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The Tomato-Apple Color Theoryby `Katmomma

Resources & Stock Images / Tutorials / Digital Art / Drawing & Painting / Corel Painter

As I've been saying, My big goal of this year is to understand color theory. It can take an amateur piece of artwork and turn it professional-- just when you use complementary colors instead of darker values and black. Please feel free to use this tutorial; especially you blossoming artists out there: Learn your Color Wheel!!! This is also not limited to digital work, traditional artists better know this stuff too.

NO BLACK WAS USED IN THE COLORING OF THIS!! YOU DON"T NEED BLACK TO SHADE SOMETHING!! --except for when it's REALLY dark.....

About the Tomato-Apple.....It was supposed to be an apple..but it looks kinda like a tomato.

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=savagebinn said that "The Tomato-Apple Color Theory by =Katmomma is an excellent tutorial on color theory that explains the basics of how shading is not just black and white. It really helped me personally and I think it could help a lot of artists." ( Suggested by `savagebinn and Featured by `bleedsopretty )

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~NewMuffin May 11, 2012 New member Hobbyist General Artist

Wow, thank you! It sure looks worth a try!

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~guelpacq Mar 10, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thanks! This really helps me in choosing the different colors to use. All I need now is to recall the color wheel.

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I'm eating a tomato right now... Just a tomato

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~Furenshi Jan 17, 2012

thank you for sharing this. Shadowing is one of my weak points. I always use a darker color of the base color and it doesn't make it look good.

~GSnail Oct 27, 2011 Student Digital Artist

This is great, I need to start coloring more naturally.
I wonder how a tomato-apple tastes

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~KuroKachihito Oct 24, 2011 Digital Artist

thanks for sharing

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~Tankitha Oct 19, 2011 Student Digital Artist

Fantastic walkthrough.

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*Evildarling Sep 17, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

This is great!

Thankyou! I would love to have a course in color theory (if only I had the money and time)- so really, thanks for sharing

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~Almabohemia Aug 24, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

Es muy interesante, se que me va a servir, pero como apenas estoy aprendiendo a ver que me sale, muchas gracias por el aporte.

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Rotten apple.

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