 8D
By first look it's wonderful though I didn't understand half of it
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I never knew color, light, and shadow was so complex. O_O Wow. Thanks!!!! I'm going to try to put your tutorial help to good use!
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Very interesting tutorial for beginner artists who want to use colors right .. thanks a lot ^_^
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This is actually the kind of tut I was looking for, thanks.
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awesome tutorial! thanks for sharing!
you explained the concepts well and had useful visuals.
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useful i like tutorials/lists of thoughts where ppl actually WRITE something more and not only put some pics together
thanks for tips!
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very helpful in parts 
i'm still trying to understand the saturation and hue stuff but the visuals give a good comparison
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While this was absolutely amazing and really helpful.
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Oh man, when I read 'Combining Value and Hue', that totally blew my mind. I never even though about doing it that way! I barely know anything about painting as it is, digitally or otherwise, but this was really interesting to me! I'm going to start looking around my environment to do some studies for myself.
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ah, very very good 
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THANKS! this so helpful....
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I really have to tell you that this is SO USEFUL AND INSPIRING. You have made me realize something I wouldn't thought before. Thank you so much for explaining this to you, I will try to keep all this in mind when I'm doing my art. I will never forget you for your kindness.
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