Wow. EVERYONE who wants to be a colorist must see these videos. The examples you chose are perfect: In themselves they illustrate your point. Thank you for this!!! Super helpful.
4:08 I thought I'd also point out, although it's irrelevant to coloring, that the lineart and panel composition also plays a role in directing attention to the guy in the back. Just as a little extra bit of information for anyone interested. The guy in the front is posed in a way that creates diagonal subconscious lines pointing to the face of the guy behind him; the slope of his shoulder and the position of his arm. I noticed the temporary lines drawn to point out the shift of focus pretty much directly followed these subconsciously percieved lines as well. xD I also noticed that the guy in the back, who is the focus of the panel, is positioned about a third of the way over from the edge of the panel and almost centered between the top and bottom of the panel. This corresponds with the rule of thirds and another concept I don't know a name for, but following these ideas we're a lot more likely to take notice of people or things placed a third away from the edge of an image, near some (vertical, horizontal, or absolute) center point, or both. To anyone who read this far, I hope this comment has been useful or at least interesting. :3
Very helpful vid! Kurt, I REALLY appreciate the effort/quality you put into the way/mode/accessible style you freely present your information. You can tell you're a very generous, charismatic and humble individual whose very knowledgeable and passionate about his craft. Truly inspirational, mate. Greetings and best wishes from Downunder. 👊
Always a pleasure watching your videos Kurt. I never get tired of the content and it always inspires me to improve my own coloring. Thanks again for doing this!
Great stuff Michael. This type of breakdown helps to look at what is needed. I struggle as beginner with how to use color, and what to incorporate or leave out. Resulting in hours of experimenting on the same thing, making it more often than not hurt the work. You talked about this in other videos. So i am really glad that you handle the fundamentals. Tnx, from the Netherlands.
I love the various examples you're using! Coincidentally, Tokyo Ghost is one of my favorite books. It's really cool to see a breakdown of their colors. I love these vids, the a lot :D
Hey, great videos. They've helped so much with my colouring. I know you say pin up images are a little different to comic panel work, but I was wondering if Im able to send you 2 versions of a pin up for you to say which is the correct/more successful method. I struggle with deciding whether or not push the background back or not. Not doing so looks better, but doing so puts focus on the subject and is more accurate. Is this an option? (if so how can I send you them), I understand if not. Thanks
Awesome. Thank you. Sorry to be really annoying...I've now subscribed to your youtube channel, how do I go about getting feed back? Sorry, and thanks again
Wow. EVERYONE who wants to be a colorist must see these videos. The examples you chose are perfect: In themselves they illustrate your point. Thank you for this!!! Super helpful.
I love how you explain how to set up the color layout of comic panels so the important subject matter reads first.
4:08 I thought I'd also point out, although it's irrelevant to coloring, that the lineart and panel composition also plays a role in directing attention to the guy in the back. Just as a little extra bit of information for anyone interested.
The guy in the front is posed in a way that creates diagonal subconscious lines pointing to the face of the guy behind him; the slope of his shoulder and the position of his arm. I noticed the temporary lines drawn to point out the shift of focus pretty much directly followed these subconsciously percieved lines as well. xD
I also noticed that the guy in the back, who is the focus of the panel, is positioned about a third of the way over from the edge of the panel and almost centered between the top and bottom of the panel. This corresponds with the rule of thirds and another concept I don't know a name for, but following these ideas we're a lot more likely to take notice of people or things placed a third away from the edge of an image, near some (vertical, horizontal, or absolute) center point, or both.
To anyone who read this far, I hope this comment has been useful or at least interesting. :3
Very helpful vid!
Kurt, I REALLY appreciate the effort/quality you put into the way/mode/accessible style you freely present your information. You can tell you're a very generous, charismatic and humble individual whose very knowledgeable and passionate about his craft. Truly inspirational, mate.
Greetings and best wishes from Downunder. 👊
Always a pleasure watching your videos Kurt. I never get tired of the content and it always inspires me to improve my own coloring. Thanks again for doing this!
I think this is one of the areas of the entire process that fascinates me the most. Thank you for breaking it down so nicely :).
Great stuff Michael. This type of breakdown helps to look at what is needed. I struggle as beginner with how to use color, and what to incorporate or leave out. Resulting in hours of experimenting on the same thing, making it more often than not hurt the work. You talked about this in other videos. So i am really glad that you handle the fundamentals. Tnx, from the Netherlands.
I remember this from the 70s, the ones I remember were oil paints and some were on black velvet panels. Good times 👍🏼
I love the various examples you're using! Coincidentally, Tokyo Ghost is one of my favorite books. It's really cool to see a breakdown of their colors. I love these vids, the a lot :D
Hey, great videos. They've helped so much with my colouring. I know you say pin up images are a little different to comic panel work, but I was wondering if Im able to send you 2 versions of a pin up for you to say which is the correct/more successful method. I struggle with deciding whether or not push the background back or not. Not doing so looks better, but doing so puts focus on the subject and is more accurate. Is this an option? (if so how can I send you them), I understand if not. Thanks
Thanks, Simon! I have a private Discord channel for feedback. You can join through Patreon or a UA-cam membership.
Awesome. Thank you. Sorry to be really annoying...I've now subscribed to your youtube channel, how do I go about getting feed back? Sorry, and thanks again
Great video, it was very useful for me. What is the name of the first comic that you showed, I would like to read it.
Thanks
1:22 bless you, wife!
thankyou
Hahaaaaahh, I remember those!