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Here is the tutorial I promised, if you have any questions about it just let me know because they will give me ideas for the next one

this is about color compositon and how I work on a picture

other stuff:


some complements about color composition --> [link]

if you wana see the picture in high definition... --> [link]

Hope you find it usefull!
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xX5ScreamForBlood5Xx In reply to ??? [2011-04-08 01:20:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!<3 This really helped me! I'm gonna try this later :3 Looks really fun! XD

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vandervals In reply to xX5ScreamForBlood5Xx [2011-04-08 15:41:39 +0000 UTC]

hope you shouw me the result!

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xX5ScreamForBlood5Xx In reply to vandervals [2011-04-09 02:08:02 +0000 UTC]

...This might take a while...I messed up, I skipped a step D":

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anakareninart In reply to ??? [2011-04-08 01:10:23 +0000 UTC]

wow!!!! muchΓ­simas gracias!!!

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vandervals In reply to anakareninart [2011-04-08 15:41:28 +0000 UTC]

hehe, gracias a ti

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mysticswordsman21 In reply to ??? [2011-04-08 00:10:21 +0000 UTC]

very great and well-written tutorial !!

umm anyways, I m having trouble in color composition.. @.@
can you help me? >.<

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vandervals In reply to mysticswordsman21 [2011-04-08 00:58:02 +0000 UTC]

what do you wana know??

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mysticswordsman21 In reply to vandervals [2011-04-08 01:11:31 +0000 UTC]

I need your opinion on this -> [link]
please ignore the weird perspective and weird poses, just care about the colors

it s my first time doing a background with various objects
at first, I tried to use colors to match the char colors
then I decided to make it a bright day

but still, it looks wrong somewhat
idk what to do, and how to fix it properly >.<

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vandervals In reply to mysticswordsman21 [2011-04-08 15:32:45 +0000 UTC]

hehehe

I think perspective is good! The colors have harmony, really, because grays usually work fine and there is mostly gray and brown (and little orange) all over.

I think that what you find weird is that the biggest character has a lot of gray and so does the bg, so it gets lost on it. Maybe you can try turning that gray into a darker purple gray or something like that, what do you think?

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mysticswordsman21 In reply to vandervals [2011-04-08 22:59:32 +0000 UTC]

Oooooooo I see....
Dark purple gray, yep I ll try
How about dark blue?

Thank you very much

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vandervals In reply to mysticswordsman21 [2011-04-09 00:21:55 +0000 UTC]

I think purple is better because it has the reds from the other elements too but you can try both and decide

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Kitsune100percent In reply to ??? [2011-04-08 00:03:53 +0000 UTC]

This is very helpful. I had no idea about some of that stuff you talked about until i saw this. Absolutely gorgeous picture in the end.

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vandervals In reply to Kitsune100percent [2011-04-08 00:57:49 +0000 UTC]

really?? like what?

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Kitsune100percent In reply to vandervals [2011-04-08 01:07:27 +0000 UTC]

Well, starters is some of the photoshop functions. Then there is the bits about the limited color scheme and the sort of thing you had with the yellow 'looking' green even when it wasn't. I'd never even heard whispers of sch things till now. Oh and the bit about water reflections always horizontal as well.

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vandervals In reply to Kitsune100percent [2011-04-08 15:34:47 +0000 UTC]

hehe, good, that is a loot I thinK!

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Kitsune100percent In reply to vandervals [2011-04-08 15:49:53 +0000 UTC]

It is. You should be an art teacher. You'd be really good at it.

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vandervals In reply to Kitsune100percent [2011-04-08 15:51:26 +0000 UTC]

haha, I should? XD
but I don't wana fight pupils and all XD

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Kitsune100percent In reply to vandervals [2011-04-08 15:57:03 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, that happens quite often. I still stand on what I said though.

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vandervals In reply to Kitsune100percent [2011-04-08 16:21:04 +0000 UTC]

hehe, find some classmates

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Kitsune100percent In reply to vandervals [2011-05-09 01:29:21 +0000 UTC]

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vandervals In reply to Kitsune100percent [2011-05-09 11:28:18 +0000 UTC]

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Inenarrable In reply to ??? [2011-04-07 23:57:43 +0000 UTC]

Eres un verdadero maestro, me ha encantado un tutorial. Todos deberΓ­amos aprender de esto

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vandervals In reply to Inenarrable [2011-04-08 00:57:36 +0000 UTC]

me alegra que sea util!

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GENocideFJS In reply to ??? [2011-04-07 23:52:57 +0000 UTC]

Un excelente tutorial, me van quedando algunas cosas claras. Siguiendo los pasos se aprende mucho, es muy interesante como el boceto va dando lugar a algo mucho mΓ‘s definido.

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vandervals In reply to GENocideFJS [2011-04-08 00:57:23 +0000 UTC]

ya se que no se puede comparar con el de la lechuza pero.. xD

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Draconigenae666 In reply to ??? [2011-04-07 23:52:49 +0000 UTC]

just a thought, you use the word reflex where reflection is needed... >.> 8'D

otherwise, very detailed ^^

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vandervals In reply to Draconigenae666 [2011-04-08 00:56:55 +0000 UTC]

haha, some people said that already, sorryyyyyyy!

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Draconigenae666 In reply to vandervals [2011-04-08 03:23:35 +0000 UTC]

i saw that after ;_; sorry to be repetitive 8'D

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vandervals In reply to Draconigenae666 [2011-04-08 15:20:28 +0000 UTC]

don't worry ^^

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Saiyakupo In reply to ??? [2011-04-07 23:39:48 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad to have a tutorial about colour composition! ^^ Thank you!
A few English spelling errors. 'Reflex' should be 'reflections', and I am not sure what you meant by 'armony', is that 'harmony'? Also some others I forgot, but anyways, great tutorial ^.^

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vandervals In reply to Saiyakupo [2011-04-08 00:56:39 +0000 UTC]

yes, harmony!

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Saiyakupo In reply to vandervals [2011-04-08 01:01:18 +0000 UTC]

Yay!

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Azureblaze In reply to ??? [2011-04-07 23:27:48 +0000 UTC]

It makes me wish I could draw so I could get into coloring things haha Nice ~ even someone who never uses Photoshop (me) read it all.

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vandervals In reply to Azureblaze [2011-04-08 00:56:17 +0000 UTC]

maybe you can try

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iDoodle2Draw In reply to ??? [2011-04-07 23:22:13 +0000 UTC]


best dragon tutorial i've every seen...yet, i havent looked at your other deviations!
*looks at gallery*

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vandervals In reply to iDoodle2Draw [2011-04-08 00:55:56 +0000 UTC]

look look!

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iDoodle2Draw In reply to vandervals [2011-04-08 23:25:22 +0000 UTC]

I'm looking! And i'm very satisfied with these wonderful drawings!!!

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Achimstyle In reply to ??? [2011-04-07 22:39:28 +0000 UTC]

It turned out pretty cool.

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vandervals In reply to Achimstyle [2011-04-07 22:41:00 +0000 UTC]

glad to hear that!

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BroadwayBound123 In reply to ??? [2011-04-07 22:36:53 +0000 UTC]

congrats on the DD

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vandervals In reply to BroadwayBound123 [2011-04-07 22:40:55 +0000 UTC]

haha thank you!!!! I'm sooo happy!

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BroadwayBound123 In reply to vandervals [2011-04-08 01:10:05 +0000 UTC]

you deserve it, enjoy it!
wow you replied pretty fast! Thanks for that, I'm sure your swamped with messages

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vandervals In reply to BroadwayBound123 [2011-04-08 15:33:19 +0000 UTC]

yeah but I'm just like

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BroadwayBound123 In reply to vandervals [2011-04-09 23:33:30 +0000 UTC]

have fun with it

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XLordAndyX In reply to ??? [2011-04-07 22:31:19 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME WORK!

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vandervals In reply to XLordAndyX [2011-04-07 22:40:45 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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XLordAndyX In reply to vandervals [2011-04-07 22:52:45 +0000 UTC]

you are welcome!!

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Werewolf-Pirate In reply to ??? [2011-04-07 22:27:09 +0000 UTC]

Amazing! Beautiful work!!

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vandervals In reply to Werewolf-Pirate [2011-04-07 22:40:39 +0000 UTC]

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