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Creating color compositions

Creating color compositions

- [Teacher] Welcome to Drawing Vector Graphics Laboratory. One thing I get asked about a lot is how I handle color. Not only within the context of illustration, but we're also talking design proper, like branding, for example; and before I jump into this, I should say up front that color, in my opinion, is very exploratory in nature. Now, sure, with specific themes or projects, color can be predetermined at times; but for the most artistic and design venture type of projects, you try many palettes before you settle on that one palette of colors that works the best. So what I want to share with you is different ways you can think about color, different ways you can organize color, how to manage your colors and, more importantly, how to derive color themes and explore all the possibilities of color to assist you in finding those perfect hues that are going to work best for your project. Now, the first thing I want to briefly cover is what's called a new document profile. Every time I…

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