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Working with grays to bring color to an illustration

Working with grays to bring color to an illustration - Illustrator Tutorial

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Working with grays to bring color to an illustration

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- Starting with grays and then working toward color is my favorite way of bringing color into an illustration or a layout. And I use this method of colored development whenever I can because it prioritizes the critical importance of value within any color scheme. So, value, that's the lightness or darkness of a hue. And it's the value structure in the colors within an image or a layout that establish visual clarity. Without good value structure, things get mushy and confusing really fast. So, whenever possible, I start my search for good looking color schemes by focusing exclusively on value structure. And I do this by working only with grays until things are looking good and then, and only then, do I turn my attention to color. So let's see what this process looks like with a real world project. So, I'm in Illustrator and I've used an imported thumbnail sketch to guide my creation of an illustration of a steaming eight ounce double americano. And I've carefully shaded everything with…

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