- I personally don't think I have a good
color sense.
At the first beginning.
Because I don't have any color theory.
I pretty much self-taught.
I pick out colors that I like the most
and then start drawing from the beginning
when I was like thirteen, fourteen.
So... I started up my
own favorite color swatches during that time.
And now I still use a similar color palette.
Which is interesting.
I got a lot of people ask me
the same question.
How do I improve my color sense?
How do I pick the right color?
How do I know I picked the right color?
And then the answer is...
No, I don't know.
Because everyone has their own color sense
and it's quite different.
If you're struggling a lot on
picking out the right color
for your illustration... I highly
recommend you try limited color palette method.
This method, I personally love it
and I use it because I started learning
screen printing method.
So that means I only get to use
3 to 5 colors per illustration.
So that it is easier for them to print it out.
Or for me to make the real print.
And today we are going to use only 3 colors.
And then it's 3 very basic colors.
Red, blue, and yellow.
As you see, the sketch there
is here already.
And then what I'm going to do is
add one more layer.
And then let's go into the colors.
So right now I'm going to just pick out
my favorite red.
So the ring on the color ring
is you pick out the general color.
Like you want this red, you want
a little bit purplish-red,
or an orangeish-red.
You kind of see it immediately.
And then after you pick out this color
you go into the middle square.
And then it has like different diversity
of the same red with lighter and darker.
So, I will just like move it to the left
a little bit.
Because I kind of want to mix watermelon kind of red.
A little bit white, pastel red.
Just move a little bit.
You can auto adjust by doing this.
So, let's see the red.
It's good.
So the red is settled.
If you want to get it back,
it's already over here.
It's under recent.
So the red is saved.
And then let's pick out a blue.
So I like this kind of blue.
Maybe a little bit green.
Towards the green, yes.
And then the same volume.
Not so bright.
I will not change it.
It's perfect.
Yeah, so this is the blue I really like.
And then you have it already.
And then let's choose a yellow.
My favorite yellow is not so lemonade color.
It's always a little bit orange.
Towards orange, and less vibrant.
Because yellow can be a little bit
too overwhelmed sometimes.
It's so bright.
Now you have it, the three colors you like.
There are millions of combinations
you can play with, with this method.
And then you can even add to 4 colors, 5 colors,
to 8 colors.
And then, for me, the most important thing
is to build up your own color palette.
To build your own color collection.
So that, now I kind of know which 2 colors
put together is beautiful than the other combinations.
So you have to practice and try it out all over a time.
And then also, try to...
save your own swatch for your drawing process.
When you are doing a series of illustrations,
always use that red.
Always use that orange.
And it will give your series of illustrations
a kind of consistency.
Even if you don't draw the same stuff,
they look like they belong to each other.
That's how powerful limited color palette is.