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Published: 2012-07-09 01:37:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 4364; Favourites: 92; Downloads: 0
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[EDIT] if any of you fancy checking out my colours in hi-res, Andrew just posted the full-size I worked at over here ... [link]I thought it'd be a good idea to have another crack at this cuts & grads thing before I have to go back to working in my usual style for a bit. I immediately thought of trying something of Andrew's - I think his art's quite suited to cuts & grads. I saw this when he posted it recently, and figured this would be the perfect time to take it on.
Still feeling my way with this new technique, so it's a bit ropey in pllaces, but I'm fairly happy with it. And look - no blue & orange palette! Okay, so I've only turned the colour wheel round a notch to red & green, but I swear it wasn't on purpose. It's just what looked right.
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Hellboy belongs to Mike Mignola, but y'all knew that! ;D
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You took something that was already great and made it better! Beautiful !
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Love the painted feel sir! Love the texture look you've given it
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Great! If I can make cuts & grads look painted, I must be onto something. Cheer mate!
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Awesome colors, here.
A neutral Vibrancy. If that makes sense.
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I *think* I know what you mean! Thanks man! ^_^
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I thing you can be forgiven for using quite a lot of red in a Hell Boy image 
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Yeah, I've always been aware of the advantages of C&G, but it proved really hard to adapt to from my normal brushed style. Now that I've figured out a way of doing it that kinda makes sense to me I'll definitely be working on refining the technique. I'm still a bit slow, but I'll get there.
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i looks good in some degrees and also it feels its not over render... there are times that I over render and under render a piece but still looks good
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I used to be terrible for over-working stuff, and I've been trying to address that over the past year or something. These days I kinda try to do as little actual rendering as I can get away with, while still maintaining something like my own style.
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try mimicking FCO on a batman piece... it kinda helps on getting that "textured but not over rendered" feel. I still practice that style for those artist who are more edgy and has more traditional feel for it
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Ah, see, I don't work that way. I can't emulate someone else's style, so I have to figure these things out on my own. It can make it kinda awkward to pick stuff up, but on the plus side it means I kinda have a colouring style all of my own. Well, nearly. ^_^
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thats okay,I still need to find a another style that I can do rather than being "just another cuts and gradient" colorist
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Y'know, it's probably not such a bad thing. It seems like it's easier to get work if you do cut & grads anyway - it's what the imprints want, so there's certainly no harm in providing that service.
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yeah your right, I kinda look into as "college view" on skills like you majored in Cuts and Grad and minored "painted style". but it never hurts to try different styles of coloring..
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Actually, that kinda makes sense to me too - I never could quite fit into normal educational systems. ^_^
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You always seem to like when I use a bit of green - guess I should do it more often! ^_^
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Greens my favorite color. Strange because I myself seldom use it.
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You totally should, man. I didn't *intend* to make this green - that was just what ended up working best with ol' Red. It kinda makes you do different stuff too, which is cool.
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I always over think it when it comes to red. Always try to use the less obvious contrasting colors but the green is effective. Got the vampirella piece finished and I've gone with the green background for that. I'll be posting that soon.
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Ah! See, that's where we differ - I tend not to think too much about it at all. I have read up plenty on my colour theory, but in practise that all goes out the window in favour of my old trusted pal, Hugh Satt (say it aloud 
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