Vecderg

Demo is out for Demon's Heir 3D! Play as a ninja cat in this PS1-style action-platformer to run, dash, and slash through your enemies. This is the game I've been working on recently, and I hope you all enjoy 😊

somehow i forgot to post this on cohost lol

usually when i speak to non-artists their first thought about color theory is "opposite colors go well together, right?" because they probably heard it somewhere a long time ago in passing, which is definitely where i heard it as a kid too. this was bizarre to me even as a kid because it... didn't seem to actually work?

i have a pretty informal understanding of color theory, so i'm bringing this up because i wanted to know other people's opinions (and because this color theory thing has just been bothering me for a while). based on my experience as an artist, the whole "opposite color" thing has a pretty obvious consequence -- opposite colors create CONTRAST. this contrast can be great depending on what you're going for (it's why many cartoony character designs go for opposite colors, because they want to pop out and look bold), but if you're looking for colors that "go well together," then pink and green is PROBABLY not what you're looking for.

in my opinion, it's usually analogous colors (colors that are next to each other) that will basically ALWAYS look good together. the other piece of advice i'd give is that desaturated colors will basically always look good together, because saturation will also make colors bold. once someone has an idea of what analogous/desaturated colors work together, THEN they can start having an idea of how more bold color combinations can be introduced.

thoughts? i want to write a short article on color theory and don't want to put out blatant misinformation lol