Looking for resources - learning how environments affect local colors in 2D contexts?
polycounter lvl 3
Hi there!
This is indeed my first post, and like many a new member, I am paranoid I am still posting this in the wrong place. However, I have a feeling this isn't too far off, if it's not the correct place.
Anyway, something's been bothering me for a while, as a self-taught artist on a haphazard journey of prolonged learning, self-doubt, and exploration. I often wonder how the environment around local colors factors into the way they appear, and from a 2D standpoint, how one would anticipate the end results by taking into account all of the variables.
I'd like bring up Colour Constructor by Muzzoid. It's a brilliant tool, both in design and in results.
That is what I'm trying to achieve, without using tools, relying only on developed intuition (which I don't have yet). The raw math used to achieve the results is impressive but daunting, and not for use on the fly. Instead, I wonder if there are any intuitive shortcuts that artists use to achieve comparable results on the fly, or if the process just isn't so simple.
I understand that, for example, a red object (depending on what material it's made from, what texture it has, etc.) will take on a more "blue-d" hue if influenced by the night sky, but predicting what that would be stumps me. My guess is that it would tend towards an objectively purplish/pinkish hue, whilst appearing red in the context, but I want to develop some kind of system built on intuition that leaves no doubt, or just less doubt.
All that said, are there any good resources/exercises/readings/pieces of advice you guys could recommend? I've got a lot I want to learn in art, but right now, I think this one is the most pressing.
Sláinte mhaith,
-Jon
This is indeed my first post, and like many a new member, I am paranoid I am still posting this in the wrong place. However, I have a feeling this isn't too far off, if it's not the correct place.
Anyway, something's been bothering me for a while, as a self-taught artist on a haphazard journey of prolonged learning, self-doubt, and exploration. I often wonder how the environment around local colors factors into the way they appear, and from a 2D standpoint, how one would anticipate the end results by taking into account all of the variables.
I'd like bring up Colour Constructor by Muzzoid. It's a brilliant tool, both in design and in results.
That is what I'm trying to achieve, without using tools, relying only on developed intuition (which I don't have yet). The raw math used to achieve the results is impressive but daunting, and not for use on the fly. Instead, I wonder if there are any intuitive shortcuts that artists use to achieve comparable results on the fly, or if the process just isn't so simple.
I understand that, for example, a red object (depending on what material it's made from, what texture it has, etc.) will take on a more "blue-d" hue if influenced by the night sky, but predicting what that would be stumps me. My guess is that it would tend towards an objectively purplish/pinkish hue, whilst appearing red in the context, but I want to develop some kind of system built on intuition that leaves no doubt, or just less doubt.
All that said, are there any good resources/exercises/readings/pieces of advice you guys could recommend? I've got a lot I want to learn in art, but right now, I think this one is the most pressing.
Sláinte mhaith,
-Jon
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The book Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter by James Gurney is full of great examples of this, paintings he made from life of specific color and lighting interactions.
I've gathered some more resources here in a similar vein
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Lighting
I've seen some of these before, but haven't had the time or money to look into them. (Well, I know studying from life is free...) I haven't had much more time to even draw or practice my art skills, given my current school priorities, so I will hopefully start posting art and asking for critique in the future. If I can just get the time, now...
-Jon