What causes muddy color and how to avoid them?
wrong color temp, messy brushwork
I feel like in this painting specifically, all the colors are roughly similar in value and saturation, not really giving any specific color emphasis. Emphasis is an overall problem in this painting, I think. Why are the tree roots so detailed? Why is one of the important sbjects so covered up in the foliage? The two main subjects are compositionally in the center, but it feels like their environment is eating them, in a way. If it were up to me, I'd probably make the trees and roots darker and less saturated, to frame the characters better and make them stand out more.
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When you blend two colors together they become less saturated and grey-ish.Muddy colors are the result of overusing the color picker tool.
>>783462599% of what you said IS EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING CONVEYED HERE?> The two main subjects are compositionally in the center ut it feels like their environment is eating themThis was the one that made me reply. THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE! What does it look like to you, a fucking astronaut camping?!
>>7834647I'll add to this.The more opposite to eachother the two colors are on the color wheel, the faster they'll grey out.
>>7834777I could have phrased that more elegantly, I admit. What I meant by the environment eating the subjects was, that they fade into it. Their environment is drawn with equal or more detail to them, causing the characters to sink into it, instead of standing out more. I understand the intention was the astronaut being a bit overgrown with the plants - what I was trying to express was, that the character being so covered by the foliage makes him blend in with the background even more. I think there could have been a way to execute this concept better, it's not doomed by itself, but here, it just adds to the problem.
>>7834604Not seperating your lights and darks early onDo more notan studies in b&w
