🙅‍♂️ DON'T MAKE THESE COLORING MISTAKES

[@YTartschool]

Oh hi don't you dare make these mistakes anymore, it's not epic

[@AlanWalkerFan1357]

Not epic

[@WorkingtobeaDoctor]

Sure hehe!

[@laeumelia]

Yessir!

[@nathalie468]

oh YES SIR

[@timothypavlick76]

What are you using to make these drawings? Because if it's M/K than you are near God level.

[@themanok178]

cant believe hes being a pro artist for 85 years. time sure files when you have a yt channel

[@sinbad4696]

Fr, Feels like just yesterday he was a pro artist for 69 years

[@chobispider2178]

What I thought it was 105 🤬

[@themanok178]

@@chobispider2178 the count always rises every second

[@somethinssketchy2117]

i took 85 years to lay out the fat dump I couldnt pop out for months, still working on it actually, I think I crapped out an intestine...

[@themanok178]

@@somethinssketchy2117 thats one shitty story

[@TeeKool13]

1. NEVER shading with Black. 2. Always have color hierarchy (use color harmonies). 3. Balance Color: Cool (background) and Warm (focal point). 4. Add some color to the Terminator (or it would be dead-looking skin)

[@peppymartian9382]

the only time you should shade with black is with cell shading. trying to apply black shading to anything else makes it look dim muddy and boring. but black shading as a whole, can have it's advantages in stuff like the comic book style.

[@M_is_lost]

So in his coloring process videos he talk about shading on a new layer on top (set to multiply) and with dark greyish color, what makes it different here in this example? Why does Marc shade differently in this video example, than in those (how to) color videos?

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

the last one reminds me of sub surface scattering for skin in CGI

[@peppymartian9382]

@@dissonanceparadiddle yeah, pretty much makes it looks like something is below the skin, like blood. most of the time, the terminator would be shaded red to reflect human skin.

[@Yotrymp]

1. Never shading with Black I've seen this one misunderstood by traditional painters. Some think mixing black into your paint is wrong because of this rule, but mixing black actually cools warm colors and warms cool colors (depending on how warm or cool your black pigment is sometimes). You could just add another color to cool/warm the resulting mix anyways.

[@brianlindsay9097]

As a graphic designer for twenty years, one of the banes of my existence are clients who have heard that red is the color that attracts our eye the most. They force me to use it on elements they want to stand out, even when it is completely the wrong choice. Your red text is not going to stand out if it is on a reddish background!

[@OlafKeller]

Confirmed 1 million times.

[@artbargra]

As a colorblind artist in the making, coloring is my nemesis. I've slacked on it for years, so now I struggle with the most basic concepts. Because of this, your videos are truly a godsend. Thank you Marc for yur awesome tutorials :D

[@JunoCat1890]

Acromathopsia, right?

[@artbargra]

@@JunoCat1890 Nope, deuteranopia (red-green daltonism). It's not as aggresive, but it is *very* disruptive still. Basically one third of the color wheel is out of the question, making the picking of right colors a daily suffering.

[@That1Weeb]

@@artbargra i know its been awhile- but just curious, does that mean your better at greyscale? so could you use values to color still or are the colors that are affected not visible?

[@artbargra]

@@That1Weeb Well, it's kind of hard to explain, but simply put: My issue is that red looks brown-greenish. So, any color with red values will look different to me (for example, pink to me is _gray_). I've done grayscale shading, and never had an issue. Even more, I prefer plain inking and halftones over color because of this. Lately I've been color shading, by using theory, i.e. move the color cursor to more saturated and less bright. It works okay for me.

[@Eralen00]

@@artbargra i think it would be really interesting to see how your drawings look with colors _you_ pick, that _you_ think look good together. Rather than just having the same colors that everyone else uses. You don't always have to follow the "rules" because everyone else decided that's what looks good. If you get a lot of critiques from other artists saying it looks weird, that's when i would try to work on it. Sometimes the most interesting art comes from people that have something wrong with them (I have problems with my eyes too that are hard to explain but i see color normally). You know Monet was color blind. The way he painted started the whole impressionist movement with people copying his style

[@Alepap.]

7:08 While i do agree here, you have the the complementary colors, but what you have done is essentially reduce the number of colors in the image to mostly purple and green, even the hair, so it feels more monochromatic and therefore more closer to grayscale. If you are going to use only 2 colors then the lighting itself better bring those extra colors in the piece to save it. I think personally the left image is more visually appealing, apart from the oversaturated green gloves. Make them Brown or light orange and you'd have a great image. Complementary doesn't necessarily mean better.

[@axcolleen]

Finally an artist who knows what they're talking about! I keep seeing people who spouts bad advice and people follow them

[@JDDL2011]

The never shading in black has saved my art so many times this month. I now use a light grey overlay and then tint it after and it makes everything pop so much better. I still need to use the colour terminator tooltip at the end to make things even better but I am seriously improving over the course of each project. Thank you so much Marc Brunet!!!

[@M_is_lost]

I caught tinting the shade layer a few times in his videos (how to color), but I don't understand what Marc did or meant by it, any explanation?

[@zephyrias]

The terminators being tinted! Thats how they do it!! I’ve seen artists do that, I always wondered how. I shall try that too! :D

[@DaveBarrack]

I'm thrown off by the suggestion that the shadows should be less saturated. (2:41) In my experience, shadows are almost always more saturated, the major exception being if a piece is lit by strongly colored light. At a certain point, light colors have to lose saturation, because any HSV of X,100,100 will be much darker than X,10,100. Stylistically doing low saturation shadows can work in some cases of course, but if you sample colors from almost any random headshot, the cheek will be less saturated than the shadow under the jaw. (Barring odd lighting situations of course)

[@SajiriArt]

I only recently found this channel but in the weeks since I feel like my art has improved so much. I'd been sporadically doing commissions the last few years, but in the last 2 months I've started taking it more seriously and setting aside time each week to work on them. I binge watched everything on this channel while working, drawing, playing games on the side and I can see a massive improvement compared to things I had drawn only 3 months ago. Especially my lineart! Thank you so much for everything you do here Marc.

[@biensaolonggio8612]

The shading one is really new to me, and I immediately love its effect. Thank you so much :3

[@buda3d2007]

I am a dummy when it comes to color, your approach is easy to grasp, thankyou!

[@serijas737]

While Marc might appear like someone who's just selling you stuff, he is actually looking forward for you to learn while making some money off of it. He isn't withholding informations from you, but instead apparently believes in the concept of that there will always be a student to a teacher.

[@lune7220]

Yes, I have learned so much from mark and improved so much as an artist even if I didn’t have his paid classes.

[@FiggsNeughton]

He's turned art into a pyramid scheme, teaching people skills so that he can then milk them for $$$$$$$$$$$ basically tricking people into being wealthy >:(

[@desimaru88]

Oh...myfuking God, that was the biggest help, everything just clicked, thank you so much 🙏

[@ScootyScootzzz]

Marc I dunno if you'll ever see this. But I just want to tell you I've been in a complete rut with my art recently, feeling like I'm making no progress. But your videos make me feel capable again. You're just absolutely brilliant and my ideal teacher. Thank you Marc!!!!!!! 💜

[@pogsicle7453]

The terminator one definitely caught me on. I ain't messing things up next time, it literally felt like magic when you colored the terminator and the result looked so much interesting

[@mattg6106]

This is possibly the best color-focused video for artists out there. Usually you just get people repeating a simplified version of color theory without many specifics on how to use it.

[@lakuraart2059]

Whenever i learn something new from your videos i feel so motivated to draw epic pieces thanks Marc 😎

[@saratinella2331]

This was so usefull! Thank you!

[@alversonsabuero770]

Woah holy crap, the terminator coloring is a huge game breaker, thanks Marc !

[@RainofLight]

i had always noticed the tint of the terminator transition and how i subconsciously associated it with good art but you actually explaining it will help me remember to implement it, thanks

[@PirateOfTheNorth]

Tinting the terminators was the most helpful tip for me. My skin often looked dead. Going to try this now

[@exodus146]

I've been getting into drawing and I've been leaning on your videos a ton. So far you are the best source on KZbin. I just love how you break things down and make it easy to understand. your doing the dark lords work! thanks man

[@KingO_ART]

Im a guy from brazil and your videos can make a biggest difference, thanks for lessioning Sorry for my bad english ^^

[@DaunteFalck]

I'm currently in college for game design art and have started doing streaming of my art. A lot of these tools I've learned, but hearing different executions of those tools is really amazing

[@_Idra_]

Since I started drawing I have never considered the idea of ​​painting or studying color, it is always anatomy etc but never how to paint that, and now that I saw that video I see that I have to learn a lot about it and put it into practice. Good video ❤🎉

[@Rainbow_Wolfwear]

Not even focused on colouring but I'm here anyway lol. Also can you please do a perspectives video plz I always have trouble with it :)

[@Manas-co8wl]

The last one was completely new to me. Thanks

[@gfxz86]

what i learned from these tutorials is that there're lot of asses in this course! Joking ofc and thanks for the advices!!

[@donnacadayona6746]

Warm color is good as a focal point, cool color for support

[@Only_Rory]

The intros are always amazing 👏

[@VioletSMH]

That Terminator part has really helped me a lot, thank you. Something I was always missing yet I didn't know what.

[@foolish137]

I've been using that skin shade trick but I didn't even think of using it on clothes etc. That was enlightening

[@abonzabay7693]

Im so thankful for your channel 😭 As soon as I get income I'm definitely joing your course

[@rookiepoo]

THIS IS SO UNDERRATED?!?!? quite possibly the most helpful and informative guide to colors, wish more people saw this.. anyways thank you so incredibly much for the helpful tips, as an artist who is pretty new to the world of color (as i mostly sketch lol) this helps ASTRONOMICALLY. keep it up and thanks again

[@MegaJoseph14]

Been looking for intermediate to advanced coloring tutorials and I have found what I’ve been looking for quite some time. Definitely got me enticed in looking at your online art school my good sir! Now all I gotta do is stop being afraid of choosing colors for my character designs

[@zoberraz]

The color theory bit about two or three opposing colors on the color wheel is great advice. I'm colorblind (a deuter, I think), so it's always hard to figure out something good. I'll play around with it sometime. Thanks!

[@BlueJeebs]

Learned more from this video on color theory in 10 minutes than I did during my college course on art. time to brush up on my theory lmao. Great job with the vid!

[@claudiarizzo571]

That was hands down the most useful tutorial I have seen about color theory so far! (I care to explain why, you do explain a bit o color theory, as many others do, even without entering so much in detail. But You also do show the difference between the application of those principles from someone who knows the theory but it's not applying it well. I felt like my understanding of colors changed after seeing the do's and the dont's)

[@FireBirdPhoenixProductions]

DUDE! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! I have been dabbling in coloring for a few weeks now and have been trying to figure out how to make my images pop like great CG artist I follow. "The Terminator" tip helps out a BUNCH! this whole video has given me a huge boost in ideas! Thank you!

[@eomersimbajon2938]

omg I NEVER KNEW ABOUT TERMINATORS BEFORE THEY REALLY SHOW WHAT KIND OF LIGHT IS ALSO SHOWING ON YOUR CHARACTERS AND OBJECTS HOLY CRAP

[@thefooltouchstone3569]

Tip on the terminator is SO COOL!!! Thank you! =D

[@antlermind]

Why is the outro theme so reminiscent of old-school Final Fantasy? For some reason it always puts imagery from FFX in my head... which is not a bad thing at all. Thank you for all that you do Marc, amazing stuff, as always :)

[@therummagingferret]

Ive watched so many videos. probably several hundred at least. Never once did anyone ever mention the boarder line between light and dark and tinting it to give life to a work. Another tip I've never heard of in other videos is the saturation. Even in the art classes I have had they do tell you cool colors recede and warm colors pop out. Never once in school or any video did any one mention using saturation to help something stand out. It really does sound just so basic its a wonder no one has mentioned it before. It is pretty logical and yet it gets over looked. So thank you.

[@elblaise5618]

@4:07 I'm still learning but I'm pretty confident there's a pair of somethings that aren't red drawing the viewers eye lol.

[@fullmetal1611]

your video classes are awesome, regulary uploaded, inspiring, the best drawing guides. you literally compressed tons of useless KZbin guides into one, informative and pleasent video. thanks a lot.

[@lexwhy554]

I've been doing art for 8 years now and I have never heard anyone talk about the terminator saturation, and I feel like I just unlocked something major in my brain

[@speedwagoncito]

Maybe I'm misremembering, but I recall Marc mentioned in one of his older videos about shading that shades could be done using a specific color that was kind of a light brown-ish (idk the actual color's name, sorry) and setting the layer as "difference", but in this one he suggested that the shading should be done using darker tones of the color we're using for the base. The question would be, which of the two methods works best/would you recommend the most? I'm definitely gonna try both since I've been wanting to improve my coloring and shading, but I'd like to hear some thoughts on the matter.

[@darpe.d5603]

brownish shadows may be used for some basic shading when you dont have anything else going around. however if u have something happening with your character (like a scene behind, or a specific light source) u can use a different color to shade. it helps to blend your character in the art, because shadows arent always brown. they may be green or blue or purple- anything honestly. Even black in theory but never a raw black. when using black and white u should use specific filters. but thats for another topic ;)

[@speedwagoncito]

@@darpe.d5603 Ohh, got it!! As obvious as it is to me now that you explained it, I was failing to understand what the main differences between the two options were or how could one define which would be "better" for a piece. Your explanation helped me a lot. Thank you so much!!

[@PlusSe7en]

I feel like I’ve been told about the terminator thing before but I never fully got it until now. Wow thank you again Marc

[@Lizard1582]

to add some explanation, cool colors sink to the background because our atmosphere is mostly blue (think distance mountains getting blue and blurry from all the particles between us and them). Warm colors pop because we associate them with light from natural sunlight and fire.

[@hayliegearon2481]

I think something worth mentioning too is to pay attention to your color of lighting, if in the terminator you always use orange or red it'll always look like your drawing's in sunlight

[@atlasnoodle7896]

very good teaching. I've drawn for 16 years and I have these mistakes.

[@antoniotroncoso8583]

It would be great if we could see more deeply things about the transition of colors, like in the terminator part. PS: I love your content

[@franciscoguinledebarros4429]

Legit never heard, notice, or though of adding color to the terminator, very good!

[@amirulrsly8788]

THANK YOU MARC ! THE TERMINATOR TIP IS WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ALL THIS TIME ! I JUST DID'NT KNOW WHAT ITS CALLED !

[@TheDarkSittich]

I heard different definitions for what "cool" colors means. Often people mean colors which hue is more in the blue, but sometimes I see people describing colors that are less saturated.

[@Heaven-kp7ls]

I think I believe more in the first one, for one simple reason: when put against each other, a less saturated version of the same color will look like the opposite color in the color wheel. A desaturated green painted on top of a very saturated green won't look cooler, it will look red.

[@TheDarkSittich]

@@Heaven-kp7ls I get the feeling that those definitions are very relative. It's a lot about how a color "feels" I think. Like we associate the color red with warmth, but only because things like fire are usually red so we connect those things mentally. Or is it really because red is more in the infra red spectrum of light? If that'd be the case, we would associate pruple as the coldest color. But I'd argue there are purple hues that "feel" warmer. Just a thought though

[@Heaven-kp7ls]

@@TheDarkSittich that's a really good point! I'll raise you that light colors and paint colors are completely different though. Since purple is a mixture of blue and red in pigments, purple hues with more red will feel warmer. Red and blue-violet light make magenta. In my personal opinion though, the warmest color is orange (mixture of the two warm primary colors and opposite of blue), not red. There is actually a very interesting Marco Bucci video about color relativity, and it shows very well what I was talking about. A middle-of-the-road gray painted over blue will look orange, and the same gray painted over orange will look blue. Color theory is beautiful!

[@YTartschool]

The real answer is it’s relative. A color can take on the role of a cool color next to some colors, or can be considered warm next to others. It’s always case by case.

[@cameram-guy8684]

a cool color is a color that cool people use, nerd B)

[@kitherit]

I've got some lineart that I'm trying to color, and realizing I really need to learn good techniques to color my artwork. This video, along with your "How to color your drawings (in any software)" video, are going to be a tremendous help to me! Thank you!! 💖

[@RenaudBAI]

I watched a lot about colors but I guess this one video goes simple and clear, definetely will remember your tips ! Even if I don't really agree with the warm red artwork, I think it looks really cool, and even if light is better on your colder version, the intention is really not the same.

[@aurorg7297]

I know that 4:30 is meant as a general guideline, but I also like the idea of saturating the hands/feet area if you were animating character movement (ie, fight scenes/ fighting games) so intent really does matter. Nice video!

[@kaikouchickamatsu]

Thank you so much!! I haven't thought much about color theory in a while when I draw aside from "I don't like how this color goes with this one... it clashes." That's what I do. xD I'm going to focus more on this.

[@basedoppenheimer1497]

So far your tip on shading and highlights was a huge boon, but the others have been way over me, especially color hierarchy and the terminator. I will be sure to keep this in mind. The terminator especially is something I would like to master prioritarily.

[@mngkyouGoD]

Love the eye color change 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@thehiphoperazed2864]

...pretty sure I just learned more just now than I did through all the art classes I. School. Thanks bigM

[@LE_SSERAFIM]

*SIMPLE BUT AWESOME*

[@user-mh6sb3dm3x]

Still the goat after 85 years, keep it up king

[@Nishkween]

You have such beautiful eyes btw! Thanks for that quick teaching.... awesome!

[@BingBangPoe]

As usual Marc always have the best didactics.

[@millakatariina64]

This has been the most informative and clear video on coloring I've ever seen on KZbin. _I've watched a lot of coloring tutorials on this site._ I learned so much from this video. Thank you so much for this.

[@savageshark379]

Just want to thank you sir for making this video. It's really helped me out with getting a better grasp on understanding color harmony. Most importantly is understanding how the "Terminator" works in helping the shadows and lighting work together. I never thought of the idea of using Cool colors as part of a background to the Warm colors as the foreground. This will help me immensely. Thank you

[@annanoeldraws]

I have to say, he has aged VERY well for eighty-five. Also, Love the tips!!! Thanks so much.

[@samifranco5541]

thank you so much i know is a very small class in youtube but it help a lot since i was struggling whit terminator colors

[@SparksJuicy]

I would love a more in depth video about color balance in scenes with dramaric lighting like sunsets, I never considered it before

[@jelly_bean-l3m]

the terminator is the edge of the shadow, the most dark area between light and shadow... why do you name the halftone like that? sorry i dont understand...

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

At times when I would missed days of art practice, either due to a busy schedule or the alluring fun of online games. The shading and coloring are the first ones to go kaput or it just looks weird. It's even more noticeable when my bad habit to pile everything into just 4 layers kicks in. This weekly art class as always really helps, that feeling of intense inspiration after the end is quite intoxicating. Amazing job Marc as always, I look forward to next weeks class. If only I could break that four layer habit. Not sure how.

[@chaoswolf7976]

So, to put it all togheter (and please corect me, if i got something wrong): Warm light + cool shadows Warm shadows + cool light shadows have at least a bit of the color of the environment strong transition between light and shadow colors on opposite sides of the color wheel are more harmonious brighter colors= more attention (focus) from viewers

[@KimarZuru]

One simple rule I heard is that if a cool light is hitting an object, the shadow will be warm, and if a warm light is hitting something, the shadow will be cool, really helps when shading!

[@TheSuperSpecialOne]

These art tips are just theories, not rules carved in stone everyone. But the final verdict of any art piece will always be the final say on what's right or wrong and if the art piece was successful or not. :)

[@seebadd2968]

Holy hell, this is great! My roommate sent me this for some color theory issue I'm having with a painting. Definitely trying that terminator trick!

[@9b8ll]

man Marc, this is one hell of a vid! its a great thing that now I don't even shade with black anymore when coloring. But the color harmonies and coloring the terminator tip a really ,really good tip. I should give it a shot because, I do not like the "dead skin" shading look. superior vid as usual. 😊

[@kunhwalee]

superb video. I think it's so well explained. Not too difficult, but with all the essentials. Thanks a lot!!

[@bergie8342]

Hope you’re all doing okay today. I’ve been having a hard time being consistent with my practice. I should be doing like 25-30 hours a week but I’m only doing like 4. My mental health is the problem here. It’s a big obstacle for me. What do you guys suggest for keeping me more consistent? I appreciate it everyone, and take care.

[@palladiumwings]

Heya. 25 - 30 is so much. Way too much, frankly. I would aim for a much smaller amount (e.g. < 10 hours total) and try to make those hours count more. I imagine you're probably gonna be in this for the long haul, so it needs to be sustainable, and longs hours generally are not

[@cmdrhatchy9611]

Overlapping effects layers create some really interesting terminators. Something I discovered by accident.

[@turtlelearns3d]

Holy crap, that terminator tip was really helpful.

[@nhoe1399]

One of the best videos i've seen from your channel. Packed with information in a short time, and this information is usually hard to come by in other art channels

[@Karafactory]

I tried the terminator, IT WORKS! thanks a lot!

[@donnacadayona6746]

Dont shade with black Use saturation for focus (color hierarchy) Balance cold and warm color Know color harmony Add warm color to the terminator

[@thedropsensei1593]

Marc is literally the best! ❤️like his videos are so helpful I can’t stress that enough😤😤

[@sylvie6128]

My reason for watching marc is because of his intro and content

[@studiovoxx3051]

As always Marc, All of your videos are really helpful which I love it

[@noobydooby510]

Hey, Marc, can you do an animal tutorial or an object tutorial, I would love to see how you draw them.

[@DarwinRoger893]

The terminator one is something's I've been subconsciously using without noticing by following wlop's method.

[@imam5623]

I'll use his shiny head as sphere pallettes for shading reference

[@Surf3r9irl]

When you have been teaching art before you were even born. What an absolute legend 😎

[@laeumelia]

Thanks to your videos my colouring has improved immensely lately

[@stinkymcgee778]

Ok so I see you casting an "inner glow" on that layer with your shading. In Procreate how do you think you would replicate this? Fudging around with gradient maps? EDIT: This is in reference to the warm highlights you put on your terminator. :) Hope you see this. Your videos have me progressing like I never have before. cheers!

[@gabrielvidarte]

I can get a similar result using the color balance tool. But it’s not the most intuitive process, I usually play with the sliders until I stumble into it :p

[@moemoii3094]

I've been drawing for fifteen years and I've made all of those mistakes. Nice! 🤠

[@_roku_]

OMG This video is very helpful, I am very grateful that you made this!!!

[@SuchitaBhattacharya]

when you put the saturated color on the shading my jaw DROPPED! I've just been trying to learn color theory since color is something I struggle with. You, as usual, posted yet another great video. This really helped. Thank you.

[@iceemerald2085]

Just last night I was trying to color different skin tones, and Marc comes in with a great color vid about how to make them better. You're in our heads, man.