I didn't quite understand yet how you sample from the gradient? You mean you create a gradient strip right there on your canvas to sample from? Or you work on grayscale and then apply a GradientMap adjustment layer?
One additional thing to try is to do some pixel art with a predefined palette. Ofcourse, with pixel art you use no blending at all, just the pencil tool at 100% opacity, which makes for an interesting challenge.
Here's some I tried myself:
This character was drawn using only colors from the Avatar Palace, which is a graphical chat environment from 1996. Pretty challenging, particularly because the palette is very low on neutral browns and other skin-like colors.
This character was drawn using the hideous EGA palette, hence the blaring colors. Just wanted to see if it could be done! :poly142:
For me, doing pixel art has really opened up my eyes to different ways of using color, not just in pixel art, but 2d art in general. It teaches you that the most important thing is getting the value right, but you can get away with some pretty out there hues as long as the value is correct. So, I think the exercise is valid even if doing pixel art is not your ultimate goal.
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(Interesting topic, following too : )
https://github.com/joelstransky/palette-2-gradient
Cool work man!
Gonna have to give this a shot.
Here's some I tried myself:
This character was drawn using only colors from the Avatar Palace, which is a graphical chat environment from 1996. Pretty challenging, particularly because the palette is very low on neutral browns and other skin-like colors.
This character was drawn using the hideous EGA palette, hence the blaring colors. Just wanted to see if it could be done! :poly142:
For me, doing pixel art has really opened up my eyes to different ways of using color, not just in pixel art, but 2d art in general. It teaches you that the most important thing is getting the value right, but you can get away with some pretty out there hues as long as the value is correct. So, I think the exercise is valid even if doing pixel art is not your ultimate goal.