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hey guys how's it going welcome back to00:00:09
my youtube channel if you're new here I00:00:12
make our tutorials and just basically00:00:15
our tips for beginner artists to improve00:00:18
their art and pretty much improve the00:00:22
quality of your work so you can00:00:23
subscribe to my channel and just check00:00:25
out all the videos I've done in the past00:00:27
so I made a video regarding using00:00:33
different colored lights and using color00:00:36
harmonies and contrasting colors to kind00:00:38
of improve the lights in your image and00:00:41
some people were asking how to use that00:00:44
same setup but with local colors and00:00:47
like a character already because when00:00:50
you have a character now you can't just00:00:52
be applying I mean you can't but you00:00:55
can't just be you me just using colored00:00:57
legs onto the entire character but you00:01:00
still want your lighting to have an00:01:02
effect on the character so I'm basically00:01:04
going to show you the approach I will00:01:06
use for something like this so right off00:01:10
I first start with the color our primary00:01:15
colors and if you notice I've already00:01:19
selected some colors but I do not make00:01:23
them saturated so these colors are all a00:01:27
little bit desaturated because if you're00:01:30
on your way or making your final image00:01:32
you won't just be choosing saturated I00:01:34
don't I'm not expecting you to choose00:01:36
colors that are around here so I don't00:01:38
think anyone will be working with colors00:01:40
that are in this range also saturated so00:01:43
I'll be expecting you to choose colors00:01:44
that within this range and a little bit00:01:48
desaturate it because that's just how00:01:51
you know using colors should work you00:01:55
don't want to have so much saturation in00:01:59
your image to kind of it looks somehow00:02:03
to look bad to look awful you can use00:02:06
saturation in bits but not just the00:02:09
entire image so first off I said you can00:02:13
blue as your shadows rise or any other00:02:15
color that is harmony so if I were to00:02:18
use blue as my shadows when I was doing00:02:22
that tutorial actually choosing here but00:02:24
this time I'm going to choose a blue00:02:26
that's around here because I know it's00:02:28
going to I'm going to use it on a00:02:30
multiplayer and it's going to make00:02:32
everything that's underneath it darker00:02:33
so I'm going to choose a lighter shade00:02:35
of blue00:02:36
and I can even make it more saturated if00:02:39
I want the effects to be a found effect00:02:44
to be really mop it really pronounced on00:02:49
the ball so as you can see you can see00:02:56
it's making its tint in the local color00:03:00
and tinting the towards blue if you00:03:02
notice there's a little bit of blue in00:03:04
the red and the blue and the green so00:03:06
let's make it more saturated and let's00:03:10
see what that looks just went back to00:03:12
control Z and this is how that looks now00:03:16
you can see how saturation I didn't00:03:19
change how bright the color was is still00:03:22
in the same range but it's just more00:03:25
saturated than the color I chose at the00:03:27
beginning so you can see how intense it00:03:29
has made this so you would want to just00:03:32
choose a blue that's around here a00:03:35
little bit desaturate above bright so00:03:37
you can't get that nice even feeling on00:03:43
that and then when you're using when you00:03:46
want to do your lights you can then00:03:48
choose another layer and maybe set it on00:03:51
add a linear Dodge or color Dodge for00:03:54
any other one you want to use and say00:03:56
I'm going to use purple now for the00:03:58
lights you don't want to choose a light color00:04:01
if you make it really lights you're00:04:02
going to lose all the detail that was00:04:04
there in the local color so you want to00:04:08
actually choose a color that's a little00:04:11
bit darker because the linear dotted00:04:15
layer mix the colors underneath brighter00:04:17
so you have to choose the color that00:04:19
duck and then you use that on it you can00:04:21
see this one is even a little bit bright00:04:25
so that's why00:04:26
is kind of feeling like it's probably00:04:33
bleeding out is getting to light so I'm00:04:36
even going to choose a darker blue now00:04:39
and let's see how that goes00:04:41
now this this is yeah this is held to be00:04:45
more like kiss but it's dog so he needs00:04:48
some saturation so you can choose a blue00:04:50
polka dot around here and then you go00:04:53
over it like I see how that changes the00:04:58
local color you can see you can feel the00:05:01
effect of the purple on it now this is00:05:03
what you want to do with any other color00:05:05
you can use orange you can use any other00:05:08
color you want to use it's tilting the00:05:11
greens towards yellow this is how it00:05:15
will look this is how that would look00:05:24
now this is just using layer modes I'm00:05:29
not doing any any I'm not painting00:05:32
directly with the color I could do that00:05:34
but for this example I'm just showing00:05:35
you using layer mode so right now let's00:05:38
go and see how that will actually work00:05:40
but on a real image so I just did the00:05:46
flats of the the bus Captain America bus00:05:50
I used that time and as you can see I'm00:05:53
doing the same thing when I'm not00:05:54
picking colors that are way too00:05:58
saturated so all my flats all my colors00:06:01
a little bit dissipated and they always00:06:04
around this value range so now when I00:06:09
turn on this layer that we had before00:06:12
you can see that this blue is already00:06:15
around here and I had to if I were to00:06:16
put it on multiply it just makes00:06:18
everything so dark you can't even see00:06:20
anything so let's take it back and then00:06:23
let's choose a blue dash around here00:06:27
then we apply that as you can see it's a00:06:30
really black bright blue I'm gonna00:06:32
change it to multiply you see what it00:06:34
does to the colors it just hints the00:06:38
original color and you can tell that the00:06:40
he's kind of in a blue atmosphere you00:06:43
can feel the beautiful the presence of00:06:45
that bleeder then I will turn on my00:06:49
lights layer so for this sometimes I00:06:54
usually just paint with the color of the00:06:59
lights and then I just adjust it I move00:07:01
I select areas of the skin other areas00:07:05
and then I just adjust them slightly00:07:07
before this I'm going to show you how I00:07:09
will do this with a layer blending mode00:07:12
so first of what I do is I'll select00:07:14
this area of the lights and then I will00:07:18
delete that from from the shadow layer00:07:23
so I'm just making sure that the shadows00:07:27
are just get going to be affected by the00:07:30
blue so this blue is going to be only in00:07:32
the shadows and then I turn on my lights00:07:35
and I'll set the lights to linear dodge00:07:40
but as you can see the orange is way too00:07:43
bright and way too saturated so as usual00:07:46
we'll decide to it it's just to keep I00:07:49
like doing this because I like having00:07:51
everything under my control00:07:54
I like controlling how I'll bring up the00:07:57
saturation in certain parts and keep00:08:01
other parts desaturated so that's how I00:08:04
usually like to go about it so it has C00:08:09
I reduced the color of I use the00:08:14
brightness of the orange and the00:08:15
saturation and then I'm just boosting it00:08:17
a little bit just to see how it look00:08:24
here we are you can see you can feel00:08:26
that the light coming from the top is00:08:29
orange and is hitting his costume which00:08:32
is blue so it's tilting it was the Blues00:08:34
a little bit now one thing you can do is00:08:38
if the light is really intense you can00:08:40
go with a look like this but if you know00:08:43
that your life is not that intense you00:08:45
can always just dial it all the way down00:08:48
and then just boost the saturation a bit00:08:50
and then you can then start working on00:08:53
the details on the face using this00:08:58
colors as your palettes and if I were to00:09:03
turn this linear Dodge there to normal00:09:06
you can see our doctor oranges this is00:09:10
our duck the color I choose for the00:09:14
lights is so let's put it back on in a00:09:17
Dodge another thing we can also do is00:09:19
use an overlay layer and then increase00:09:22
the brightness of the color a little bit00:09:26
and give it some more saturation so you00:09:29
can always you always have the option to00:09:31
play around with different layers and00:09:33
just find what works for you what you00:09:36
feel is going to give you the desired00:09:41
effect you're going for sure and I'm00:09:44
just increasing the saturation of the00:09:46
Blues and I'm going to make it a little00:09:48
bit darker so I'm just making it a bit00:09:50
more pronounced so you can see how that00:09:52
looks see blues in the shadows and00:09:54
oranges in the highlights now let's make00:09:56
the oranges purple like I did with the00:10:00
harmonious color so you can see how that00:10:02
works you can see how this is still not00:10:04
changing the fact that there is a local00:10:08
color on it you can still see his00:10:10
costume I can still see his skin and all00:10:13
the other elements00:10:14
of the character so this is it with the00:10:19
purples I feel like you should even be00:10:22
using over little more because it's00:10:25
actually doing exactly what I wanted to00:10:31
do with the highlights is actually00:10:35
working more than I expected to over00:10:39
late to work so I think you can use00:10:41
overly looks it feels way more closer to00:10:45
what I have in my head than the linear00:10:46
dodge so now this is what this is what00:10:51
you would use as a base off before you00:10:54
start and wrestle from this I just00:10:57
generally just pick the color I already00:10:58
have then I just actually the base and00:11:00
go up towards the lighter tones and then00:11:04
I just start painting in kind of the00:11:08
highlights00:11:11
oops soft round and then you just00:11:18
generally just painting the brighter00:11:22
parts of your image and also you want to00:11:30
think about how much you want the color00:11:33
of the skin to be affected so generally00:11:38
if you have a colored light bulb you00:11:39
want to think if you want to make the00:11:42
entire color of the skin to be affected00:11:46
by the bulb or do you want some do you00:11:50
want a little bit of the skin tones to00:11:52
show through so that's something you00:11:55
should you always have to keep in mind00:11:57
as well so this is generally how that00:12:15
would work see nothing and then for the00:12:21
bounce lights - I always keep I like to00:12:23
keep them on a normal layer so I'm00:12:26
actually using the colors that and I00:12:29
want to see in the bounce like I00:12:32
actually choose those and paint them in00:12:34
myself I don't use I don't set the00:12:37
bounce lights on any layer mood so I00:12:40
just leave those on I just leave those00:12:46
on a normal layer and then just painting00:12:49
kind of the actual color itself so if I00:12:57
kind of wanted to have blue here I'll00:12:59
just draw that in and then I'll just00:13:01
paint deeply in by myself like that it's00:13:06
generally just playing around that kind00:13:08
of feeling what is working for you you00:13:11
have to do this a lot and just explore00:13:15
what is working for the particular style00:13:19
you're going for and then you stick to00:13:22
doing that and also learn other styles00:13:26
you can adapt to if you kind of start00:13:30
feeling like your stock gain wanting all00:13:32
the time you can see how that works and00:13:36
it's just using a normal layer there's00:13:39
no blending mode00:13:44
you want to set that tack out then just00:13:51
a little bit here for the chin you'll00:13:58
see there now this is just using colored00:14:04
lights in the image so if your image00:14:07
wasn't composed of like colored lights00:14:10
and all that you definitely want to just00:14:13
stick to using the regular colors for00:14:18
skin tone and I just used a purple and00:14:21
purple s because in my head I was00:14:24
thinking too like the light source00:14:26
coming down from here was probably this00:14:28
you can use this technique for any other00:14:32
different light source color and if you00:14:40
add this lights as green distant you00:14:44
used exactly the same technique so let's00:14:50
just switch this to the orange see it is00:14:55
still working the same way it's really00:14:56
not changing the colors of D is not00:14:59
changing the local colors that much but00:15:01
you can feel the presence of this light00:15:03
source you can feel the colors you can00:15:06
feel the green coming from the top and00:15:08
the orange in the shadows so yeah that's00:15:13
generally all work with local colors and00:15:16
different colored light sources so you00:15:20
should generally remember to keep this00:15:22
or multiply and make sure you're00:15:24
choosing a light color you don't want to00:15:27
have your multiplier your shadow color00:15:29
to be around here it should be around00:15:32
here should be really light and only to00:15:34
be saturated if you want the color to be00:15:36
intense in the shadows and the saturated00:15:38
if you want it to be bright00:15:41
and for the highlights you want to be00:15:45
using an overlay layer and for that one00:15:49
you might want to kind of bring it down00:15:53
a little bit see where this is and00:15:58
you'll be sure that it will affect your00:16:01
local colors underneath so I hope this00:16:05
made it clear how you can use these same00:16:09
lights and techniques on your local00:16:12
color and for your character concepts00:16:13
i'll definitely between another tutorial00:16:15
tomorrow well actually use this and00:16:18
paint a full character so you can see00:16:21
how i would apply this onto full00:16:26
character so hope you enjoyed the video00:16:28
leave comments of anything you don't00:16:31
understand I'll explain it to you down00:16:33
in the comment section and yeah see you00:16:38
guys tomorrow and remember to subscribe00:16:40
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How to use Layers for lighting in digital art: In this video i talk about using layers to apply color to your shadows and highlights and how this can improve the lighting in your digital art. i took cues from movies and music videos and applied them to digital art. it is good practice to study movies to improve your art style and expand your knowledge in order to become a better artist. i shall be making more photoshop tutorials on lighting and color within the next weeks. SUPPORT ME ON PATREON AND DOWNLOAD MY PSDS AND OTHER GOODIES! https://www.patreon.com/mohammedagbadi CAP INKS BY THE AMAZING RODRIGO LORENZO https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser -------------------------------- FOLLOW ME↴ -------------------------------- ▶ DAILY VLOG: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser ▶ ART Instagram+IGTV: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mohammedagbadi ▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser
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